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17881.

Spontaneous knotting of an agitated string (2007) (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

71 points by ColinWright on Sep 9, 2018 | 23 comments

17882.

The Internet Isn’t Forever (longreads.com)

71 points by kawera on Feb 22, 2018 | 22 comments

17883.

Origami-Folded Hydrogel Paper Instantly Generates 110 Volts of Electricity (spectrum.ieee.org)

71 points by rbanffy on Mar 27, 2018 | 22 comments

17884.

“Upvote If [Coinbase] Wire Withdrawal Still Missing” (reddit.com)

71 points by g09980 on Jan 9, 2018 | 21 comments

17885.

The once-endangered vicuña is thriving in the Peruvian Andes (bbc.com)

71 points by MiriamWeiner on Sep 18, 2018 | 21 comments

17886.

Patients shocked, burned by spinal cord stimulators touted to treat pain (apnews.com)

71 points by tareqak on Nov 25, 2018 | 21 comments

17887.

Even bad estimates are valuable if you use them right (ntietz.com)

71 points by ntietz on Aug 31, 2018 | 20 comments

17888.

Apparent Evidence for Hawking Points in the CMB Sky (arxiv.org)

71 points by xparadigm on Sep 1, 2018 | 20 comments

17889.

An AI for AI: New Algorithm Poised to Fuel Scientific Discovery (blogs.nvidia.com)

71 points by rbanffy on Jan 15, 2018 | 19 comments

17890.

Viua VM: parallel, register-based, bytecode virtual machine (viuavm.org)

71 points by ingve on Apr 3, 2018 | 19 comments

17891.

Replacing JQuery with Vue.js: No Build Step Necessary (smashingmagazine.com)

71 points by evo_9 on Jun 2, 2018 | 19 comments

17892.

Management and false certainty (abe-winter.github.io)

71 points by awinter-py on Jun 24, 2018 | 19 comments

17893.

Ex-Canadian Diplomat Michael Kovrig Detained in China (cbc.ca)

71 points by colinprince on Dec 11, 2018 | 19 comments

17894.

Rediscovering the Blazingly Bright Colors of Ancient Sculptures (atlasobscura.com)

71 points by benbreen on Feb 19, 2018 | 18 comments

17895.

A 'Brief' History of Game AI Up to AlphaGo (andreykurenkov.com)

71 points by andreyk on Mar 4, 2018 | 18 comments

17896.

Google attempting to patent a compression technique in the public domain (techdirt.com)

71 points by andrepd on Jul 7, 2018 | 18 comments

17897.

Natural nuclear fission reactor (en.wikipedia.org)

71 points by goldenkey on Jul 8, 2018 | 18 comments

17898.

Malicious Chrome extension is next to impossible to manually remove (arstechnica.com)

71 points by Deinos on Jan 20, 2018 | 17 comments

17899.

German police raid homes of Tor-linked group's board members (zdnet.com)

71 points by jfreax on Jul 5, 2018 | 17 comments

17900.

The Importance of Learning Primitive Communication Methods (survivorsupply.com)

71 points by evolution2 on Nov 20, 2018 | 17 comments

17901.

Amazon May Be Hiding Its Plans to Test New Wireless Tech (spectrum.ieee.org)

71 points by amynordrum on Nov 26, 2018 | 17 comments

17902.

Multi-core cryptography for Node.js (github.com)

71 points by jorangreef on Apr 26, 2018 | 16 comments

17903.

Molecular oxygen in comet's atmosphere not created on its surface (phys.org)

71 points by dnetesn on Jul 3, 2018 | 16 comments

17904.

Runq – Runc-based runtime to run regular Docker images in KVM/Qemu (github.com)

71 points by sandGorgon on Jul 10, 2018 | 16 comments

17905.

An Online Magazine You Can’t Read Online (nautil.us)

71 points by elorant on Aug 17, 2018 | 16 comments

17906.

Theoretical Impediments to Machine Learning with Seven Sparks from Causality (arxiv.org)

71 points by magoghm on Jan 15, 2018 | 15 comments

17907.

This architecture tastes like microarchitecture [pdf] (wp3workshop.website)

71 points by fanf2 on Mar 10, 2018 | 15 comments

17908.

Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man: Mel Brooks in His 90s (theatlantic.com)

71 points by johnny313 on Jul 28, 2018 | 15 comments

17909.

Prenda Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Pirate Bay Honeypot Case (torrentfreak.com)

71 points by newman8r on Aug 18, 2018 | 15 comments

17910.

Android Open Source Project Now Includes the Fuchsia SDK and a Fuchsia ‘device’ (9to5google.com)

71 points by MikusR on Dec 12, 2018 | 15 comments