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Show HN: Lunar lander-type game with computational fluid dynamics (github.com/s-macke)
660 points by s-macke on Sept 15, 2018 | 127 comments
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SageMath – Open-Source Mathematical Software System (sagemath.org)
446 points by lainon on Sept 15, 2018 | 80 comments
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Raytracing a Black Hole (rantonels.github.io)
329 points by pablode on Sept 15, 2018 | 33 comments
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In killing Inbox, Google takes another swipe at its most passionate users (computerworld.com)
433 points by Signez on Sept 15, 2018 | 347 comments
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Elephant birds: Who killed the largest birds that ever lived? (bbc.co.uk)
80 points by tegeek on Sept 15, 2018 | 58 comments
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E Ink Waveforms are a closely guarded secret (goodereader.com)
226 points by kozmonaut on Sept 15, 2018 | 132 comments
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How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data (nytimes.com)
139 points by johnny313 on Sept 15, 2018 | 51 comments
8.
Tyler Cowen launches fellowship and grant program for moon shot ideas (techcrunch.com)
133 points by jseliger on Sept 15, 2018 | 92 comments
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How to be alone: the difference between loneliness and solitude (medium.com/swlh)
223 points by aytekin on Sept 15, 2018 | 73 comments
10.
What Ötzi the Iceman’s Tattoos Reveal About Copper Age Medical Practices (smithsonianmag.com)
80 points by Thevet on Sept 14, 2018 | 28 comments
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Variational Autoencoders Explained (anotherdatum.com)
96 points by lainon on Sept 15, 2018 | 16 comments
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Low.js – Node.js for embedded devices (lowjs.org)
139 points by payne on Sept 15, 2018 | 90 comments
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Is the Second Farm Crisis Upon Us? (civileats.com)
121 points by clumsysmurf on Sept 15, 2018 | 154 comments
14.
Brain's Dumped DNA May Lead to Stress, Depression (scientificamerican.com)
161 points by extarial on Sept 13, 2018 | 42 comments
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Show HN: Re:consent – View and change the consent you have given to websites (github.com/cliqz-oss)
86 points by kkm on Sept 15, 2018 | 52 comments
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The search volume for "web app" spikes every September (gibney.de)
93 points by mg on Sept 13, 2018 | 23 comments
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Enumerating Trees (2013) (virginia.edu)
94 points by espeed on Sept 14, 2018 | 17 comments
18.
My RustConf 2018 Closing Keynote (kyren.github.io)
191 points by AlexeyBrin on Sept 15, 2018 | 23 comments
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Phishing Is the Internet’s Most Successful Con (theatlantic.com)
81 points by marmot777 on Sept 15, 2018 | 63 comments
20.
Earthquake detection pipeline via efficient time series similarity search (github.com/stanford-futuredata)
39 points by aburan28 on Sept 13, 2018 | 4 comments
21.
Searching for Chocolate's Roots, and Enemies, in Colombia's Wilderness (scientificamerican.com)
37 points by extarial on Sept 15, 2018 | 4 comments
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Show HN: Condor – A library for building scalable TCP servers in Erlang (github.com/sinasamavati)
65 points by s1n4 on Sept 13, 2018 | 10 comments
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You can’t “turn off the borrow checker” in Rust (steveklabnik.com)
152 points by ngaut on Sept 15, 2018 | 76 comments
24.
Page Cache, the Affair Between Memory and Files (2009) (manybutfinite.com)
49 points by sitzkrieg on Sept 15, 2018 | 7 comments
25.
Visual Transfer Between Atari Games Using Competitive Reinforcement Learning (arxiv.org)
49 points by blopeur on Sept 15, 2018 | 1 comment
26.
XML, blockchains, and the strange shapes of progress (apenwarr.ca)
108 points by zdw on Sept 15, 2018 | 49 comments
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Over half the firmwares uploaded to TCSL Armor have invalid certificates (tcsltesting.blogspot.com)
54 points by DyslexicAtheist on Sept 15, 2018 | 17 comments
28.
Bellwoods – a Generative Art web game in 13 kilobytes (bellwoods.xyz)
99 points by mattdesl on Sept 13, 2018 | 17 comments
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Second step with non-linear regression: adding predictors (2017) (r-bloggers.com)
51 points by ghosthamlet on Sept 15, 2018 | 5 comments
30.
Top Cancer Doctor Resigns After Failing to Disclose Industry Ties (nytimes.com)
104 points by kylebarron on Sept 14, 2018 | 38 comments

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