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1.		Bullshit Jobs (slatestarcodex.com)
		964 points by wyclif on Aug 30, 2018 \| 556 comments
2.		Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking (blog.mozilla.org)
		858 points by ronjouch on Aug 30, 2018 \| 371 comments
3.		Linux Kernel Developer Criticizes Intel for Meltdown, Spectre Response (eweek.com)
		454 points by CrankyBear on Aug 30, 2018 \| 145 comments
4.		LEGO built a life-size, drivable Bugatti from over a million Technic pieces (lego.com)
		682 points by cududa on Aug 30, 2018 \| 151 comments
5.		Google and Mastercard Cut Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales (bloomberg.com)
		449 points by petethomas on Aug 30, 2018 \| 281 comments
6.		Java’s new garbage collector promises low pause times on multi-terabyte heaps (opsian.com)
		372 points by ScottWRobinson on Aug 30, 2018 \| 234 comments
7.		California Moves to Require 100% Clean Electricity by 2045 (bloomberg.com)
		407 points by dsr12 on Aug 30, 2018 \| 379 comments
8.		Posting Instagram Sponsored Content Is the New Summer Job (theatlantic.com)
		175 points by lxm on Aug 30, 2018 \| 87 comments
9.		Slow leak detected aboard Space Station (esa.int)
		228 points by sanqui on Aug 30, 2018 \| 109 comments
10.		People Hacks for Technical Leads (medium.com/bellmar)
		172 points by mbellotti on Aug 30, 2018 \| 31 comments
11.		“I Used AI to Clone My Voice and Trick My Mom into Thinking It Was Me” (buzzfeednews.com)
		171 points by isp on Aug 28, 2018 \| 76 comments
12.		Krypton: phone-based U2F Authenticator (krypt.co)
		153 points by cyanflux on Aug 30, 2018 \| 96 comments
13.		Convincing engineers to join your team (triplebyte.com)
		168 points by Harj on Aug 30, 2018 \| 160 comments
14.		Public by Default: Venmo Stories of 2017 (publicbydefault.fyi)
		160 points by dbielik on Aug 30, 2018 \| 77 comments
15.		Apple buys startup focused on lenses for AR glasses (reuters.com)
		167 points by sahin on Aug 30, 2018 \| 51 comments
16.		Using FOIA and public databases to track down Department of Defense contracts (muckrock.com)
		121 points by danso on Aug 29, 2018 \| 19 comments
17.		WaveDrom Editor – Digital timing diagram rendering engine (wavedrom.com)
		108 points by lorenz_li on Aug 30, 2018 \| 7 comments
18.		Norway's Plan for a Fleet of Electric Planes (bbc.com)
		149 points by HillaryBriss on Aug 30, 2018 \| 111 comments
19.		Transmuting Low-Value Programmer Cred into High-Value Status Illegibility (daedtech.com)
		157 points by PretzelFisch on Aug 29, 2018 \| 52 comments
20.		The 20-Hour Flight Is Coming, and It May Have a Gym and Bunks (bloomberg.com)
		148 points by walterbell on Aug 30, 2018 \| 298 comments
21.		Beej's Quick Guide to GDB (2009) (beej.us)
		174 points by ScottWRobinson on Aug 29, 2018 \| 28 comments
22.		The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Quasirandom Sequences (extremelearning.com.au)
		140 points by panic on Aug 30, 2018 \| 49 comments
23.		Rideshare boycott sparked by murders in China (theatlantic.com)
		85 points by danso on Aug 28, 2018 \| 59 comments
24.		The FMV Pipeline of “Full Throttle Remastered” (gamasutra.com)
		75 points by corysama on Aug 29, 2018 \| 12 comments
25.		My Own Private CDN (petekeen.net)
		123 points by zrail on Aug 30, 2018 \| 39 comments
26.		Emails while commuting 'should count as work' (bbc.com)
		232 points by onuralp on Aug 30, 2018 \| 167 comments
27.		How TripAdvisor Changed Travel (theguardian.com)
		113 points by jjar on Aug 29, 2018 \| 87 comments
28.		Consumer startups that said no to investor money (recode.net)
		161 points by gavman on Aug 30, 2018 \| 44 comments
29.		Germany, seeking independence from U.S., pushes cyber security research (reuters.com)
		125 points by e15ctr0n on Aug 29, 2018 \| 168 comments
30.		Interesting talks from Hot Chips 2018 (eetimes.com)
		84 points by JoachimS on Aug 30, 2018 \| 1 comment
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