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'Our minds can be hijacked': tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia (theguardian.com)
878 points by misnamed on Oct 7, 2017 | 386 comments
2.
Sorting Visualizations (imgur.com)
651 points by infodroid on Oct 7, 2017 | 35 comments
3.
Five minute guide to better typography (pierrickcalvez.com)
868 points by reacharavindh on Oct 7, 2017 | 126 comments
4.
A Branchless UTF-8 Decoder (nullprogram.com)
303 points by zdw on Oct 7, 2017 | 107 comments
5.
London Cutaways (londonist.com)
230 points by brudgers on Oct 7, 2017 | 16 comments
6.
A Comparison of Four Algorithms Textbooks (2016) (porgionesanke.wordpress.com)
239 points by kerneldeveloper on Oct 7, 2017 | 46 comments
7.
Show HN: A platform for sharing DIY solar projects (sunboxlabs.com)
236 points by nikodunk on Oct 7, 2017 | 61 comments
8.
A Simple Approach to Building a Real-Time Collaborative Text Editor (digitalfreepen.com)
250 points by gsempe on Oct 7, 2017 | 23 comments
9.
An introduction to North Korean graphic design (creativereview.co.uk)
178 points by kawera on Oct 7, 2017 | 54 comments
10.
Using Binary Diffing to Discover Windows Kernel Memory Disclosure Bugs (googleprojectzero.blogspot.com)
181 points by Rondom on Oct 7, 2017 | 79 comments
11.
In Mysterious Pattern, Math and Nature Converge (quantamagazine.org)
152 points by nature24 on Oct 7, 2017 | 8 comments
12.
Google accused of racketeering in lawsuit (mercurynews.com)
417 points by Jerry2 on Oct 7, 2017 | 187 comments
13.
It’s not ok for billion-dollar companies to crowdfund (androidauthority.com)
185 points by tuwannu on Oct 7, 2017 | 76 comments
14.
Proton-size puzzle deepens (nature.com)
108 points by digital55 on Oct 6, 2017 | 57 comments
15.
Why many developers still prefer Objective-C to Swift (hackingwithswift.com)
212 points by Udo_Schmitz on Oct 6, 2017 | 212 comments
16.
Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta Stone (2009) [pdf] (arxiv.org)
146 points by gfredtech on Oct 7, 2017 | 31 comments
17.
A 2017 Nobel laureate says he left science because he ran out of money (qz.com)
226 points by Fede_V on Oct 6, 2017 | 80 comments
18.
How we run NPM packages in the browser (scrimba.com)
97 points by judofyr on Oct 7, 2017 | 30 comments
19.
Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA (2008) (columbia.edu)
114 points by luu on Oct 7, 2017 | 21 comments
20.
Show HN: Hacker News desktop application in Kotlin/Swing (github.com/westoncb)
141 points by westoncb on Oct 7, 2017 | 90 comments
21.
The Bitcoin Apocalypse Is Coming in Mid-November (rongarret.info)
203 points by pk2200 on Oct 6, 2017 | 176 comments
22.
Show HN: Generate avatars from user initials (ui-avatars.com)
164 points by lasserafn on Oct 7, 2017 | 96 comments
23.
A scientist who spots fake videos (nature.com)
138 points by rstoj on Oct 7, 2017 | 35 comments
24.
Optical Effects in User Interfaces (muz.li)
200 points by Ivoah on Oct 7, 2017 | 23 comments
25.
React, Inline Functions, and Performance (reacttraining.com)
105 points by kawera on Oct 7, 2017 | 26 comments
26.
Tips for finding security issues in GitHub projects (gist.github.com)
115 points by geekrax on Oct 7, 2017 | 7 comments
27.
Flexport’s plan to build a freight empire with its $110M raise (techcrunch.com)
63 points by jseliger on Oct 6, 2017 | 20 comments
28.
The enigmatic complexity of number theory (mathoverflow.net)
87 points by monort on Oct 7, 2017 | 18 comments
29.
Finding Waldo Using Semantic Segmentation and Tiramisu (hackernoon.com)
71 points by carlosgg on Oct 7, 2017 | 5 comments
30.
Driving the “Worst Car Ever Built” (2015) (jalopnik.com)
121 points by smacktoward on Oct 7, 2017 | 65 comments

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