500
186
Why Not to Use Quora
https://waxy.org/2018/12/why-you-should-never-ever-use-quora/
7 years ago
448
168
Companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html
433
202
Tell HN: Aaron Swartz's website is offline
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18648127
189
Prions, Nearly Indestructible and Universally Lethal, Seed the Eyes of Victims
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/prions-nearly-indestructible-and-universally-lethal-seed-the-eyes-of-victims/
419
349
Amazon’s Chips Threaten Intel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/technology/amazon-server-chip-intel.html
405
100
Nasa's Voyager 2 probe 'leaves the Solar System'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46502820
340
99
The cold start problem: how to build your machine learning portfolio
https://towardsdatascience.com/the-cold-start-problem-how-to-build-your-machine-learning-portfolio-6718b4ae83e9
315
234
Google Employees Demand the End of Forced Arbitration Across the Tech Industry
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/10/google-employees-demand-the-end-of-forced-arbitration-across-the-tech-industry/
306
84
On Shutting Down
https://blog.ycombinator.com/shutting-down/
295
111
Apple Airplay on Raspberry Pi in 7 Easy Steps
https://appcodelabs.com/7-easy-steps-to-apple-airplay-on-raspberry-pi
261
126
Google will shut down Google+ four months early after second data leak
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/10/18134541/google-plus-privacy-api-data-leak-developers
52
IPFS, The Interplanetary File System, Simply Explained
https://achainofblocks.com/2018/10/05/ipfs-interplanetary-file-system-simply-explained/
238
139
House Oversight Committee Report on Equifax Breach [pdf]
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Equifax-Report.pdf
208
26
REXPaint: Powerful, User-Friendly ASCII Art Editor
https://www.gridsagegames.com/rexpaint/
199
213
Netflix’s biggest competition isn’t sleep, it’s YouTube
https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/09/netflixs-biggest-competition-isnt-sleep-its-youtube/
194
122
Nextcloud introduces social features, joins the fediverse
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-introduces-social-features-joins-the-fediverse/
193
Verizon says to shed 10,400 jobs by mid next year
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-verizon-layoffs/verizon-says-to-shed-10400-jobs-by-mid-next-year-idUSKBN1O91VM
188
61
AlphaFold at CASP13: What just happened?
https://moalquraishi.wordpress.com/2018/12/09/alphafold-casp13-what-just-happened/
179
89
Seemingly Impossible Swift Programs
https://www.fewbutripe.com/2018/12/05/seemingly-impossible.html
178
75
Making Penicillin at Home
https://www.doomandbloom.net/making-penicillin-at-home/
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