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1. Encrypted web traffic now exceeds 90% (netmarketshare.com)
802 points by gator-io on Nov 1, 2019 | 295 comments
2. Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B (cnbc.com)
946 points by chdaniel on Nov 1, 2019 | 742 comments
3. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2019)
402 points by whoishiring on Nov 1, 2019 | 736 comments
4. Htop Explained (peteris.rocks)
818 points by apitman on Oct 31, 2019 | 98 comments
5. Linus Torvalds: Git proved I could be more than a one-hit wonder (techrepublic.com)
783 points by DarkCrusader2 on Nov 1, 2019 | 508 comments
6. U.S. opens a national security review of TikTok’s acquisition of Musical.ly (reuters.com)
393 points by situational87 on Nov 1, 2019 | 368 comments
7. The Fantasy of Opting Out (mitpress.mit.edu)
611 points by pshaw on Nov 1, 2019 | 195 comments
8. Firefox to Discontinue Sideloaded Extensions (blog.mozilla.org)
432 points by rahidz on Nov 1, 2019 | 207 comments
9. DKIM Demystified (20i.com)
182 points by 20i on Nov 1, 2019 | 32 comments
10. Neonicotinoids disrupt aquatic food webs and decrease fishery yields (science.sciencemag.org)
184 points by stevenwoo on Nov 1, 2019 | 68 comments
11. Homebrew Cray-1A (chrisfenton.com)
228 points by davidbarker on Nov 1, 2019 | 51 comments
12. Gaggle monitors the work and communications of almost 5M students in the US (buzzfeednews.com)
333 points by minimaxir on Nov 1, 2019 | 155 comments
13. Deep Sleep May Help the Brain Clear Alzheimer's Toxins (npr.org)
355 points by spking on Oct 31, 2019 | 213 comments
14. Bayard: a full-text search and indexing server written in Rust (github.com/mosuka)
283 points by jinqueeny on Nov 1, 2019 | 107 comments
15. Python adopts a 12-month release cycle (lwn.net)
231 points by Tomte on Nov 1, 2019 | 169 comments
16. Show HN: Turn any website into an API (for those who miss Kimono) (simplescraper.io)
332 points by welanes on Nov 1, 2019 | 74 comments
17. Twelve-factor app development on Google Cloud (cloud.google.com)
228 points by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Nov 1, 2019 | 63 comments
18. Opensourcing the Universal Package Manager (repl.it)
163 points by amasad on Nov 1, 2019 | 40 comments
19. Show HN: HR code – Designed to be recognized by humans and OCR (github.com/hantuzun)
124 points by emrehan on Nov 1, 2019 | 56 comments
20. Quiet.js – Transmit and receive data in the browser at 44.1kHz (quiet.github.io)
315 points by jonbaer on Nov 1, 2019 | 91 comments
21. Remember QR Codes? They’re More Powerful Than You Think (a16z.com)
245 points by yarapavan on Nov 1, 2019 | 196 comments
22. Lack of cdnjs activity (github.com/cdnjs)
236 points by spirit23 on Nov 1, 2019 | 100 comments
23. Amazon will stop sales of used first-party Nintendo products starting November 1 (arstechnica.com)
142 points by danso on Nov 1, 2019 | 122 comments
24. Here Dragons Abound: Exploring procedural generation and display of fantasy maps (heredragonsabound.blogspot.com)
163 points by _Microft on Oct 31, 2019 | 8 comments
25. The Lx Programming Language (github.com/c3d)
63 points by kick on Nov 1, 2019 | 46 comments
26. Leaving Apple (belkadan.com)
184 points by ingve on Nov 1, 2019 | 110 comments
27. Stop Explaining Black Box Models for High Stakes Decisions (arxiv-vanity.com)
150 points by polm23 on Oct 31, 2019 | 63 comments
28. European Cloud Project Draws Backlash from U.S. Tech Giants (wsj.com)
116 points by aloknnikhil on Nov 1, 2019 | 96 comments
29. I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy (2014) (ssrn.com)
210 points by rahuldottech on Nov 1, 2019 | 54 comments
30. The Lure of Luxury (bostonreview.net)
95 points by huihuiilly on Nov 1, 2019 | 87 comments

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