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Twins get different results when they put 5 ancestry DNA kits to the test (cbc.ca)
574 points by Gaessaki on Jan 18, 2019 | 292 comments
2.
I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in six days (usejournal.com)
1012 points by voroninman on Jan 18, 2019 | 692 comments
3.
773M Password ‘Megabreach’ Is Years Old (krebsonsecurity.com)
449 points by rkrzr on Jan 18, 2019 | 165 comments
4.
Ask HN: How to self-study mathematics from the undergrad through graduate level?
654 points by hsikka on Jan 18, 2019 | 227 comments
5.
Costco opening a $440M chicken farm to escape America's chicken monopoly (cnbc.com)
380 points by jseliger on Jan 18, 2019 | 277 comments
6.
A Fifth of China’s Homes Are Empty (2018) (bloomberg.com)
291 points by paulpauper on Jan 18, 2019 | 181 comments
7.
My dog was killed on a walk with a walker ordered through Wag (facebook.com)
775 points by griffinmb on Jan 18, 2019 | 442 comments
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Farms, More Productive Than Ever, Are Poisoning Drinking Water in Rural America (wsj.com)
255 points by mudil on Jan 18, 2019 | 115 comments
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Inkscape launches versions 0.92.4 and 1.0 alpha (inkscape.org)
299 points by reddotX on Jan 18, 2019 | 68 comments
10.
What People Say Before They Die (theatlantic.com)
243 points by lermontov on Jan 18, 2019 | 120 comments
11.
Future of TypeScript on ESLint (eslint.org)
233 points by ingve on Jan 18, 2019 | 85 comments
12.
Sequel Pro – Open source macOS native MySQL GUI client (sequelpro.com)
353 points by atrudeau on Jan 18, 2019 | 166 comments
13.
Let’s talk about open-source sustainability (github.blog)
280 points by steveklabnik on Jan 17, 2019 | 145 comments
14.
The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing (1999) (analog.com)
218 points by tzhenghao on Jan 18, 2019 | 45 comments
15.
Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years (bbc.com)
282 points by Bender on Jan 18, 2019 | 183 comments
16.
To Cover China, There’s No Substitute for WeChat (nytimes.com)
150 points by annefauvre on Jan 18, 2019 | 205 comments
17.
Introduction to TLA+ Model Checking in the Command Line (medium.com/bellmar)
176 points by mbellotti on Jan 18, 2019 | 44 comments
18.
Attention Economy Is a Malthusian Trap (theatlantic.com)
200 points by toufiqbarhamov on Jan 16, 2019 | 125 comments
19.
CNC milling with open source software (opensource.com)
165 points by jhibbets on Jan 18, 2019 | 131 comments
20.
Show HN: Musish – Web client for Apple Music (musi.sh)
141 points by pplonski86 on Jan 18, 2019 | 63 comments
21.
Problems plagued U.S. Navy destroyer Fitzgerald before fatal collision (navytimes.com)
157 points by rmason on Jan 18, 2019 | 131 comments
22.
Stanford Researchers Launch Free TV Service to Improve Live Streaming Using AI (thestreamable.com)
114 points by fomopop on Jan 18, 2019 | 24 comments
23.
Supporters of Mexico’s Soda Tax Targeted with NSO Exploit Links (2017) (citizenlab.ca)
112 points by deegles on Jan 18, 2019 | 18 comments
24.
Twenty legal battles that stand out across Ars’ 20 years of covering them (arstechnica.com)
75 points by Tomte on Jan 18, 2019 | 26 comments
25.
Boris Artzybasheff’s Maps (makingmaps.net)
51 points by galfarragem on Jan 18, 2019 | 3 comments
26.
Study Identifies Effective Mental Strategies for Aversive Challenges (bps.org.uk)
128 points by Dowwie on Jan 18, 2019 | 18 comments
27.
The cerebellum is your “little brain”, and it does some pretty big things (scientificamerican.com)
104 points by Bender on Jan 18, 2019 | 9 comments
28.
Building CockroachDB on top of RocksDB (cockroachlabs.com)
180 points by bandwitch on Jan 18, 2019 | 74 comments
29.
New Ethereum Dev Tools from 0x (0xproject.com)
105 points by bpierre on Jan 18, 2019 | 17 comments
30.
5G: if you build it, we will fill it (ben-evans.com)
134 points by Doubleguitars on Jan 18, 2019 | 125 comments

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