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December 2018 Archive
1801.
Drones Used to Find Toy-Like “Butterfly” Land Mines (scientificamerican.com)
52 points by prostoalex on Dec 31, 2018 | 47 comments
1802.
What our science fiction says about us (bbc.com)
52 points by pseudolus on Dec 4, 2018 | 45 comments
1803.
E-cigarettes around 95% less harmful than tobacco, estimates landmark review (gov.uk)
52 points by troydavis on Dec 19, 2018 | 42 comments
1804.
California lets self-driving startup Zoox offer autonomous rides (reuters.com)
52 points by T-A on Dec 22, 2018 | 26 comments
1805.
MiniRHex: a surprisingly capable six-whegged robot (spectrum.ieee.org)
52 points by Down_n_Out on Dec 14, 2018 | 16 comments
1806.
You don't become a Silicon Valley celebrity by being shy (mitsloan.mit.edu)
52 points by gcatalfamo on Dec 22, 2018 | 14 comments
1807.
Alacritty, a terminal emulator written in Rust, now supports Windows (github.com)
52 points by eberkund on Dec 26, 2018 | 13 comments
1808.
The Pseudo-Time Arrow (qualiacomputing.com)
52 points by crunchiebones on Dec 3, 2018 | 7 comments
1809.
QUIC and HTTP/3: Too big to fail? (calendar.perfplanet.com)
52 points by fanf2 on Dec 6, 2018 | 5 comments
1810.
Succincter (2008) [pdf] (people.csail.mit.edu)
52 points by espeed on Dec 17, 2018 | 5 comments
1811.
Introduction to Distributed Training of Neural Networks (blog.skymind.ai)
52 points by sytelus on Dec 5, 2018 | 4 comments
1812.
Recovering Nintendo’s Lost SimCity for the NES (gamehistory.org)
52 points by jonny_eh on Dec 25, 2018 | 3 comments
1813.
Tokyo Wants People to Stand on Both Sides of the Escalator (citylab.com)
51 points by danso on Dec 21, 2018 | 97 comments
1814.
Rumor: China's ethics board reviews 20 popular online games, bans 9 (resetera.com)
51 points by throwaway2048 on Dec 11, 2018 | 66 comments
1815.
In some Bay Area counties, college grads have higher unemployment (mercurynews.com)
51 points by samfisher83 on Dec 27, 2018 | 63 comments
1816.
Ask HN: Is there a decentralised alternative to Slack?
51 points by febin on Dec 20, 2018 | 54 comments
1817.
“Silent Night” turns 200 (americamagazine.org)
51 points by never-the-bride on Dec 13, 2018 | 48 comments
1818.
The State of Web Browsers – 2019 edition (ferdychristant.com)
51 points by zwliew on Dec 9, 2018 | 45 comments
1819.
Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2019?
51 points by volument on Dec 27, 2018 | 33 comments
1820.
NYC sets $17 an hour minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers (cbsnews.com)
51 points by kapkapkap on Dec 4, 2018 | 20 comments
1821.
Type hints cheat sheet (Python 3) (mypy.readthedocs.io)
51 points by sytelus on Dec 12, 2018 | 18 comments
1822.
Yahoo Query Language will be retired on January 3 (developer.yahoo.com)
51 points by niutech on Dec 29, 2018 | 18 comments
1823.
Nondeterministic Functions in MySQL (i.e. Rand) Can Surprise You (percona.com)
51 points by aleksi on Dec 6, 2018 | 17 comments
1824.
Make a Public Lab Spectrometer (2017) (publiclab.org)
51 points by Tomte on Dec 29, 2018 | 16 comments
1825.
Built to Last: John McPhee's Way of Seeing (bookforum.com)
51 points by samclemens on Dec 4, 2018 | 12 comments
1826.
Activision forced Al Lowe to cancel his Leisure Suit Larry source code auctions (pcgamer.com)
51 points by peterkelly on Dec 15, 2018 | 12 comments
1827.
Tiny cement sculptures hidden across Europe (theguardian.com)
51 points by Tomte on Dec 31, 2018 | 12 comments
1828.
Anti-vax movement blamed for 30% jump in measles cases worldwide (sbs.com.au)
51 points by EndXA on Dec 1, 2018 | 11 comments
1829.
Show HN: Mapping 11M points with Tile38 – Mapbox/Geonames (geonames.tile38.com)
51 points by tidwall on Dec 20, 2018 | 11 comments
1830.
Log on Like It’s 1985: A Fragment of Minitel Returns (spectrum.ieee.org)
51 points by wallflower on Dec 29, 2018 | 9 comments