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1.
How I went from programming to consulting (2012) (kalzumeus.com)
780 points by putnam on Dec 23, 2017 | 472 comments
2.
Four DB2 Code Bases? (mvdirona.com)
157 points by fanf2 on Dec 23, 2017 | 97 comments
3.
NumPy Tricks and Pitfalls (jupyter.org)
262 points by vladf on Dec 23, 2017 | 26 comments
4.
Analog For The People: Synth Master Tatsuya Takahashi On Engineering Fun (npr.org)
144 points by jcrabtr on Dec 23, 2017 | 30 comments
5.
'Alien Alloys' in The New York Times' UFO Story (scientificamerican.com)
129 points by JJLongusa on Dec 22, 2017 | 146 comments
6.
In Final Holiday Push, UPS Grabs Its Accountants to Deliver Packages (wsj.com)
185 points by jseliger on Dec 23, 2017 | 107 comments
7.
I got locked out of my Google account for a month (techcrunch.com)
257 points by rbanffy on Dec 22, 2017 | 196 comments
8.
Keras Tutorial – Traffic Sign Recognition (chsasank.github.io)
186 points by sytelus on Dec 23, 2017 | 9 comments
9.
Blackbird: Bitcoin arbitrage (github.com/butor)
298 points by vega_empire on Dec 23, 2017 | 117 comments
10.
Writing a personal automation API (dev.to)
182 points by rbanffy on Dec 23, 2017 | 81 comments
11.
Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System (urbo.com)
168 points by yitchelle on Dec 22, 2017 | 76 comments
12.
GitPlex – browse code in Git repository like in IDE (gitplex.com)
105 points by robinshen on Dec 22, 2017 | 42 comments
13.
Google hires a key Apple chip designer (engadget.com)
122 points by jrwan on Dec 23, 2017 | 73 comments
14.
Jsonb: Stories about performance (erthalion.info)
132 points by erthalion on Dec 23, 2017 | 55 comments
15.
Ask HN: Is it too late to find a mentor after 30 for a software developer?
118 points by akaralar on Dec 23, 2017 | 61 comments
16.
By ditching usernames, OKCupid is removing a crucial protective barrier (theverge.com)
171 points by rbanffy on Dec 22, 2017 | 106 comments
17.
Learn: Ancient troff sources vs. modern-day groff (virtuallyfun.com)
39 points by beefhash on Dec 22, 2017 | 29 comments
18.
Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater (nytimes.com)
159 points by lxm on Dec 23, 2017 | 123 comments
19.
Tiananmen Square 1989 death toll was at least 10,000 according to UK documents (bbc.co.uk)
362 points by ComputerGuru on Dec 23, 2017 | 222 comments
20.
Ask HN: Has working remotely harmed your career growth?
214 points by curiousgeek on Dec 23, 2017 | 138 comments
21.
The strange story of “Extended Random” (cryptographyengineering.com)
180 points by dankohn1 on Dec 23, 2017 | 32 comments
22.
Busting myths about BigQuery (cloud.google.com)
108 points by tzury on Dec 23, 2017 | 42 comments
23.
HQ Trivia App Puts On-Demand Generation on a Strict Schedule (wsj.com)
42 points by mudil on Dec 23, 2017 | 28 comments
24.
Direct-to-consumer companies bypass traditional retailers via online stores (economist.com)
77 points by lxm on Dec 23, 2017 | 38 comments
25.
The LION Way: Machine Learning and Intelligent Optimization [pdf] (intelligent-optimization.org)
92 points by simon_acca on Dec 23, 2017 | 9 comments
26.
At Vice, Cutting-Edge Media and Allegations of Old-School Sexual Harassment (nytimes.com)
143 points by mrjaeger on Dec 23, 2017 | 100 comments
27.
Computer Vision by Andrew Ng – Lessons Learned (kdnuggets.com)
109 points by jonbaer on Dec 23, 2017 | 11 comments
28.
DBCLI – Modern Suite of Database CLIs (dbcli.com)
95 points by amjith on Dec 22, 2017 | 25 comments
29.
Game Off 2017 winners (github.com/blog)
70 points by indescions_2017 on Dec 23, 2017 | 9 comments
30.
Living in a parking lot in Santa Barbara (latimes.com)
104 points by lisper on Dec 23, 2017 | 199 comments

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