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Hacker News (05 Aug 2020)

  1. Moved a server from one building to another with zero downtime

    1037 points • 397 comments • aug 05, 2020

  2. Frances Allen has died

    888 points • 100 comments • aug 05, 2020

  3. Latest Firefox rolls out Enhanced Tracking Protection 2.0

    771 points • 454 comments • aug 05, 2020

  4. Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

    412 points • 327 comments • aug 05, 2020

  5. Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before and after

    377 points • 212 comments • aug 05, 2020

  6. The creeping scourge of tooling config files in project root directories

    346 points • 191 comments • aug 05, 2020

  7. Vitamin D deficiency and Covid-19 mortality [pdf]

    341 points • 243 comments • aug 05, 2020

  8. Compiler Explorer

    298 points • 47 comments • aug 05, 2020

  9. Chat Bubble Blindness

    270 points • 180 comments • aug 05, 2020

  10. The Hacker Way: How I taught my nephew to program

    245 points • 74 comments • aug 05, 2020