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12031.

'Patient zero' in cyberattack on UN aviation agency was official's son (2019) (cbc.ca)

136 points by ilamont on Jan 30, 2020 | 11 comments

12032.

Apple CarPlay, Android Auto distract drivers more than pot, alcohol, says study (cnet.com)

136 points by bobajeff on Mar 21, 2020 | 5 comments

12033.

Sudan Ends 30 Years of Islamic Law by Separating Religion, State (bloomberg.com)

136 points by doener on Sep 6, 2020 | 5 comments

12034.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent source code released (github.com)

136 points by pestkranker on Sep 23, 2020 | 2 comments

12035.

No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday (covid19data.com.au)

135 points by thisrod on Nov 1, 2020 | 268 comments

12036.

How Microsoft crushed Slack (theverge.com)

135 points by atarian on Dec 5, 2020 | 257 comments

12037.

Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown (news.yahoo.com)

135 points by MBCook on Jul 22, 2020 | 240 comments

12038.

The survival of the airlines depends on frequent flyer programs (marker.medium.com)

135 points by animationwill on Oct 1, 2020 | 222 comments

12039.

FATCA Pushes “Accidental” Americans to Give Up US Citizenship (time.com)

135 points by stanrivers on Dec 27, 2020 | 200 comments

12040.

Biggest companies pay the least tax, shows new research (theconversation.com)

135 points by grecy on Apr 5, 2020 | 191 comments

12041.

Apple Doubles the Price of RAM Upgrade on Entry-Level 13-Inch MacBook Pro (macrumors.com)

135 points by jrwan on Jun 1, 2020 | 189 comments

12042.

California Covid-19 traffic report finds silver lining (ucdavis.edu)

135 points by dsr12 on Apr 19, 2020 | 185 comments

12043.

Ask HN: Parents, what are you doing for school this fall?

135 points by mbf1 on Aug 17, 2020 | 184 comments

12044.

A global reforestation project is how we fix climate change (medium.com)

135 points by apsec112 on Jan 15, 2020 | 172 comments

12045.

Is the world's best butter worth 50 dollars a pound? (2017) (saveur.com)

135 points by emptybits on Apr 19, 2020 | 171 comments

12046.

Why the developers who use Rust love it so much (stackoverflow.blog)

135 points by cyber1 on Jun 6, 2020 | 165 comments

12047.

Attempts to make Python fast (sethops1.net)

135 points by Queue29 on Oct 21, 2020 | 162 comments

12048.

Oil is selling for less than $10 across key North American hubs (worldoil.com)

135 points by toomuchtodo on Apr 1, 2020 | 153 comments

12049.

The software engineering lifecycle: How we built the new Dropbox Plus (dropbox.tech)

135 points by mattgerstman on Sep 16, 2020 | 150 comments

12050.

Ask HN: You cannot delete comments posts or your account on HN. Concerned?

135 points by headShrinker on Jun 24, 2020 | 147 comments

12051.

Swift for TensorFlow – A system for deep learning and differentiable computing (tensorflow.org)

135 points by OMGCable on Sep 20, 2020 | 138 comments

12052.

The Looming Bank Collapse (theatlantic.com)

135 points by sajid on Jun 10, 2020 | 134 comments

12053.

Why are the noses broken on Egyptian statues? (hyperallergic.com)

135 points by unpredict on Oct 14, 2020 | 133 comments

12054.

Tesla Service Centers Are Preventing Delivery Refusals in Weird Ways (insideevs.com)

135 points by rmason on Dec 31, 2020 | 129 comments

12055.

Coronavirus: Germany puts on crowded concerts to study risks (bbc.com)

135 points by elorant on Aug 25, 2020 | 125 comments

12056.

Interview with Paul Graham (thepolitic.org)

135 points by rmason on Mar 4, 2020 | 123 comments

12057.

Jensen Huang’s vision for data center dominance may destroy the Arm ecosystem (semianalysis.com)