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August 2016 Archive
31.
“Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the software industry” (2012) (harmful.cat-v.org)
624 points by behnamoh on Aug 22, 2016 | 552 comments
32.
Optimism (github.com)
617 points by finnigja on Aug 16, 2016 | 160 comments
33.
Browsing your website does not mean I want your spam (medium.com)
615 points by davezatch on Aug 22, 2016 | 240 comments
34.
Less stress, more productivity: working fewer hours is good for you and your boss (codewithoutrules.com)
605 points by itamarst on Aug 19, 2016 | 296 comments
35.
Everyone is quitting (sites.google.com)
599 points by po1nter on Aug 10, 2016 | 327 comments
36.
Google Takes on Uber with New Ride-Share Service (wsj.com)
596 points by coloneltcb on Aug 30, 2016 | 461 comments
37.
The Myth of RAM (2014) (ilikebigbits.com)
593 points by ddlatham on Aug 29, 2016 | 277 comments
38.
Writing Less Code (heydonworks.com)
583 points by fiatjaf on Aug 17, 2016 | 200 comments
39.
What I learned as a hired consultant to autodidact physicists (aeon.co)
563 points by tbrownaw on Aug 11, 2016 | 318 comments
40.
Academic Torrents: A distributed system for sharing enormous datasets (academictorrents.com)
552 points by iamjeff on Aug 29, 2016 | 95 comments
41.
Victory for Net Neutrality in Europe (juliareda.eu)
547 points by jrepin on Aug 30, 2016 | 174 comments
42.
Go 1.7 is released (blog.golang.org)
545 points by techietim on Aug 15, 2016 | 133 comments
43.
Crystal: Fast as C, Slick as Ruby (blog.codeship.com)
544 points by yranadive on Aug 4, 2016 | 429 comments
44.
“How do I choose not to share my account information with Facebook?” (whatsapp.com)
539 points by SnaKeZ on Aug 25, 2016 | 308 comments
45.
“I Want to Know What Code Is Running Inside My Body” (backchannel.com)
536 points by warp on Aug 8, 2016 | 211 comments
46.
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)
534 points by whoishiring on Aug 1, 2016 | 941 comments
47.
Grokking Deep Learning (iamtrask.github.io)
530 points by williamtrask on Aug 18, 2016 | 112 comments
48.
Hunter S. Thompson on Finding Your Purpose (1958) (tranquilmonkey.com)
525 points by zeeshanm on Aug 29, 2016 | 257 comments
49.
What Great Listeners Actually Do (hbr.org)
521 points by wallflower on Aug 17, 2016 | 198 comments
50.
Machine Learning Exercises in Python, Part 1 (johnwittenauer.net)
520 points by jdwittenauer on Aug 12, 2016 | 62 comments
51.
Germany offers up to €30k for 6 months of working on OSS (prototypefund.de)
512 points by haraball on Aug 1, 2016 | 150 comments
52.
Show HN: Noms – A new decentralized database based on ideas from Git (medium.com)
508 points by ahl on Aug 2, 2016 | 167 comments
53.
A few HTML tips (hacks.mozilla.org)
501 points by nachtigall on Aug 24, 2016 | 174 comments
54.
Fighting Cancer (hintjens.com)
497 points by egorst on Aug 22, 2016 | 148 comments
55.
I Don’t Care How Well You Code, Understand Your Compensation (hackernoon.com)
494 points by signa11 on Aug 9, 2016 | 307 comments
56.
Docker not ready for primetime (blog.goodstuff.im)
490 points by erlend_sh on Aug 28, 2016 | 281 comments
57.
Why I'm not a big fan of Scrum (okigiveup.net)
483 points by keso on Aug 8, 2016 | 380 comments
58.
How to listen when you disagree (urbanconfessional.org)
483 points by taheris on Aug 4, 2016 | 180 comments
59.
This Is Your Life in Silicon Valley (medium.com)
480 points by jaytaylor on Aug 16, 2016 | 173 comments
60.
Apple should stop selling four-year-old computers (theverge.com)
479 points by doener on Aug 7, 2016 | 437 comments