top 10 hacker news stories for 2020-08-21

Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-08-21/telegram-messaging-app-crucial-belarus-protests

6 years ago

824 upvotes – 530 comments

Fast.ai releases new deep learning course, libraries, and book

https://www.fast.ai/2020/08/21/fastai2-launch/

6 years ago

799 upvotes – 81 comments

Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better

https://psyche.co/ideas/why-efficiency-is-dangerous-and-slowing-down-makes-life-better

6 years ago

745 upvotes – 305 comments

WordPressiOS Locked by App Store

https://twitter.com/photomatt/status/1296879217297113088

6 years ago

438 upvotes – 339 comments

Chromium's Impact on Root DNS Traffic

https://blog.apnic.net/2020/08/21/chromiums-impact-on-root-dns-traffic/

6 years ago

438 upvotes – 211 comments

Why Did Mozilla Remove XUL Add-Ons?

https://yoric.github.io/post/why-did-mozilla-remove-xul-addons/

6 years ago

399 upvotes – 336 comments

ReMarkable MicroSD (2019)

http://www.davisr.me/projects/remarkable-microsd/

6 years ago

368 upvotes – 129 comments

An Update on MDN Web Docs

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/08/an-update-on-mdn-web-docs/

6 years ago

361 upvotes – 205 comments

Activists find camera inside box on power pole near union organizer’s home

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/activists-find-camera-inside-mysterious-box-power-pole-near-union-organizers-home/5WCLOAMMBRGYBEJDGH6C74ITBU/

6 years ago

342 upvotes – 184 comments

AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation

https://breakingdefense.com/2020/08/ai-slays-top-f-16-pilot-in-darpa-dogfight-simulation/

6 years ago

331 upvotes – 423 comments
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