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1. Let's Remove the Global Interpreter Lock (morepypy.blogspot.com)
644 points by TiredOfLife on Aug 14, 2017 | 315 comments
2. U.S. judge says LinkedIn cannot block startup from public profile data (reuters.com)
779 points by techrush on Aug 14, 2017 | 288 comments
3. An Intro to Compilers (nicoleorchard.com)
687 points by luu on Aug 13, 2017 | 104 comments
4. “Packages should be reproducible” added to Debian Policy (debian.org)
431 points by lamby on Aug 14, 2017 | 43 comments
5. A Solution of the P versus NP Problem? (arxiv.org)
662 points by fahrbach on Aug 14, 2017 | 286 comments
6. Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain (techcrunch.com)
277 points by janober on Aug 14, 2017 | 102 comments
7. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Optical Networking [pdf] (nanog.org)
249 points by andreasley on Aug 14, 2017 | 34 comments
8. German universities take on Dutch publishing giant Elsevier (chemistryworld.com)
473 points by sohkamyung on Aug 14, 2017 | 149 comments
9. 64-bit Firefox is the new default on 64-bit Windows (blog.mozilla.org)
253 points by cpeterso on Aug 14, 2017 | 93 comments
10. Amazon recalls eclipse glasses (kgw.com)
290 points by alister on Aug 13, 2017 | 246 comments
11. Efficient Immutable Collections [pdf] (steindorfer.name)
266 points by tjalfi on Aug 13, 2017 | 38 comments
12. Reserve the 418 status code (ietf.org)
195 points by BenjaminCoe on Aug 13, 2017 | 115 comments
13. Facebook’s Onavo Gives Social-Media Firm Inside Peek at Rivals’ Users (wsj.com)
270 points by daenney on Aug 14, 2017 | 96 comments
14. Launch HN: Lambda School (YC S17) – CS education that's free until you get a job
436 points by austenallred on Aug 14, 2017 | 266 comments
15. Being Thankful for Free Software Developers (fosspost.org)
319 points by ashitlerferad on Aug 14, 2017 | 101 comments
16. The Uber Dilemma (stratechery.com)
301 points by darwhy on Aug 14, 2017 | 91 comments
17. Letter from Benchmark to Uber Employees [pdf] (drive.google.com)
244 points by ted0 on Aug 14, 2017 | 195 comments
18. Quitting Caffeine (enki.org)
257 points by mcculley on Aug 14, 2017 | 344 comments
19. Macie: Automatically Discover, Classify, and Secure Content at Scale (amazon.com)
104 points by forrestbrazeal on Aug 14, 2017 | 36 comments
20. Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2 (techcrunch.com)
157 points by ljk on Aug 14, 2017 | 156 comments
21. Metal Slug 2 – reducing the slowdown (2015) (system11.org)
166 points by shawndumas on Aug 14, 2017 | 37 comments
22. F.lux major update (justgetflux.com)
267 points by cconstantin on Aug 14, 2017 | 132 comments
23. Thread Pools in Nginx Boost Performance 9x (2015) (nginx.com)
249 points by ithacadream on Aug 14, 2017 | 56 comments
24. I’m an Ex-Google Woman Tech Leader and I’m Sick of Our Approach to Diversity (medium.com/the-mission)
791 points by 317070 on Aug 14, 2017 | 420 comments
25. A Primer on Neural Network Models for Natural Language Processing (2015) (arxiv.org)
134 points by RobbieStats on Aug 14, 2017 | 3 comments
26. First Atomic Clock Receives an IEEE Milestone (ieee.org)
77 points by sohkamyung on Aug 14, 2017 | 20 comments
27. Create Anime Characters with A.I. (girls.moe)
274 points by wei_jok on Aug 14, 2017 | 48 comments
28. The Lost Art of Stealing Fruit (newyorker.com)
144 points by samclemens on Aug 14, 2017 | 113 comments
29. Are Fake Instagram Influencers Deceiving Brands? (mediakix.com)
134 points by pmcpinto on Aug 13, 2017 | 55 comments
30. The Last American Baseball-Glove Maker Refuses to Die (bloomberg.com)
104 points by mcone on Aug 14, 2017 | 79 comments

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