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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2019)

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Firefox shows ads for Booking.com in New Tab page

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Firefox shows ads for Booking.com in New Tab page

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New Horizons Reaches Ultima Thule

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/31/science/new-horizons-ultima-thule-flyby.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18800547 Points: 18 # Comments: 1 from Hacker News: Front Page https://nyti.ms/2QfKSwq via

FreeCAD BIM development news December 2018

Article URL: https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/BIM_Workbench/wiki/FreeCAD-BIM-development-news-21---December-2018 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18800484 Points: 6 # Comments: 0 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2RsDgvg via

How Well Do We Understand Probabilities in Medicine? (2016)

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New Horizons Reaches Ultima Thule

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FreeCAD BIM development news December 2018

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How Well Do We Understand Probabilities in Medicine? (2016)

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Rust 2019: Address the “Big” Problem

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Pathfinding for Tower Defense

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The old guard of Mac indy apps has thrived for more than 25 years

Article URL: https://www.macworld.com/article/3327502/macs/mac-indy-apps-thrived-for-more-than-25-years.amp.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18800416 Points: 10 # Comments: 0 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2Sr7vQB via

Rust 2019: Address the “Big” Problem

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Pathfinding for Tower Defense

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The old guard of Mac indy apps has thrived for more than 25 years

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When Shoes Were Fit with X-Rays

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Identity Theft, Credit Reports, and You

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Still Got Your Crypto: In Response to Wallet.fail’s Presentation

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Identity Theft, Credit Reports, and You

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Still Got Your Crypto: In Response to Wallet.fail’s Presentation

Article URL: https://www.ledger.fr/2018/12/28/chaos-communication-congress-in-response-to-wallet-fails-presentation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18800002 Points: 4 # Comments: 0 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2RmKD7x via

Merlin: A cross-platform command and control server and agent written in Go

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Why it’s time to reappraise the humble Choose Your Own Adventure book

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The Philosopher Redefining Equality

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The fate of reduce() in Python 3000 (2005)

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The Philosopher Redefining Equality

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Why it’s time to reappraise the humble Choose Your Own Adventure book

Article URL: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/the-oulipo-of-the-1980s-why-its-time-to-reappraise-the-humble-choose-your-own-adventure-book Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18799900 Points: 8 # Comments: 0 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2Ar2dxp via

The fate of reduce() in Python 3000 (2005)

Article URL: https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=98196 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18799881 Points: 6 # Comments: 0 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2GPeykC via

Ask HN: What is the best way to add authentication to REST API (for mobile)?

Newbie Question: What is a secure and accepted way for authentication and authorisation of REST API endpoint for mobile and SPA's? A google search usually yields JWT but from what I know about JWT, it's complex and doesn't support revocation of tokens easily. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18799852 Points: 15 # Comments: 4 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2CJybqn via

Merlin: A cross-platform command and control server and agent written in Go

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Found: A plane wreck that could solve a 50-year-old mystery

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Surprise DNA Results Are Turning Customer-Service Reps into Therapists

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-12-19/surprise-dna-results-are-turning-customer-service-reps-into-therapists Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18795955 Points: 83 # Comments: 45 from Hacker News: Front Page https://bloom.bg/2EBT1cD via

Abusing Amazon‘s Look Inside feature to leak unreleased content

Article URL: https://justmaku.org/2018-06-19-amazon-leaking-ebooks Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18795733 Points: 116 # Comments: 18 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2Sp8gK4 via

When Too Cute Is Too Much, the Brain Can Get Aggressive

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Inside an Epic Hotel Room Hacking Spree

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Worth moving to Sweden as engineers?

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Worth moving to Sweden as engineers?

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Inside an Epic Hotel Room Hacking Spree

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Ways to Bring Tech Jobs to Rural Areas

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Ways to Bring Tech Jobs to Rural Areas

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Earth is missing a huge part of its crust. Now we may know why

Article URL: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/12/part-earths-crust-went-missing-glaciers-may-be-why-geology/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18799541 Points: 8 # Comments: 0 from Hacker News: Front Page https://on.natgeo.com/2s02wuq via

Earth is missing a huge part of its crust. Now we may know why

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WhatsApp update will bring ADS to the popular messaging platform in the New Year

Article URL: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6542605/Controversial-WhatsApp-update-bring-ADVERTS-popular-messaging-platform-New-Year.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18799360 Points: 4 # Comments: 1 from Hacker News: Front Page https://dailym.ai/2SzEwdC via

The History of the Zeebo, Brazil's First Videogame Console [video]

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A Tiny Austrian Town Has the Coolest Bus Shelters (2014)

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A Tiny Austrian Town Has the Coolest Bus Shelters (2014)

Article URL: https://www.citylab.com/design/2014/05/a-tiny-austrian-town-has-coolest-bus-shelters-weve-ever-seen/371078 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18798630 Points: 8 # Comments: 1 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2F0eH3a via

The History of the Zeebo, Brazil's First Videogame Console [video]

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Ask HN: Engineers from non-CS background, how did you pivot into ML/AI?

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Let's Encrypt: Looking Forward to 2019

Article URL: https://letsencrypt.org/2018/12/31/looking-forward-to-2019.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18796775 Points: 225 # Comments: 47 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2QfUJTd via

Show HN: OTPCL (Tcl-Flavored Erlang)

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Show HN: OTPCL (Tcl-Flavored Erlang)

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LVC – Linear Verified Compiler

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Detroit's Big Comeback: Out of Bankruptcy, a Rebirth

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/28/680629749/out-of-bankruptcy-detroit-reaches-financial-milestone Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18799139 Points: 26 # Comments: 7 from Hacker News: Front Page https://n.pr/2AfZd72 via

Learning KVM – implement your own Linux kernel

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Hilbert’s list

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35C3: Safe and Secure Drivers in High-Level Languages

Article URL: https://hackaday.com/2018/12/31/35c3-safe-and-secure-drivers-in-high-level-languages/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18798537 Points: 21 # Comments: 1 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2s4fGa4 via

Unsolved Problems in Blockchain Sharding

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Ask HN: Academics who switched to industry, what's your experience been like?

Academics: junior academic researchers including phd students, postdocs and early career profs. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18798498 Points: 24 # Comments: 9 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2TnOm29 via

In Screening for Suicide Risk, Facebook Takes on Tricky Public Health Role

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Why We Sleep, and Why We Often Can’t

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Show HN: Snigl – Forth with Lisp in C

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The Chinese scientist who allegedly created CRISPR babies is being detained

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/29/chinese-scientist-who-allegedly-created-the-first-genetically-engineered-babies-is-being-detained/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18798153 Points: 99 # Comments: 68 from Hacker News: Front Page https://tcrn.ch/2Q8W8e7 via

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu

Article URL: https://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=nasas-osiris-rex-spacecraft-enters-close-orbit-around-bennu-breaking-record Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18798101 Points: 24 # Comments: 1 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2LFlZcY via

This clever AI hid data from its creators to cheat at its appointed task

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Make Your Own Pythagorean Cup

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The Octal Small Form Pluggable (OSFP) implements 400Gb Ethernet

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Federal judge finds state law governing who is an engineer violates free speech

Article URL: https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2018/12/federal-judge-finds-state-law-governing-who-is-an-engineer-violates-free-speech.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18797364 Points: 255 # Comments: 168 from Hacker News: Front Page http://bit.ly/2ESEGbS via

Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/31/netflix-stops-paying-the-apple-tax-on-its-853m-in-annual-ios-revenue/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18797174 Points: 387 # Comments: 262 from Hacker News: Front Page https://tcrn.ch/2GN3lB3 via

Personal Notes on Corman Lisp 3.1 Release

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How much less efficient are north-facing solar modules?

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A month of Flutter: a look back

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Detroit's Big Comeback: Out of Bankruptcy, a Rebirth

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Learning KVM – implement your own Linux kernel

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LVC – Linear Verified Compiler

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Federal judge finds state law governing who is an engineer violates free speech

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Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue

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The Chinese scientist who allegedly created CRISPR babies is being detained

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Let's Encrypt: Looking Forward to 2019

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Why We Sleep, and Why We Often Can’t

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Build your own IoT/MQTT node for less than $2

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When Too Cute Is Too Much, the Brain Can Get Aggressive

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Personal Notes on Corman Lisp 3.1 Release

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Show HN: Snigl – Forth with Lisp in C

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Hilbert’s list

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35C3: Safe and Secure Drivers in High-Level Languages

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Surprise DNA Results Are Turning Customer-Service Reps into Therapists

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A month of Flutter: a look back

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu

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Unsolved Problems in Blockchain Sharding

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Abusing Amazon‘s Look Inside feature to leak unreleased content

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Ask HN: Academics who switched to industry, what's your experience been like?

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Found: A plane wreck that could solve a 50-year-old mystery

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This clever AI hid data from its creators to cheat at its appointed task

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How much less efficient are north-facing solar modules?

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The Octal Small Form Pluggable (OSFP) implements 400Gb Ethernet

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Make Your Own Pythagorean Cup

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In Screening for Suicide Risk, Facebook Takes on Tricky Public Health Role

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Long Life Vehicle

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Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars

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