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Hacker News (17 Apr 2019)

  1. Post-surgical deaths in Scotland drop by a third, attributed to a checklist

    1028 points • 364 comments • apr 17, 2019

  2. I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs

    819 points • 205 comments • apr 17, 2019

  3. Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis

    728 points • 163 comments • apr 17, 2019

  4. Microsoft turned down facial-recognition sales on human rights concerns

    448 points • 108 comments • apr 17, 2019

  5. Intel Exiting 5G Modems

    399 points • 209 comments • apr 17, 2019

  6. Popular Google Play store apps are abusing permissions and committing ad fraud

    384 points • 172 comments • apr 17, 2019

  7. Let’s Encrypt to transition to ISRG root

    337 points • 110 comments • apr 17, 2019

  8. Google Decides to Monetize Maps

    326 points • 356 comments • apr 17, 2019

  9. Lemmy: Federated Alternative to Reddit in Rust

    317 points • 97 comments • apr 17, 2019

  10. Fluent 1.0: a localization system for natural-sounding translations

    311 points • 113 comments • apr 17, 2019