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1.Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo (bloomberg.com)
1697 points by _vvdf on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 2371 comments [ext]
2.Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netflix content (thewaltdisneycompany.com)
730 points by anigbrowl on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 764 comments [ext]
3.The Internet Archive has digitized 25,000 78rpm Gramophone records (archive.org)
699 points by yurisagalov on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 97 comments [ext]
4. Actor-critic loops and lean tools: field notes from agent builders (app.build)
357 points by foz4677 265 days ago | hide | 148 comments
4.Big Companies and the Military Are Paying Novelists to Write Sci-Fi for Them (newyorker.com)
438 points by anthotny on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 168 comments [ext]
5.Linux Load Averages: Solving the Mystery (brendangregg.com)
623 points by dmit on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 86 comments [ext]
6.Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for employees in SF (techcrunch.com)
224 points by edward on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 175 comments [ext]
7. Stealth Lock-In Is Actually Locking Your Customers Out (joelonsoftware.com)
292 points by ksk4362 202 days ago | hide | 110 comments
7.The BitTorrent Protocol Specification v2 (bittorrent.org)
319 points by Nekit1234007 on Aug 7, 2017 [ext] | 112 comments [ext]
8.Despite S.E.C. Warning, Wave of Initial Coin Offerings Grows (nytimes.com)
231 points by JumpCrisscross on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 202 comments [ext]
9.African Startups Are Increasingly Attractive to Investors (afridigest.com)
194 points by thought on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 86 comments [ext]
10. From BankAmericard to mRNA-1273: A Catalog of Improbable Speed (patrickcollison.com)
98 points by oem2878 252 days ago | hide | 150 comments
10.SKYACTIV-X: first commercial gasoline engine to use compression ignition (mazda.com)
174 points by interconnector on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 232 comments [ext]
11.Apple staffers reportedly rebelling against open office plan (bizjournals.com)
405 points by V99 on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 391 comments [ext]
12.Show HN: An interactive guide to compression basics (unwttng.com)
256 points by unwttng on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 66 comments [ext]
13. Inside Shopify's Multi-Year Playbook Behind Tobi Lütke's Viral AI Memo (firstround.com)
253 points by paz1543 250 days ago | hide | 127 comments
13.Some insurers insist that patients forgo generics and buy brand-name drugs (nytimes.com)
201 points by iamjeff on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 186 comments [ext]
14.Show HN: Nim in Action (picheta.me)
229 points by dom96 on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
15.Firefox 55: WebVR and more (hacks.mozilla.org)
245 points by jhatax on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
16. Polymarket Meets Your Mortgage: Betting on Home Prices (archive.ph)
187 points by jem4017 84 days ago | hide | 177 comments
16.Why some of the best developers keep quitting (fastcompany.com)
237 points by gregorymichael on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 163 comments [ext]
17.Ferret – A free software Clojure implementation (ferret-lang.org)
266 points by greydius on Aug 7, 2017 [ext] | 79 comments [ext]
18.Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression (springeropen.com)
215 points by mcone on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 87 comments [ext]
19. The Three Jobs Every Startup Career Eventually Demands ()
133 points by dtx7003 279 days ago | hide | 57 comments
19.Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Internet of Things (mongoose-os.com)
185 points by j4mie on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 98 comments [ext]
20.Ask HN: Website go-live checklist app [ext]
274 points by DubDubThrow on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
21.Deeplearning.ai: Announcing New Deep Learning Courses on Coursera (medium.com/andrewng)
331 points by npalli on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 96 comments [ext]
22. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 8 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
22.Diane Greene’s Advice for Founders [video] (blog.ycombinator.com)
104 points by craigcannon on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
23.Do Things That Don’t Scale (2013) (paulgraham.com)
209 points by js7745 on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
24.Official support for .NET (stripe.com)
129 points by darwhy on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 59 comments [ext]
25. How Google’s new ‘TurboQuant’ AI might end the current RAM price hike crisis (tech.sportskeeda.com)
312 points by gul702 8 hours ago | hide | 19 comments
25.“Podcasting patent” is totally dead, appeals court rules (arstechnica.com)
151 points by danso on Aug 7, 2017 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
26.Show HN: C++ runtime/compile-time detection in constexpr functions (github.com/saadahmad)
83 points by CuriousThinker on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
27.Show HN: Cancelable async primitives for JavaScript (github.com/mitranim)
84 points by Mitranim on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 97 comments [ext]
28. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 489 days ago | hide | 26 comments
28.They were partners in fighting crime. The only problem: Neither was a cop (atavist.com)
84 points by samclemens on Aug 5, 2017 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
29.Why Elephants Don’t Explode: How Nature Solves Bigness (noticing.co)
99 points by aaossa on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
30.A Systematic Analysis of the Juniper Dual EC Incident [pdf] (uic.edu)
121 points by andreasley on Aug 8, 2017 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
31. The crypto scheme where auditors told on the promoters (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 332 days ago | hide | 88 comments

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