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August 2017 Archive
1711.
Warriors Who Once Feared Elephants Now Protect Them (nationalgeographic.com)
61 points by mcone on Aug 20, 2017 | 0 comments
1712.
The Electric-Bike Conundrum (newyorker.com)
60 points by jseliger on Aug 18, 2017 | 126 comments
1713.
Where did wealthy inventor live in 1991? California’s taxman wants to know (sacbee.com)
60 points by HoppedUpMenace on Aug 28, 2017 | 89 comments
1714.
Germany, in a First, Shuts Down Left-Wing Extremist Website (mobile.nytimes.com)
60 points by Overtonwindow on Aug 25, 2017 | 88 comments
1715.
Google and ProPublica team up to build a national hate crime database (techcrunch.com)
60 points by mcone on Aug 18, 2017 | 78 comments
1716.
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Dynamic Typing for Practical Programs [video] (infoq.com)
60 points by tosh on Aug 31, 2017 | 69 comments
1717.
North American Object Storage Service Impact (documentation.meraki.com)
60 points by mlosapio on Aug 6, 2017 | 58 comments
1718.
The sea was never blue (aeon.co)
60 points by prismatic on Aug 1, 2017 | 53 comments
1719.
The fired Google engineer wrote his memo after he went to a 'shaming' programme (uk.businessinsider.com)
60 points by IsaakTech on Aug 9, 2017 | 47 comments
1720.
A Game You Can Control with Your Mind (nytimes.com)
60 points by carlchenet on Aug 28, 2017 | 44 comments
1721.
Stratis Storage Software Design [pdf] (stratis-storage.github.io)
60 points by zx2c4 on Aug 2, 2017 | 33 comments
1722.
Intel CEO Resigns from Trump's Manufacturing Council (bloomberg.com)
60 points by rekwah on Aug 15, 2017 | 32 comments
1723.
Supernova’s messy birth casts doubt on reliability of astronomical yardstick (nature.com)
60 points by okket on Aug 20, 2017 | 18 comments
1724.
F*EX (fex.belwue.de)
60 points by Tomte on Aug 12, 2017 | 16 comments
1725.
The dwarfs of our vocabulary (blog.oup.com)
60 points by Petiver on Aug 15, 2017 | 16 comments
1726.
Lego railway and through a house and garden [video] (youtube.com)
60 points by Tomte on Aug 27, 2017 | 15 comments
1727.
Giving up on Venture Capital raising (linkedin.com)
60 points by naskwo on Aug 14, 2017 | 14 comments
1728.
A Brief History of Gnome [pdf] (blogs.gnome.org)
60 points by avian on Aug 7, 2017 | 12 comments
1729.
Flattening Combinators: Surviving Without Parentheses [pdf] (westpoint.edu)
60 points by mpweiher on Aug 18, 2017 | 9 comments
1730.
Why do stars like Adele keep losing their voice? (theguardian.com)
60 points by akg_67 on Aug 14, 2017 | 5 comments
1731.
The Most Common Error in Media Coverage of the Google Memo (theatlantic.com)
60 points by doener on Aug 9, 2017 | 3 comments
1732.
ACLU of California Statement: White Supremacist Violence Is Not Free Speech (aclunc.org)
59 points by jdp23 on Aug 17, 2017 | 145 comments
1733.
Baby Boomers Who Won't Sell Are Dominating the Housing Market (bloomberg.com)
59 points by SQL2219 on Aug 8, 2017 | 99 comments
1734.
A Farewell to Go (churchwood.at)
59 points by Hates_ on Aug 9, 2017 | 83 comments
1735.
German Interior Ministry shuts down Linksunten.indymedia.org (dw.com)
59 points by mdekkers on Aug 25, 2017 | 80 comments
1736.
Ask HN: How much do you save in the SF Bay Area with $120k salary?
59 points by symbolepro on Aug 24, 2017 | 71 comments
1737.
The qmail security guarantee (cr.yp.to)
59 points by rishabhd on Aug 27, 2017 | 70 comments
1738.
Marcus Hutchins pleads not guilty in US (bbc.co.uk)
59 points by 0xbadf00d on Aug 14, 2017 | 52 comments
1739.
Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart (nytimes.com)
59 points by mathieutd on Aug 8, 2017 | 46 comments
1740.
A Striking Rise in Serious Allergy Cases (wsj.com)
59 points by jpelecanos on Aug 23, 2017 | 29 comments