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In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds have not improved (nngroup.com)
719 points by kaonwarb on Aug 4, 2020 | 769 comments
2.
Math Overflow users resolve PhD thesis crisis (mathoverflow.net)
653 points by DarkContinent on Aug 4, 2020 | 127 comments
3.
1Password for Linux development preview (agilebits.com)
612 points by terabytest on Aug 4, 2020 | 341 comments
4.
Show HN: I built an After Effects for dummies (storycreatorapp.com)
868 points by michaelaubry on Aug 4, 2020 | 291 comments
5.
Let's build a full-text search engine (krylysov.com)
395 points by elorant on Aug 4, 2020 | 72 comments
6.
Treating children for worms yields long-term benefits, says new study (news.berkeley.edu)
232 points by elsewhen on Aug 3, 2020 | 168 comments
7.
27-inch iMac gets a major update (apple.com)
340 points by arafsheikh on Aug 4, 2020 | 598 comments
8.
Greg Joswiak replaces Phil Schiller as head of Apple marketing (theverge.com)
235 points by ncw96 on Aug 4, 2020 | 187 comments
9.
Show HN: Find HN threads about the page you're browsing (github.com/pinoceniccola)
260 points by achairapart on Aug 4, 2020 | 45 comments
10.
Show HN: Starboard – Fully in-browser literate notebooks like Jupyter Notebook (starboard.gg)
371 points by protoduction on Aug 2, 2020 | 101 comments
11.
Magnasanti: The Largest and Most Terrifying SimCity (2010) (rumorsontheinternets.org)
272 points by riboflavin on Aug 4, 2020 | 105 comments
12.
Twitter faces FTC probe, likely fine over use of phone numbers for ads (arstechnica.com)
222 points by samizdis on Aug 4, 2020 | 39 comments
13.
Unlearn rotation matrices as rotations (kodkodgames.gitlab.io)
258 points by dosshell on Aug 4, 2020 | 124 comments
14.
TikTok and the Sorting Hat (eugenewei.com)
332 points by hardmaru on Aug 4, 2020 | 223 comments
15.
Broccoli: Syncing Faster by Syncing Less (dropbox.tech)
229 points by daniel_rh on Aug 4, 2020 | 53 comments
16.
Crux SQL (juxt.pro)
181 points by yogthos on Aug 4, 2020 | 34 comments
17.
The best Parts of Visual Studio Code are proprietary (underjord.io)
439 points by ingve on Aug 4, 2020 | 269 comments
18.
The World of Competitive Lockpicking (cnet.com)
112 points by pseudolus on Aug 4, 2020 | 101 comments
19.
Launch HN: Virtually (YC S20) – Build live online trainings
122 points by ishbaid on Aug 4, 2020 | 41 comments
20.
Show HN: Royalty-Free SVG Illustrations and Animations (pixeltrue.com)
224 points by andyydao on Aug 4, 2020 | 22 comments
21.
Motherboard Specifications on MotherboardDB (motherboarddb.com)
131 points by aspenmayer on Aug 4, 2020 | 35 comments
22.
Introduction to Statistical Learning (usc.edu)
163 points by noch on Aug 4, 2020 | 29 comments
23.
Django 3.1 (djangoproject.com)
341 points by gingerjoos on Aug 4, 2020 | 202 comments
24.
SIMD Everywhere: 0.5.0 (simd-everywhere.github.io)
162 points by lelf on Aug 4, 2020 | 58 comments
25.
One-third of New York’s small businesses may be gone forever (nytimes.com)
265 points by ajay-d on Aug 3, 2020 | 462 comments
26.
Planning for My Kidnapping (luap.info)
112 points by polote on Aug 4, 2020 | 105 comments
27.
We quit our jobs to build a cabin (outsideonline.com)
462 points by anarbadalov on Aug 4, 2020 | 385 comments
28.
Neanderthal gene linked to increased pain sensitivity (nature.com)
89 points by Hooke on Aug 2, 2020 | 82 comments
29.
EU launches probe into Google-Fitbit takeover (bbc.co.uk)
202 points by g_p on Aug 4, 2020 | 87 comments
30.
Dan Ariely and Irrational Comparison (brendancahill.io)
93 points by brendancahill on Aug 3, 2020 | 40 comments

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