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1. Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer (neilkakkar.com)
849 points by neilkakkar on Aug 25, 2019 | 294 comments
2. Banned C standard library functions in Git source code (github.com/git)
502 points by susam on Aug 25, 2019 | 312 comments
3. Ha-ha wall (wikipedia.org)
592 points by EndXA on Aug 24, 2019 | 110 comments
4. Write your own Excel in F# (2018) (tomasp.net)
401 points by eDameXxX on Aug 25, 2019 | 84 comments
5. From Mac to Linux – the setup I've grown to love (shooting-unicorns.com)
492 points by derp_unicorns on Aug 25, 2019 | 458 comments
6. Using Backblaze B2 and Cloudflare Workers for free image hosting (jross.me)
282 points by CherryJimbo on Aug 25, 2019 | 86 comments
7. Salsify – A New Architecture for Real-time Internet Video (stanford.edu)
250 points by dedalus on Aug 25, 2019 | 41 comments
8. The flawed three-cueing system for teaching reading (apmreports.org)
187 points by Treblemaker on Aug 25, 2019 | 162 comments
9. Why didn't the Romans contribute much to mathematics? (reddit.com)
180 points by curtis on Aug 25, 2019 | 191 comments
10. Dyson Tree (wikipedia.org)
176 points by Petiver on Aug 23, 2019 | 42 comments
11. Intel and Rust: The Future of Systems Programming [video] (youtube.com)
198 points by mivvy on Aug 25, 2019 | 20 comments
12. Cowrie: a medium-interaction SSH and Telnet honeypot (github.com/cowrie)
127 points by Fazel94 on Aug 25, 2019 | 54 comments
13. Adventure in Prolog Tutorial (2016) (amzi.com)
131 points by AlexeyBrin on Aug 25, 2019 | 36 comments
14. How the Great Truth Dawned (newcriterion.com)
122 points by portobello on Aug 25, 2019 | 47 comments
15. The Path to Dijkstra’s Handwriting (2013) (joshldavis.com)
167 points by bangonkeyboard on Aug 25, 2019 | 71 comments
16. What Makes a Good Conversation? (abigailsee.com)
207 points by strin on Aug 24, 2019 | 11 comments
17. Seattle's 'microtransit' experiment drives people to light rail (crosscut.com)
169 points by curtis on Aug 23, 2019 | 173 comments
18. I Took a Pay Cut for a More Meaningful Job (fastcompany.com)
174 points by oumua_don17 on Aug 25, 2019 | 150 comments
19. Webmin 1.890 Exploit – What Happened? (webmin.com)
92 points by edwintorok on Aug 25, 2019 | 30 comments
20. Keyringless GnuPG (nullprogram.com)
100 points by eaguyhn on Aug 25, 2019 | 8 comments
21. Marree Man (wikipedia.org)
103 points by Lxr on Aug 24, 2019 | 27 comments
22. Freshermeat – Open-Source Security Software (open-source-security-software.net)
67 points by adulau on Aug 25, 2019 | 19 comments
23. What Companies Are For (economist.com)
141 points by lxm on Aug 24, 2019 | 168 comments
24. Kei – A small and expressive dependent language (github.com/caotic123)
67 points by caotic on Aug 23, 2019 | 15 comments
25. A Trailblazing Plan to Fight California Wildfires (newyorker.com)
61 points by lxm on Aug 23, 2019 | 23 comments
26. Wasm vs. PNaCl Performance Benchmark (pdftron.com)
96 points by jjohansson on Aug 23, 2019 | 23 comments
27. The lost Doves Press typeface and its revival (2015) (gizmodo.com)
47 points by smacktoward on Aug 25, 2019 | 9 comments
28. Programming shape using kirigami tessellations (phys.org)
58 points by bookofjoe on Aug 25, 2019 | 6 comments
29. Quantum Air buys Bye's electric airplanes (aopa.org)
64 points by lxm on Aug 23, 2019 | 35 comments
30. Wikipedia contributions from IP address 127.0.0.1 (wikipedia.org)
138 points by scoobyyabbadoo on Aug 25, 2019 | 28 comments

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