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August 2017 Archive
691.
How NASA Kept the ISS Flying While Harvey Hit Mission Control (theverge.com)
162 points by Tomte on Aug 31, 2017 | 49 comments
692.
Don’t ruin streaming by turning it into cable (techcrunch.com)
161 points by frostmatthew on Aug 12, 2017 | 146 comments
693.
California ballot measure to decriminalize adult use of hallucinogenic mushrooms (latimes.com)
161 points by prostoalex on Aug 29, 2017 | 107 comments
694.
Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges to attacker (myce.com)
161 points by el_duderino on Aug 16, 2017 | 72 comments
695.
Brian Aldiss has died (curtisbrown.co.uk)
161 points by sohkamyung on Aug 21, 2017 | 54 comments
696.
YOLO: Real-Time Object Detection (pjreddie.com)
161 points by golanggeek on Aug 20, 2017 | 43 comments
697.
An algorithm that recreates 3D objects from tiny 2D images (techcrunch.com)
161 points by janober on Aug 24, 2017 | 34 comments
698.
Drone Building 101 (airfield.io)
161 points by bharatkhatri14 on Aug 30, 2017 | 29 comments
699.
JavaScript is Eating the World (dev.to)
160 points by bhalp1 on Aug 24, 2017 | 311 comments
700.
IT is the cause of rising income and wealth inequality since the 1970s [pdf] (economistsview.typepad.com)
160 points by o_nate on Aug 7, 2017 | 190 comments
701.
Talos II (raptorcs.com)
160 points by Kostic on Aug 8, 2017 | 104 comments
702.
A Mysterious Military Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle for Days (thedrive.com)
160 points by pera on Aug 5, 2017 | 88 comments
703.
Nuke Map: Interactive Nuclear Bomb Map (nuclearsecrecy.com)
160 points by johnny313 on Aug 10, 2017 | 87 comments
704.
Decommissioned mobile devices as cheap energy-efficient compute nodes (usenix.org)
160 points by blacksmythe on Aug 25, 2017 | 72 comments
705.
Investor Bulletin, July 25: Initial Coin Offerings (sec.gov)
160 points by AdamFernandez on Aug 17, 2017 | 48 comments
706.
Functions as a Service: Serverless Framework for Docker and Kubernetes (github.com)
160 points by ingve on Aug 19, 2017 | 35 comments
707.
Introducing Android 8.0 Oreo (blog.google)
160 points by janober on Aug 21, 2017 | 8 comments
708.
New York’s Subways Are Not Just Delayed, Some Trains Don’t Run at All (nytimes.com)
159 points by martinald on Aug 7, 2017 | 158 comments
709.
Biggest amateur-built sub sinks – owner is suspected of killing passenger (arstechnica.com)
159 points by revelation on Aug 12, 2017 | 145 comments
710.
Google blocked every one of the WSWS’s 45 top search terms (wsws.org)
159 points by fmblwntr on Aug 10, 2017 | 136 comments
711.
Decrypting Amber Rudd (ar.al)
159 points by tolien on Aug 2, 2017 | 70 comments
712.
A New Tor Search Engine (abikogailmonxlzl.onion.casa)
159 points by jamarukato on Aug 4, 2017 | 49 comments
713.
Ex-lottery worker who rigged winnings gets 25 years in prison (money.cnn.com)
158 points by WestCoastJustin on Aug 23, 2017 | 242 comments
714.
PET scans show many Alzheimer’s patients may not actually have the disease (washingtonpost.com)
158 points by DrScump on Aug 2, 2017 | 65 comments
715.
Web merchants routinely leak data about Bitcoin purchases (technologyreview.com)
158 points by sgoldfed on Aug 23, 2017 | 54 comments
716.
How to Pick Your Next Gig: Evaluating Startups (samvitjain.com)
158 points by QuanticoIsLove on Aug 16, 2017 | 33 comments
717.
Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2 (techcrunch.com)
157 points by ljk on Aug 14, 2017 | 156 comments
718.
Why Some U.S. Ex-Spies Don't Buy the Russia Story (bloomberg.com)
157 points by necessity on Aug 15, 2017 | 147 comments
719.
The 'creepy Facebook AI' story that captivated the media (bbc.com)
157 points by sonabinu on Aug 1, 2017 | 104 comments
720.
What Sets Successful CEOs Apart (hbr.org)
157 points by happy-go-lucky on Aug 4, 2017 | 64 comments