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August 2019 Archive
721.
Brazil has the power to save the Amazon rainforest, or destroy it (economist.com)
165 points by vincvinc on Aug 4, 2019 | 137 comments
722.
The body is the missing link for truly intelligent machines (2017) (aeon.co)
165 points by new_guy on Aug 22, 2019 | 112 comments
723.
U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act (nytimes.com)
165 points by Osiris30 on Aug 13, 2019 | 99 comments
724.
Nutrient deficiencies in rice grown under higher carbon dioxide (phys.org)
165 points by pizza on Aug 5, 2019 | 93 comments
725.
Ransomware-ing a DSLR Camera (research.checkpoint.com)
165 points by Kye on Aug 12, 2019 | 32 comments
726.
US Appeals Court Voids Google Cookie Privacy Settlement That Paid Users Nothing (reuters.com)
165 points by infodocket on Aug 6, 2019 | 22 comments
727.
Why Is Joe Rogan So Popular? (theatlantic.com)
164 points by paulpauper on Aug 21, 2019 | 246 comments
728.
The Browser Monopoly (blairreeves.me)
164 points by ntang on Aug 21, 2019 | 191 comments
729.
‘Just four dudes’: Inside EasyList, a community-run ad-blocking list (digiday.com)
164 points by ilamont on Aug 2, 2019 | 143 comments
730.
Electric motor design claims remarkable improvements (newatlas.com)
164 points by bmh on Aug 10, 2019 | 139 comments
731.
The Human Brain Can Create Structures in Up to 11 Dimensions (sciencealert.com)
164 points by respinal on Aug 31, 2019 | 122 comments
732.
Germany in Uproar as Negative Rates Threaten Saving Obsession (bloomberg.com)
163 points by adventured on Aug 25, 2019 | 376 comments
733.
Hong Kong Airport shuts down as protesters take over (news.rthk.hk)
163 points by improvehk on Aug 12, 2019 | 163 comments
734.
N.Y.P.D. Adds Children as Young as 11 to Facial Recognition Database (nytimes.com)
163 points by samfriedman on Aug 1, 2019 | 104 comments
735.
No Son of Mine Is Going to Be a Benthamite (mcsweeneys.net)
163 points by smacktoward on Aug 19, 2019 | 78 comments
736.
We Created a Planning Diary Making $160K in 6 Months (starterstory.com)
163 points by patwalls on Aug 22, 2019 | 59 comments
737.
Google OAuth Is Failing with 500 Error Code (status.cloud.google.com)
163 points by adige01can on Aug 19, 2019 | 54 comments
738.
Living Off the Land in Linux (gtfobins.github.io)
163 points by DyslexicAtheist on Aug 8, 2019 | 35 comments
739.
Extended Validation Certificates Are Really Dead (troyhunt.com)
162 points by dyates on Aug 12, 2019 | 149 comments
740.
China warns India of 'reverse sanctions' if Huawei is blocked (reuters.com)
162 points by cik on Aug 6, 2019 | 137 comments
741.
O Oberlin, My Oberlin (commentarymagazine.com)
162 points by jseliger on Aug 16, 2019 | 58 comments
742.
Court Rules That “Patent Troll” Is Opinion, Not Defamation (eff.org)
162 points by glitcher on Aug 20, 2019 | 41 comments
743.
The Mobility Trap: Why We'll Never Fix Congestion by Speeding Up Traffic (strongtowns.org)
161 points by oftenwrong on Aug 29, 2019 | 240 comments
744.
If you must run Windows 10 (tinyapps.org)
161 points by _o-O-o_ on Aug 27, 2019 | 205 comments
745.
Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2 (techcrunch.com)
161 points by denisvlr on Aug 21, 2019 | 158 comments
746.
Interslavic Language (steen.free.fr)
161 points by platform on Aug 18, 2019 | 137 comments
747.
Food is free if you know where to look (fallingfruit.org)
161 points by eldfgl on Aug 9, 2019 | 91 comments
748.
Credit Karma glitch exposed users to other people’s accounts (techcrunch.com)
161 points by pseudolus on Aug 14, 2019 | 86 comments
749.
Static Type Checking in Common Lisp (medium.com)
161 points by mr_tyzic on Aug 24, 2019 | 64 comments
750.
Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is buying promoted tweets (techcrunch.com)
161 points by noarchy on Aug 19, 2019 | 46 comments