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August 2019 Archive
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