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Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims (nytimes.com)

46 points by twoodfin on Nov 16, 2019 | 3 comments

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Up to 88% of Hong Kong Population Exposed to Tear Gas Since June (bloomberg.com)

46 points by dsr12 on Nov 6, 2019 | 2 comments

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More than 50% of insects have disappeared since 1970, an ecologist warns (businessinsider.com)

46 points by onetimemanytime on Nov 14, 2019 | 1 comments

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'Allow no escapes': leak exposes reality of China's vast prison camp network (theguardian.com)

46 points by robin_reala on Nov 24, 2019 | 1 comments

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Programmers can’t write algorithms without help (queworx.com)

45 points by cryo8822 on Nov 4, 2019 | 101 comments

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We Should Let a Lottery Decide Our Government (thewalrus.ca)

45 points by pseudolus on Nov 10, 2019 | 84 comments

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Scientists’ warnings about climate change have intensified (blogs.scientificamerican.com)

45 points by edgefield0 on Nov 5, 2019 | 82 comments

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Going to court without a lawyer is new normal for U.S. litigants (bloomberg.com)

45 points by hhs on Nov 22, 2019 | 67 comments

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Aviation safety: Transport comparisons (en.wikipedia.org)

45 points by tomerbd on Nov 16, 2019 | 62 comments

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Forcing vegan diet upon kids can lead to jail time in Belgium (qz.com)

45 points by elorant on Nov 14, 2019 | 59 comments

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Back to Windows after twenty years (m.signalvnoise.com)

45 points by ductionist on Nov 4, 2019 | 33 comments

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Rats love driving tiny cars, even when they don’t get treats (arstechnica.com)

45 points by cscurmudgeon on Nov 2, 2019 | 32 comments

2053.

Reference Checks Can Go Wrong (holloway.com)

45 points by SparksZilla on Nov 7, 2019 | 29 comments

2054.

Intel is losing against AMD – Engadget (engadget.com)

45 points by rbanffy on Nov 29, 2019 | 25 comments

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Search warrant overrides 1M users’ choice not to share DNA with cops (arstechnica.com)

45 points by pseudolus on Nov 8, 2019 | 20 comments

2056.

NCP, the Predecessor of TCP/IP (en.wikipedia.org)

45 points by turrini on Nov 5, 2019 | 14 comments

2057.

In MySQL, never use “utf8”. Use “utf8mb4” (medium.com)

45 points by suresh70 on Nov 5, 2019 | 13 comments

2058.

Sheryl Sandberg went from feminist hero to total sellout (nypost.com)

45 points by harambae on Nov 3, 2019 | 7 comments

2059.

FAQ: The “Snake Fight” Portion of Your Thesis Defense (2010) (mcsweeneys.net)

45 points by jbredeche on Nov 25, 2019 | 7 comments

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Fourteen years after launching, 1Password raises a $200M Series A (techcrunch.com)

45 points by nate on Nov 14, 2019 | 5 comments

2061.

Worldwide observations confirm nearby 'lensing' exoplanet (phys.org)

45 points by dnetesn on Nov 4, 2019 | 3 comments

2062.

Google employee activist says she’s been fired (techcrunch.com)

45 points by sidcool on Nov 26, 2019 | 3 comments

2063.

‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations (nytimes.com)

44 points by doener on Nov 4, 2019 | 116 comments

2064.

The Making of Margaret Atwood (thewalrus.ca)

44 points by apollinaire on Nov 20, 2019 | 75 comments

2065.

The Amazon Transparency Program Is a Counterfeiter's Worst Nightmare (forbes.com)

44 points by deegles on Nov 14, 2019 | 67 comments

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Battery icons shape perceptions of time and space (phys.org)

44 points by got-any-grapes on Nov 10, 2019 | 51 comments

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Facebook Isn’t Just Allowing Lies, It’s Prioritizing Them (nytimes.com)

44 points by dredmorbius on Nov 4, 2019 | 44 comments

2068.

W3C Distributed Tracing Working Group (w3.org)

44 points by jbaviat on Nov 12, 2019 | 21 comments

2069.

Ask HN: Any (tech) black friday deals you'd recommend?

44 points by rwol on Nov 28, 2019 | 18 comments

2070.

The Robotics Industry Could Learn a Lot From Puppeteers (onezero.medium.com)

44 points by pslattery on Nov 19, 2019 | 16 comments