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1.
50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame Fat (2016) (npr.org)
645 points by deegles on Jan 18, 2019 | 279 comments
2.
MIDI 2.0 Prototyping announced (midi.org)
397 points by cachehit on Jan 19, 2019 | 195 comments
3.
Applying programming language research ideas to transform spreadsheets (microsoft.com)
328 points by pjmlp on Jan 19, 2019 | 124 comments
4.
Q2VKPT: Fully path traced Quake 2 (brechpunkt.de)
403 points by Impossible on Jan 19, 2019 | 56 comments
5.
Zkeme80 – A Forth-Based OS for the TI-84+ Calculator (github.com/siraben)
164 points by pjmlp on Jan 19, 2019 | 23 comments
6.
Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on its clearance store (apple.com)
331 points by whitepoplar on Jan 19, 2019 | 325 comments
7.
Former IBM exec says company told her to hide layoff age data from government (theregister.co.uk)
327 points by Dotnaught on Jan 19, 2019 | 183 comments
8.
EU Cancels 'Final' Negotiations on EU Copyright Directive (techdirt.com)
405 points by rwmj on Jan 19, 2019 | 87 comments
9.
I Nearly Lost All of My Data (kevq.uk)
233 points by kevq on Jan 19, 2019 | 255 comments
10.
Darkstar: A Xerox Star Emulator (livingcomputers.org)
158 points by pjmlp on Jan 19, 2019 | 19 comments
11.
HandBrake 1.2.0 Released (handbrake.fr)
232 points by frereubu on Jan 19, 2019 | 58 comments
12.
Ask HN: Is there any money in website design for small businesses anymore?
411 points by throwjuly2018 on Jan 19, 2019 | 205 comments
13.
A Verified, Efficient Embedding of a Verifiable Assembly Language [pdf] (microsoft.com)
78 points by pjmlp on Jan 19, 2019 | 4 comments
14.
Vitamin B1 deficiency at the heart of an environmental mystery (pnas.org)
180 points by based2 on Jan 19, 2019 | 71 comments
15.
Remotely compromise devices by using bugs in Marvell Avastar Wi-Fi (embedi.org)
142 points by skeetmtp on Jan 19, 2019 | 47 comments
16.
L4Linux – Linux running on the L4 microkernel (l4linux.org)
140 points by phoe-krk on Jan 18, 2019 | 41 comments
17.
Predicting Variable Types in Dynamically Typed Programming Languages (arxiv.org)
61 points by gauravanand25 on Jan 18, 2019 | 36 comments
18.
GNU Octave: A high-level interactive language for numerical computations [pdf] (octave.org)
132 points by mindcrime on Jan 19, 2019 | 69 comments
19.
Tech Companies Manipulate Our Personal Data (nytimes.com)
121 points by rafaelc on Jan 19, 2019 | 77 comments
20.
OCaml bindings for PyTorch (github.com/laurentmazare)
94 points by ghosthamlet on Jan 19, 2019 | 22 comments
21.
After 25 Years Studying Innovation, Here Is What I Have Learned (linkedin.com)
142 points by NaOH on Jan 19, 2019 | 44 comments
22.
MakeCode Arcade: Retro Gaming, Modern Programming (makecode.com)
110 points by fred256 on Jan 19, 2019 | 22 comments
23.
Show HN: C++ Editor for Teaching How to Code (emun.ro)
95 points by goalexboxer on Jan 19, 2019 | 30 comments
24.
Why Carmaggedon never comes – Seattle edition (cityobservatory.org)
86 points by erentz on Jan 18, 2019 | 75 comments
25.
Pixelbook and “Nami” Chromebooks the First to Get Linux GPU Acceleration (aboutchromebooks.com)
102 points by jmsflknr on Jan 19, 2019 | 76 comments
26.
Gunk: Modern front end and syntax for Protocol Buffers (github.com/gunk)
73 points by kenshaw on Jan 18, 2019 | 39 comments
27.
Nike’s auto-laced future (techcrunch.com)
89 points by Rifu on Jan 18, 2019 | 99 comments
28.
Mainframe, Interrupted (logicmag.io)
46 points by ehudla on Jan 18, 2019 | 10 comments
29.
Getting Answers (mikeash.com)
56 points by tpaschalis on Jan 18, 2019 | 21 comments
30.
Michael Dell Gets $12B Richer with Break from Public Eye (bloomberg.com)
139 points by walterbell on Jan 19, 2019 | 108 comments

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