631
232
H&R Block and Intuit Lobbying Against Simpler Tax Filing (2017)
https://www.propublica.org/article/filing-taxes-could-be-free-simple-hr-block-intuit-lobbying-against-it#
8 years ago
617
312
ReactOS releases 0.4.8 with experimental Vista/7/10 software compatibility
https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-048-released
493
52
D3 in Depth
http://d3indepth.com
461
145
Vipassana for Hackers [pdf]
https://github.com/deobald/vipassana-for-hackers/blob/master/vipassana-for-hackers.pdf
★ 597TeXCC-BY-SA-4.0–8 years ago
444
47
Probability Theory for Scientists and Engineers
https://betanalpha.github.io/assets/case_studies/probability_theory.html
353
197
The Price of Free Is Actually Too High
https://www.feld.com/archives/2018/04/the-price-of-free-is-actually-too-high.html
321
173
Jupyter, Mathematica, and the Future of the Research Paper
https://paulromer.net/jupyter-mathematica-and-the-future-of-the-research-paper/
320
59
A dive into the making of a 64K Intro
http://www.ctrl-alt-test.fr/2018/a-dive-into-the-making-of-immersion/
310
132
Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system
https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/01/jolla-sailfish-os-team-interview-mwc/
277
152
The long, tortuous and fascinating process of creating a Chinese font
https://qz.com/522079/the-long-incredibly-tortuous-and-fascinating-process-of-creating-a-chinese-font/
261
194
It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/15/17239548/firefox-chrome-safari-competition
259
169
You Can’t Do Data Science in a GUI
https://blog.dominodatalab.com/data-scientist-programmer-mutually-exclusive/?r=1
243
49
What Erlang Taught Me About Distributed Systems
https://blog.kenforthewin.com/what-erlang-taught-me-about-distributed-systems/
230
74
Casino high-roller database stolen through a thermometer in the lobby fish tank
http://www.businessinsider.com/hackers-stole-a-casinos-database-through-a-thermometer-in-the-lobby-fish-tank-2018-4
210
37
Talk to Books
https://books.google.com/talktobooks/
195
A $76,000 Monthly Pension: Why States and Cities Are Short on Cash
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/business/pension-finance-oregon.html
177
67
Is sorted using SIMD instructions
http://0x80.pl/notesen/2018-04-11-simd-is-sorted.html
161
176
Autonomous braking: 'The most significant development since the safety belt'
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43752226
83
Thinning in brain regions important for memory linked to sedentary habits
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180412141014.htm
168
Proposal to restore a destroyed Ethereum contract
https://github.com/5chdn/EIPs/blob/a5-eip-999/EIPS/eip-999.md
★ 3HTML–8 years ago
150
13
Notation as a Tool of Thought (1979) [pdf]
http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~jzhu/csc326/readings/iverson.pdf
148
88
The Artificial Intelligentsia
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-artificial-intelligentsia-timms
144
158
Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Prepare for an I.P.O. Wave
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/technology/silicon-valley-venture-capitalists-ipo.html
143
73
The Crystal Programming Language
https://crystal-lang.org/
Kubrick found what he wanted by trying things out
https://www.wsj.com/articles/space-odyssey-and-stanley-kubrick-review-like-nothing-else-on-earth-1523565411
141
8
Recurrent Neural Network Tutorial for Artists (2017)
http://blog.otoro.net/2017/01/01/recurrent-neural-network-artist/
140
36
A game of tag that’s been going for 20+ years
https://kottke.org/18/03/a-game-of-tag-thats-been-going-for-20-years
139
40
Cosmos is an operating system “construction kit”
https://github.com/CosmosOS/Cosmos/wiki/Develop-Your-Own-Operating-System-in-C%23-or-VB.NET
★ 3.1kC#BSD-3-Clause–8 years ago
126
35
Giant coconut crabs feed on birds (2017)
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2152805-giant-coconut-crab-sneaks-up-on-a-sleeping-bird-and-kills-it/
121
64
For $5k, Chevy Will Let You Assemble Your Corvette Z06’s Engine Yourself (2015)
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/for-5000-chevy-will-let-you-assemble-your-corvette-z06s-engine-yourself
116
25
Reverse Engineering the Soundcloud API
https://pythontips.com/2018/04/15/reverse-engineering-soundcloud-api/
108
60
Rich Formula: Quant Trading (2015)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2015/09/29/rich-formula-math-and-computer-wizards-now-billionaires-thanks-to-quant-trading-secrets/amp/
107
118
Avoid Google Maps with Gnome Maps on GNU/Linux
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/14/avoid-google-maps-with-gnome-maps-on-gnu-linux/
69
911 calls from chronically ill drop after Milwaukee community initiative
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2018/04/13/911-calls-chronically-ill-drop-after-milwaukee-launches-community-paramedic-initiative/511123002/?from=new-cookie
105
58
Gruen transfer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruen_transfer
102
In the Beginning Was the Command Line (1999)
http://cristal.inria.fr/~weis/info/commandline.html
97
38
Intel Compiler Intrinsics Guide
https://software.intel.com/sites/landingpage/IntrinsicsGuide/
91
Understanding Bitcoin Transactions
https://www.jonathanotto.com/bitcoin-transactions
12
Turn-of-the-Century Pigeons Photographed Earth from Above
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-turn-of-the-century-pigeons-that-photographed-earth-from-above
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