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31. What are children dying from and what can we do about it? (ourworldindata.org)
71 points by diaphanous on Aug 27, 2019 | 75 comments
32. How Judy arrays work and why they are so fast (2002) (sourceforge.net)
77 points by dmazin on Aug 28, 2019 | 13 comments
33. Python rounds float values by converting them to string and then back (github.com/python)
268 points by bishala on Aug 28, 2019 | 144 comments
34. China’s CCTV network took just 7 minutes to capture BBC reporter (2017) (techcrunch.com)
222 points by newsreview1 on Aug 28, 2019 | 141 comments
35. Are spies more trouble than they're worth? (newyorker.com)
124 points by bookofjoe on Aug 26, 2019 | 119 comments
36. Kubernetes Academy, a free product-agnostic education platform (kubernetes.academy)
285 points by frostmatthew on Aug 28, 2019 | 66 comments
37. Brazilian Butchers Who Took over the World (thebureauinvestigates.com)
118 points by danso on Aug 27, 2019 | 42 comments
38. Sunsetting Hire (support.google.com)
205 points by gdeglin on Aug 27, 2019 | 286 comments
39. The Economics of Kenneth Arrow (annualreviews.org)
84 points by everbody on Aug 28, 2019 | 33 comments
40. Firefox 70 released for Firefox Quantum: Developer Edition (mozilla.org)
362 points by romelsongalia on Aug 28, 2019 | 112 comments
41. Thunderbird 68.0 (thunderbird.net)
293 points by hcl on Aug 28, 2019 | 172 comments
42. Running Lisp in Production (2015) (grammarly.com)
167 points by wglb on Aug 27, 2019 | 60 comments
43. Math That Takes Newton into the Quantum World (nautil.us)
133 points by dnetesn on Aug 28, 2019 | 31 comments
44. The Broken Chain Problem (seekingquestions.blogspot.com)
111 points by headalgorithm on Aug 28, 2019 | 56 comments
45. A 2019 Guide to Speech Synthesis with Deep Learning (fritz.ai)
139 points by mwitiderrick on Aug 28, 2019 | 20 comments
46. Pay a visit to Cambridge’s computer museum (ianvisits.co.uk)
104 points by edward on Aug 28, 2019 | 20 comments
47. Tetris LED Tie (2013) (billporter.info)
74 points by bookofjoe on Aug 27, 2019 | 6 comments
48. The Cedar Choppers (texasmonthly.com)
35 points by whocansay on Aug 28, 2019 | 23 comments
49. Coursera acquires Rhyme Softworks, an online platform for hands-on projects (coursera.org)
53 points by sinatra on Aug 28, 2019
50. Fake-branded bars slip dirty gold into world markets (reuters.com)
95 points by aazaa on Aug 28, 2019 | 156 comments
51. Tell HN: Skype on web does not support Firefox
280 points by gyosifov on Aug 28, 2019 | 163 comments
52. Don DeLillo, The Art of Fiction No. 135 (1993) (theparisreview.org)
49 points by flannery on Aug 28, 2019 | 8 comments
53. Sacklers Would Give Up Ownership of Purdue Pharma Under Settlement Proposal (nytimes.com)
91 points by pseudolus on Aug 28, 2019 | 77 comments
54. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Gold-Bug” (1843) (publicdomainreview.org)
65 points by benbreen on Aug 27, 2019 | 13 comments
55. Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years (bighospitality.co.uk)
166 points by Kaibeezy on Aug 28, 2019 | 307 comments
56. 150 Meter SpaceX Starhopper Test [video] (youtube.com)
217 points by themgt on Aug 27, 2019 | 69 comments
57. Tufts Ph.D. ‘Punished’ for Reporting Adviser’s Fabricated Research: Lawsuit (thedailybeast.com)
136 points by MyHypatia on Aug 28, 2019 | 63 comments
58. Fairphone 3 Launch [video] (fairphone.com)
131 points by tannhaeuser on Aug 28, 2019 | 77 comments
59. ReadMe (YC W15) Raises 9M Series A from Accel and Y Combinator (techcrunch.com)
63 points by iMuzz on Aug 28, 2019 | 27 comments
60. Book Review: Reframing Superintelligence (slatestarcodex.com)
52 points by nikbackm on Aug 28, 2019 | 42 comments

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