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571.

Little Languages (1986) [pdf] (staff.um.edu.mt)

175 points by ashish01 on Jul 17, 2024 | 29 comments

572.

Is a 'slow' swimming pool impeding world records? (sports.yahoo.com)

174 points by phkx on Jul 30, 2024 | 328 comments

573.

Dear Roku, you ruined my TV (theverge.com)

174 points by some-guy on Jul 8, 2024 | 176 comments

574.

Puerto Rico files $1B suit against fossil fuel companies (theverge.com)

174 points by Brajeshwar on Jul 17, 2024 | 141 comments

575.

YouTube's eraser tool removes copyrighted music without impacting other audio (techcrunch.com)

174 points by thunderbong on Jul 5, 2024 | 108 comments

576.

Circos – Circular Visualization (circos.ca)

174 points by smartmic on Jul 9, 2024 | 28 comments

577.

A Clone of Deluxe Paint II Written in Python (github.com)

173 points by luismedel on Jul 25, 2024 | 51 comments

578.

Tokyo's oldest train line – in pictures (theguardian.com)

171 points by bookofjoe on Jul 9, 2024 | 123 comments

579.

My mental model of setf was wrong (simondobson.org)

171 points by nemoniac on Jul 28, 2024 | 91 comments

580.

The Sphere (mssv.net)

171 points by adrianhon on Jul 2, 2024 | 69 comments

581.

Floppy8 – A Tiny Computer, in a Floppy Drive (2023) (abe.today)

171 points by philips on Jul 12, 2024 | 47 comments

582.

The oldest known recording of a human voice [video] (bbc.com)

171 points by YeGoblynQueenne on Jul 15, 2024 | 38 comments

583.

KUtrace: Low-overhead Linux kernel tracing facility (github.com)

171 points by luu on Jul 15, 2024 | 34 comments

584.

Meta has run hundreds of ads for cocaine, opioids and other drugs (wsj.com)

170 points by cwwc on Jul 31, 2024 | 214 comments

585.

Qualcomm's Oryon core: A long time in the making (chipsandcheese.com)

170 points by rbanffy on Jul 11, 2024 | 173 comments

586.

Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf] (jim.rees.org)

170 points by stare_spb on Jul 22, 2024 | 152 comments

587.

Artificial LIfe ENvironment (ALIEN) is an artificial life simulation tool (alien-project.gitbook.io)

170 points by Bluestein on Jul 3, 2024 | 57 comments

588.

Four lines of code it was four lines of code (boston.conman.org)

170 points by todsacerdoti on Jul 1, 2024 | 32 comments

589.

The fascinating and complicated sex lives of white-throated sparrows (audubon.org)

170 points by laurex on Jul 15, 2024 | 29 comments

590.

Bril: An Intermediate Language for Teaching Compilers (cs.cornell.edu)

170 points by signa11 on Jul 27, 2024 | 28 comments

591.

The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book (2016) (smithsonianmag.com)

169 points by squircle on Jul 2, 2024 | 94 comments

592.

How to implement a hash table in C (2021) (benhoyt.com)

169 points by benhoyt on Jul 6, 2024 | 40 comments

593.

Pharma firms stash profits in Europe's tax havens (investigate-europe.eu)

168 points by obscurette on Jul 1, 2024 | 144 comments

594.

Superconducting Microprocessors? Turns Out They're Ultra-Efficient (2021) (spectrum.ieee.org)

168 points by actinium226 on Jul 31, 2024 | 92 comments

595.

Ed Stone, scientist and salesman for the Voyager mission, has died (cbc.ca)

168 points by impish9208 on Jul 10, 2024 | 48 comments

596.

Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source (zdnet.com)

168 points by speckx on Jul 23, 2024 | 39 comments

597.

60-year-old German man likely seventh person to be effectively cured from HIV (rfi.fr)