824
530
Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests
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6 years ago
799
81
Fast.ai releases new deep learning course, libraries, and book
https://www.fast.ai/2020/08/21/fastai2-launch/
745
305
Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better
https://psyche.co/ideas/why-efficiency-is-dangerous-and-slowing-down-makes-life-better
438
211
Chromium's Impact on Root DNS Traffic
https://blog.apnic.net/2020/08/21/chromiums-impact-on-root-dns-traffic/
339
WordPressiOS Locked by App Store
https://twitter.com/photomatt/status/1296879217297113088
399
336
Why Did Mozilla Remove XUL Add-Ons?
https://yoric.github.io/post/why-did-mozilla-remove-xul-addons/
368
129
ReMarkable MicroSD (2019)
http://www.davisr.me/projects/remarkable-microsd/
361
205
An Update on MDN Web Docs
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/08/an-update-on-mdn-web-docs/
342
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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/
331
423
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/
327
130
Ride through Wuppertal on ‘the flying train’ in clear footage from 1902
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/08/the-flying-train-moma/
297
95
The Splitgraph Data Delivery Network – query over 40k public datasets
https://www.splitgraph.com/blog/data-delivery-network-launch
289
370
Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports
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288
187
Leaked S-1 screenshots show Palantir losing $579M in 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/21/leaked-s-1-screenshots-show-palantir-losing-579m-in-2019/
283
69
College Notebook of Isaac Newton
http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-04000/
269
96
Matrix – An open network for secure, decentralized communication
https://matrix.org/
264
123
Game Programming Patterns: Event Queue (2014)
https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/event-queue.html
258
86
Linux from Scratch
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/
255
210
No Hello (2013)
https://www.nohello.com/
66
‘Electric mud’ teems with new, mysterious bacteria
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/electric-mud-teems-new-mysterious-bacteria
196
126
Volunteers spot almost 100 cold brown dwarfs near our sun
https://www.space.com/citizen-scientists-discover-95-brown-dwarfs.html
94
Wildfires in Big Basin Redwoods State Park
https://sempervirens.org/wildfires-in-big-basin-redwoods-state-park/
175
56
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http://www.nsl.com/k/f/f.htm
173
University of Utah pays $457k to ransomware gang
https://www.zdnet.com/article/university-of-utah-pays-457000-to-ransomware-gang/
154
203
How I got the French Tech Visa to start my company in France
https://christianpetroske.com/how-i-got-the-french-tech-visa-to-start-my-company-in-france/
152
100
MGA Entertainment: A privately-owned toy company doing billions in revenue
https://julieyoung.substack.com/p/insane-companies-no-one-talks-about
150
30
Trust Models
https://vitalik.ca/general/2020/08/20/trust.html
145
170
Former Zoox employees sue, alleging rival offer was better than Amazon's
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zoox-lawsuit-idUSKBN25G2TB
127
Uber and Lyft competitors ready if service is suspended in California
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/19/uber-and-lyft-competitors-prepare-to-grab-market-share-in-california.html
124
Why we decided against GraphQL for local state management
https://tech.okcupid.com/why-we-decided-against-graphql-for-local-state-management/
57
Does Parkinson’s Begin in the Gut? (2018)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-parkinsons-begin-in-the-gut/
120
19
Pilo: Raspberry Pi-Powered Lights-Out Remote Server Management
https://zach.bloomqu.ist/blog/2020/08/pilo-raspberry-pi-lights-out-management.html
118
65
Launch HN: Plum Mail (YC S20) – Email alternative for group conversations
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51
FBI release a report on Russian Linux Malware called Drovorub [pdf]
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117
148
Why a Slack Backlash Is Inevitable
https://bigtechnology.substack.com/p/why-a-slack-backlash-is-inevitable
114
52
Hotel in Tokyo installs flight simulator in room (2019)
https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2019/07/31/hotel-in-tokyo-installs-flight-simulator-in-room/
113
17
Development of Warajevo: ZX Spectrum Emulator Made During the Bosnian War
https://worldofspectrum.net/features/warajevo/Story.html
111
Apple responds to Epic Games lawsuit, says CEO asked for special treatment
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/21/apple-says-epic-games-ceo-wanted-a-side-deal-for-fortnite.html
108
20
RustConf 2020 Links
https://github.com/poteto/rustconf-2020
105
92
Partying like it’s 1999 – Initial public offerings are back in Silicon Valley
https://www.economist.com/business/2020/08/22/initial-public-offerings-are-back-in-silicon-valley
97
101
Corsair Gaming S-1
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1743759/000119312520227100/d507744ds1.htm
16
Image Shows Chinese Submarine Entering Mysterious Cave at S. China Sea Base
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/35837/image-shows-chinese-submarine-entering-mysterious-cave-facility-at-south-china-sea-base?
Intel Xe-HP Graphics: Early Samples Offer 42 TFLOPs of FP32 Performance
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16018/intel-xe-hp-graphics-early-samples-offer-42-tflops-of-fp32-performance
93
50
Myths About Failure
https://greylock.com/reid-hoffman-myths-about-failure/
90
Michigan college is tracking its students with a flawed app
https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/19/coronavirus-albion-security-flaws-app/
84
7
Placeholder – Offline Coarse Geocoder Backed by SQLite
https://github.com/pelias/placeholder
83
37
Python Hash Tables: understanding dictionaries
http://thepythoncorner.com/dev/hash-tables-understanding-dictionaries/
‘DiceKeys’ creates a master password for life with one roll
https://www.wired.com/story/dicekeys-cryptography/
54
Why did a hedge fund manager worth $700M take a $630k job managing an oil fund?
https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1mr3g654h58lp/Why-Did-a-Hedge-Fund-Manager-Worth-700-Million-Take-a-630-000-a-Year-Job-Managing-an-Oil-Fund
77
43
How the world’s largest garbage dump evolved into a green oasis
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/nyregion/freshkills-garbage-dump-nyc.html
99
PHP 8.0.0 beta 2
https://www.php.net/index.php#id2020-08-21-1
76
133
TikTok to challenge U.S. order banning transactions with the video app
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-to-challenge-u-s-order-banning-transactions-with-the-video-app-idUSKBN25H2QG
Zero G: Some German mobile users still waiting for a signal
https://apnews.com/1a29c754044d8f2a593911368e86d028