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August 2020 Archive
151.
Microsoft Put Off Fixing Zero Day for 2 Years (krebsonsecurity.com)
436 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 17, 2020 | 169 comments
152.
Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf] (docs.house.gov)
435 points by mosiuerbarso on Aug 10, 2020 | 265 comments
153.
"Much" of the Rust/Wasmtime team hit by layoffs at Mozilla (twitter.com)
428 points by cs702 on Aug 13, 2020 | 334 comments
154.
How long does a freezer stay frozen when the power goes out? (woodgears.ca)
427 points by cardamomo on Aug 10, 2020 | 370 comments
155.
Firefox Voice (voice.mozilla.org)
427 points by makeworld on Aug 8, 2020 | 154 comments
156.
Amazon's ML University is making its online courses available to the public (amazon.science)
426 points by karxxm on Aug 15, 2020 | 48 comments
157.
Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge grants emergency stay (theverge.com)
424 points by badwolf on Aug 20, 2020 | 649 comments
158.
China Built a Vast New Infrastructure to Imprison Uighurs (buzzfeednews.com)
424 points by amaajemyfren on Aug 28, 2020 | 390 comments
159.
Ghost.org deleted my website (postapathy.substack.com)
421 points by davidbarker on Aug 15, 2020 | 345 comments
160.
Tesla’s former CTO is building a giant lithium-ion battery recycling operation (wsj.com)
421 points by Osiris30 on Aug 29, 2020 | 272 comments
161.
Vitamin D, part 2: Shannon's story (devaboone.com)
420 points by usefulcat on Aug 24, 2020 | 303 comments
162.
A crash course on hacking satellites (nyan-sat.com)
420 points by PatrolX on Aug 6, 2020 | 62 comments
163.
Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels (axios.com)
417 points by 0xedb on Aug 5, 2020 | 333 comments
164.
I Love MDN, or the cult of the free in action (quirksmode.org)
417 points by MindGods on Aug 14, 2020 | 233 comments
165.
Factorio and Software Engineering (blog.nindalf.com)
417 points by nindalf on Aug 16, 2020 | 164 comments
166.
Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action (cnbc.com)
416 points by busymom0 on Aug 1, 2020 | 653 comments
167.
Ask HN: How does onlyfans.com work around the “no porn” Stripe rule?
416 points by capableweb on Aug 27, 2020 | 285 comments
168.
Openwifi: Linux mac80211 compatible full-stack 802.11/Wi-Fi design based on SDR (github.com)
415 points by homarp on Aug 25, 2020 | 84 comments
169.
The UX of Lego Interface Panels (designedbycave.co.uk)
415 points by george_cave on Aug 3, 2020 | 38 comments
170.
We Can Do Better Than SQL (edgedb.com)
414 points by kristianp on Aug 10, 2020 | 461 comments
171.
Epic direct payment on mobile (epicgames.com)
414 points by bdz on Aug 13, 2020 | 359 comments
172.
Surprising new feature in AMD Ryzen 3000 (agner.org)
411 points by diffuse_l on Aug 28, 2020 | 148 comments
173.
Crush: A command line shell that is also a powerful modern programming language (github.com)
410 points by robin_reala on Aug 7, 2020 | 212 comments
174.
Apple ordered to not block Epic’s Unreal Engine, Fortnite to stay off App Store (techcrunch.com)
409 points by jmsflknr on Aug 25, 2020 | 625 comments
175.
Ask HN: I have $450K cash, what should I do to maximize my return?
409 points by plut0 on Aug 1, 2020 | 481 comments
176.
Firefox 80 (mozilla.org)
409 points by amake on Aug 25, 2020 | 291 comments
177.
What I learned from doing over 60 technical interviews in 30 days (meekg33k.dev)
408 points by bolajiayodeji on Aug 1, 2020 | 298 comments
178.
US Border Patrol says they can create central repository of traveler emails (viewfromthewing.com)
406 points by hispanic on Aug 23, 2020 | 364 comments
179.
Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system (2017) (thelawproject.com.au)
405 points by simonebrunozzi on Aug 3, 2020 | 386 comments
180.
NASA Astronauts Return Home in SpaceX's Crew Dragon Spacecraft [video] (youtube.com)
405 points by jbredeche on Aug 1, 2020 | 96 comments