601
262
Megapack: Utility-Scale Energy Storage
https://www.tesla.com/blog/introducing-megapack-utility-scale-energy-storage
6 years ago
515
298
Uber Lays Off 400
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/technology/uber-job-cuts.html
491
285
Capital One Says Breach Hit 100M Individuals in U.S
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-29/capital-one-data-systems-breached-by-seattle-woman-u-s-says
462
485
The human body is already close to thermal limits in many regions
https://theconversation.com/heatwave-think-its-hot-in-europe-the-human-body-is-already-close-to-thermal-limits-elsewhere-121003
441
466
YouTube faces creator backlash
https://www.axios.com/youtube-faces-creator-backlash-30b7e425-ec93-4f02-aec3-6f418e009b56.html
419
269
Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs
https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-smartphone-final-specs-announced/
392
Ask HN: What are the “best” codebases that you've encountered?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20556336
382
56
Data Engineering Cookbook
https://github.com/andkret/Cookbook
359
117
India tiger census shows rapid population growth
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49148174
338
337
Lambda School fined $75k by CA for operating without state approval [pdf]
https://www.bppe.ca.gov/enforcement/actions/lambdainc_ord.pdf
320
186
Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackable software
https://www.geoffreylitt.com/2019/07/29/browser-extensions.html
318
112
Report on Microsoft Office and Windows software: still privacy risks remaining
https://www.privacycompany.eu/en/new-dpia-on-microsoft-office-and-windows-software-still-privacy-risks-remaining-short-blog/
308
232
Slack was down
https://status.slack.com/2019-07/b31a6510b8caabcc
284
300
GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea
https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/29/github-ban-sanctioned-countries/
272
190
Why Lie Detector Tests Can’t Be Trusted
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/why-lie-detector-tests-cant-be-trusted-180972724/
249
199
Go Contracts – Draft Design
https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/master/design/go2draft-contracts.md
243
136
Work on production line of Boeing 737 Max ‘not adequately funded’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49142761
214
36
How SAML 2.0 Authentication Works
https://gravitational.com/blog/how-saml-authentication-works/
212
63
The Internet's Old Guard
https://reading.supply/post/432f6903-c7cd-4cb0-a894-c09155a8ca8b
209
113
The Invention of Money
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/05/the-invention-of-money
191
61
OpenPDF 1.3.0
https://github.com/LibrePDF/OpenPDF/releases/tag/1.3.0
183
248
The art of interrupting software engineers
https://content.pivotal.io/product-managers/the-art-of-interrupting-software-engineers
177
108
Radioactive ruthenium from an undeclared major nuclear release in 2017
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/07/25/1907571116
170
41
Some things that might help you make better software (2016)
https://www.drmaciver.com/2016/10/some-things-that-might-help-you-write-better-software/
167
92
B-threads: programming in a way that allows for easier changes
https://medium.com/@lmatteis/b-threads-programming-in-a-way-that-allows-for-easier-changes-5d95b9fb6928
165
47
A tiny language called Z (2013)
https://chrisdone.com/posts/z/
116
Bethesda removing mandatory login from Doom re-releases after fan backlash
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/347550/Bethesda_removing_mandatory_login_from_Doom_rereleases_after_fan_backlash.php
163
51
Levels of code in Forth programming (2002)
http://www.ultratechnology.com/levels.htm
200
The Elite Club That Rules the Diamond World Is Starting to Crack
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-29/the-elite-club-that-rules-the-diamond-world-is-starting-to-crack
160
88
The Washington Post's bestseller lists have been wrong
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/07/26/editors-note/
Trump proposes forcing hospitals to disclose discount rates with insurers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-proposes-forcing-hospitals-to-disclose-discount-rates-negotiated-with-insurers-11564431303?mod=rsswn
155
193
What Happened with West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting Experiment?
https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/west-virginia-blockchain-voting-voatz.html
205
Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019
https://www.treasury.gov.au/consultation/c2019-t395788
150
264
Taleb is wrong about IQ
http://www.jsmp.dk/posts/2019-06-16-talebiq/
149
26
Liftbridge: Lightweight, fault-tolerant message streams
https://github.com/liftbridge-io/liftbridge
148
72
Lahja – A generic event bus implementation written in Python
https://github.com/ethereum/lahja
235
The Lithium Mine Buildup Is Outpacing the Electric-Car Boom
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-28/the-lithium-mine-buildup-is-outpacing-the-electric-car-boom
138
9
Postgres tips for the average and power user
https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2019/07/17/postgres-tips-for-average-and-power-user/
60
Deeper well drilling an unsustainable stopgap to groundwater depletion
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0325-z
130
114
More Older Couples Stay Together Because They Live Apart
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-older-couples-stay-together-because-they-live-apart-11564311602?mod=rsswn
129
20
How I Side Project
https://dotink.co/posts/how-i-side-project/
126
84
Ohio passes energy bill that bails out nuclear and coal plants, guts renewables
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/7/27/8910804/ohio-gop-nuclear-coal-plants-renewables-efficiency-hb6
54
How we send 22k emails every hour
https://www.jitbit.com/news/email-architecture/
104
197
The Golden Girls Would Violate Zoning Laws
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/opinion/affordable-housing-zoning-golden-girls.html
95
14
The Undertakers of Silicon Valley (2018)
https://logicmag.io/failure/the-undertakers-of-silicon-valley/
93
21
Improved seam carving with forward energy
https://avikdas.com/2019/07/29/improved-seam-carving-with-forward-energy.html
49
Beijing Presses Hong Kong Government to Quell Unrest
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-presses-hong-kong-government-to-quell-unrest-11564404626?mod=rsswn
10
Banding in Games: A Noisy Rant [pdf]
http://loopit.dk/banding_in_games.pdf
86
57
Emacs Users Are Like Terry Pratchett’s Igors (2013)
https://chrisdone.com/posts/emacs-users-are-like-igor/
85
32
Mystery of Chedworth's 1,800-year-old Roman glass shard solved
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/22/mystery-of-chedworth-1800-year-old-roman-glass-shard-solved
62
A Wisconsin lawmaker who's paralyzed isn't allowed to participate in meetings
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/29/leaders-wont-let-lawmaker-who-uses-wheelchair-phone-into-meetings/1830851001/
81
18
No One Is Safe: How Saudi Arabia Makes Dissidents Disappear
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/07/how-saudi-arabia-makes-dissidents-disappear
Ohio passes energy bill that bails out nuclear and coal plants, guts renewables