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August 2017 Archive
1141.
Recognizing when two arithmetic expressions are essentially the same (blog.plover.com)
102 points by gbacon on Aug 22, 2017 | 36 comments
1142.
How New York's Roosevelt Island Sucks Away Summer Trash Stink (npr.org)
102 points by transcranial on Aug 6, 2017 | 30 comments
1143.
FTC says Uber took a wrong turn with misleading privacy, security promises (ftc.gov)
102 points by artsandsci on Aug 15, 2017 | 28 comments
1144.
Naval Ravikant on Time [audio] (factordaily.com)
102 points by ston3r on Aug 30, 2017 | 27 comments
1145.
Why didn't electricity immediately change manufacturing? (bbc.com)
102 points by jackgavigan on Aug 21, 2017 | 22 comments
1146.
Houston is a sitting duck for the next big hurricane (2016) (propublica.org)
102 points by meneoh1 on Aug 29, 2017 | 21 comments
1147.
Ethereum White Paper – annotated version (2015) (fermatslibrary.com)
102 points by slbenfica on Aug 24, 2017 | 15 comments
1148.
Node.js is forked to Ayo.js (pronounced like “IO”) (github.com)
101 points by akras14 on Aug 23, 2017 | 138 comments
1149.
Bitcoin Makes Even Smart People Feel Dumb (wired.com)
101 points by artsandsci on Aug 9, 2017 | 102 comments
1150.
Web Assembly Working Group Charter Approved (lists.w3.org)
101 points by gfredtech on Aug 4, 2017 | 64 comments
1151.
Why nature prefers hexagons (nautil.us)
101 points by bsg75 on Aug 5, 2017 | 62 comments
1152.
Google cancels meeting on gender controversy due to employee fears of harassment (recode.net)
101 points by virtuabhi on Aug 10, 2017 | 60 comments
1153.
Making Your Own Custom USB Cables (geekhack.org)
101 points by mindcrime on Aug 26, 2017 | 39 comments
1154.
Custom Elements v1: Reusable Web Components (developers.google.com)
101 points by markelliot on Aug 21, 2017 | 37 comments
1155.
Ericsson is reportedly planning to cut 25,000 jobs in response to crisis (nordic.businessinsider.com)
101 points by scrpn on Aug 17, 2017 | 36 comments
1156.
CouchDB 2.1.0 (docs.couchdb.org)
101 points by tropshop on Aug 7, 2017 | 23 comments
1157.
Launching a Product with No Money and No Customers (indiehackers.com)
101 points by ChanningAllen on Aug 29, 2017 | 17 comments
1158.
The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution (2002) [pdf] (msl1.mit.edu)
100 points by lainon on Aug 20, 2017 | 65 comments
1159.
Ask HN: How to move past 150k/200k in compensation?
100 points by yerunfa on Aug 24, 2017 | 64 comments
1160.
Show HN: Minimal build system using just /bin/sh (notabug.org)
100 points by akkartik on Aug 18, 2017 | 63 comments
1161.
Generating a Useful Theory of Software Engineering [pdf] (users.ece.utexas.edu)
100 points by jwdunne on Aug 19, 2017 | 33 comments
1162.
Breakthrough: solid-state alkaline batteries a viable alternative to lithium-ion (nytimes.com)
100 points by WheelsAtLarge on Aug 6, 2017 | 30 comments
1163.
Papers I like (part 2) (fgiesen.wordpress.com)
100 points by ingve on Aug 14, 2017 | 2 comments
1164.
Tesla seeks to raise $1.5B to fund Model 3 production (reuters.com)
99 points by whatok on Aug 7, 2017 | 123 comments
1165.
Roman Britain in Black and White (the-tls.co.uk)
99 points by DanBC on Aug 4, 2017 | 99 comments
1166.
Microsoft Announces Age of Empires IV (thenextweb.com)
99 points by AliCollins on Aug 22, 2017 | 59 comments
1167.
Gigster raises $20M from investors including Marc Benioff and Michael Jordan (businessinsider.com)
99 points by cefthurston on Aug 29, 2017 | 49 comments
1168.
The Man Behind AMD's Zen Microarchitecture: Jim Keller (en.wikipedia.org)
99 points by geezerjay on Aug 11, 2017 | 42 comments
1169.
Nvidia-Docker – Build and Run Docker Containers Leveraging Nvidia GPUs (github.com)
99 points by dgellow on Aug 18, 2017 | 32 comments
1170.
Some Google managers maintain personal blacklists (inc.com)
99 points by exolymph on Aug 8, 2017 | 31 comments