top 20 hacker news stories for 2019-07-16

YouTube video has its own URL in it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6L__oR1O9A

6 years ago

681 upvotes – 147 comments

DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps

https://spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgo-apple-mapkit-js-update/

6 years ago

611 upvotes – 279 comments

What every computer science major should know (2011)

http://matt.might.net/articles/what-cs-majors-should-know/

6 years ago

540 upvotes – 182 comments

Declined Proposal: A built-in Go error check function, “try”

https://github.com/golang/go/issues/32437#issuecomment-512035919

6 years ago

474 upvotes – 408 comments

Your nines are not my nines

http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2019/07/15/giant/

6 years ago

424 upvotes – 129 comments

Ask HN: How to deal with constantly getting cut off in work discussions?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20453248

6 years ago

329 upvotes – 298 comments

Show HN: OctoSQL – Query and join multiple databases and files, written in Go

https://github.com/cube2222/octosql

6 years ago

310 upvotes – 70 comments

Sia – Decentralized cloud storage network

https://blog.sia.tech/meet-sia-the-most-viable-non-financial-application-of-blockchain-technology-afe6e7412a25

6 years ago

276 upvotes – 192 comments

Google Protest Leader Leaves

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-16/google-protest-leader-meredith-whittaker-is-leaving-the-company

6 years ago

265 upvotes – 404 comments

The helicopter team that films the Tour de France

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/07/how-helicopters-bring-us-amazing-views-of-the-tour-de-france/

6 years ago

263 upvotes – 119 comments

Cobol Still Powers the Global Economy

https://www.tpr.org/post/how-cobol-still-powers-global-economy-60-years-old

6 years ago

256 upvotes – 192 comments

King – Man + Woman = King?

https://medium.com/p/king-man-woman-king-9a7fd2935a85

6 years ago

256 upvotes – 103 comments

Going Quiet: More States Are Hiding 911 Recordings

https://www.propublica.org/article/more-states-are-hiding-911-recordings-from-families-lawyers-and-the-general-public

6 years ago

251 upvotes – 131 comments

Maps Reveal the Difference in How Cities Are Perceived by Tourists and Locals

https://www.archdaily.com/920002/a-series-of-maps-reveals-the-difference-in-how-cities-are-perceived-by-tourists-and-locals

6 years ago

192 upvotes – 102 comments

Owl – OCaml Scientific Computing

http://ocaml.xyz

6 years ago

190 upvotes – 76 comments

Inaccurate chart led to unwarranted fears of 5G wireless technology

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/science/5g-cellphones-wireless-cancer.html

6 years ago

178 upvotes – 206 comments

Apple Plans to Bankroll Original Podcasts to Fend Off Rivals

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-16/apple-plans-to-bankroll-original-podcasts-to-fend-off-rivals

6 years ago

163 upvotes – 174 comments

NASA Says Earth Is Greener Today Than 20 Years Ago Thanks to China, India

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/02/28/nasa-says-earth-is-greener-today-than-20-years-ago-thanks-to-china-india/#15a5334e6e13

6 years ago

154 upvotes – 68 comments

Anyone made the jump from MySQL to PostreSQL? It is worth it?

https://old.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/cdgxxu/anyone_made_the_jump_from_mysql_to_postresql_it/

6 years ago

152 upvotes – 113 comments

Lunar Eclipse: An Email to a Daughter and Son-in-Law

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/b-a-s/9rcz9MbC5p8/2Q8txQgGBAAJ

6 years ago

150 upvotes – 65 comments
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