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10471.

UK plan to digitise wills and destroy paper originals "insane" say experts (theguardian.com)

165 points by ilamont on Dec 19, 2023 | 207 comments

10472.

The Dutch benefits scandal: a cautionary tale for algorithmic enforcement (eulawenforcement.com)

165 points by sohkamyung on Feb 6, 2023 | 202 comments

10473.

Douglas Crockford on JavaScript (digest.browsertech.com)

165 points by lrsjng on Jun 12, 2023 | 202 comments

10474.

Shinzo Abe's Assassination (theatlantic.com)

165 points by simonebrunozzi on Nov 4, 2023 | 199 comments

10475.

California’s math misadventure is about to go national (theatlantic.com)

165 points by fortran77 on Oct 2, 2023 | 187 comments

10476.

A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle? (arstechnica.com)

165 points by xrayarx on Feb 1, 2023 | 171 comments

10477.

The US Air Force may have shot down an amateur radio pico balloon over Canada (rtl-sdr.com)

165 points by upofadown on Feb 16, 2023 | 166 comments

10478.

Logistics challenges of saving Air India’s diverted 777 in Russia (flightradar24.com)

165 points by dmitrygr on Jun 11, 2023 | 164 comments

10479.

A Reply to Josef Průša (blog.thea.codes)

165 points by treesciencebot on Apr 2, 2023 | 150 comments

10480.

Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night [video] (youtube.com)

165 points by O__________O on Jan 24, 2023 | 146 comments

10481.

Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies (petapixel.com)

165 points by PaulHoule on Aug 30, 2023 | 138 comments

10482.

English as She Is Spoke (1884) [pdf] (exclassics.com)

165 points by lelf on Jan 2, 2023 | 136 comments

10483.

5M item limit for Google Drive: File unable to generate or upload due to 403 (issuetracker.google.com)

165 points by throwaway2056 on Mar 27, 2023 | 133 comments

10484.

Sun: The Network Is the Computer (abortretry.fail)

165 points by BirAdam on Feb 12, 2023 | 130 comments

10485.

I got paid to live in Antarctica (wandereatwrite.com)

165 points by imadj on Sep 13, 2023 | 122 comments

10486.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December (youtube.com)

165 points by c420 on Oct 19, 2023 | 122 comments

10487.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (en.wikipedia.org)

165 points by _Microft on Oct 10, 2023 | 120 comments

10488.

YouTube's Adblock detection might break the law in the EU (youtube.com)

165 points by mahmoudhossam on Nov 9, 2023 | 115 comments

10489.

HSBC's Money Laundering Scandal (2022) (investopedia.com)

165 points by vinnyglennon on Feb 5, 2023 | 114 comments

10490.

Can self-replicating species flourish in the interior of a star? (2020) [pdf] (pdfs.semanticscholar.org)

165 points by benbreen on Jan 3, 2023 | 112 comments

10491.

CISA, NSA, FBI Release Advisory Warning of BlackTech, PRC-Linked Cyber Activity (cisa.gov)

165 points by fortran77 on Oct 1, 2023 | 111 comments

10492.

Darktable: Crashing into the wall in slow-motion (ansel.photos)

165 points by lemper on Nov 25, 2023 | 106 comments

10493.

Keybase.pub Shutting Down on March 1 2023 (keybase.pub)

165 points by Wingy on Feb 8, 2023 | 103 comments

10494.

Show HN: Minum – A minimal Java web framework (github.com)

165 points by 7ep on Sep 25, 2023 | 100 comments

10495.

Shoot the arrow, then paint the target around it (ozanvarol.com)

165 points by inetsee on May 1, 2023 | 99 comments

10496.

Gravitational-wave detector LIGO is back (nature.com)

165 points by gmays on May 26, 2023 | 99 comments

10497.

Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable project (beccaricks.space)

165 points by interweb on Feb 27, 2023 | 97 comments

10498.

The microcode and hardware in the 8086 processor that perform string operations (righto.com)

165 points by picture on Apr 4, 2023 | 96 comments

10499.

The HTTP QUERY Method specification (httpwg.org)

165 points by andyk on May 27, 2023 | 95 comments

10500.

I’m so sorry for psychology’s loss, whatever it is (experimental-history.com)

165 points by Ariarule on Aug 29, 2023 | 94 comments