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Ask HN: What exciting open-source science projects can one contribute to?

44 points by meridion on Aug 24, 2018 | 11 comments

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There's No Such Thing as a General-purpose Processor (2014) (queue.acm.org)

44 points by anfilt on Sep 21, 2018 | 11 comments

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Atmospheric railway (en.wikipedia.org)

44 points by xiaq on Oct 14, 2018 | 11 comments

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Yelp Accused of Hiding Positive Reviews for Non-Advertiser (dfw.cbslocal.com)

44 points by rmason on Jan 11, 2018 | 10 comments

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Terraforming Ourselves: What sort of world do we want to live in? (the-american-interest.com)

44 points by Hooke on Jun 11, 2018 | 10 comments

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Squeak: A Language for Communicating with Mice (1985) [pdf] (ordiecole.com)

44 points by mpweiher on Aug 18, 2018 | 10 comments

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Minimp3 – Minimalistic, single-header library for decoding MP3 (github.com)

44 points by lieff on Sep 22, 2018 | 10 comments

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Facebook has lost 30% of its value since July (cnn.com)

44 points by briatx on Oct 12, 2018 | 10 comments

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Ispc: A SPMD Compiler for High-Performance CPU Programming (ispc.github.io)

44 points by xstartup on Jan 10, 2018 | 9 comments

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DEOS: The distributed exokernel operating system (github.com)

44 points by friedrich12 on Jan 11, 2018 | 9 comments

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Speed of light drops to zero at 'exceptional points' (phys.org)

44 points by methyl on Feb 1, 2018 | 9 comments

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Port Automation: Robots Play Growing Role in Handling Ship Containers (fortune.com)

44 points by mpweiher on Feb 3, 2018 | 9 comments

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Sailors Die at Sea While USCG Drone Program Remains Hard Aground (gcaptain.com)

44 points by downvote_me on Feb 5, 2018 | 9 comments

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Ask for Advice, Not Permission (2015) (boz.com)

44 points by admp on Mar 9, 2018 | 9 comments

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A Short History of the Executioner (2014) (theappendix.net)

44 points by lermontov on Apr 7, 2018 | 9 comments

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All the people Apple just pissed off to better protect your privacy (fastcompany.com)

44 points by PredictorY on Jun 7, 2018 | 9 comments

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ForgeFed: An extension to ActivityPub for web-based Git services federation (github.com)

44 points by p4bl0 on Aug 27, 2018 | 9 comments

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Wall Street's Corruption Runs Deeper Than You Can Fathom (truthdig.com)

44 points by Jerry2 on Dec 7, 2018 | 9 comments

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The “Yellow Vests” Show How Much the Ground Moves Under Our Feet (criticallegalthinking.com)

44 points by graeberliker on Dec 17, 2018 | 9 comments

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Writing FreeBSD Malware [video] (m.youtube.com)

44 points by adamnemecek on Apr 27, 2018 | 8 comments

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Caesars Palace security intimidates DEF CON goers, seize soldering irons (arstechnica.com)

44 points by assafs on Aug 14, 2018 | 8 comments

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US DHS Compiling Database of Journalists and 'Media Influencers' (forbes.com)

44 points by enduser on Apr 7, 2018 | 7 comments

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Swiss Household Debt Is Now Higher Than the US at the Peak of the Housing Bubble (thesoundingline.com)

44 points by Four_Star on Aug 21, 2018 | 7 comments

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Goodbye cars, hello colour: the great reinvention of city intersections (theguardian.com)

44 points by Tomte on Sep 22, 2018 | 7 comments

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Mind’s quality control center found in long-ignored brain area (sciencedaily.com)

44 points by LinuxBender on Oct 26, 2018 | 7 comments

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500-Year-Old Body of Man Wearing Thigh-High Boots Found in London Sewer Build (livescience.com)

44 points by wglb on Dec 10, 2018 | 7 comments

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Undercover Cells: New Estimate of the Microbes Beneath the Continents (deepcarbon.net)

44 points by bryanrasmussen on Dec 11, 2018 | 7 comments

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Machine learning proliferates in particle physics (symmetrymagazine.org)

44 points by qubitcoder on Dec 16, 2018 | 7 comments

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Facebook shelved a feature intended to promote civil political discourse (theverge.com)

44 points by aaronbrethorst on Dec 23, 2018 | 7 comments

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Deep, buried ‘nearly pure ice’ glaciers spotted on Mars (japantimes.co.jp)

44 points by pmoriarty on Jan 11, 2018 | 6 comments