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1. Web Scraping in 2016 (franciskim.co)
852 points by franciskim on Aug 23, 2016 | 387 comments
2. “Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the software industry” (2012) (cat-v.org)
624 points by behnamoh on Aug 22, 2016 | 552 comments
3. Instapaper is joining Pinterest (instapaper.com)
373 points by ropiku on Aug 23, 2016 | 208 comments
4. HoloLens secret sauce: A 28nm customized 24-core DSP engine built by TSMC (theregister.co.uk)
267 points by runesoerensen on Aug 23, 2016 | 132 comments
5. Python JITs are coming (lwn.net)
318 points by Derbasti on Aug 23, 2016 | 160 comments
6. Google Brain releases two large datasets for robotics research (plus.google.com)
230 points by hurrycane on Aug 23, 2016 | 15 comments
7. Neural network spotted deep inside Samsung's Galaxy S7 silicon brain (theregister.co.uk)
269 points by dragonbonheur on Aug 23, 2016 | 99 comments
8. NLRB rules graduate students are employees (washingtonpost.com)
213 points by lvs on Aug 23, 2016 | 141 comments
9. Deutsche Bank’s $10B Scandal (newyorker.com)
200 points by doener on Aug 23, 2016 | 52 comments
10. Show HN: Workq – Job Server in Go (github.com/iamduo)
185 points by iamduo on Aug 23, 2016 | 59 comments
11. 4 a.m. Is the Most Productive Hour (wsj.com)
235 points by lxm on Aug 23, 2016 | 216 comments
12. Understanding VCs (avc.com)
202 points by ikeboy on Aug 23, 2016 | 63 comments
13. 455 Tb of live streaming were transferred during the Olympic Games Rio 2016 (leandromoreira.com.br)
147 points by dreampeppers99 on Aug 23, 2016 | 94 comments
14. EpiPen Price Rise Sparks Concern for Allergy Sufferers (nytimes.com)
224 points by helloworld on Aug 22, 2016 | 358 comments
15. Thor – A minimalistic operating system in assembly and C++ (github.com/wichtounet)
189 points by ingve on Aug 23, 2016 | 146 comments
16. When Big O Fools You (jackmott.github.io)
205 points by matthewwarren on Aug 23, 2016 | 130 comments
17. Startups that launched at Y Combinator S16 Demo Day 1 (techcrunch.com)
155 points by runesoerensen on Aug 23, 2016 | 125 comments
18. SOLID Go Design (cheney.net)
161 points by davecheney on Aug 23, 2016 | 76 comments
19. Having attained middle-income status, Vietnam aims higher (economist.com)
134 points by velodrome on Aug 23, 2016 | 92 comments
20. It’s time to bring more realistic models of human behaviour into economic policy (bankunderground.co.uk)
122 points by AndrewDucker on Aug 23, 2016 | 45 comments
21. Zen Stories (nkanaev.github.io)
145 points by nkanaev on Aug 23, 2016 | 44 comments
22. July was the hottest month ever recorded, according to Nasa (nytimes.com)
381 points by MarkEthan on Aug 23, 2016 | 502 comments
23. gRPC: Internet-scale RPC framework is now 1.0 (googleblog.com)
266 points by vtalwar on Aug 23, 2016 | 108 comments
24. Don't Read the Comments (samaltman.com)
304 points by dwaxe on Aug 23, 2016 | 173 comments
25. Pokémon Go loses its luster, sheds more than 10M users (arstechnica.com)
209 points by shawndumas on Aug 23, 2016 | 241 comments
26. Duet Display – Ex-Apple Engineers Turn Your iPad into an Extra Display (duetdisplay.com)
120 points by antfarm on Aug 23, 2016 | 66 comments
27. The Age of the Never-Ending Performance Review (bloomberg.com)
110 points by petethomas on Aug 23, 2016 | 103 comments
28. Stop the inner struggle over whether your thoughts and feelings are “right” (businessinsider.com)
99 points by jrs235 on Aug 23, 2016 | 67 comments
29. The TPP Deal Won’t Improve Our Security (nytimes.com)
87 points by walterbell on Aug 23, 2016 | 25 comments
30. Nasa Establishes Contact with STEREO Mission (nasa.gov)
124 points by cjdulberger on Aug 23, 2016 | 18 comments

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