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1. How the Collison brothers turned ‘seven lines of code’ into Stripe (bloomberg.com)
594 points by coloneltcb on Aug 1, 2017 | 182 comments
2. App sizes are out of control (trevore.com)
729 points by trevor-e on Aug 1, 2017 | 442 comments
3. Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox (techcrunch.com)
386 points by denchikceo on Aug 1, 2017 | 204 comments
4. NSA Unlawfully Surveiled Kim Dotcom in New Zealand (thehill.com)
455 points by jorkro on Aug 1, 2017 | 125 comments
5. The first Bitcoin Cash block has been mined (blockdozer.com)
373 points by TekMol on Aug 1, 2017 | 327 comments
6. If SoundCloud Disappears, What Happens to Its Music Culture? (nytimes.com)
283 points by mcone on Aug 1, 2017 | 207 comments
7. Reddit raises $200M at a $1.8B valuation (recode.net)
416 points by snew on July 31, 2017 | 439 comments
8. Krita Foundation in Trouble (krita.org)
529 points by gcp on Aug 1, 2017 | 226 comments
9. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017)
439 points by whoishiring on Aug 1, 2017 | 944 comments
10. S&P 500 to exclude Snap after voting rights debate (reuters.com)
247 points by dvt on Aug 1, 2017 | 167 comments
11. Data Structures for Coding Interviews (interviewcake.com)
396 points by sharjeelsayed on Aug 1, 2017 | 229 comments
12. Why I Choose Delphi (csvelocity.wordpress.com)
313 points by fenesiistvan on Aug 1, 2017 | 300 comments
13. Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers (techcrunch.com)
261 points by janober on Aug 1, 2017 | 257 comments
14. Message encryption a 'problem' – UK home secretary (bbc.co.uk)
308 points by luxpir on Aug 1, 2017 | 267 comments
15. The 'creepy Facebook AI' story that captivated the media (bbc.com)
157 points by sonabinu on Aug 1, 2017 | 104 comments
16. An update on our commitment to fight terror content online (googleblog.com)
122 points by j2kun on Aug 1, 2017 | 226 comments
17. Theranos Reaches Settlement with Walgreens (theranos.com)
88 points by kqr2 on Aug 1, 2017 | 43 comments
18. Announcing the `http` crate (rust-lang.org)
240 points by JoshTriplett on July 31, 2017 | 61 comments
19. Rust: Not So Great For Codec Implementing (multimedia.cx)
215 points by lossolo on Aug 1, 2017 | 278 comments
20. Shoelace.css – A back to the basics CSS starter kit (shoelace.style)
257 points by nicc on Aug 1, 2017 | 122 comments
21. Black Book of Graphics Programming, Special Edition (1997) (github.com/jagregory)
229 points by cmsimike on Aug 1, 2017 | 25 comments
22. Race to discover Planet Nine using astronomy and new computational techniques (ieee.org)
166 points by sohkamyung on Aug 1, 2017 | 58 comments
23. Browser Extensions Standard (browserext.github.io)
206 points by tbassetto on Aug 1, 2017 | 79 comments
24. 200 terabyte proof demonstrates the potential of brute force math (vice.com)
144 points by sharemywin on Aug 1, 2017 | 147 comments
25. July 2017 Hacker News Hiring Trends (hntrends.com)
154 points by sndean on Aug 1, 2017 | 43 comments
26. Malta – Alphabet X’s latest grid-scale energy storage technology (bloomberg.com)
134 points by Osiris30 on Aug 1, 2017 | 83 comments
27. Why Are Human Teeth So Messed Up? (aeon.co)
294 points by drchip on July 31, 2017 | 159 comments
28. Apple’s Silence in China Sets a Dangerous Precedent (nytimes.com)
210 points by tysone on July 31, 2017 | 197 comments
29. Mailit: A Tiny Drop-In REST API to Send Emails (github.com/dthree)
133 points by robinj6 on Aug 1, 2017 | 70 comments
30. U.S. Nuclear Comeback Stalls as Two Reactors Are Abandoned (nytimes.com)
154 points by themgt on Aug 1, 2017 | 199 comments

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