top 20 hacker news stories for 2017-10-29

Replacing exploit-ridden firmware with a Linux kernel [pdf]

https://schd.ws/hosted_files/osseu17/84/Replace%20UEFI%20with%20Linux.pdf

9 years ago

368 upvotes – 78 comments

Facebook denies 'listening' to conversations

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41776215

9 years ago

302 upvotes – 404 comments

Why would anyone choose Docker over fat binaries?

http://www.smashcompany.com/technology/why-would-anyone-choose-docker-over-fat-binaries

9 years ago

297 upvotes – 173 comments

I cured my tech fatigue by ditching feeds

https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/28/how-i-cured-my-tech-fatigue-by-ditching-feeds

9 years ago

294 upvotes – 228 comments

Nothing to Hide – a documentary about surveillance and you [video]

https://vimeo.com/189016018

9 years ago

276 upvotes – 44 comments

One pixel attack for deceiving deep neural networks

https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.08864

9 years ago

260 upvotes – 129 comments

California Wildfires Burned Irreplaceable Documents on Silicon Valley History

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/business/7559762-181/hewlett-packard-archives-at-keysight-destroyed

9 years ago

237 upvotes – 97 comments

AMD takes on Intel with new Ryzen processors for laptops

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/26/16552208/amd-ryzen-5-2500u-7-2700u-laptop-processors-intel-core-i5-i7-chips-cores

9 years ago

234 upvotes – 138 comments

Inadequacy and Modesty

https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/zsG9yKcriht2doRhM/inadequacy-and-modesty

9 years ago

223 upvotes – 102 comments

An anti-aging strategy that works in mice is about to be tested in humans

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-stay-young-kill-zombie-cells/

9 years ago

221 upvotes – 64 comments

When did the golden age of The Simpsons end?

http://www.nathancunn.com/2017-10-26-simpsons-decline/

9 years ago

219 upvotes – 107 comments

DOJ: Billionaire pharma owner fueled the opioid epidemic with bribery scheme

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/doj-billionaire-pharma-owner-fueled-the-opioid-epidemic-with-bribery-scheme/

9 years ago

217 upvotes – 109 comments

How to Be a C.E.O., From a Decade’s Worth of Them

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/business/how-to-be-a-ceo.html

9 years ago

215 upvotes – 72 comments

The often-overlooked random forest kernel

https://rmarcus.info/blog/2017/10/04/rfk.html

9 years ago

201 upvotes – 20 comments

Who Will Rein in Facebook? Challengers Are Lining Up

https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-will-rein-in-facebook-challengers-are-lining-up-1509278405

9 years ago

185 upvotes – 171 comments

Portuguese ISP shows us what our non-neutral internet will look like

https://boingboing.net/2017/10/28/warning-taken-as-suggestion.html

9 years ago

182 upvotes – 132 comments

Wines Are No Longer Free to Travel Across State Lines

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/dining/drinks/interstate-wine-sales-shipping-laws.html

9 years ago

173 upvotes – 113 comments

The Line Between Aggressive and Crazy

https://rhsfinancial.com/2017/06/line-aggressive-crazy/

9 years ago

171 upvotes – 37 comments

Fable: F# to JavaScript compiler

http://fable.io/

9 years ago

155 upvotes – 73 comments

The data economy demands a new approach to antitrust rules

https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21721656-data-economy-demands-new-approach-antitrust-rules-worlds-most-valuable-resource?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Frfd%2Fpe

9 years ago

152 upvotes – 86 comments
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