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August 2020 Archive
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