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1.Web Scraping in 2016 (franciskim.co)
852 points by franciskim on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 387 comments [ext]
2.“Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the software industry” (2012) (cat-v.org)
624 points by behnamoh on Aug 22, 2016 [ext] | 552 comments [ext]
3.Instapaper is joining Pinterest (instapaper.com)
373 points by ropiku on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 208 comments [ext]
4. Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now ()
322 points by oik7062 60 days ago | hide | 65 comments
4.HoloLens secret sauce: A 28nm customized 24-core DSP engine built by TSMC (theregister.co.uk)
267 points by runesoerensen on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 132 comments [ext]
5.Python JITs are coming (lwn.net)
318 points by Derbasti on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 160 comments [ext]
6.Google Brain releases two large datasets for robotics research (plus.google.com)
230 points by hurrycane on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
7. The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack (diff.substack.com)
216 points by iam5056 263 days ago | hide | 183 comments
7.Neural network spotted deep inside Samsung's Galaxy S7 silicon brain (theregister.co.uk)
269 points by dragonbonheur on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 99 comments [ext]
8.NLRB rules graduate students are employees (washingtonpost.com)
213 points by lvs on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 141 comments [ext]
9.Deutsche Bank’s $10B Scandal (newyorker.com)
200 points by doener on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 52 comments [ext]
10. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 230 days ago | hide | 180 comments
10.Show HN: Workq – Job Server in Go (github.com/iamduo)
185 points by iamduo on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 59 comments [ext]
11.4 a.m. Is the Most Productive Hour (wsj.com)
235 points by lxm on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 216 comments [ext]
12.Understanding VCs (avc.com)
202 points by ikeboy on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 63 comments [ext]
13. When Professionals Arrived: The 2024 Inflection That Flipped Kalshi's Economics (jbecker.dev)
380 points by orz1950 90 days ago | hide | 148 comments
13.455 Tb of live streaming were transferred during the Olympic Games Rio 2016 (leandromoreira.com.br)
147 points by dreampeppers99 on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 94 comments [ext]
14.EpiPen Price Rise Sparks Concern for Allergy Sufferers (nytimes.com)
224 points by helloworld on Aug 22, 2016 [ext] | 358 comments [ext]
15.Thor – A minimalistic operating system in assembly and C++ (github.com/wichtounet)
189 points by ingve on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 146 comments [ext]
16. How Autodesk, Cadence, and Synopsys built the deepest moats in software (felicis.com)
443 points by pal3183 593 days ago | hide | 193 comments
16.When Big O Fools You (jackmott.github.io)
205 points by matthewwarren on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 130 comments [ext]
17.Startups that launched at Y Combinator S16 Demo Day 1 (techcrunch.com)
155 points by runesoerensen on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 125 comments [ext]
18.SOLID Go Design (cheney.net)
161 points by davecheney on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 76 comments [ext]
19. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
19.Having attained middle-income status, Vietnam aims higher (economist.com)
134 points by velodrome on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 92 comments [ext]
20.It’s time to bring more realistic models of human behaviour into economic policy (bankunderground.co.uk)
122 points by AndrewDucker on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
21.Zen Stories (nkanaev.github.io)
145 points by nkanaev on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 44 comments [ext]
22. Polymarket Meets Your Mortgage: Betting on Home Prices (archive.ph)
187 points by jem4017 85 days ago | hide | 177 comments
22.July was the hottest month ever recorded, according to Nasa (nytimes.com)
381 points by MarkEthan on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 502 comments [ext]
23.gRPC: Internet-scale RPC framework is now 1.0 (googleblog.com)
266 points by vtalwar on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 108 comments [ext]
24.Don't Read the Comments (samaltman.com)
304 points by dwaxe on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 173 comments [ext]
25. From BankAmericard to mRNA-1273: A Catalog of Improbable Speed (patrickcollison.com)
98 points by oem2878 252 days ago | hide | 150 comments
25.Pokémon Go loses its luster, sheds more than 10M users (arstechnica.com)
209 points by shawndumas on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 241 comments [ext]
26.Duet Display – Ex-Apple Engineers Turn Your iPad into an Extra Display (duetdisplay.com)
120 points by antfarm on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 66 comments [ext]
27.The Age of the Never-Ending Performance Review (bloomberg.com)
110 points by petethomas on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 103 comments [ext]
28. Why Whoever Reaches AGI First Won't Actually Own Intelligence ()
215 points by fik8005 56 days ago | hide | 155 comments
28.Stop the inner struggle over whether your thoughts and feelings are “right” (businessinsider.com)
99 points by jrs235 on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
29.The TPP Deal Won’t Improve Our Security (nytimes.com)
87 points by walterbell on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
30.Nasa Establishes Contact with STEREO Mission (nasa.gov)
124 points by cjdulberger on Aug 23, 2016 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
31. The Trump Adviser Openly Calling Treasury Reserve Status A Burden (archive.ph)
308 points by gsm5278 368 days ago | hide | 168 comments

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