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August 2018 Archive
1951.
Electric scooters are illegal in the UK because of 1835 law (businessinsider.com)
48 points by lnguyen on Aug 11, 2018 | 68 comments
1952.
Ask HN: Why are there no public social networks?
48 points by nrvslghtnng on Aug 14, 2018 | 68 comments
1953.
Twitter company email addresses why it’s #BreakingMyTwitter (techcrunch.com)
48 points by coloneltcb on Aug 16, 2018 | 67 comments
1954.
Ryanair strike hits 55,000 customers across Europe (cnbc.com)
48 points by craigferg501 on Aug 10, 2018 | 64 comments
1955.
The Humanities Are in Crisis (theatlantic.com)
48 points by nikbackm on Aug 25, 2018 | 57 comments
1956.
Theranos: Blitzscaling, Blitzfailing, or Blitzfrauding? (linkedin.com)
48 points by kaboro on Aug 31, 2018 | 47 comments
1957.
Black cowboys (en.wikipedia.org)
48 points by curtis on Aug 11, 2018 | 40 comments
1958.
Anyway, stop recommending bazookas to kill flies in programming (itnext.io)
48 points by kiyanwang on Aug 25, 2018 | 31 comments
1959.
The Chinese Typewriter: A History (lrb.co.uk)
48 points by forapurpose on Aug 8, 2018 | 27 comments
1960.
The science of ultra pure silicon (wired.com)
48 points by sajid on Aug 10, 2018 | 25 comments
1961.
The Functional Programmer – Keeping Repetitive Strain Injury at Bay [video] (blog.lunarlogic.io)
48 points by ArturT on Aug 31, 2018 | 20 comments
1962.
A quantum computing startup tries to live up to the hype (japantimes.co.jp)
48 points by pmoriarty on Aug 8, 2018 | 13 comments
1963.
The Computer Chronicles – Microchip Technology (1983) [video] (youtube.com)
48 points by bane on Aug 5, 2018 | 9 comments
1964.
Sugar: Secure GPU Acceleration in Web Browsers [pdf] (ics.uci.edu)
48 points by lainon on Aug 20, 2018 | 7 comments
1965.
Byteconf React – free React.js conf streamed on Twitch, live right now (byteconf.com)
48 points by kmf on Aug 31, 2018 | 6 comments
1966.
The Unlikely Activists Who Took on Silicon Valley – And Won (nytimes.com)
48 points by ProAm on Aug 14, 2018 | 4 comments
1967.
Silver Coins Lead to One of the Earliest Roman Sites in Yorkshire (smithsonianmag.com)
48 points by diodorus on Aug 28, 2018 | 3 comments
1968.
Flash 101: The NOR Flash electrical interface (embedded.com)
48 points by rbanffy on Aug 10, 2018 | 2 comments
1969.
Program Induction and Synthesis at ICML 18 (gfrison.com)
48 points by gfrison1 on Aug 16, 2018 | 2 comments
1970.
Watching neurons in action (medicalxpress.com)
48 points by dnetesn on Aug 23, 2018 | 2 comments
1971.
Visual UI Regression Testing with WebAssembly and the Kantu Selenium IDE (a9t9.com)
48 points by stevechu on Aug 23, 2018 | 2 comments
1972.
Adding a Back Light to a Neo Geo Pocket (igorkromin.net)
48 points by ikromin on Aug 12, 2018 | 0 comments
1973.
It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts explain why (vox.com)
47 points by pmcpinto on Aug 10, 2018 | 98 comments
1974.
How can you treat someone who doesn’t accept they are ill? (mosaicscience.com)
47 points by okket on Aug 13, 2018 | 63 comments
1975.
Ask HN: I want to be a 40h/week intermediate developer.How do I stay employable?
47 points by firestri on Aug 31, 2018 | 63 comments
1976.
Uber and Lyft offered to bail out taxi drivers; New York said no (theverge.com)
47 points by JumpCrisscross on Aug 1, 2018 | 62 comments
1977.
Microservices from a Startup Perspective (infoq.com)
47 points by andima on Aug 21, 2018 | 47 comments
1978.
Facebook Is Now Rating Users Black Mirror Style (medium.com)
47 points by MichaelKSpencer on Aug 22, 2018 | 33 comments
1979.
Tips on using the Curl Command in Linux (tecmint.com)
47 points by axiomdata316 on Aug 18, 2018 | 32 comments
1980.
Palestine's unique stretchy ice cream [video] (bbc.com)
47 points by MiriamWeiner on Aug 16, 2018 | 31 comments