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1.
DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook wall posts (github.com/weskerfoot)
1067 points by anaphor on May 20, 2019 | 265 comments
2.
WebGL Fluid Simulation (paveldogreat.github.io)
868 points by joshdance on May 20, 2019 | 102 comments
3.
Geoff Ralston taking over as President of YC (blog.ycombinator.com)
410 points by lainon on May 20, 2019 | 77 comments
4.
Employing QUIC Protocol to Optimize Uber’s App Performance (uber.com)
363 points by nhf on May 20, 2019 | 57 comments
5.
Leaving Google Fi (jasonatwood.io)
813 points by daigoba66 on May 19, 2019 | 277 comments
6.
Millions of Instagram influencers had their contact data scraped and exposed (techcrunch.com)
244 points by idlewords on May 20, 2019 | 152 comments
7.
MicroG – Re-implementation of proprietary Android apps and libraries (microg.org)
484 points by xvilka on May 20, 2019 | 147 comments
8.
Underground network of microbes that connects trees mapped for first time (sciencemag.org)
199 points by rbanffy on May 20, 2019 | 17 comments
9.
A Sealed Garden That Was Watered Once in 53 Years (2017) (biologicperformance.com)
412 points by hairytrog on May 20, 2019 | 164 comments
10.
3D interfaces are usually worse than 2D interfaces (facebook.com)
287 points by ingve on May 20, 2019 | 110 comments
11.
Bluetooth's Complexity Has Become a Security Risk (wired.com)
229 points by Elof on May 20, 2019 | 124 comments
12.
One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer scans (pharmatimes.com)
195 points by howard941 on May 20, 2019 | 232 comments
13.
Rust Koans (2015) (rust-lang.org)
255 points by wst_ on May 20, 2019 | 50 comments
14.
Glass Enterprise Edition 2 (blog.google)
223 points by daegloe on May 20, 2019 | 113 comments
15.
Three geeks rescue a 50-year-old IBM 360 mainframe from an abandoned building (ibms360.co.uk)
361 points by MilnerRoute on May 20, 2019 | 84 comments
16.
Mystery meat OpenJDK builds strike again (java.net)
261 points by hocuspocus on May 19, 2019 | 49 comments
17.
The Case for Rooms (citylab.com)
269 points by joeyespo on May 20, 2019 | 161 comments
18.
Show HN: Link Drop – Daily newsletter of your bookmarks (linkdrop.co)
188 points by frindo on May 20, 2019 | 55 comments
19.
Nasa’s New UAV Is 80% 3D-Printed (aerodefensetech.com)
143 points by rbanffy on May 20, 2019 | 75 comments
20.
“It’s hard to take risks if you don’t have a safety net” (twitter.com/eastdakota)
548 points by boramalper on May 20, 2019 | 372 comments
21.
Depression-Gene Studies Were Built on Shaky Foundations (theatlantic.com)
138 points by wyclif on May 20, 2019 | 88 comments
22.
Sony's Deal with Microsoft Blindsided Its Own PlayStation Team (bloomberg.com)
143 points by pseudolus on May 20, 2019 | 98 comments
23.
Jumping Back and Forth (craftinginterpreters.com)
145 points by pplonski86 on May 20, 2019 | 10 comments
24.
Fly over a reconstruction of 4th century Rome [video] (smarthistory.org)
143 points by gruseom on May 19, 2019 | 30 comments
25.
The Next Wave of Immuno-Oncology (scientificamerican.com)
114 points by pseudolus on May 20, 2019 | 15 comments
26.
Mimetic Traps (briantimar.github.io)
119 points by leroy_masochist on May 20, 2019 | 26 comments
27.
WebAssembly in Redex (asumu.xyz)
60 points by tonyg on May 19, 2019 | 1 comment
28.
This Old House: The Rare Home-Improvement Show That Spotlights Skilled Workers (theatlantic.com)
304 points by pseudolus on May 20, 2019 | 128 comments
29.
Linux distros without systemd (ungleich.ch)
318 points by telmich on May 20, 2019 | 435 comments
30.
The Man Who Built the Bauhaus (newyorker.com)
60 points by matt4077 on May 20, 2019 | 7 comments

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