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The word “lox” hasn't changed in sound or meaning in 8k years (nautil.us)

189 points by _Microft on May 13, 2019 | 201 comments

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The Notion of “Trolling” in Ancient Sanskrit (languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu)

189 points by mcenedella on May 12, 2019 | 111 comments

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People's sense of control over actions is reduced when angry or afraid: study (digest.bps.org.uk)

189 points by laurex on May 4, 2019 | 62 comments

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EFF Wins National Security Letter Transparency Lawsuit (eff.org)

189 points by Elof on May 15, 2019 | 29 comments

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20 Years Ago, Microsoft introduced its optical mouse (gizmodo.com)

188 points by turtlegrids on May 7, 2019 | 174 comments

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Chess-playing neural network LC0 beats Stockfish in 100-game match (tcec.chessdom.com)

188 points by bonzini on May 28, 2019 | 83 comments

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Show HN: Link Drop – Daily newsletter of your bookmarks (linkdrop.co)

188 points by frindo on May 20, 2019 | 55 comments

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Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch order of Japanese names (japantimes.co.jp)

187 points by sanqui on May 21, 2019 | 255 comments

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Classic Minecraft now free online (classic.minecraft.net)

187 points by danielam on May 8, 2019 | 85 comments

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SwiftWasm: Run Swift in Browsers (swiftwasm.org)

187 points by gyre007 on May 10, 2019 | 77 comments

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Byte Magazine – LISP (1979) (archive.org)

187 points by tosh on May 25, 2019 | 67 comments

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You Don't Need to Be Brilliant to Do Brilliant Work (sandymaguire.me)

187 points by HNestUnCulte on May 25, 2019 | 61 comments

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Zuckerberg sued over privacy scandals, alleged insider trades (news.bloomberglaw.com)

187 points by mzs on May 2, 2019 | 43 comments

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Sole Survivors: Solo Ventures Versus Founding Teams (2018) (papers.ssrn.com)

187 points by kristiandupont on May 1, 2019 | 33 comments

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Disney Assumes Full Control of Hulu in Deal with Comcast (variety.com)

186 points by dsr12 on May 14, 2019 | 136 comments

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BioRender – Professional Science Figures (biorender.com)

185 points by Schiphol on May 24, 2019 | 75 comments

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Renewables predicted to beat coal for the first time in US later this year (qz.com)

185 points by prostoalex on May 2, 2019 | 73 comments

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Qualcomm Tumbles After Losing U.S. Antitrust Ruling (bloomberg.com)

185 points by jweir on May 22, 2019 | 48 comments

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Awesome Pascal – A curated list of Delphi, FreePascal, and Pascal shiny things (github.com)

185 points by peter_d_sherman on May 12, 2019 | 45 comments

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African samurai: The enduring legacy of a black warrior in feudal Japan (edition.cnn.com)

185 points by chirau on May 20, 2019 | 40 comments

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An x86 Assembler in 256 LOC (2017) (blog.jeff.over.bz)

185 points by peter_d_sherman on May 27, 2019 | 33 comments

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Group Chats Are Making the Internet Fun Again (nymag.com)

184 points by commons-tragedy on May 20, 2019 | 172 comments

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As Planet Discoveries Pile Up, a Gap Appears in the Pattern (quantamagazine.org)

184 points by pseudolus on May 17, 2019 | 131 comments

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Two senators say a $5B fine isn’t enough to punish Facebook (arstechnica.com)

184 points by enraged_camel on May 7, 2019 | 108 comments

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Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Codex Atlanticus” Now Online (mymodernmet.com)

184 points by pseudolus on May 17, 2019 | 44 comments

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100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the difference is growing (energy.stanford.edu)

183 points by atombender on May 25, 2019 | 270 comments

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South Korea's booming 'webtoons' (japantimes.co.jp)

183 points by oska on May 6, 2019 | 115 comments

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Urban trees 'live fast, die young' compared to those in rural forests (phys.org)