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811.

Ignition: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (1972) [pdf] (library.sciencemadness.org)

150 points by ColinWright on Aug 18, 2019 | 34 comments

812.

Amazon fires: Brazil threatened over EU trade deal (bbc.co.uk)

149 points by Nux on Aug 23, 2019 | 160 comments

813.

The lat/lon floating point delusion (datafix.com.au)

149 points by eaguyhn on Aug 9, 2019 | 149 comments

814.

Colombia fines Uber more than $629k for obstructing regulatory visit (reuters.com)

149 points by SolaceQuantum on Aug 12, 2019 | 80 comments

815.

Launch HN: Tandem (YC S19) – A Virtual Office for Remote Teams

149 points by bernatfortet on Aug 1, 2019 | 76 comments

816.

CTVT – A contagious cancer that spreads from dog to dog (theatlantic.com)

149 points by andyjpb on Aug 21, 2019 | 62 comments

817.

The Shady World of Repair Manuals: Copyrighting for Planned Obsolescence (2012) (wired.com)

149 points by segfaultbuserr on Aug 13, 2019 | 60 comments

818.

Understanding modern UEFI-based platform boot (depletionmode.com)

149 points by matt_d on Aug 15, 2019 | 27 comments

819.

Ceramics enter a new era with laser-welded joints (arstechnica.com)

149 points by joshlegs on Aug 30, 2019 | 22 comments

820.

Facebook Paid Hundreds of Contractors to Transcribe Users’ Audio (bloomberg.com)

149 points by minimaxir on Aug 13, 2019 | 19 comments

821.

The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than Most Nations (justfacts.com)

148 points by andrenth on Aug 26, 2019 | 132 comments

822.

FCC closes telemarketing loophole used by scammers (consumeraffairs.com)

148 points by cloud_thrasher on Aug 7, 2019 | 118 comments

823.

Manufacturers want to quit China for Vietnam, but find it impossible (wsj.com)

148 points by chmaynard on Aug 21, 2019 | 91 comments

824.

Open Source Hardware Hearing Aid Part 1 (shapr.github.io)

148 points by zdw on Aug 4, 2019 | 54 comments

825.

In the beginning was the command line (1999) [pdf] (faculty.georgetown.edu)

148 points by bookofjoe on Aug 13, 2019 | 50 comments

826.

The Last Working Olivetti Mainframe Sits In a Tuscan High School (spectrum.ieee.org)

148 points by gscott on Aug 7, 2019 | 46 comments

827.

Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out (nytimes.com)

147 points by furcyd on Aug 11, 2019 | 258 comments

828.

Yes, I’m Feeling Bad About Climate Change. Let’s Discuss (sloanreview.mit.edu)

147 points by sarapeyton on Aug 22, 2019 | 206 comments

829.

Microsoft Has First Major Impact on Chrome (thurrott.com)

147 points by adrian_mrd on Aug 17, 2019 | 114 comments

830.

Geocities Archive (geocitiesarchive.org)

147 points by geocities on Aug 22, 2019 | 90 comments

831.

What we get wrong about meetings, and how to make them worth attending (timharford.com)

147 points by 80mph on Aug 29, 2019 | 59 comments

832.

DEF CON and Stack Overflow: What Our Traffic Says About Cybersecurity (stackoverflow.blog)

147 points by susam on Aug 10, 2019 | 32 comments

833.

Casting Glass from 3D Printed Molds (amosdudley.com)

147 points by dezork on Aug 6, 2019 | 25 comments

834.

N-Shot Learning: Learning More with Less Data (blog.floydhub.com)

147 points by DarkContinent on Aug 3, 2019 | 16 comments

835.

An 'Exosuit' That Boosts Endurance on the Trail (npr.org)

146 points by melling on Aug 16, 2019 | 94 comments

836.

You May Be Better Off Picking Stocks at Random, Study Finds (studyfinds.org)

146 points by Vaslo on Aug 17, 2019 | 77 comments

837.

Subsurface – An open source scuba dive logging platform (subsurface-divelog.org)

146 points by jkingsman on Aug 20, 2019 | 70 comments

838.

Climate change: Marine heatwaves kill coral instantly (bbc.com)

146 points by pseudolus on Aug 9, 2019 | 64 comments

839.

Who Did the Math for General Relativity First, Einstein or Hilbert? (medium.com)

146 points by laronian on Aug 6, 2019 | 60 comments

840.

The Rule of 2 (chromium.googlesource.com)

146 points by akendo on Aug 9, 2019 | 54 comments