top 10 hacker news stories for 2019-04-17

Post-surgical deaths in Scotland drop by a third, attributed to a checklist

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-47953541

7 years ago

I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs

https://possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/follow-up-i-found-two-identical-packs-of-skittles-among-468-packs-with-a-total-of-27740-skittles/

7 years ago

Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis

http://matthewrayfield.com/articles/animating-urls-with-javascript-and-emojis/#%F0%9F%8C%92

7 years ago

Microsoft turned down facial-recognition sales on human rights concerns

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-ai/microsoft-turned-down-facial-recognition-sales-on-human-rights-concerns-idUSKCN1RS2FV

7 years ago

Intel Exiting 5G Modems

https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/intel-modem-statement/#gs.639at4

7 years ago

Popular Google Play store apps are abusing permissions and committing ad fraud

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/google-play-store-ad-fraud-du-group-baidu

7 years ago

Let’s Encrypt to transition to ISRG root

https://scotthelme.co.uk/lets-encrypt-to-transition-to-isrg-root/

7 years ago

Google Decides to Monetize Maps

https://adage.com/article/digital/google-flips-switch-its-next-big-money-maker-maps/2163976

7 years ago

Fluent 1.0: a localization system for natural-sounding translations

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/fluent-1-0-a-localization-system-for-natural-sounding-translations/

7 years ago

Lemmy: Federated Alternative to Reddit in Rust

https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy

7 years ago

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