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Nasa’s Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission (nytimes.com)
728 points by jimktrains2 on Feb 13, 2019 | 221 comments
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Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box? (quora.com)
1002 points by grzm on Feb 13, 2019 | 618 comments
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Whitespace killed an enterprise app (uxdesign.cc)
708 points by kirkbackus on Feb 13, 2019 | 435 comments
4.
SQL: One of the most valuable skills (craigkerstiens.com)
821 points by duck on Feb 13, 2019 | 382 comments
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FCC threatens carriers with 'regulatory intervention' over robocalls (thehill.com)
382 points by jmsflknr on Feb 13, 2019 | 254 comments
6.
The Tech Behind SpaceX’s New Engine (hackaday.com)
443 points by _JamesA_ on Feb 13, 2019 | 123 comments
7.
This person does not exist (thispersondoesnotexist.com)
872 points by bpierre on Feb 12, 2019 | 236 comments
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Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results (arstechnica.com)
365 points by tolien on Feb 12, 2019 | 335 comments
9.
Linux Reverse Engineering CTFs for Beginners (osandamalith.com)
286 points by 1nvalid on Feb 13, 2019 | 31 comments
10.
The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has been finalised (juliareda.eu)
354 points by TimWolla on Feb 13, 2019 | 215 comments
11.
Show HN: DeskGap – Like Electron, but uses the system webview (deskgap.com)
318 points by branchseer on Feb 13, 2019 | 260 comments
12.
Earnest Capital is live (earnestcapital.com)
368 points by tylertringas on Feb 13, 2019 | 144 comments
13.
Fyre Festival Was a Huge Scam. Is Netflix’s Fyre Documentary a Scam, Too? (newrepublic.com)
314 points by danso on Feb 13, 2019 | 152 comments
14.
Show HN: I implemented Pong as a cellular automaton (ericu.github.io)
225 points by uranium on Feb 13, 2019 | 33 comments
15.
Terrapattern – A visual search tool for satellite imagery (terrapattern.com)
128 points by matthberg on Feb 13, 2019 | 19 comments
16.
Cloud Programming Simplified: A Berkeley View on Serverless Computing (cs.berkeley.edu)
166 points by adjohn on Feb 13, 2019 | 42 comments
17.
Lessons from Google's Geographical GDPR Goof (dmnews.com)
143 points by CrankyBear on Feb 13, 2019 | 64 comments
18.
Reflecting on the Soul of a New Machine (dtrace.org)
185 points by janvdberg on Feb 11, 2019 | 48 comments
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Amazon, GM in talks to invest in electric pickup truck maker Rivian: sources (reuters.com)
109 points by Element_ on Feb 12, 2019 | 94 comments
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Scientists Are Rethinking Animal Cognition (theatlantic.com)
159 points by jdnier on Feb 13, 2019 | 116 comments
21.
What Is Differentiable Programming? (fluxml.ai)
133 points by one-more-minute on Feb 11, 2019 | 41 comments
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Skype contact lists may have been exposed (2017) (steverrobbins.com)
266 points by _vvdf on Feb 12, 2019 | 129 comments
23.
Reddit Transparency Report 2018 (redditinc.com)
116 points by chatmasta on Feb 13, 2019 | 78 comments
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NIST Reveals 26 Algorithms Advancing to the Post-Quantum Crypto ‘Semifinals’ (nist.gov)
116 points by pseudolus on Feb 13, 2019 | 55 comments
25.
Fast Perfect Hashing (jandrewrogers.com)
138 points by dmit on Feb 13, 2019 | 41 comments
26.
Dreaming Is the Inverse of Anxious Mind-Wandering (psyarxiv.com)
140 points by FailMore on Feb 12, 2019 | 50 comments
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Microbiome interactions shape host fitness (nextjournal.com)
69 points by tosh on Feb 12, 2019 | 25 comments
28.
Gates Foundation annual letter (gatesnotes.com)
176 points by jchallis on Feb 13, 2019 | 117 comments
29.
The State of Python Packaging (bernat.tech)
133 points by BerislavLopac on Feb 12, 2019 | 42 comments
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How hard is it to have a conversation on Twitter? So hard even the CEO can’t (recode.net)
293 points by longdefeat on Feb 13, 2019 | 236 comments

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