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August 2014 Archive
121.
Facebook's std::vector optimization (github.com)
275 points by iamsalman on Aug 30, 2014 | 89 comments
122.
Remy – Computer-generated TCP congestion algorithm (web.mit.edu)
274 points by JoachimS on Aug 3, 2014 | 40 comments
123.
Gogs: a self-hosted Git Service written in Go (github.com)
272 points by czsu69jj on Aug 24, 2014 | 108 comments
124.
An amateur linguist loses control of the language he invented (2012) (newyorker.com)
272 points by godarderik on Aug 15, 2014 | 106 comments
125.
What's the matter with PGP? (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
271 points by silenteh on Aug 13, 2014 | 163 comments
126.
How Norway has avoided the 'curse of oil' (bbc.com)
271 points by diminish on Aug 26, 2014 | 143 comments
127.
Mozilla Unveils $33 Intex Cloud FX Smartphone (blogs.wsj.com)
271 points by rhelmer on Aug 26, 2014 | 124 comments
128.
Transactional HTML Email Templates (blog.mailgun.com)
271 points by twakefield on Aug 13, 2014 | 32 comments
129.
Unix Wildcards Gone Wild (defensecode.com)
269 points by 0x0 on Aug 17, 2014 | 51 comments
130.
War in the womb (aeon.co)
267 points by Mz on Aug 8, 2014 | 69 comments
131.
Why I'll Never Tell My Son He's Smart (khanacademy.org)
266 points by eroo on Aug 22, 2014 | 64 comments
132.
Mitch Hedberg and GIS (njgeo.org)
265 points by rtpg on Aug 18, 2014 | 55 comments
133.
Goodbye to Sasha Shulgin, Godfather of Psychedelics (alumni.berkeley.edu)
263 points by sbilstein on Aug 6, 2014 | 63 comments
134.
What happened to Motorola (chicagomag.com)
262 points by marban on Aug 27, 2014 | 95 comments
135.
Google's end-to-end key distribution proposal (code.google.com)
261 points by abdullahkhalids on Aug 28, 2014 | 92 comments
136.
Show HN: I'm building a game for the Nintendo GameBoy (bonsaiden.github.io)
260 points by BonsaiDen on Aug 14, 2014 | 102 comments
137.
On bananas and string matching algorithms (wabbo.org)
260 points by cjbprime on Aug 23, 2014 | 62 comments
138.
Myths About Working as an Engineer at a Startup (karllhughes.com)
259 points by karlhughes on Aug 28, 2014 | 137 comments
139.
Salmon Cannon Fires 40 Fish a Minute (cnet.com)
259 points by jjp on Aug 13, 2014 | 88 comments
140.
The Anti-Facebook (theverge.com)
258 points by fourstar on Aug 18, 2014 | 164 comments
141.
Earthquake early-warning system gave 10-second alert before Napa quake felt (latimes.com)
257 points by damian2000 on Aug 25, 2014 | 107 comments
142.
Why I am leaving the best job I ever had (maxschireson.com)
257 points by jasondc on Aug 5, 2014 | 53 comments
143.
A new set of Firefox Developer Tools features (mzl.la)
256 points by xOnic on Aug 3, 2014 | 40 comments
144.
I am not planning any nuclear attacks (henrysmith.org)
250 points by technicalfault on Aug 15, 2014 | 146 comments
145.
Print this file, your printer will jam (2008) (nedbatchelder.com)
248 points by JoshTriplett on Aug 14, 2014 | 66 comments
146.
USBCondom (crowdsupply.com)
247 points by lelf on Aug 23, 2014 | 92 comments
147.
Introducing Heroku Button (blog.heroku.com)
247 points by ovechtrick on Aug 7, 2014 | 44 comments
148.
EtherCalc: Open-source web spreadsheet (ethercalc.org)
245 points by sheetjs on Aug 3, 2014 | 26 comments
149.
Ubuntu Bug 255161: Openoffice can’t print on Tuesdays (bugs.launchpad.net)
244 points by franze on Aug 13, 2014 | 37 comments
150.
Oak Island Money Pit: Unsolved Mystery (oakislandmoneypit.com)
243 points by trevin on Aug 7, 2014 | 116 comments