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1.Learning from Terminals to Design the Future of User Interfaces (brandur.org)
785 points by juancampa on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 370 comments [ext]
2.The default OpenSSH key encryption is worse than plaintext (latacora.singles)
545 points by rargulati on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 256 comments [ext]
3.Things they don’t teach you running a business by yourself (browserless.io)
543 points by mrskitch on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 97 comments [ext]
4. Stealth Lock-In Is Actually Locking Your Customers Out (joelonsoftware.com)
292 points by ksk4362 202 days ago | hide | 110 comments
4.Periodic fasting starves cisplatin‐resistant cancers to death (embopress.org)
493 points by sjcsjc on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 317 comments [ext]
5.Fidelity Introduces Zero Expense Ratio Index Funds (businesswire.com)
362 points by lxm on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 215 comments [ext]
6.What Can Small Tech Companies Do About Patent Trolls? (findlaw.com)
156 points by raleighm on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 56 comments [ext]
7. When Peak AI Capability Arrives at Impractical Prices, Deployment Lags (tobyord.com)
290 points by oox1230 1 day ago | hide | 120 comments
7.BYTE Magazine (archive.org)
274 points by edward on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 111 comments [ext]
8.JPL Open-Source Rover Project Based on the Rovers on Mars (github.com/nasa-jpl)
324 points by ghosthamlet on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
9.Show HN: A map that shows you how far you can go for a given time or distance (oalley.net)
455 points by DanFau on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 166 comments [ext]
10. Private Equity's Denominator Effect Returns as Markets Crater (archive.ph)
344 points by aul1104 367 days ago | hide | 7 comments
10.Indigenous community built a DIY drone to fight off illegal loggers (2016) (qz.com)
108 points by yurisagalov on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
11.Kolmogorov Complexity and Our Search for Meaning (nautil.us)
157 points by draenei on Aug 2, 2018 [ext] | 54 comments [ext]
12.Should computer science researchers disclose negative social consequences? (nature.com)
252 points by rbanffy on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 270 comments [ext]
13. Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now ()
322 points by oik7062 59 days ago | hide | 65 comments
13.Japan still has great influence on global financial markets (economist.com)
138 points by known on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 74 comments [ext]
14.AMD Creates Quad Core Zen SoC with 24 Vega CUs for Chinese Consoles (anandtech.com)
236 points by deafcalculus on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 70 comments [ext]
15.Why Westerners Fear Robots and the Japanese Do Not (wired.com)
155 points by imartin2k on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 68 comments [ext]
16. Inside the Lonely Experiment to Remember Everything You Learn (wired.com)
244 points by auz7944 478 days ago | hide | 22 comments
16.A Map of Wireless Passwords from Airports and Lounges (foxnomad.com)
316 points by tzury on Aug 2, 2018 [ext] | 120 comments [ext]
17.FCC sides with Google Fiber over Comcast with new pro-competition rule (arstechnica.com)
258 points by ricw on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 121 comments [ext]
18.A Ray-Tracing Pioneer Explains How He Stumbled into Global Illumination (nvidia.com)
192 points by mariuz on Aug 2, 2018 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
19. Ten billion hours: the unglamorous giant AI is about to eat ()
71 points by fin781 262 days ago | hide | 11 comments
19.GE Engineer Linked to China Stole Power Plant Technology, FBI Says (wsj.com)
232 points by propman on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 222 comments [ext]
20.Google Maps is no longer a flat map (techcrunch.com)
339 points by kylesellas on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 161 comments [ext]
21.Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling (phys.org)
214 points by kushti on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 272 comments [ext]
22. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 431 days ago | hide | 93 comments
22.Coinbase Custody is exploring a range of new assets (coinbase.com)
62 points by wyldfire on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
23.The art of stealing (nrc.nl)
124 points by ryanlol on Aug 1, 2018 [ext] | 64 comments [ext]
24.How Numba and Cython speed up Python code (rushter.com)
112 points by BerislavLopac on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
25. Why fully automated AI cedes a more valuable design space (readwise.io)
73 points by nan9853 265 days ago | hide | 77 comments
25.Developments in tech in Toronto over the past seven years (brainstation.io)
110 points by salbowski on Aug 2, 2018 [ext] | 122 comments [ext]
26.Firefox removes RSS support (evertpot.com)
265 points by treve on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 231 comments [ext]
27.3M Knew About the Dangers of PFOA and PFOS Decades Ago, Internal Documents Show (theintercept.com)
272 points by adrian_mrd on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 151 comments [ext]
28. A 27M-Parameter Model That Quietly Undermines Scaling Orthodoxy (dbreunig.com)
54 points by kem2154 260 days ago | hide | 150 comments
28.The Oldest Building in Every US State (archdaily.com)
173 points by bloat on Aug 2, 2018 [ext] | 123 comments [ext]
29.JEP draft: Type operator expressions in the JVM (java.net)
68 points by ScottWRobinson on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 6 comments [ext]
30.Nearly Half of Americans Are Lonely (advisory.com)
324 points by evanagon on Aug 3, 2018 [ext] | 326 comments [ext]
31. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 84 days ago | hide | 14 comments

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