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August 2020 Archive
31.
Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addresses on Chrome 86 (androidpolice.com)
827 points by atriix on Aug 14, 2020 | 475 comments
32.
Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests (latimes.com)
824 points by gamblor956 on Aug 21, 2020 | 530 comments
33.
Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics (umami.is)
820 points by bananaoomarang on Aug 18, 2020 | 227 comments
34.
Dependency (xkcd.com)
808 points by kjhughes on Aug 17, 2020 | 294 comments
35.
How to stop procrastinating by using the Fogg Behavior Model (deprocrastination.co)
804 points by vitabenes on Aug 11, 2020 | 280 comments
36.
Fast.ai releases new deep learning course, libraries, and book (fast.ai)
799 points by amardeep on Aug 21, 2020 | 81 comments
37.
I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with high frequency (twitter.com)
792 points by caiobegotti on Aug 9, 2020 | 185 comments
38.
Latest Firefox rolls out Enhanced Tracking Protection 2.0 (blog.mozilla.org)
789 points by LinuxBender on Aug 5, 2020 | 471 comments
39.
A ride that takes 10^20k years to complete in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 [video] (youtube.com)
785 points by Taek on Aug 3, 2020 | 131 comments
40.
Apple takes legal action against small company with pear logo (iphoneincanada.ca)
771 points by _qulr on Aug 8, 2020 | 333 comments
41.
Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify drivers as employees (theverge.com)
769 points by uptown on Aug 10, 2020 | 747 comments
42.
Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better (psyche.co)
745 points by _zhqs on Aug 21, 2020 | 305 comments
43.
Moving from YouTube to PeerTube (battlepenguin.com)
738 points by djsumdog on Aug 20, 2020 | 451 comments
44.
US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days (asia.nikkei.com)
734 points by baylearn on Aug 7, 2020 | 1265 comments
45.
How to Write in Plain English (plainenglish.co.uk)
724 points by zackhsi on Aug 25, 2020 | 313 comments
46.
I'm Open Sourcing the Have I Been Pwned Code Base (troyhunt.com)
722 points by vquemener on Aug 7, 2020 | 133 comments
47.
Kosmonaut: web browser from scratch in Rust (github.com)
721 points by adamnemecek on Aug 15, 2020 | 447 comments
48.
Remote work is reshaping San Francisco, as tech workers flee and rents fall (wsj.com)
719 points by tempsy on Aug 14, 2020 | 1069 comments
49.
In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds have not improved (nngroup.com)
719 points by kaonwarb on Aug 4, 2020 | 769 comments
50.
Please read the paper before you comment (buttondown.email)
719 points by azhenley on Aug 25, 2020 | 327 comments
51.
Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products Rules CA Appellate Court (californiaglobe.com)
716 points by hirundo on Aug 16, 2020 | 369 comments
52.
Joan Feynman has died (aps.org)
713 points by basementcat on Aug 12, 2020 | 103 comments
53.
The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020) (cable.co.uk)
712 points by vanilla-almond on Aug 22, 2020 | 399 comments
54.
Web by Google (TM) (landshark.io)
706 points by alangibson on Aug 16, 2020 | 478 comments
55.
Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Adobe says not recoverable (petapixel.com)
701 points by fraXis on Aug 20, 2020 | 429 comments
56.
Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th (twitter.com)
699 points by MBCook on Aug 17, 2020 | 945 comments
57.
Persisting as a solo founder (vishnu.tech)
699 points by vishnumohandas on Aug 23, 2020 | 257 comments
58.
Young children would rather explore than get rewards (news.osu.edu)
698 points by kyle_morris_ on Aug 13, 2020 | 237 comments
59.
Does Facebook pay Apple 30% of revenue derived from ads made within its iOS app? (twitter.com)
697 points by spenvo on Aug 27, 2020 | 321 comments
60.
The Truth Is Paywalled but the Lies Are Free (currentaffairs.org)
683 points by praptak on Aug 3, 2020 | 474 comments