780
472
How I went from programming to consulting (2012)
https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/consulting_1
8 years ago
362
222
Tiananmen Square 1989 death toll was at least 10,000 according to UK documents
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42465516
309
102
Academic success is either a crapshoot or a scam
https://grasshoppermouse.github.io/2017/12/05/academic-success-is-either-a-crapshoot-or-a-scam/
298
117
Blackbird: Bitcoin arbitrage
https://github.com/butor/blackbird/blob/master/README.md
270
212
Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain
https://medium.com/@kaistinchcombe/ten-years-in-nobody-has-come-up-with-a-use-case-for-blockchain-ee98c180100
262
26
NumPy Tricks and Pitfalls
http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/vlad17/np-learn/blob/master/presentation.ipynb?flush_cache=true
253
79
Algorithmic Solution to My Insomnia
http://ilya.sukhar.com/blog/an-algorithmic-solution-to-insomnia.html
214
138
Ask HN: Has working remotely harmed your career growth?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15994294
186
9
Keras Tutorial – Traffic Sign Recognition
https://chsasank.github.io/keras-tutorial.html
185
107
In Final Holiday Push, UPS Grabs Its Accountants to Deliver Packages
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-final-holiday-push-ups-grabs-its-accountants-to-deliver-packages-1514040922
182
81
Writing a personal automation API
https://dev.to/anotherdevblog/every-developer-should-write-a-personal-automation-api
180
32
The strange story of “Extended Random”
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2017/12/19/the-strange-story-of-extended-random/
172
27
Haven: Snowden's New App Turns Your Phone into a Home Security System
https://www.wired.com/story/snowden-haven-app-turns-phone-into-home-security-system/
159
123
Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/21/world/asia/jakarta-sinking-climate.html?_r=0
157
97
Four DB2 Code Bases?
http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2017/12/1187/
144
103
Ask HN: Why is Docker so popular in comparison to other containerization tech?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15992664
30
Analog For The People: Synth Master Tatsuya Takahashi On Engineering Fun
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/12/22/569092364/analog-for-the-people-synth-master-tatsuya-takahashi-on-engineering-fun
143
100
At Vice, Cutting-Edge Media and Allegations of Old-School Sexual Harassment
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/business/media/vice-sexual-harassment.html
140
20
Inferno OS for Raspberry Pi
https://bitbucket.org/infpi/inferno-rpi
132
55
Jsonb: Stories about performance
http://erthalion.info/2017/12/21/advanced-json-benchmarks/
122
73
Google hires a key Apple chip designer
https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/23/google-poaches-a-key-apple-chip-designer/
118
61
Ask HN: Is it too late to find a mentor after 30 for a software developer?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15994193
115
37
Google DeepMind and healthcare in an age of algorithms
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12553-017-0179-1
113
108
Opinions on functional programming and OCaml
https://gist.github.com/vjeux/cc2c4f83a6b60d69b79057b6ef651b56
109
11
Computer Vision by Andrew Ng – Lessons Learned
https://www.kdnuggets.com/2017/12/ng-computer-vision-11-lessons-learnied.html
42
Busting myths about BigQuery
https://cloud.google.com/blog/big-data/2017/12/busting-12-myths-about-bigquery
104
199
Living in a parking lot in Santa Barbara
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-safe-parking-20171224-story.html
92
The LION Way: Machine Learning and Intelligent Optimization [pdf]
http://intelligent-optimization.org/LIONbook/lionbook_3v0.pdf
89
29
Net Neutrality: Time to Use Mesh Networks to Build Your Own Internet?
https://www.inverse.com/article/39507-mesh-networks-net-neutrality-fcc
87
California lawmakers have tried for 50 years to fix the state’s housing crisis
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-pol-ca-housing-supply/
84
13
Apple-centric guide to improve privacy and security
https://gacallea.github.io/posts/a-better-online-experience/
82
33
Louisiana, Sinking Fast, Prepares to Empty Out Its Coastal Plain
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-22/louisiana-sinking-fast-prepares-to-empty-out-its-coastal-plain
While teaching in Japan, it took an enemy to make me feel at home
https://catapult.co/stories/on-campus-yuka-my-enemy-friendship-and-teaching-abroad
78
In Malaysia, Nutritionists Take Money from Food Giants
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/health/obesity-malaysia-nestle.html
77
38
Direct-to-consumer companies bypass traditional retailers via online stores
https://www.economist.com/news/business/21731429-direct-consumer-revolution-bedroom-and-bathroom-new-class-startup-upending
114
Opinion: How Apple could have prevented the iPhone-slowdown controversy
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-apple-could-have-prevented-the-iphone-slowdown-controversy-2017-12-23
74
23
Amazon apologises for 'threats' to customer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42459594
14
Show HN: Nymph – A slightly different version of C
https://github.com/roecrew/nymph/blob/master/README.md
★ 176 C MIT– 8 years ago
72
UK Cops Want to Use AI to Spot Child Abuse But It Mistakes Desert Pics for Nudes
https://gizmodo.com/british-cops-want-to-use-ai-to-spot-porn-but-it-keeps-m-1821384511
70
Game Off 2017 winners
https://github.com/blog/2483-game-off-2017-winners