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October 2018 Archive
1.
Paul Allen has died (cnbc.com)
2901 points by coloneltcb on Oct 15, 2018 | 277 comments
2.
IBM acquires Red Hat (redhat.com)
2611 points by nopriorarrests on Oct 28, 2018 | 1052 comments
3.
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Amazon and Apple (bloomberg.com)
2493 points by Osiris30 on Oct 4, 2018 | 770 comments
4.
Paper Airplane Designs (foldnfly.com)
1753 points by wilsonfiifi on Oct 18, 2018 | 206 comments
5.
Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers (blog.google)
1613 points by Nemant on Oct 8, 2018 | 699 comments
6.
iPhones are allergic to helium (ifixit.org)
1289 points by kwiens on Oct 30, 2018 | 340 comments
7.
Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app (cnbc.com)
1213 points by octosphere on Oct 29, 2018 | 567 comments
8.
Carbon Removal Technologies (carbon.ycombinator.com)
1187 points by sama on Oct 23, 2018 | 660 comments
9.
Every Byte of a TLS Connection Explained and Reproduced (tls.ulfheim.net)
1185 points by aberoham on Oct 12, 2018 | 103 comments
10.
How to Get Things Done When You Don't Feel Like It (queue.acm.org)
1165 points by tchalla on Oct 9, 2018 | 183 comments
11.
Copyright Office Ruling Imposes Sweeping Right to Repair Reforms (ifixit.org)
1064 points by sinak on Oct 25, 2018 | 343 comments
12.
Coders Automating Their Own Job (theatlantic.com)
991 points by benryon on Oct 2, 2018 | 485 comments
13.
iPhones are hard to use (blog.fawny.org)
976 points by mrzool on Oct 22, 2018 | 636 comments
14.
We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook approved all of them (news.vice.com)
970 points by pulisse on Oct 30, 2018 | 332 comments
15.
What I loved about Paul Allen (gatesnotes.com)
964 points by uknownuser on Oct 16, 2018 | 114 comments
16.
Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public (wsj.com)
953 points by tysone on Oct 8, 2018 | 258 comments
17.
With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work on Linux (protondb.com)
932 points by bdefore on Oct 29, 2018 | 311 comments
18.
How I’ve Attracted the First 500 Paid Users for My SaaS (blog.inkdrop.info)
925 points by spiffytech on Oct 15, 2018 | 135 comments
19.
In Groundbreaking Decision, Feds Say Hacking DRM to Fix Electronics Is Legal (motherboard.vice.com)
924 points by jbegley on Oct 25, 2018 | 2 comments
20.
Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atmosphere?
911 points by throwawaygoaway on Oct 8, 2018 | 1088 comments
21.
Calls between JavaScript and WebAssembly are finally fast (hacks.mozilla.org)
907 points by lainon on Oct 8, 2018 | 143 comments
22.
New Evidence of Hacked Supermicro Hardware Found in U.S. Telecom (bloomberg.com)
875 points by gorbachev on Oct 9, 2018 | 366 comments
23.
Amazon increases minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 an hour (techcrunch.com)
853 points by doppp on Oct 2, 2018 | 4 comments
24.
Japan's Hometown Tax (kalzumeus.com)
847 points by gwern on Oct 19, 2018 | 249 comments
25.
Helm: Personal Email Server (thehelm.com)
846 points by keehun on Oct 17, 2018 | 575 comments
26.
Compare career levels across companies (levels.fyi)
832 points by kposehn on Oct 31, 2018 | 411 comments
27.
Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket (bbc.com)
830 points by farseer on Oct 11, 2018 | 370 comments
28.
Google paid Andy Rubin $90M while keeping silent about a misconduct claim (nytimes.com)
819 points by untog on Oct 25, 2018 | 535 comments
29.
Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network (globenewswire.com)
809 points by MikusR on Oct 10, 2018 | 371 comments
30.
Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees (cnbc.com)
768 points by deegles on Oct 2, 2018 | 1006 comments