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18331.

Economists’ projections of interest rates and unemployment have proved too high (wsj.com)

77 points by prostoalex on Dec 16, 2019 | 153 comments

18332.

A Look at HS2's Old Oak Common Station (ianvisits.co.uk)

77 points by fanf2 on Aug 21, 2019 | 129 comments

18333.

Who Controls Diners’ Data? OpenTable Moves to Assert Control (wsj.com)

77 points by petethomas on Mar 18, 2019 | 121 comments

18334.

During the Renaissance, the beard was the defining feature of a man (historytoday.com)

77 points by prismatic on Aug 27, 2019 | 121 comments

18335.

Advertising may make people miserable, but it still has its uses (economist.com)

77 points by jkuria on Jun 8, 2019 | 120 comments

18336.

Two Las Vegas Men Plead Guilty in U.S. Criminal Streaming Piracy Case (torrentfreak.com)

77 points by tdurden on Dec 16, 2019 | 114 comments

18337.

A Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein That Bill Gates Now ‘Regrets’ (nytimes.com)

77 points by claudeganon on Oct 12, 2019 | 108 comments

18338.

Understanding the fork system call in Unix (mohit.athwani.net)

77 points by objectivem on May 18, 2019 | 104 comments

18339.

Bootcamps vs. College (2016) (triplebyte.com)

77 points by amerf1 on Mar 31, 2019 | 102 comments

18340.

Ask HN: How do I make sure my kids are safe online?

77 points by permanent_job on May 27, 2019 | 102 comments

18341.

America’s First Amphetamine Epidemic 1929–1971 (2008) (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

77 points by tintinnabula on Dec 13, 2019 | 95 comments

18342.

What Went Down at WWDC 2019 (heartbeat.fritz.ai)

77 points by vardhanagwal on Jun 17, 2019 | 93 comments

18343.

A scientist must go where the evidence leads (blogs.scientificamerican.com)

77 points by bookofjoe on Aug 15, 2019 | 92 comments

18344.

‘Deepfakes’ Trigger a Race to Fight Manipulated Photos and Videos (wsj.com)

77 points by jkuria on Aug 5, 2019 | 87 comments

18345.

Martin Scorsese: I Said Marvel Movies Aren’t Cinema. Let Me Explain (nytimes.com)

77 points by tysone on Nov 5, 2019 | 86 comments

18346.

Gene Therapy Was Hailed as a Revolution – Then Came the Bill (bloomberg.com)

77 points by pseudolus on Apr 8, 2019 | 85 comments

18347.

Ride-hailing apps have allowed more binging and increased demand for bartenders (economist.com)

77 points by js2 on Nov 20, 2019 | 84 comments

18348.

Facebook refuses to disclose “chuck Chequers” Brexit advertiser to UK parliament (techcrunch.com)

77 points by rbanffy on Mar 6, 2019 | 82 comments

18349.

Rural America's “brain drain”: How student debt is emptying small towns (cbsnews.com)

77 points by SQL2219 on Jan 22, 2019 | 81 comments

18350.

Zhaoxin KX-6000 CPUs Purportedly Match Intel's Core I5-7400 in Performance (tomshardware.com)

77 points by rbanffy on Jun 21, 2019 | 80 comments

18351.

A Small Town in the Philippines Banned Gossip (msn.com)

77 points by secstate on Apr 27, 2019 | 77 comments

18352.

China Is Hunting for Foreign Buyers for Its Sovereign Debt (bloombergquint.com)

77 points by spking on Jan 3, 2019 | 75 comments

18353.

Developers Are the Problem, Not Monoliths (codeboje.de)

77 points by azarai on Feb 11, 2019 | 75 comments

18354.

Smartphone Sales Are in Freefall, and That’s Okay (ifixit.com)

77 points by mrzool on Aug 7, 2019 | 74 comments

18355.

Artists Should Be Allowed to Fail (artsy.net)

77 points by wallflower on Jul 10, 2019 | 70 comments

18356.

Some Employees Chafe as Google’s New Internal Rules Take Hold (bloomberg.com)

77 points by jbegley on Nov 1, 2019 | 70 comments

18357.

You have to follow the recipe (theoutline.com)

77 points by danso on Dec 26, 2019 | 70 comments

18358.

Ask HN: Affordable, online university for getting a degree to quit programming?

77 points by throwaway-32 on Aug 18, 2019 | 68 comments

18359.

Who gets to own the West? (nytimes.com)

77 points by pseudolus on Jun 22, 2019 | 67 comments

18360.

I've Listened to Loud Rock Music All My Life. Now My Hearing Is Paying the Price (wbur.org)

77 points by ilamont on Mar 11, 2019 | 66 comments