top 10 hacker news stories for 2018-12-31

Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/31/netflix-stops-paying-the-apple-tax-on-its-853m-in-annual-ios-revenue/

7 years ago

The Elements of UI Engineering

https://overreacted.io/the-elements-of-ui-engineering/

7 years ago

Let's Encrypt: Looking Forward to 2019

https://letsencrypt.org/2018/12/31/looking-forward-to-2019.html

7 years ago

Ask HN: Engineers from non-CS background, how did you pivot into ML/AI?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18793849

7 years ago

Federal judge finds state law governing who is an engineer violates free speech

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2018/12/federal-judge-finds-state-law-governing-who-is-an-engineer-violates-free-speech.html

7 years ago

Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/28/living-paycheck-paycheck-is-disturbingly-common-i-see-no-way-out

7 years ago

An Idiot’s guide to Support vector machines (2003) [pdf]

http://web.mit.edu/6.034/wwwbob/svm-notes-long-08.pdf

7 years ago

“In 2018 the blockchain/decentralization story fell apart”

https://twitter.com/random_walker/status/1079759096272818178

7 years ago

The Uncharity of College: The Big Business Nobody Understands

https://www.conradbastable.com/essays/the-uncharity-of-college-the-big-business-nobody-understands

7 years ago

When Too Cute Is Too Much, the Brain Can Get Aggressive

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/31/679832549/when-too-cute-is-too-much-the-brain-can-get-aggressive

7 years ago