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August 2019 Archive
2491.
The Last Pirate of New York (commentarymagazine.com)
33 points by sillybilly on Aug 28, 2019 | 9 comments
2492.
Organoids Are Not Brains. How Are They Making Brain Waves? (nytimes.com)
33 points by benwen on Aug 29, 2019 | 8 comments
2493.
Ornate netsuke were practical status symbols (atlasobscura.com)
33 points by tintinnabula on Aug 10, 2019 | 6 comments
2494.
In Praise of Pretty Books (washingtonpost.com)
33 points by prismatic on Aug 15, 2019 | 6 comments
2495.
The Incremental Machine (acko.net)
33 points by zbentley on Aug 13, 2019 | 5 comments
2496.
440 year-old maps filled with footprints (npr.org)
33 points by pseudolus on Aug 24, 2019 | 5 comments
2497.
The Inspection Paradox is Everywhere: a surprising statistical illusion (towardsdatascience.com)
33 points by AllenDowney on Aug 10, 2019 | 4 comments
2498.
The Streets of New York (nybooks.com)
33 points by prismatic on Aug 21, 2019 | 4 comments
2499.
Facebook’s Ad Network Keeps Crashing, and Clients Are Fuming (bloomberg.com)
33 points by JumpCrisscross on Aug 8, 2019 | 3 comments
2500.
Getting killed by police is a leading cause of death for young black U.S. men (latimes.com)
33 points by xenocyon on Aug 24, 2019 | 3 comments
2501.
Found: A Stash of Mystical Charms and Amulets in Pompeii (atlasobscura.com)
33 points by diodorus on Aug 15, 2019 | 2 comments
2502.
Applegate’s Aproximada (2017) (kevinlightphoto.com)
33 points by rmason on Aug 6, 2019 | 1 comments
2503.
Huawei Technicians Helped African Governments Spy on Political Opponents (wsj.com)
33 points by uptown on Aug 14, 2019 | 1 comments
2504.
How do calculators do trigonometry? (chalkdustmagazine.com)
33 points by JNRowe on Aug 16, 2019 | 1 comments
2505.
Apple's New WebKit Policy Takes a Hard Line for User Privacy (eff.org)
33 points by e271828 on Aug 23, 2019 | 1 comments
2506.
Some Tools for Google Chrome?
33 points by Kachurmtb on Aug 13, 2019 | 0 comments
2507.
China Missiles Could Overwhelm U.S. Military in Asia in ‘Hours’, Says Think Tank (bloomberg.com)
32 points by eznoonze on Aug 19, 2019 | 63 comments
2508.
Ask HN: Why do maintainers optimize for small binaries?
32 points by nikisweeting on Aug 22, 2019 | 61 comments
2509.
In plain sight: California illegal pot market booming (apnews.com)
32 points by prostoalex on Aug 25, 2019 | 50 comments
2510.
Is involuntary treatment for mental illness allowed under CRPD? (nationalelfservice.net)
32 points by DanBC on Aug 19, 2019 | 45 comments
2511.
Ask HN: Given that I am a Software Engineer, how could I help humanity the most?
32 points by beetsdev on Aug 7, 2019 | 38 comments
2512.
Characterizing the Performance Impact of AMP (blog.apnic.net)
32 points by jsnell on Aug 10, 2019 | 33 comments
2513.
Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans? (nytimes.com)
32 points by jbegley on Aug 28, 2019 | 23 comments
2514.
Attention Shoppers: Internet Is Open (1994) (nytimes.com)
32 points by marban on Aug 11, 2019 | 20 comments
2515.
With Microsoft Dumping MS Office, Consider LibreOffice for Your PC Office Suite (zdnet.com)
32 points by CrankyBear on Aug 13, 2019 | 20 comments
2516.
From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how a prison's internal economy works (theguardian.com)
32 points by EliRivers on Aug 30, 2019 | 18 comments
2517.
Greenland Lost 12.5B Tons of Ice in a Single Day (smithsonianmag.com)
32 points by pseudolus on Aug 5, 2019 | 16 comments
2518.
Dan Povey, Developer of Kaldi, Fired from JHU (danielpovey.com)
32 points by xucheng on Aug 9, 2019 | 16 comments
2519.
Google wants to make you feel like you're on a crowded train to up ad engagement (twitter.com)
32 points by FlowNote on Aug 17, 2019 | 16 comments
2520.
Tell HN: Somu is live. Tiny, FIDO2, open source security key
32 points by ecesena on Aug 8, 2019 | 14 comments