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615
Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID
https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/467#issuecomment-581944600
6 years ago
1582
642
Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust
https://blog.discordapp.com/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to-rust-a190bbca2b1f
930
862
Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22235279
694
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Firefox Preview adds support for recommended extensions, including uBlock Origin
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555
129
I found a WhatsApp security flaw that allowed hackers to read the file system
https://www.perimeterx.com/tech-blog/2020/whatsapp-fs-read-vuln-disclosure/
491
115
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https://sandstorm.io/news/2020-02-03-reviving-sandstorm
465
233
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https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/811068/cfeb6a67b8dfbe47/
417
164
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https://github.com/bradtraversy/vanillawebprojects
405
138
Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strangers in November
https://ww.9to5google.com/2020/02/03/google-photos-video-strangers/
401
407
U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/27/799402801/canada-wins-u-s-loses-in-global-fight-for-high-tech-workers?sc=18&f=1001
400
265
Bosch Smart glasses: A tiny laser array paints images directly onto your retina
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/gadgets/bosch-ar-smartglasses-tiny-eyeball-lasers
367
231
Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames to phone numbers
https://www.zdnet.com/article/twitter-says-an-attacker-used-its-api-to-match-usernames-to-phone-numbers/
349
158
Using neural networks to upscale a famous 1896 video to 4k quality
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/someone-used-neural-networks-to-upscale-a-famous-1896-video-to-4k-quality/
277
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AMD Threadripper 3990X 64-Core beats dual Xeon Platinum 8280 in benchmark leak
https://hothardware.com/news/amd-threadripper-3990x-crushing-xeon-platinum-8280-cpus
275
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https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/y3m33x/heres-the-shadow-inc-app-that-failed-in-iowa-last-night
267
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https://blog.lizzie.io/linux-containers-in-500-loc.html
235
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https://unherd.com/2020/01/cast-out-how-knitting-fell-into-a-purity-spiral/
228
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226
36
Just because it's an Internet Draft doesn't mean anything at all (2014)
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wkumari-not-a-draft-06
224
301
Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-04/iowa-democrats-say-results-to-be-released-today-campaign-update
223
34
Mathematicians prove universal law of turbulence
https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-prove-batchelors-law-of-turbulence-20200204/
210
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Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/10/can-we-have-prosperity-without-growth
204
148
Java 14 Feature Spotlight: Records
https://www.infoq.com/articles/java-14-feature-spotlight/?
191
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9MXYZh1jcs
177
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App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequately Tested
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/us/politics/iowa-caucus-app.html
170
39
Universal, reusable virus deactivation system for respiratory protection (2017)
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep39956
167
140
Intel axes Nervana just two months after launch
https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/3270/intel-axes-nervana-just-two-months-after-launch/
163
65
Expert programmers have fine-tuned cortical representations of source code
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.28.923953v1
159
47
Asana files to go public via direct listing
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/03/asana-files-to-go-public-says-it-will-do-so-via-a-trendy-direct-listing/
155
146
Twitter to label deepfakes and other deceptive media
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-security/twitter-to-label-deepfakes-and-other-deceptive-media-idUSKBN1ZY2OV
152
86
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https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/wkuDgmpxwbu2M2k3w/you-have-a-set-amount-of-weirdness-points-spend-them-wisely
96
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https://scroll.in/article/951915/karnatakas-sedition-case-against-parent-and-teacher-for-a-school-play-is-absurd-and-illegal
147
31
Amazon Dating: The Future of Dating
https://amazondating.co/
79
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137
68
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http://eliot-jones.com:5690/
130
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https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/prolog/
125
46
Show HN: Everlook – Find and list remote job opportunities
https://everlookjobs.com/
83
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190503-the-mystery-taste-that-always-eluded-us
114
94
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http://codereform.com/blog/post/babel-fsharp-pipeline-operator/
112
Visa is planning the biggest changes to merchant fees in a decade
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-04/visa-is-planning-the-biggest-changes-to-swipe-fees-in-a-decade
106
50
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https://twitter.com/farmerchris/status/1224550710836113408
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