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August 2014 Archive
631.
Tumblr: Hashing Your Way to Handling 23,000 Blog Requests per Second (highscalability.com)
102 points by aespinoza on Aug 4, 2014 | 23 comments
632.
A call to arms: Helping Internet services accept anonymous users (blog.torproject.org)
102 points by erkose on Aug 31, 2014 | 15 comments
633.
One mystery less, or how to get the “undumpable” ROM content dumped (e4aws.silverdr.com)
102 points by mmastrac on Aug 7, 2014 | 12 comments
634.
GPLGPU: An Open-Source GPU (gplgpu.com)
102 points by raldu on Aug 19, 2014 | 9 comments
635.
The Future Programming Manifesto (alarmingdevelopment.org)
101 points by jashkenas on Aug 27, 2014 | 106 comments
636.
Choosing the Right JavaScript Framework (airpair.com)
101 points by elkelk on Aug 21, 2014 | 90 comments
637.
Richard Dawkins' response to “What scientific idea is ready for retirement?" (edge.org)
101 points by __Joker on Aug 31, 2014 | 71 comments
638.
Show HN: Codeanywhere (codeanywhere.com)
101 points by garrypettet on Aug 24, 2014 | 57 comments
639.
German armed forces warn that carbon fiber might be cancer-causing (ndr.de)
101 points by m8rl on Aug 11, 2014 | 55 comments
640.
Show HN: Startuplister – A startup directory listing service (startuplister.com)
101 points by crixlet on Aug 13, 2014 | 50 comments
641.
The Derivative of a Number (rjlipton.wordpress.com)
101 points by j2kun on Aug 19, 2014 | 47 comments
642.
An App Store for Algorithms (wired.com)
101 points by doppenhe on Aug 11, 2014 | 45 comments
643.
Python-ftfy: Given Unicode text, make its representation possibly less broken (github.com)
101 points by rspeer on Aug 16, 2014 | 40 comments
644.
Adam Carolla won’t let Personal Audio drop podcast patent infringement lawsuit (slate.com)
101 points by bennesvig on Aug 4, 2014 | 39 comments
645.
Show HN: LuaJIT FFI binding to libuv with coroutines (github.com)
101 points by pguillory on Aug 28, 2014 | 35 comments
646.
Reverse Engineering a NAND Flash Device Management Algorithm (joshuawise.com)
101 points by jwise0 on Aug 4, 2014 | 29 comments
647.
Y Combinator to recruit more black entrepreneurs (usatoday.com)
100 points by edw519 on Aug 29, 2014 | 74 comments
648.
State Incentives Bringing SpaceX Commercial Launch Facility to Texas (governor.state.tx.us)
100 points by lsh123 on Aug 5, 2014 | 66 comments
649.
Glowing Plant Is One of Y Combinator’s First Biotech Startups (techcrunch.com)
100 points by katm on Aug 11, 2014 | 61 comments
650.
Entangled Photons Make a Picture from a Paradox (scientificamerican.com)
100 points by foolrush on Aug 27, 2014 | 44 comments
651.
Foursquare Now Tracks Users Even When the App Is Closed (blogs.wsj.com)
100 points by petethomas on Aug 6, 2014 | 42 comments
652.
Transmitting binary information from one person’s brain to another (newsweek.com)
100 points by holasnic on Aug 27, 2014 | 42 comments
653.
BKS Iyengar, who helped bring yoga to the West, has died (vox.com)
100 points by krsree on Aug 20, 2014 | 35 comments
654.
Proof confirmed of 400-year-old fruit-stacking problem (newscientist.com)
100 points by andrewljohnson on Aug 12, 2014 | 31 comments
655.
The Brazilian Bus Magnate Who’s Buying Up Vinyl Records (nytimes.com)
100 points by sheltgor on Aug 8, 2014 | 18 comments
656.
Physical Side-Channel Key-Extraction Attacks On PCs (cs.tau.ac.il)
100 points by madars on Aug 8, 2014 | 16 comments
657.
The Zen of Gradient Descent (mrtz.org)
100 points by ot on Aug 15, 2014 | 11 comments
658.
Basic Income is Practical Today, Necessary Soon (hawkins.ventures)
99 points by mchusma on Aug 15, 2014 | 129 comments
659.
Tim Hortons agrees to Burger King offer for $94 a share (cbc.ca)
99 points by oulipian on Aug 26, 2014 | 117 comments
660.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (tools.ietf.org)
99 points by yoavz on Aug 5, 2014 | 109 comments