top 20 hacker news stories for 2019-08-19

I Miss Microsoft Encarta

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/IMissMicrosoftEncarta.aspx

7 years ago

Information operations directed at Hong Kong

https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/information_operations_directed_at_Hong_Kong.html

7 years ago

How to Build Good Software

https://www.csc.gov.sg/articles/how-to-build-good-software

7 years ago

OpenDrop: An Open Source AirDrop Implementation

https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop

7 years ago

★ 9.5k Python GPL-3.0

Kerbal Space Program 2

https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/game/kerbal-space-program-2/

7 years ago

Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible

https://guzey.com/productivity/

7 years ago

Show HN: Chart.xkcd – Xkcd-styled chart library

https://github.com/timqian/chart.xkcd

7 years ago

★ 7.7k JavaScript MIT

Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior from China

https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/08/removing-cib-china/

7 years ago

How Rust optimizes async/await

https://tmandry.gitlab.io/blog/posts/optimizing-await-1/

7 years ago

Nigerian Teens Are Making Sci-Fi Shorts with Slick Visual Effects

https://kottke.org/19/08/these-nigerian-teens-are-making-sci-fi-shorts-with-slick-visual-effects

7 years ago

Calculus Is Deeply Irrational

https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2019/08/16/calculus-is-deeply-irrational/

7 years ago

Why Did China Just Devalue the Yuan? How Trade Works with Free-Floating Currency

https://www.cassandracapital.net/post/why-did-china-just-devalue-the-yuan

7 years ago

Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster

https://theartofmachinery.com/2019/08/12/c_const_isnt_for_performance.html

7 years ago

Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation

https://www.businessroundtable.org/business-roundtable-redefines-the-purpose-of-a-corporation-to-promote-an-economy-that-serves-all-americans

7 years ago

Twitter is displaying China-made ads attacking Hong Kong protesters

https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/18/twitter-china-ads-attack-hong-kong-protesters

7 years ago

Cerebras Systems unveils a 1.2T transistor chip for AI

https://venturebeat.com/2019/08/19/cerebras-systems-unveils-a-record-1-2-trillion-transistor-chip-for-ai/

7 years ago

Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: Study

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-19/wireless-carrier-throttling-of-online-video-is-pervasive-study

7 years ago

One of the greatest science fiction magazines is now available online (2017)

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/14/15970710/galaxy-science-fiction-magazine-online-free-reading-archive

7 years ago

Updating our advertising policies on state media

https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/advertising_policies_on_state_media.html

7 years ago

A parrot has a question for humans

http://nautil.us/issue/75/story/the-great-silence

7 years ago