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7 years ago
575
146
Refresh: concept for a new kind of web browser
https://refresh.study
500
145
Detecting the use of "curl | bash" server-side
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353
110
A Spectre is Haunting Unicode
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327
162
TSA is tracking regular travelers like terrorists in secret surveillance program
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301
180
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286
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Signaling in tech is some fucked up shit (2016)
https://daiyi.co/blog/2016/11/30/Signaling-in-tech-is-some-fucked-up-shit/
281
73
Code with Mu: a simple Python editor for beginner programmers
https://codewith.mu/
238
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The Blockchain Bubble Will Pop, What Next?
http://approximatelycorrect.com/2018/06/22/the-blockchain-bubble-will-pop-what-next/
222
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Ask HN: How to pursue acquisition?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17639768
219
79
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2018/07/27/gorgan-wall-iran-second-longest/#.W1vFmRZE2Ec
200
115
Is Cobol holding you hostage with Math?
https://medium.com/@bellmar/is-cobol-holding-you-hostage-with-math-5498c0eb428b
195
113
Turbo Button
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button
186
21
Gamifying propositional logic: QED, an interactive textbook
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2018/07/28/gamifying-propositional-logic-qed-an-interactive-textbook/
157
68
Why Salt Was So Important Throughout History
https://bookworm.club/2018/07/salt/
149
40
Going sponsor-free – 3blue1brown
https://www.patreon.com/posts/19586800
140
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Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-44981013
130
132
New Video of F-117s Flying Out of Tonopah Despite Their Fates Being Sealed
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22487/new-video-of-f-117s-flying-out-of-tonopah-emerges-despite-their-fates-being-sealed
129
11
Fear of Macros
http://www.greghendershott.com/fear-of-macros/
126
175
Almost 80% of US workers live from paycheck to paycheck
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/29/us-economy-workers-paycheck-robert-reich
124
103
Dying Alone in Japan: The Industry Devoted to What’s Left Behind
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-07-18/japan-s-lonely-death-industry
60
Cheap FPGA Development Boards
https://joelw.id.au/FPGA/CheapFPGADevelopmentBoards
108
Java's Magic Sauce
https://www.azul.com/javas-magic-sauce/
107
32
As Economics Improve, Solar Shines in Rural America
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/renewables/solar-expands-in-rural-areas
106
82
Pizza Physics: Why Brick Ovens Bake the Perfect Italian-Style Pie
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/07/23/630544154/pizza-physics-why-brick-ovens-bake-the-perfect-italian-style-pie
99
49
Setting Up a Fast, Comprehensive Search Routine with PostgreSQL
https://rob.conery.io/2018/07/23/setting-up-a-fast-comprehensive-search-routine-with-postgresql/
97
95
Diversity quotas suck. Here’s why
http://blog.alinelerner.com/diversity-quotas-suck-heres-why/
72
What We Have Now Is Not Advertising
https://nrempel.com/posts/what-we-have-now-is-not-advertising/
90
104
Discontinuation of Mac Support for Autodesk Alias and VRED
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/alias-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Discontinuation-of-Mac-Support-for-Autodesk-Alias-and-VRED.html
87
137
Consumer DNA tests revealing misattributed parentage
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/dna-test-misattributed-paternity/562928/?single_page=true
86
8
Double Faults
https://os.phil-opp.com/double-fault-exceptions/
85
16
Remote Spectre exploits demonstrated
https://lwn.net/Articles/761100/
81
London’s Super-Recognizer Police Force (2016)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/22/londons-super-recognizer-police-force
80
2
A $3B Plan to Turn Hoover Dam into a Giant Battery
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/24/business/energy-environment/hoover-dam-renewable-energy.html
Men Beware: The Abercrombie and Fitch Effect
https://www.newneuromarketing.com/men-beware-the-abercrombie-fitch-effect
13
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http://web.mit.edu/jhawk/tmp/p/EST016_Ground_Loops_handout.pdf
78
154
Ask HN: How old are you (optional) and what was the last thing that you learned?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17636856
77
4
Light Painting Machine [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1bY66X1JKA
76
34
David Bohm, Quantum Mechanics and Enlightenment
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/david-bohm-quantum-mechanics-and-enlightenment/
17
Compromised supply chain within a supply chain poses new risks
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/07/26/attack-inception-compromised-supply-chain-within-a-supply-chain-poses-new-risks/
75
10
A Z80 from the Ground Up (2014)
http://baltazarstudios.com/z80-ground/
74
5
How Japan's visionaries saw the future
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180725-how-japans-visionaries-saw-the-future
Iran's Wolf Wall, Second-Longest in the World, Is Still Shrouded in Mystery