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1.
“It’s done, there is no way back. We tried, we failed” (kickstarter.com)
645 points by danso on Aug 12, 2015 | 374 comments
2.
The magic of the Kalman filter, in pictures (bzarg.com)
443 points by tbabb on Aug 11, 2015 | 48 comments
3.
Discovery of a new irregular pentagon that can cover the plane (theguardian.com)
472 points by tokenadult on Aug 12, 2015 | 123 comments
4.
The Teflon Toxin (firstlook.org)
357 points by sidko on Aug 11, 2015 | 255 comments
5.
Projects and Companies (samaltman.com)
266 points by runesoerensen on Aug 12, 2015 | 48 comments
6.
 GitHub Desktop is now available (github.com/blog)
293 points by bpierre on Aug 12, 2015 | 241 comments
7.
Squeak 5 is out (squeak.org)
172 points by Fice on Aug 12, 2015 | 43 comments
8.
Ohm (YC S15) is a smarter, lighter car battery that works with your existing car (techcrunch.com)
274 points by blueintegral on Aug 12, 2015 | 256 comments
9.
For only the second time in our history the ownership of The Economist changes (economist.com)
180 points by _jgvg on Aug 12, 2015 | 143 comments
10.
Open sourcing Grid, the Guardian’s new image management service (theguardian.com)
153 points by room271 on Aug 12, 2015 | 25 comments
11.
Comparison of machine learning libraries used for classification (github.com/szilard)
193 points by pzs on Aug 12, 2015 | 34 comments
12.
How I develop with Nix (ocharles.org.uk)
144 points by ayberkt on Aug 12, 2015 | 55 comments
13.
Deep Learning Courses (nvidia.com)
159 points by cjdulberger on Aug 12, 2015 | 23 comments
14.
AppHub – Update React Native Apps Without Re-Submitting to Apple (apphub.io)
154 points by arbesfeld on Aug 12, 2015 | 67 comments
15.
The pressure to achieve academically is a crime against learning (theatlantic.com)
232 points by tokenadult on Aug 11, 2015 | 198 comments
16.
Removing the 140-character limit from Direct Messages (blog.twitter.com)
166 points by uptown on Aug 12, 2015 | 126 comments
17.
IPython 4.0 Released (jupyter.org)
230 points by erikcw on Aug 12, 2015 | 31 comments
18.
Linux Assembly How To: “Hello, World” (tldp.org)
129 points by mindcrime on Aug 12, 2015 | 35 comments
19.
Show HN: NaSC – Do maths like a normal person (parnold-x.github.io)
127 points by macco on Aug 12, 2015 | 24 comments
20.
How Cheap Can Solar Get? (rameznaam.com)
174 points by lxm on Aug 12, 2015 | 130 comments
21.
A Minimal Architecture for General Cognition [pdf] (byu.edu)
81 points by luu on Aug 12, 2015 | 12 comments
22.
Introducing Docker Content Trust (docker.com)
101 points by dkasper on Aug 12, 2015 | 30 comments
23.
Firefox Under Fire: Anatomy of latest 0-day attack (welivesecurity.com)
114 points by adamnemecek on Aug 11, 2015 | 42 comments
24.
A Look at Embedded WiFi Development Boards (fusiondigital.io)
72 points by hlfshell on Aug 12, 2015 | 35 comments
25.
Show HN: Find a home close to work (openlistings.co)
94 points by rgbrgb on Aug 12, 2015 | 67 comments
26.
Integration over Invention (convox.com)
104 points by bgentry on Aug 12, 2015 | 13 comments
27.
Netflix – Chasing 60fps [video] (youtube.com)
100 points by tilt on Aug 12, 2015 | 72 comments
28.
The Covert World of People Trying to Edit Wikipedia for Pay (theatlantic.com)
101 points by ohjeez on Aug 11, 2015 | 66 comments
29.
SourceDNA (YC S15) finds hidden security and quality flaws in apps (venturebeat.com)
67 points by katm on Aug 12, 2015 | 35 comments
30.
ExDOS is developed by Omar, “almost 14 years old” (eu.pn)
159 points by vmorgulis on Aug 12, 2015 | 83 comments

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