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1531.

Andrew Yang’s math on the robot takeover doesn’t check out (bloomberg.com)

78 points by paulpauper on Dec 13, 2019 | 102 comments

1532.

What it would take to suck more carbon dioxide out of the air than we put in (nautil.us)

78 points by dnetesn on Dec 4, 2019 | 98 comments

1533.

A Robot That Explains Its Actions (spectrum.ieee.org)

78 points by YeGoblynQueenne on Dec 27, 2019 | 43 comments

1534.

1950s Smart Homes and the Longevity of Design (resobscura.blogspot.com)

78 points by benbreen on Dec 13, 2019 | 35 comments

1535.

Amazon RDS Proxy for AWS Lambda (aws.amazon.com)

78 points by Tehnix on Dec 4, 2019 | 31 comments

1536.

Particle Filter (leimao.github.io)

78 points by keyboardman on Dec 23, 2019 | 19 comments

1537.

V8 Release v8.0 (v8.dev)

78 points by coldlestat on Dec 18, 2019 | 12 comments

1538.

In praise of property-based testing (increment.com)

78 points by yhoiseth on Dec 25, 2019 | 9 comments

1539.

Our Tesla Model 3 Suffered a Failure While Parked (caranddriver.com)

77 points by t3f on Dec 30, 2019 | 163 comments

1540.

Economists’ projections of interest rates and unemployment have proved too high (wsj.com)

77 points by prostoalex on Dec 16, 2019 | 153 comments

1541.

Two Las Vegas Men Plead Guilty in U.S. Criminal Streaming Piracy Case (torrentfreak.com)

77 points by tdurden on Dec 16, 2019 | 114 comments

1542.

America’s First Amphetamine Epidemic 1929–1971 (2008) (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

77 points by tintinnabula on Dec 13, 2019 | 95 comments

1543.

You have to follow the recipe (theoutline.com)

77 points by danso on Dec 26, 2019 | 70 comments

1544.

Infosys settles with California over alleged visa scam, tax evasion (mercurynews.com)

77 points by masonic on Dec 18, 2019 | 33 comments

1545.

Privacy or Data, a Convenient False Dichotomy (0x65.dev)

77 points by __ka on Dec 2, 2019 | 26 comments

1546.

A few comments on ‘age’ (neilmadden.blog)

77 points by beefhash on Dec 31, 2019 | 18 comments

1547.

How to Build a Remote Team: Resources and Advice from Remote Companies (remotehub.io)

77 points by raunometsa on Dec 13, 2019 | 15 comments

1548.

Machine Learning Christmas Calendar (ml.christmas)

77 points by selbekk on Dec 6, 2019 | 5 comments

1549.

How Complex Modern Headlights Can Be (jalopnik.com)

76 points by clouddrover on Dec 19, 2019 | 144 comments

1550.

An open letter to GitHub from the maintainers of open source projects (github.com)

76 points by dr_linux on Dec 6, 2019 | 72 comments

1551.

Move to the Big City (2018) (sivers.org)

76 points by temon on Dec 27, 2019 | 72 comments

1552.

Federation is the Worst of all Worlds (2018) (fieldnotes.resistant.tech)

76 points by mlejva on Dec 17, 2019 | 70 comments

1553.

Commit messages are not titles (2015) (antirez.com)

76 points by arkadiytehgraet on Dec 17, 2019 | 57 comments

1554.

San Francisco supervisors opposing bill to increase housing density (sfexaminer.com)

76 points by Reedx on Dec 14, 2019 | 52 comments

1555.

How to Make Toast: Electrical Engineering vs. Computer Science (2001) (cs.brandeis.edu)

76 points by alecbenzer on Dec 2, 2019 | 48 comments

1556.

Natural language isn’t just English [pdf] (faculty.washington.edu)

76 points by happy-go-lucky on Dec 25, 2019 | 46 comments

1557.

There’s No Winter Break from ‘Publish or Perish’ (nytimes.com)

76 points by vo2maxer on Dec 19, 2019 | 44 comments

1558.

DARPA head resigns, moving on to industry (defensenews.com)

76 points by hhs on Dec 27, 2019 | 39 comments

1559.

Boom Supersonic (YC W16) XB-1 Fuselage Construction Underway (linkedin.com)

76 points by starpilot on Dec 19, 2019 | 38 comments

1560.

Dating of bones from Indonesia confirm Homo erectus roamed planet for 1.8M years (theguardian.com)

76 points by alberto_ol on Dec 19, 2019 | 30 comments