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1. Kosmonaut: web browser from scratch in Rust (github.com/twilco)
721 points by adamnemecek on Aug 15, 2020 | 447 comments
2. The best way to exercise self-control is not to exercise it at all (psyche.co)
346 points by MurizS on Aug 15, 2020 | 272 comments
3. Using machine learning to recreate photorealistic portraits of Roman Emperors (voshart.com)
356 points by elorant on Aug 15, 2020 | 128 comments
4. Mozilla’s Uncertain Future (civilityandtruth.com)
404 points by jonathankoren on Aug 15, 2020 | 394 comments
5. Fungus at Chernobyl absorbs nuclear radiation via radiosynthesis (technologynetworks.com)
366 points by karimford on Aug 15, 2020 | 104 comments
6. Amazon's ML University is making its online courses available to the public (amazon.science)
426 points by karxxm on Aug 15, 2020 | 48 comments
7. SEC Enforcement of Insider Trading Dropped to Lowest Point in Decades (npr.org)
262 points by everybodyknows on Aug 15, 2020 | 98 comments
8. NTFS read-write GPL kernel driver (kernel.org)
287 points by ButSpider on Aug 15, 2020 | 112 comments
9. My best SEO tactic so far (questinglog.com)
240 points by AlchemistCamp on Aug 14, 2020 | 62 comments
10. Write Your Own Virtual Machine (justinmeiners.github.io)
326 points by ChankeyPathak on Aug 15, 2020 | 42 comments
11. Paul Rand's NeXT Logo (2010) (logodesignlove.com)
168 points by mmhsieh on Aug 15, 2020 | 74 comments
12. Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy Is Killing You (medium.com/steve.yegge)
662 points by bigiain on Aug 15, 2020 | 403 comments
13. Isoflow – Infrastructure Diagrams (isoflow.io)
313 points by willemlabu on Aug 15, 2020 | 54 comments
14. Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal (theregister.com)
365 points by teraku on Aug 14, 2020 | 325 comments
15. Saliva-based Covid-19 test approved by FDA (yale.edu)
164 points by jakozaur on Aug 15, 2020 | 48 comments
16. How the 8086 processor handles power and clock internally (righto.com)
157 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 15, 2020 | 38 comments
17. People slept on grass beds 200k years ago (arstechnica.com)
156 points by diodorus on Aug 14, 2020 | 155 comments
18. Scribd acquires SlideShare from LinkedIn (techcrunch.com)
160 points by simonebrunozzi on Aug 15, 2020 | 46 comments
19. Buying a single character domain – and 3 character FQDN – for £15 (shkspr.mobi)
260 points by edent on Aug 15, 2020 | 118 comments
20. MiniFB: Small cross platform library to create framebuffer to draw pixels in (github.com/emoon)
102 points by ingve on Aug 15, 2020 | 23 comments
21. Russell Kirsch, inventor of the pixel, has died (petapixel.com)
130 points by Yetanfou on Aug 15, 2020 | 17 comments
22. J Notation as a Tool of Thought (hillelwayne.com)
160 points by janvdberg on Aug 15, 2020 | 59 comments
23. ATM Hackers Have Picked Up Some Clever New Tricks (wired.com)
109 points by fortran77 on Aug 15, 2020 | 50 comments
24. The brilliance of All Gas No Brakes (bigtechnology.substack.com)
245 points by Balgair on Aug 15, 2020 | 113 comments
25. PyIDM – Python open-source alternative to Internet Download Manager (github.com/pyidm)
104 points by URfejk on Aug 13, 2020 | 28 comments
26. Mystery of superior Leeuwenhoek microscope solved after 350 years (2018) (phys.org)
97 points by Bud on Aug 15, 2020 | 16 comments
27. We are a spectrum of jobs, not just one (rachelbythebay.com)
158 points by zdw on Aug 15, 2020 | 113 comments
28. Kiruna, Forever Changing (placesjournal.org)
54 points by Thevet on Aug 14, 2020 | 5 comments
29. Found: A Miniature Incan Llama at the Bottom of Lake Titicaca (atlasobscura.com)
88 points by Petiver on Aug 13, 2020 | 16 comments
30. New type of taste cell discovered in taste buds (neurosciencenews.com)
50 points by edward on Aug 15, 2020 | 2 comments

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