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Hacker News (Aug 2020)
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The Art of Not Thinking
519 points • comment • aug 03, 2020
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After 48 years, Democrats endorse nuclear energy in platform
517 points • comment • aug 30, 2020
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VTM: A Text-Based Desktop Environment
516 points • comment • aug 22, 2020
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Remote Code Execution in Slack desktop apps
504 points • comment • aug 29, 2020
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Apple helped make 'top secret' iPod for US government
501 points • comment • aug 19, 2020
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Show HN: Visualize Data Structures in VS Code
500 points • comment • aug 28, 2020
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Apple apologizes to WordPress, won’t force the free app to add purchases
495 points • comment • aug 22, 2020
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Apple, Epic, and the App Store
490 points • comment • aug 17, 2020
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Intel's “cripple AMD” function (2019)
489 points • comment • aug 28, 2020
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Build tools around workflows, not workflows around tools
486 points • comment • aug 22, 2020
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Simdjson: Parsing gigabytes of JSON per second
481 points • comment • aug 06, 2020
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The potentially revolutionary Celera 500L aircraft
480 points • comment • aug 27, 2020
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Microsoft President: We Need a Hippocratic Oath for Software Engineers
478 points • comment • aug 10, 2020
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Unity Software Inc S-1
477 points • comment • aug 24, 2020
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Arm co-founder: Sale to Nvidia would be a disaster
474 points • comment • aug 15, 2020
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Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store as well
473 points • comment • aug 13, 2020
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Show HN: Photo Realistic QR-Codes
468 points • comment • aug 14, 2020
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Levandowski sentenced to 18 months in prison as new lawsuit against Uber filed
468 points • comment • aug 04, 2020
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I accidentally built a nudity/porn platform
464 points • comment • aug 11, 2020
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Blanked-out spots on China's maps helped us uncover Xinjiang's camps
463 points • comment • aug 27, 2020
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Deep learning job postings have collapsed in the past six months
462 points • comment • aug 31, 2020
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Tower Defense with a twist: all towers must be positioned with CSS Flexbox
456 points • comment • aug 29, 2020
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G Suite Doesn't Let You Contact Support Until Logged In. Locked Out = Stuck
455 points • comment • aug 10, 2020
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Most “mandatory requirements” in corporations are imaginary
454 points • comment • aug 19, 2020
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Making Advanced GUI Applications with Godot
454 points • comment • aug 03, 2020
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Dear Apple: Your Services Are No Longer Required
453 points • comment • aug 18, 2020
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Stopping phishing campaigns with Bash
451 points • comment • aug 13, 2020
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To the future occupants of my office at the MIT Media Lab
447 points • comment • aug 15, 2020
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Zoom still don't understand GDPR
446 points • comment • aug 27, 2020
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Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps
444 points • comment • aug 14, 2020
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Apple Music on Android asks user's card details to avoid Google's 30% cut
438 points • comment • aug 14, 2020
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Google: Open Letter to Australians
437 points • comment • aug 17, 2020
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To head off regulators, Google makes certain words taboo
435 points • comment • aug 07, 2020
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70% of surveyed Americans say they can't do their job without internet
435 points • comment • aug 12, 2020
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Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf]
434 points • comment • aug 10, 2020
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Rosatom releases previously classified documentary video of Tsar Bomba nuke test
434 points • comment • aug 22, 2020
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We quit our jobs to build a cabin
434 points • comment • aug 04, 2020
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WordPressiOS Locked by App Store
433 points • comment • aug 21, 2020
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Is TDD Dead? (2014)
433 points • comment • aug 26, 2020
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Open Problems in Robotics
432 points • comment • aug 19, 2020
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A guide to learning algorithms through LeetCode
432 points • comment • aug 15, 2020
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Show HN: Hndex.org – a full-text search engine of articles submitted to HN
432 points • comment • aug 07, 2020
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Apple expands independent repair program to Mac after US antitrust investigation
432 points • comment • aug 17, 2020
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Microsoft Put Off Fixing Zero Day for 2 Years
431 points • comment • aug 17, 2020
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Safari adopts the Chrome/Firefox extension model
430 points • comment • aug 28, 2020
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Oatly: The New Coke?
428 points • comment • aug 08, 2020
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Chromium's Impact on Root DNS Traffic
428 points • comment • aug 21, 2020
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Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge grants emergency stay
422 points • comment • aug 20, 2020
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The 212-story skyscraper in Melbourne, Australia
421 points • comment • aug 20, 2020
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Gallup: 81% of Black Americans Want Police to Retain Local Presence
421 points • comment • aug 25, 2020
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law
420 points • comment • aug 10, 2020
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How long does a freezer stay frozen when the power goes out?
418 points • comment • aug 10, 2020
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The best Parts of Visual Studio Code are proprietary
417 points • comment • aug 04, 2020
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"Much" of the Rust/Wasmtime team hit by layoffs at Mozilla
413 points • comment • aug 13, 2020
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Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels
412 points • comment • aug 05, 2020
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A crash course on hacking satellites
412 points • comment • aug 06, 2020
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Tesla’s former CTO is building a giant lithium-ion battery recycling operation
412 points • comment • aug 29, 2020
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Amazon's ML University is making its online courses available to the public
411 points • comment • aug 15, 2020
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We Can Do Better Than SQL
410 points • comment • aug 10, 2020
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Ghost.org deleted my website
409 points • comment • aug 15, 2020
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Openwifi: Linux mac80211 compatible full-stack 802.11/Wi-Fi design based on SDR
407 points • comment • aug 25, 2020
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Firefox Voice
407 points • comment • aug 08, 2020
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Show HN: Healthcare Is Dumb
405 points • comment • aug 28, 2020
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Surprising new feature in AMD Ryzen 3000
405 points • comment • aug 28, 2020
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Apple ordered to not block Epic’s Unreal Engine, Fortnite to stay off App Store
403 points • comment • aug 25, 2020
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Epic direct payment on mobile
402 points • comment • aug 13, 2020
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NASA Astronauts Return Home in SpaceX's Crew Dragon Spacecraft [video]
402 points • comment • aug 01, 2020
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Vitamin D, part 2: Shannon's story
402 points • comment • aug 24, 2020
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The UX of Lego Interface Panels
401 points • comment • aug 03, 2020
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I Love MDN, or the cult of the free in action
401 points • comment • aug 14, 2020
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China Built a Vast New Infrastructure to Imprison Uighurs
400 points • comment • aug 28, 2020
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Crush: A command line shell that is also a powerful modern programming language
399 points • comment • aug 07, 2020
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Firefox 80
398 points • comment • aug 25, 2020
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Factorio and Software Engineering
398 points • comment • aug 16, 2020
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Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back to campus
397 points • comment • aug 14, 2020
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Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action
393 points • comment • aug 01, 2020
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Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down temporarily in California
392 points • comment • aug 12, 2020
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The new Jupyter Book
392 points • comment • aug 12, 2020
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2,000-year-old redwoods survive wildfire at California's oldest state park
391 points • comment • aug 25, 2020
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Apple says game streaming services violate App Store policies
390 points • comment • aug 07, 2020
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PDF: Still unfit for human consumption, 20 years later
390 points • comment • aug 10, 2020
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What I learned from doing over 60 technical interviews in 30 days
390 points • comment • aug 01, 2020
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US Border Patrol says they can create central repository of traveler emails
389 points • comment • aug 23, 2020
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Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system (2017)
389 points • comment • aug 03, 2020
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Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
389 points • comment • aug 15, 2020
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Fire your bad customers
388 points • comment • aug 09, 2020
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Why Did Mozilla Remove XUL Add-Ons?
388 points • comment • aug 21, 2020
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The Architecture of Open Source Applications
386 points • comment • aug 31, 2020
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Celebrate Woz's 70th
386 points • comment • aug 10, 2020
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Vitamin D, part 1: back to basics
383 points • comment • aug 13, 2020
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Asana S-1
381 points • comment • aug 24, 2020
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Rust 1.46
380 points • comment • aug 27, 2020
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Ask HN: How does onlyfans.com work around the “no porn” Stripe rule?
380 points • comment • aug 27, 2020
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Mac keyboard shortcuts
380 points • comment • aug 07, 2020
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System UIcons – icons designed for products, no attribution
379 points • comment • aug 03, 2020
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Let's build a full-text search engine
378 points • comment • aug 04, 2020
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Ventoy: A new bootable USB solution
378 points • comment • aug 22, 2020
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Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before and after
377 points • comment • aug 05, 2020
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Twitter x TikTok = Twiktwok
376 points • comment • aug 09, 2020
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Usbkill – anti-forensic tool to halt computer when new USB device is connected
376 points • comment • aug 06, 2020