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August 2019 Archive
1.
Turning a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware (2018) (anishathalye.com)
1724 points by soegaard on Aug 6, 2019 | 214 comments
2.
The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News (newyorker.com)
1663 points by lordnacho on Aug 8, 2019 | 777 comments
3.
Introducing nushell (jonathanturner.org)
1477 points by bradleybuda on Aug 23, 2019 | 369 comments
4.
Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-source Android app (medium.com)
1400 points by lladnar on Aug 29, 2019 | 581 comments
5.
Ebola Is Now Curable (wired.com)
1232 points by jelliclesfarm on Aug 12, 2019 | 154 comments
6.
All the best engineering advice I stole from non-technical people (medium.com)
1230 points by mbellotti on Aug 5, 2019 | 266 comments
7.
I Miss Microsoft Encarta (hanselman.com)
1198 points by zdw on Aug 19, 2019 | 406 comments
8.
Alan Kay's answer to ‘what are some forgotten books programmers should read?’ (quora.com)
1181 points by enkiv2 on Aug 9, 2019 | 260 comments
9.
Information operations directed at Hong Kong (blog.twitter.com)
1116 points by whatok on Aug 19, 2019 | 441 comments
10.
Terminating Service for 8Chan (new.blog.cloudflare.com)
1098 points by sandmansandine on Aug 5, 2019 | 1376 comments
11.
What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first time? (twitter.com)
1041 points by ingve on Aug 25, 2019 | 320 comments
12.
How to Build Good Software (csc.gov.sg)
1016 points by jingwen on Aug 19, 2019 | 239 comments
13.
NULL license plate not such a bright idea (knrs.iheart.com)
999 points by dublin on Aug 12, 2019 | 467 comments
14.
What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type? (nsaphra.github.io)
986 points by panic on Aug 10, 2019 | 385 comments
15.
Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub Can Take a Cut (vice.com)
953 points by pulisse on Aug 6, 2019 | 449 comments
16.
Japanese anime studio Khara moving to Blender (blender.org)
937 points by robin_reala on Aug 16, 2019 | 225 comments
17.
Deconstructing Google’s excuses on tracking protection (freedom-to-tinker.com)
918 points by randomwalker on Aug 23, 2019 | 256 comments
18.
Cloudflare S-1 (sec.gov)
915 points by tpw212 on Aug 15, 2019 | 351 comments
19.
8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service (theverge.com)
910 points by gregmac on Aug 5, 2019 | 1566 comments
20.
Please Add RSS Support to Your Site (kevq.uk)
904 points by kevq on Aug 27, 2019 | 296 comments
21.
No More Cheap Shipping for Chinese Sellers (sellercentral.amazon.com)
896 points by nkurz on Aug 27, 2019 | 483 comments
22.
Python Is Eating the World (zdnet.com)
879 points by gilad on Aug 12, 2019 | 957 comments
23.
Verizon to Sell Tumblr to Automattic (wsj.com)
879 points by minimaxir on Aug 12, 2019 | 449 comments
24.
Tasty Seaweed Reduces Cows’ Methane Emissions by 99% (goodnewsnetwork.org)
865 points by RickJWagner on Aug 16, 2019 | 393 comments
25.
Hy (en.wikipedia.org)
850 points by tosh on Aug 4, 2019 | 141 comments
26.
Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer (neilkakkar.com)
849 points by neilkakkar on Aug 25, 2019 | 294 comments
27.
WeWTF (profgalloway.com)
840 points by braythwayt on Aug 17, 2019 | 278 comments
28.
Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye (linuxjournal.com)
838 points by akulbe on Aug 8, 2019 | 356 comments
29.
AMD lands Google, Twitter as customers with newest server chip (reuters.com)
837 points by jonbaer on Aug 8, 2019 | 255 comments
30.
US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls on its destroyers (theverge.com)
822 points by Grazester on Aug 11, 2019 | 442 comments