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17821.

Xi Jinping urges China to use artificial intelligence in race for tech future (scmp.com)

71 points by techsocial on Nov 2, 2018 | 52 comments

17822.

Scooter mechanic, once homeless, says cheap rides now help him pay rent (sfchronicle.com)

71 points by CaliforniaKarl on Dec 8, 2018 | 52 comments

17823.

Alane: Using Aluminum Hydride as Fuel (ardica.com)

71 points by peter_d_sherman on Sep 19, 2018 | 51 comments

17824.

How Do Insurance Companies Know My Health History? (2017) (houseoflawandorder.com)

71 points by technologyvault on Oct 17, 2018 | 51 comments

17825.

Show HN: Moon – 3kb JavaScript UI compiler (kbrsh.github.io)

71 points by kbr on Jul 28, 2018 | 50 comments

17826.

A new insomnia therapy (theguardian.com)

71 points by rapnie on Sep 14, 2018 | 50 comments

17827.

HP Ink Printers Remote Code Execution (support.hp.com)

71 points by Yhippa on Aug 3, 2018 | 49 comments

17828.

Intel Custom Foundry’s 10nm meltdown is crushing a $20+B market cap tech giant (semiaccurate.com)

71 points by samlittlewood on Jul 2, 2018 | 48 comments

17829.

Growing a Time Tracking Software to $316,000/Month (failory.com)

71 points by nicoserdeir on May 9, 2018 | 47 comments

17830.

Music industry hails passage of the Music Modernization Act (latimes.com)

71 points by friedbeef on Oct 12, 2018 | 47 comments

17831.

Ex-Tesla worker escalates battle by blowing whistle to SEC (autonews.com)

71 points by Whiteskin_Kanye on Jul 11, 2018 | 46 comments

17832.

Firefox installs add-ons into your browser without consent, again (medium.com)

71 points by foxrider on Sep 21, 2018 | 46 comments

17833.

Why I think using sha256crypt or sha512crypt is dangerous (pthree.org)

71 points by bellinom on May 24, 2018 | 45 comments

17834.

Validating email addresses: A journey down RFC5321 [video] (youtube.com)

71 points by StavrosK on Feb 12, 2018 | 44 comments

17835.

Standing desks 'increase pain' and slow down mental ability, study suggests (telegraph.co.uk)

71 points by Stratoscope on Feb 25, 2018 | 44 comments

17836.

Coinbase lets you convert your tokens into gift cards (techcrunch.com)

71 points by venturis_voice on Jul 26, 2018 | 44 comments

17837.

Basic security precautions for non-profits and journalists (2017) (techsolidarity.org)

71 points by ColinWright on Sep 22, 2018 | 44 comments

17838.

Fossil – A high-reliability distributed software configuration management system (fossil-scm.org)

71 points by open-source-ux on Jun 4, 2018 | 40 comments

17839.

Bureaucracy as Active Ingredient (slatestarcodex.com)

71 points by elvinyung on Aug 31, 2018 | 40 comments

17840.

Small company or big company? (benkuhn.net)

71 points by dedalus on Oct 18, 2018 | 40 comments

17841.

The BNC Connector and How It Got That Way (hackaday.com)

71 points by sohkamyung on Oct 22, 2018 | 40 comments

17842.

Show HN: Control IKEA Lights Using Google Home and IFTTT (github.com)

71 points by pretty_bubbles on Mar 10, 2018 | 39 comments

17843.

Rising Instagram Stars Are Posting Fake Sponsored Content (theatlantic.com)

71 points by Reedx on Dec 23, 2018 | 38 comments

17844.

Show HN: Umbrella Note – Simple app for notes and journals (umbrellanote.com)

71 points by arpban on Apr 13, 2018 | 37 comments

17845.

WWDC 2018 (developer.apple.com)

71 points by ttflee on Jun 4, 2018 | 37 comments

17846.

Sand scarcity is about more than “running out” of sand (theverge.com)

71 points by Tomte on Sep 5, 2018 | 37 comments

17847.

Why Leaf Shutter Lenses Matter (2013) (kern-photo.com)

71 points by Lio on Jan 9, 2018 | 36 comments

17848.

William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” Speech (socratic-form-microscopy.com)

71 points by zjacobi on Jun 18, 2018 | 36 comments

17849.

Show HN: Stock Trading with Insomnia REST Client and Alpaca API

71 points by shift8 on Dec 13, 2018 | 36 comments

17850.

Disinformation Report: An Investigation into Russian IRA Activities in 2016 (newknowledge.com)

71 points by ehudla on Dec 18, 2018 | 35 comments