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August 2017 Archive
1261.
Ancient whales were predators not gentle giants (phys.org)
92 points by dnetesn on Aug 30, 2017 | 42 comments
1262.
Software is narrative (infiniteundo.com)
92 points by dhaneshnm on Aug 4, 2017 | 41 comments
1263.
Ask HN: What does deliberate practice look like for computer programming?
92 points by tim_sw on Aug 21, 2017 | 33 comments
1264.
Spying on Students: School-Issued Devices and Student Privacy (eff.org)
92 points by kawera on Aug 26, 2017 | 32 comments
1265.
Creating domain-specific languages in Julia using macros (julialang.org)
92 points by ViralBShah on Aug 11, 2017 | 19 comments
1266.
Computational Category Theory (cs.man.ac.uk)
92 points by noch on Aug 4, 2017 | 11 comments
1267.
The Michelson Language (michelson-lang.com)
92 points by bshanks on Aug 21, 2017 | 11 comments
1268.
Tinker with a Neural Network (2016) (playground.tensorflow.org)
92 points by sonabinu on Aug 3, 2017 | 3 comments
1269.
Muesli – An alternative approach to Soylent (github.com)
91 points by L29Ah on Aug 18, 2017 | 100 comments
1270.
What Goldman Is Telling Big Money Clients About Bitcoin (bloomberg.com)
91 points by ivorium on Aug 15, 2017 | 89 comments
1271.
North Korea fires missile over Japan (theguardian.com)
91 points by jlipps on Aug 28, 2017 | 77 comments
1272.
A backlash against the herbicide Dicamba (washingtonpost.com)
91 points by a_w on Aug 30, 2017 | 76 comments
1273.
Hand powered drilling tools and machines (lowtechmagazine.com)
91 points by sea6ear on Aug 14, 2017 | 71 comments
1274.
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Could Have Caused 2 Years of Darkness (astrobiology.com)
91 points by okket on Aug 22, 2017 | 61 comments
1275.
NetRunner: a web browser catering to powerusers (netrunner.cc)
91 points by mabynogy on Aug 12, 2017 | 51 comments
1276.
Psilocybin-assisted group therapy for demoralization in long-term AIDS survivors (clinicaltrials.ucsf.edu)
91 points by anythingnonidin on Aug 23, 2017 | 39 comments
1277.
Google is losing allies across the political spectrum (arstechnica.com)
91 points by Deinos on Aug 31, 2017 | 36 comments
1278.
Saluting Walt Mossberg’s career (qz.com)
91 points by artsandsci on Aug 1, 2017 | 31 comments
1279.
Interview with Ken Thompson (2011) (drdobbs.com)
91 points by jpelecanos on Aug 28, 2017 | 28 comments
1280.
Forever Labs preserves young stem cells (techcrunch.com)
91 points by janober on Aug 17, 2017 | 18 comments
1281.
LSTM trained on HN (medium.com)
91 points by enkiv2 on Aug 7, 2017 | 13 comments
1282.
Where the Wild Things Go: The remarkable travel itineraries of animals (nautil.us)
91 points by dnetesn on Aug 18, 2017 | 0 comments
1283.
Texas Uses More Energy Than Any Other State (texasmonthly.com)
90 points by sremani on Aug 3, 2017 | 136 comments
1284.
Let Forest Fires Burn (nytimes.com)
90 points by mcone on Aug 7, 2017 | 109 comments
1285.
Are You Downplaying Luck’s Role in Your Life? (nautil.us)
90 points by dnetesn on Aug 23, 2017 | 108 comments
1286.
Dreamwidth Banned by PayPal in 2008 for Refusing to Censor Users (dw-news.dreamwidth.org)
90 points by CM30 on Aug 25, 2017 | 104 comments
1287.
Uber, Mired in Corporate Scandals, Sees Uptick in Bookings (nytimes.com)
90 points by carlchenet on Aug 24, 2017 | 93 comments
1288.
Investigating a ten-year-old estimate that “most social programmes don’t work” (80000hours.org)
90 points by NadinevdW on Aug 10, 2017 | 82 comments
1289.
Essential Phone review: An arcane artifact from an unrealized future (theverge.com)
90 points by dhd415 on Aug 18, 2017 | 66 comments
1290.
Launch HN: PullRequest (YC S17) – On-Demand Code Review
90 points by lyal on Aug 17, 2017 | 65 comments