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1. Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID (github.com/w3ctag)
2292 points by rvnx on Feb 4, 2020 | 615 comments
2. Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust (discordapp.com)
1582 points by Sikul on Feb 4, 2020 | 642 comments
3. The missing semester of CS education (csail.mit.edu)
1163 points by anishathalye on Feb 3, 2020 | 196 comments
4. I found a WhatsApp security flaw that allowed hackers to read the file system (perimeterx.com)
555 points by ccmpx on Feb 4, 2020 | 129 comments
5. Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?
930 points by xcoding on Feb 4, 2020 | 862 comments
6. Reviving Sandstorm (sandstorm.io)
491 points by anotherevan on Feb 4, 2020 | 115 comments
7. U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada (npr.org)
401 points by md8 on Feb 4, 2020 | 407 comments
8. A new hash algorithm for Git (lwn.net)
465 points by Tomte on Feb 4, 2020 | 233 comments
9. Linux containers in 500 lines of code (2016) (lizzie.io)
267 points by sturza on Feb 4, 2020 | 28 comments
10. Mini projects built with VanillaJS. No frameworks or libraries (github.com/bradtraversy)
417 points by jonifico on Feb 4, 2020 | 164 comments
11. C# Pattern Matching (microsoft.com)
231 points by brudgers on Feb 3, 2020 | 209 comments
12. Cards Against Humanity buys Clickhole, turning it into an employee-owned company (buzzfeednews.com)
312 points by coloneltcb on Feb 3, 2020 | 55 comments
13. McKinsey, technocratic management, and structural inequality (theatlantic.com)
255 points by cushychicken on Feb 4, 2020 | 206 comments
14. Bosch Smart glasses: A tiny laser array paints images directly onto your retina (ieee.org)
400 points by deniscepko2 on Feb 4, 2020 | 265 comments
15. Mathematicians prove universal law of turbulence (quantamagazine.org)
223 points by theafh on Feb 4, 2020 | 34 comments
16. Java 14 Feature Spotlight: Records (infoq.com)
204 points by chhum on Feb 4, 2020 | 148 comments
17. The mysteries of aerodynamic lift (scientificamerican.com)
228 points by LinuxBender on Feb 4, 2020 | 168 comments
18. Intel axes Nervana just two months after launch (wikichip.org)
167 points by rbanffy on Feb 4, 2020 | 140 comments
19. Amiga Samplers: Budget dance music in 1990 [video] (youtube.com)
191 points by henning on Feb 4, 2020 | 53 comments
20. Allocator Designs (phil-opp.com)
141 points by zbentley on Feb 3, 2020 | 9 comments
21. Asana files to go public via direct listing (techcrunch.com)
159 points by doppp on Feb 4, 2020 | 47 comments
22. AI thinks like a corporation (2018) (economist.com)
140 points by samclemens on Feb 3, 2020 | 60 comments
23. Microsoft's Three Browsers (textslashplain.com)
114 points by thibautg on Feb 3, 2020 | 103 comments
24. The Shadow Inc. app that failed in Iowa last night (vice.com)
275 points by kitrose on Feb 4, 2020 | 382 comments
25. Programming an HP-15C (2013) (plover.com)
86 points by luu on Feb 3, 2020 | 59 comments
26. Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strangers in November (9to5google.com)
405 points by midef on Feb 4, 2020 | 138 comments
27. What It's Like to Work on League of Legends (builtin.com)
81 points by cammm on Feb 4, 2020 | 72 comments
28. AMD Threadripper 3990X 64-Core beats dual Xeon Platinum 8280 in benchmark leak (hothardware.com)
277 points by signa11 on Feb 4, 2020 | 220 comments
29. Unsmear: Convert to and from timescales with smeared leap seconds (github.com/google)
51 points by fanf2 on Feb 3, 2020 | 23 comments
30. F# Pipeline Operator in JavaScript with Babel (codereform.com)
114 points by galacticdessert on Feb 4, 2020 | 94 comments

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