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1.How Discord Scaled Elixir to 5M Concurrent Users (2017) (discordapp.com)
528 points by lelf on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 162 comments [ext]
2.ICANN Calls for DNSSEC for All Domains Following Domain Hijacking Attempts (icann.org)
324 points by teddyh on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 200 comments [ext]
3.Amazon cargo plane crashes in Texas (wsbtv.com)
361 points by Trisell on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 297 comments [ext]
4. AIbirds - Bloomberg (archive.is)
42 points by eum3372 5 hours ago | hide | 186 comments
4.Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3,500 mixed-reality headset for the factory (theverge.com)
285 points by T-A on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 144 comments [ext]
5.Google Maps: Bird Mode (twitter.com/btaylor)
409 points by tosh on Feb 23, 2019 [ext] | 127 comments [ext]
6.Prominent D.C. media firm implicated in fake FCC comments (gizmodo.com)
282 points by spac on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 72 comments [ext]
7. Why Uber-for-X Failed While Amazon Built an Impenetrable Moat ()
257 points by pen4647 497 days ago | hide | 50 comments
7.CSS-Powered 3D Engine (2014) (keithclark.co.uk)
305 points by Zagitta on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
8.Chevy Volt discontinued: Chevrolet's last Volt rolls off the assembly line (cbsnews.com)
252 points by curtis on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 279 comments [ext]
9.Cocktail Similarity (observablehq.com)
217 points by dlg on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 56 comments [ext]
10. Assad's fall strands Moscow's warm-water ambitions at sea (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 490 days ago | hide | 26 comments
10.Key Values – Find Engineering Teams That Share Your Values (keyvalues.com)
146 points by peter_d_sherman on Feb 23, 2019 [ext] | 61 comments [ext]
11.AMA: Steven Pruitt, a Wikipedian with 3M edits (reddit.com)
239 points by aboutruby on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
12.“Illegal” Lego Builds (2006) [pdf] (bramlambrecht.com)
387 points by nvr219 on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 59 comments [ext]
13. SaaS Margins Crashing From 25% to 11% as AI Bites ()
215 points by fik8005 57 days ago | hide | 155 comments
13.Tracking my phone's silent connections (kushaldas.in)
260 points by jaclaz on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 104 comments [ext]
14.Is Matter Conscious? (2017) (nautil.us)
215 points by bryanrasmussen on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 266 comments [ext]
15.HyperCard Adventures (hypercardadventures.com)
204 points by vmbrasseur on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
16. Stop Slaving Over Slides: A Technical Expert’s Framework for Memorable Presentations (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 230 days ago | hide | 180 comments
16.Paul Graham on the Transition to Meat Substitutes (twitter.com/paulg)
280 points by tosh on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 427 comments [ext]
17.A meta approach to implementing programming languages (2018) (rickardlindberg.me)
134 points by rickardlindberg on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
18.Twitter Thread Compiler Apps and Copyright Ethics (erynnbrook.com)
100 points by DoreenMichele on Feb 23, 2019 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
19. The Provincial Incentive Loop: Decoding China’s Hyper-Competitive Industrial Scaling Model (youtube.com)
325 points by hol5935 220 days ago | hide | 175 comments
19.System76 Thelio: A Review (nora.codes)
142 points by FunnyLookinHat on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 111 comments [ext]
20.Remembering a Programming Language That Helped Shape the Digital New York Times (nytimes.com)
118 points by 0x4542 on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 44 comments [ext]
21.Linux Fsync Issue for Buffered IO and Its Preliminary Fix for PostgreSQL (percona.com)
137 points by avivallssa on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
22. The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack (diff.substack.com)
216 points by iam5056 263 days ago | hide | 183 comments
22.Do not donate to me (2013) (blog.futtta.be)
93 points by bocytron on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
23.The Surprising Power of Online Experiments (2017) (hbr.org)
81 points by nadalizadeh on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
24.Loglisp: An Alternative to Prolog (1982) (aitopics.org)
79 points by grzm on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
25. Why a Cambridge risk scholar thinks global self-destruction beats transformation (theguardian.com)
436 points by iik2616 252 days ago | hide | 170 comments
25.Enquire: Everything you wanted to know about your C compiler and machine (cwi.nl)
104 points by Tomte on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
26.The Mate X is Huawei’s 5G foldable (techcrunch.com)
92 points by noarchy on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 203 comments [ext]
27.Frackers Face Harsh Reality as Wall Street Backs Away (wsj.com)
103 points by glassworm on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 77 comments [ext]
28. Outsource your willpower: a protocol for couples who want to ship (web.archive.org)
420 points by guz3550 603 days ago | hide | 25 comments
28.The Real Best Picture: A Look at the Data (enthusiasmcurbed.github.io)
53 points by cutearguments on Feb 23, 2019 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
29.How the 1918 Flu Spread Across America (2017) (smithsonianmag.com)
64 points by vezycash on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
30.A FrankenPad Story: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel (kitsunyan.github.io)
120 points by walterbell on Feb 24, 2019 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
31. Switching Costs Are Falling, But Three Moats Still Hold ()
322 points by oik7062 60 days ago | hide | 65 comments

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