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1.
PostgreSQL used fsync incorrectly for 20 years (fosdem.org)
676 points by lelf on Feb 9, 2019 | 307 comments
2.
On Being a Principal Engineer (dbsmasher.com)
893 points by kiyanwang on Feb 10, 2019 | 331 comments
3.
PKI for busy people (rehn.me)
369 points by crehn on Feb 10, 2019 | 49 comments
4.
The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows (scientificamerican.com)
341 points by pseudolus on Feb 10, 2019 | 131 comments
5.
Space Colony Art from the 1970s (publicdomainreview.org)
329 points by tintinnabula on Feb 10, 2019 | 131 comments
6.
Why Swift for TensorFlow? (github.com/tensorflow)
212 points by nnd on Feb 10, 2019 | 143 comments
7.
DVC – Open Source Machine Learning Version Control System (dvc.org)
148 points by jonbaer on Feb 10, 2019 | 36 comments
8.
In the foundations of physics we haven't seen progress for the past four decades (backreaction.blogspot.com)
237 points by apsec112 on Feb 9, 2019 | 219 comments
9.
Robot Academy – Open online robotics education resource (robotacademy.net.au)
180 points by farazzz on Feb 10, 2019 | 10 comments
10.
Oh God, It's Raining Newsletters (craigmod.com)
209 points by cmod on Feb 9, 2019 | 143 comments
11.
Ruby in Twenty Minutes (2006) (ruby-lang.org)
154 points by mooreds on Feb 9, 2019 | 112 comments
12.
An Introduction to CubeSats (gereshes.com)
132 points by dyukqu on Feb 10, 2019 | 61 comments
13.
LispOS: Specification of a Lisp operating system (2013) [pdf] (metamodular.com)
140 points by molteanu on Feb 9, 2019 | 50 comments
14.
Exwm – Emacs X Window Manager (github.com/ch11ng)
184 points by rfreytag on Feb 10, 2019 | 71 comments
15.
Show HN: Learn C and its lower levels interactively, in the browser
356 points by vasyop on Feb 10, 2019 | 33 comments
16.
Swc – Fast JavaScript to JavaScript compiler (swc-project.github.io)
131 points by bpierre on Feb 9, 2019 | 23 comments
17.
Learn Multi Platform 6502 Assembly Programming for Monsters (chibiakumas.com)
91 points by ingve on Feb 10, 2019 | 17 comments
18.
Show HN: Search icons visually (compute.vision)
87 points by yantrams on Feb 10, 2019 | 41 comments
19.
Writing a D Wrapper for a C Library (dlang.org)
73 points by ingve on Feb 10, 2019 | 14 comments
20.
Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager (2007) [pdf] (kernel.org)
71 points by luu on Feb 9, 2019 | 4 comments
21.
Freshly Squeezed: The Truth About Orange Juice in Boxes (civileats.com)
189 points by lelf on Feb 10, 2019 | 155 comments
22.
How to Convert a Free User to a Premium User (chagency.co.uk)
206 points by cuu508 on Feb 10, 2019 | 102 comments
23.
Asynchronous programming and cooperative multitasking (luminousmen.com)
97 points by luminousmen on Feb 10, 2019 | 25 comments
24.
The Evolution of IPsec [pdf] (columbia.edu)
45 points by DyslexicAtheist on Feb 9, 2019 | 19 comments
25.
OpenLisp – A Full and Efficient ISO/IEC 13816:2007(E) ISLISP Implementation (jullien.free.fr)
51 points by zephyrfalcon on Feb 9, 2019 | 21 comments
26.
A monad is a monoid in the category of endofunctors, what’s the problem? (reddit.com)
203 points by joe_poole on Feb 10, 2019 | 105 comments
27.
Wayland misconceptions debunked (drewdevault.com)
254 points by ddevault on Feb 10, 2019 | 229 comments
28.
Public hacker test on Swiss Post’s e-voting system (evoting-blog.ch)
124 points by donohoe on Feb 10, 2019 | 56 comments
29.
NHTSA’s Implausible Safety Claim for Tesla’s Autosteer Driver Assistance System [pdf] (safetyresearch.net)
81 points by firebacon on Feb 10, 2019 | 39 comments
30.
An ex-YouTube whistleblower on their recommendation engine (threader.app)
302 points by seapunk on Feb 10, 2019 | 203 comments

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