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1. Bullshit Jobs (slatestarcodex.com)
964 points by wyclif on Aug 30, 2018 | 556 comments
2. Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking (blog.mozilla.org)
858 points by ronjouch on Aug 30, 2018 | 371 comments
3. Linux Kernel Developer Criticizes Intel for Meltdown, Spectre Response (eweek.com)
454 points by CrankyBear on Aug 30, 2018 | 145 comments
4. LEGO built a life-size, drivable Bugatti from over a million Technic pieces (lego.com)
682 points by cududa on Aug 30, 2018 | 151 comments
5. Google and Mastercard Cut Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales (bloomberg.com)
449 points by petethomas on Aug 30, 2018 | 281 comments
6. Java’s new garbage collector promises low pause times on multi-terabyte heaps (opsian.com)
372 points by ScottWRobinson on Aug 30, 2018 | 234 comments
7. California Moves to Require 100% Clean Electricity by 2045 (bloomberg.com)
407 points by dsr12 on Aug 30, 2018 | 379 comments
8. Posting Instagram Sponsored Content Is the New Summer Job (theatlantic.com)
175 points by lxm on Aug 30, 2018 | 87 comments
9. Slow leak detected aboard Space Station (esa.int)
228 points by sanqui on Aug 30, 2018 | 109 comments
10. People Hacks for Technical Leads (medium.com/bellmar)
172 points by mbellotti on Aug 30, 2018 | 31 comments
11. “I Used AI to Clone My Voice and Trick My Mom into Thinking It Was Me” (buzzfeednews.com)
171 points by isp on Aug 28, 2018 | 76 comments
12. Krypton: phone-based U2F Authenticator (krypt.co)
153 points by cyanflux on Aug 30, 2018 | 96 comments
13. Convincing engineers to join your team (triplebyte.com)
168 points by Harj on Aug 30, 2018 | 160 comments
14. Public by Default: Venmo Stories of 2017 (publicbydefault.fyi)
160 points by dbielik on Aug 30, 2018 | 77 comments
15. Apple buys startup focused on lenses for AR glasses (reuters.com)
167 points by sahin on Aug 30, 2018 | 51 comments
16. Using FOIA and public databases to track down Department of Defense contracts (muckrock.com)
121 points by danso on Aug 29, 2018 | 19 comments
17. WaveDrom Editor – Digital timing diagram rendering engine (wavedrom.com)
108 points by lorenz_li on Aug 30, 2018 | 7 comments
18. Norway's Plan for a Fleet of Electric Planes (bbc.com)
149 points by HillaryBriss on Aug 30, 2018 | 111 comments
19. Transmuting Low-Value Programmer Cred into High-Value Status Illegibility (daedtech.com)
157 points by PretzelFisch on Aug 29, 2018 | 52 comments
20. The 20-Hour Flight Is Coming, and It May Have a Gym and Bunks (bloomberg.com)
148 points by walterbell on Aug 30, 2018 | 298 comments
21. Beej's Quick Guide to GDB (2009) (beej.us)
174 points by ScottWRobinson on Aug 29, 2018 | 28 comments
22. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Quasirandom Sequences (extremelearning.com.au)
140 points by panic on Aug 30, 2018 | 49 comments
23. Rideshare boycott sparked by murders in China (theatlantic.com)
85 points by danso on Aug 28, 2018 | 59 comments
24. The FMV Pipeline of “Full Throttle Remastered” (gamasutra.com)
75 points by corysama on Aug 29, 2018 | 12 comments
25. My Own Private CDN (petekeen.net)
123 points by zrail on Aug 30, 2018 | 39 comments
26. Emails while commuting 'should count as work' (bbc.com)
232 points by onuralp on Aug 30, 2018 | 167 comments
27. How TripAdvisor Changed Travel (theguardian.com)
113 points by jjar on Aug 29, 2018 | 87 comments
28. Consumer startups that said no to investor money (recode.net)
161 points by gavman on Aug 30, 2018 | 44 comments
29. Germany, seeking independence from U.S., pushes cyber security research (reuters.com)
125 points by e15ctr0n on Aug 29, 2018 | 168 comments
30. Interesting talks from Hot Chips 2018 (eetimes.com)
84 points by JoachimS on Aug 30, 2018 | 1 comment

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