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44671.

Why despite global progress, humanity is probably facing its most dangerous time (80000hours.org)

8 points by robertwiblin on Dec 14, 2017 | 0 comments

44672.

Connecting pandas to a GPU database with Apache Arrow (mapd.com)

8 points by tmostak on Dec 14, 2017 | 0 comments

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How to Build a Self-Conscious Machine (wired.com)

8 points by cardmagic on Dec 14, 2017 | 0 comments

44674.

First Alien Star System with Eight Planets Found (news.nationalgeographic.com)

8 points by denzil_correa on Dec 14, 2017 | 0 comments

44675.

Assure Net Neutrality by Exploiting Tiered Internet Video Streaming (hackernoon.com)

8 points by larakerns on Dec 15, 2017 | 0 comments

44676.

The Origin of the Thesis (the-tls.co.uk)

8 points by Hooke on Dec 15, 2017 | 0 comments

44677.

NectarJS: Compiling JavaScript into Native Binaries for Every Platform (codeburst.io)

8 points by seraum on Dec 15, 2017 | 0 comments

44678.

World Health Organization Clashes with DEA on Marijuana Compound CBD (arstechnica.com)

8 points by magoghm on Dec 15, 2017 | 0 comments

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Facebook admits it poses mental health risk – but says using site more can help (theguardian.com)

8 points by kafkaesq on Dec 15, 2017 | 0 comments

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Tango down: Google’s first AR project officially shuts down March 1 (arstechnica.com)

8 points by MBCook on Dec 15, 2017 | 0 comments

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Two Studies Show Vast Majority of People Who Support Ajit Pai's PlanWere Fake (techdirt.com)

8 points by evil_rumsfeld on Dec 15, 2017 | 0 comments

44682.

When the Cure Is the Cause: The Case of the Green Hairy Tongue (undark.org)

8 points by reeteshv on Dec 16, 2017 | 0 comments

44683.

Python 3.7 dictionaries will keep insertion order (mail.python.org)

8 points by shpx on Dec 16, 2017 | 0 comments

44684.

Restoring the Allure of the Movie Theater – MIT Technology Review (technologyreview.com)

8 points by rbanffy on Dec 17, 2017 | 0 comments

44685.

How to Buy Stellar Lumen (XLM) – Step by Step (buyingcrypto.guide)

8 points by iotatoken on Dec 18, 2017 | 0 comments

44686.

iPhone Performance and Battery Age (geekbench.com)

8 points by uptown on Dec 18, 2017 | 0 comments

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'He began to eat Hermione's family': bot tries to write Harry Potter book (theguardian.com)

8 points by ohjeez on Dec 18, 2017 | 0 comments

44688.

A Brief History of the Perl Programming Language Which Turned 30 Today (blog.adafruit.com)

8 points by walterbell on Dec 19, 2017 | 0 comments

44689.

Natural TTS Synthesis by Conditioning WaveNet on Mel Spectrogram Predictions (google.github.io)

8 points by potench on Dec 20, 2017 | 0 comments

44690.

Unix sockets (AF_Unix) comes to Windows (blogs.msdn.microsoft.com)

8 points by KindOne on Dec 20, 2017 | 0 comments

44691.

Lessons learned implementing Redux on Android (blog.pusher.com)

8 points by zan on Dec 20, 2017 | 0 comments

44692.

Firefox Is Now on Amazon Fire TV (blog.mozilla.org)

8 points by edmorley on Dec 20, 2017 | 0 comments

44693.

A Bitcoin millionaire will fund medical research, anti-aging, and clean water (qz.com)

8 points by tim_sw on Dec 21, 2017 | 0 comments

44694.

Theft: Property-Based Testing for C (spin.atomicobject.com)

8 points by vletrmx on Dec 21, 2017 | 0 comments

44695.

Iced tea company stock triples after adding “blockchain” to name (arstechnica.com)

8 points by BerislavLopac on Dec 21, 2017 | 0 comments

44696.

Siri can’t talk to me: The challenge of teaching language to voice assistants (arstechnica.com)

8 points by grk on Dec 22, 2017 | 0 comments

44697.

Staying Relevant in Software Development 2018 (zeroequalsfalse.press)

8 points by majikarp on Dec 22, 2017 | 0 comments

44698.

Securityrating.io security rate of domains (securityrating.io)

8 points by balgan on Dec 22, 2017 | 0 comments

44699.

Bill to examine 'algorithmic bias' in government agencies has just passed (businessinsider.com)

8 points by DyslexicAtheist on Dec 23, 2017 | 0 comments

44700.

Beating TensorFlow Training In-VRAM (vlad17.github.io)

8 points by vladf on Dec 23, 2017 | 0 comments