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1.
What is backpropagation and what is it doing? [video] (youtube.com)
645 points by adamnemecek on Nov 4, 2017 | 99 comments
2.
Evio – Fast event-loop networking for Go (github.com/tidwall)
281 points by Acconut on Nov 4, 2017 | 65 comments
3.
How to Build Your Own Blockchain Part 3 – Writing Nodes That Mine and Talk (bigishdata.com)
282 points by sidcool on Nov 4, 2017 | 21 comments
4.
Fake WhatsApp update from “WhatsApp Inc.” with Unicode whitespace: 1M downloads (twitter.com/virqdroid)
494 points by jakub_g on Nov 4, 2017 | 210 comments
5.
Show HN: Server.js – A modern Express alternative (serverjs.io)
295 points by franciscop on Nov 4, 2017 | 117 comments
6.
Who’s Sitting Next to You on the Subway? An R Train in September (nymag.com)
219 points by fern12 on Nov 4, 2017 | 100 comments
7.
Freelancer.com has ruined my life (trustpilot.com)
845 points by hohaa on Nov 4, 2017 | 344 comments
8.
Internet Association Endorses Internet Censorship Bill (eff.org)
209 points by DiabloD3 on Nov 4, 2017 | 56 comments
9.
Understanding How Graal Works – A Java JIT Compiler Written in Java (chrisseaton.com)
174 points by mpweiher on Nov 4, 2017 | 14 comments
10.
Diary of an African Cryptocurrency Miner (bloomberg.com)
136 points by rbanffy on Nov 4, 2017 | 71 comments
11.
The First Woman to Translate the ‘Odyssey’ into English (nytimes.com)
147 points by stablemap on Nov 4, 2017 | 79 comments
12.
Create React apps using Kotlin (github.com/jetbrains)
163 points by mihau on Nov 4, 2017 | 65 comments
13.
Neugram – Scripting in Go (neugram.io)
236 points by golangnews on Nov 3, 2017 | 46 comments
14.
Sometimes all a maintainer needs is a “thank you” (github.com/jhund)
527 points by amingilani on Nov 4, 2017 | 64 comments
15.
A bug-fix 12 years in the making: Windows Unicode Support in OCaml 4.06.0 (dra27.uk)
85 points by _pvxk on Nov 4, 2017 | 13 comments
16.
The decentralized WeTransfer (github.com/alexsicart)
115 points by alexsicart on Nov 4, 2017 | 47 comments
17.
TensorFlow on a 256K RAM microcontroller (github.com/neil-tan)
182 points by janjongboom on Nov 4, 2017 | 22 comments
18.
14TB Hard Drives Now Available (anandtech.com)
176 points by nla on Nov 4, 2017 | 61 comments
19.
The Disappearing American Grad Student (nytimes.com)
172 points by lnguyen on Nov 4, 2017 | 131 comments
20.
Identifying the “Early IBM Computer” in a Twitter Photo (righto.com)
88 points by stablemap on Nov 3, 2017 | 46 comments
21.
Jschema.js is a framework for modeling data in JavaScript (github.com/ignoreintuition)
61 points by ignoreintuition on Nov 4, 2017 | 13 comments
22.
Can Germany Fix Facebook? (theatlantic.com)
140 points by imartin2k on Nov 4, 2017 | 132 comments
23.
Show HN: Webhook – incoming webhook server to execute commands (github.com/adnanh)
58 points by adnanh on Nov 4, 2017 | 10 comments
24.
The Making of SciPy 1.0 (numfocus.org)
107 points by apples2apples on Nov 4, 2017 | 17 comments
25.
What Google Learned from Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team (2016) (nytimes.com)
155 points by nbmh on Nov 4, 2017 | 108 comments
26.
Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours (1997) (aelinik.free.fr)
172 points by 0x4542 on Nov 4, 2017 | 80 comments
27.
The Selection of Talent: Evidence from Ethiopia [pdf] (wixstatic.com)
67 points by blopeur on Nov 4, 2017 | 22 comments
28.
The Prehistory of Music (laphamsquarterly.org)
45 points by tintinnabula on Nov 3, 2017 | 1 comment
29.
Our Odd Startup: 3½ Guys, No VC, Profitability, and Patience (indiehackers.com)
97 points by sds111 on Nov 4, 2017 | 55 comments
30.
Michigan's most dangerous book (2012) (annarborchronicle.com)
48 points by fern12 on Nov 4, 2017 | 10 comments

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