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1.Pronunciations for hexadecimal numbers (1968) (twitter.com/lizhenry)
497 points by henrik_w on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 117 comments [ext]
2.QEMU VM Escape (blog.bi0s.in)
298 points by ngaut on Aug 25, 2019 [ext] | 57 comments [ext]
3.Huawei Seeks Independence from the US with RISC-V and Ascend Chips (tomshardware.com)
237 points by headalgorithm on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 157 comments [ext]
4. The crypto scheme where auditors told on the promoters (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 333 days ago | hide | 88 comments
4.Zen 2 Missives – AMD now delivering efficiencies that are double that of Intel (backplane.com)
402 points by olvy0 on Aug 25, 2019 [ext] | 211 comments [ext]
5.How Does Esperanto Sound? (martinrue.com)
203 points by martinrue on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 151 comments [ext]
6.Rabbit Holes: The Secret to Technical Expertise (bityard.net)
276 points by dailymorn on Aug 25, 2019 [ext] | 57 comments [ext]
7. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 170 days ago | hide | 48 comments
7.Show HN: Zero-Config Documentation Websites for Python (timothycrosley.github.io)
233 points by timothycrosley on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 81 comments [ext]
8.Major book publishers sue Amazon’s Audible over new speech-to-text feature (theverge.com)
256 points by bookofjoe on Aug 25, 2019 [ext] | 357 comments [ext]
9.North American versus European distribution systems (2011) (electrical-engineering-portal.com)
166 points by nabla9 on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 236 comments [ext]
10. When Professionals Arrived: The 2024 Inflection That Flipped Kalshi's Economics (jbecker.dev)
380 points by orz1950 91 days ago | hide | 148 comments
10.Moscow's blockchain voting system cracked a month before election (zdnet.com)
301 points by svenfaw on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 107 comments [ext]
11.Woman Finds Yellow Diamond While Watching YouTube Video on How to Find Diamonds (gizmodo.com)
95 points by lxm on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
12.Interviews with programming language creators (2010) [pdf] (bas.bg)
212 points by MrXOR on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 44 comments [ext]
13. The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack (diff.substack.com)
216 points by iam5056 263 days ago | hide | 183 comments
13.Show HN: I made a CRM system to make sales fun (wobaka.com)
275 points by drikerf on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 206 comments [ext]
14.Spacebook: AGI's near Real-Time satellite viewer (agi.com)
167 points by DrZootron on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 41 comments [ext]
15.Recognizing the signs of disruption in our urban habitat (strongtowns.org)
203 points by oftenwrong on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 171 comments [ext]
16. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 490 days ago | hide | 26 comments
16.Using bacteria to make self-healing cement (thestructuralengineer.info)
156 points by vinnyglennon on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 68 comments [ext]
17.Beyond Meat and KFC partner to test fried plant-based ‘chicken’ (theverge.com)
331 points by _bxg1 on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 507 comments [ext]
18.Do-It-Yourself OpenJDK Garbage Collector (shipilev.net)
155 points by lelf on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 4 comments [ext]
19. Why Google only needs to threaten to outspend its AI rivals (martinvol.pe)
229 points by bsm1209 2 days ago | hide | 57 comments
19.Show HN: YouTube Decade – The most-viewed videos posted 10 years ago (youtubedecade.netlify.com)
168 points by bennettfeely on Aug 24, 2019 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
20.Elon Musk Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity (vanityfair.com)
213 points by AndrewBissell on Aug 25, 2019 [ext] | 266 comments [ext]
21.How do black holes destroy information and why is that a problem? (backreaction.blogspot.com)
197 points by sohkamyung on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 89 comments [ext]
22. Why Most Marketplace Network Effects Are Surprisingly Easy to Replicate ()
257 points by pen4647 497 days ago | hide | 50 comments
22.Fuzzification: Anti-Fuzzing Techniques [pdf] (usenix.org)
93 points by kens on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
23.I love my paper dictionary (2017) (austinkleon.com)
96 points by bookofjoe on Aug 24, 2019 [ext] | 64 comments [ext]
24.Should small Rust structs be passed by-copy or by-borrow? (forrestthewoods.com)
229 points by forrestthewoods on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 107 comments [ext]
25. Bots as Antitrust: Letting Code Negotiate on Your Behalf (continuations.com)
215 points by doz2675 594 days ago | hide | 76 comments
25.A Buddhist monk confronts Japan's suicide culture (2013) (newyorker.com)
189 points by bookofjoe on Aug 25, 2019 [ext] | 44 comments [ext]
26.Fast Tensors in Clojure – A Sneak Peek (dragan.rocks)
122 points by dragandj on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
27.Launch HN: Memfault (YC W19) – Crashlytics for Firmware [ext]
134 points by fra on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 54 comments [ext]
28. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
28.The Perfect French Baguette (bbc.com)
100 points by MiriamWeiner on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 70 comments [ext]
29.Karel Čapek's play "R.U.R." premiered in January 1921 (mitpress.mit.edu)
106 points by bookofjoe on Aug 24, 2019 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
30.Show HN: Base – API for authentication, email sending, images and more (base-api.io)
140 points by gdotdesign on Aug 26, 2019 [ext] | 53 comments [ext]
31. A 27M-Parameter Model That Quietly Undermines Scaling Orthodoxy (dbreunig.com)
54 points by kem2154 261 days ago | hide | 150 comments

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