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961.

Exploding stars may have caused mass extinction on Earth: study (phys.org)

139 points by dnetesn on Aug 19, 2020 | 42 comments

962.

Emoji simulator – a tool to make cellular automata, with emoji (ncase.me)

139 points by Books on Aug 29, 2020 | 20 comments

963.

Why Every City Feels the Same Now (theatlantic.com)

138 points by pattusk on Aug 24, 2020 | 276 comments

964.

Google starts testing its replacement for third-party cookies (engadget.com)

138 points by kiyanwang on Aug 2, 2020 | 129 comments

965.

Trump blocks postal funds to prevent expanded mail-in voting (bbc.com)

138 points by maydemir on Aug 13, 2020 | 81 comments

966.

Professional sporting events increase seasonal influenza mortality in US cities (privpapers.ssrn.com)

138 points by elsewhen on Aug 16, 2020 | 76 comments

967.

Launch HN: Xkit (YC S18) – OAuth infrastructure as a service

138 points by tg3 on Aug 11, 2020 | 54 comments

968.

Understanding DNS: Anatomy of a BIND zone file (arstechnica.com)

138 points by surbas on Aug 25, 2020 | 43 comments

969.

Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

137 points by temp_-_ on Aug 14, 2020 | 270 comments

970.

Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person (2016) (nytimes.com)

137 points by bookofjoe on Aug 24, 2020 | 202 comments

971.

IBM Is Already Gutting Red Hat and Firing Employees Without Warning (techrights.org)

137 points by URfejk on Aug 5, 2020 | 96 comments

972.

The Math of Card Shuffling (2018) (fredhohman.com)

137 points by benibraz on Aug 6, 2020 | 61 comments

973.

Willscott/go-NFS: Golang NFSv3 server (github.com)

137 points by pjf on Aug 26, 2020 | 56 comments

974.

The life-changing love of Paul Dirac (2015) (theconversation.com)

137 points by anthilemoon on Aug 18, 2020 | 47 comments

975.

Landmark math proof clears hurdle in top Erdős conjecture (quantamagazine.org)

137 points by headalgorithm on Aug 16, 2020 | 45 comments

976.

Launch HN: Speedscale (YC S20) – Automatically create tests from actual traffic

137 points by Inchull on Aug 5, 2020 | 39 comments

977.

GNU/Linux Smartphone Librem 5 Evergreen Update: Mold and Milestones (puri.sm)

137 points by fsflover on Aug 28, 2020 | 23 comments

978.

Matplot++ – A Plotting Tool for C++ (github.com)

137 points by ponderingfish on Aug 30, 2020 | 20 comments

979.

UX design: Tools, methods and frameworks for generalists (nickdewilde.substack.com)

137 points by ndewilde on Aug 10, 2020 | 6 comments

980.

Lost Advanced Civilizations (overcomingbias.com)

136 points by headalgorithm on Aug 18, 2020 | 128 comments

981.

Why shaving dulls even the sharpest of razors (news.mit.edu)

136 points by WalterSobchak on Aug 6, 2020 | 123 comments

982.

They Just Don’t Listen': SF Kimchi Maker Saw 'Food Tech' Practices Up Close (kqed.org)

136 points by jelliclesfarm on Aug 7, 2020 | 119 comments

983.

Anti-piracy outfit hires VPN expert to help track down The Pirate Bay (torrentfreak.com)

136 points by Cantbekhan on Aug 22, 2020 | 84 comments

984.

APL386 Unicode – An APL Font (abrudz.github.io)

136 points by chrispsn on Aug 18, 2020 | 65 comments

985.

WebAssembly without the browser (alexene.dev)

136 points by pacificat0r on Aug 16, 2020 | 64 comments

986.

Launch HN: Epihub (YC S20) – Shopify for teaching online

136 points by urs on Aug 19, 2020 | 47 comments

987.

PlayCanvas, the Web-first game engine (playcanvas.com)

136 points by wiradikusuma on Aug 1, 2020 | 45 comments

988.

Self-publishing and the 2nd edition of Ansible for DevOps (jeffgeerling.com)

136 points by geerlingguy on Aug 13, 2020 | 22 comments

989.

Ask HN: Parents, what are you doing for school this fall?

135 points by mbf1 on Aug 17, 2020 | 184 comments

990.

Coronavirus: Germany puts on crowded concerts to study risks (bbc.com)

135 points by elorant on Aug 25, 2020 | 125 comments