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December 2017 Archive
1081.
On Making Oneself Less Unreadable (theparisreview.org)
102 points by benbreen on Dec 5, 2017 | 50 comments
1082.
Deus Vult – Social Networks in Crusader Kings 2 (anquantarbuile.com)
102 points by creade on Dec 5, 2017 | 41 comments
1083.
Ask HN: Resources for learning about boot loaders?
102 points by rayascott on Dec 21, 2017 | 27 comments
1084.
Hackers shut down plant by targeting its safety system (engadget.com)
102 points by jbuzbee on Dec 17, 2017 | 26 comments
1085.
A $47B Emergency-Response Network That’s Already Obsolete (theatlantic.com)
102 points by prostoalex on Dec 26, 2017 | 23 comments
1086.
Optimization for Deep Learning Highlights (ruder.io)
102 points by stablemap on Dec 3, 2017 | 9 comments
1087.
Lectures from Princeton on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies (reddit.com)
102 points by sharjeelsayed on Dec 9, 2017 | 4 comments
1088.
Dynamic Tracing a Pony and Python Program with DTrace (blog.wallaroolabs.com)
102 points by scottlf on Dec 18, 2017 | 2 comments
1089.
The Limits to Growth (1972) [pdf] (donellameadows.org)
101 points by lainon on Dec 13, 2017 | 55 comments
1090.
MyRocks – A RocksDB storage engine with MySQL (myrocks.io)
101 points by gfortaine on Dec 3, 2017 | 45 comments
1091.
Pruning AI networks without impacting performance (ibm.com)
101 points by rbanffy on Dec 12, 2017 | 20 comments
1092.
The sunk cost fallacy: Devs describe how it almost destroyed them (gamasutra.com)
101 points by tnolet on Dec 21, 2017 | 20 comments
1093.
Bicycle Built for 2,000 (2009) (bicyclebuiltfortwothousand.com)
101 points by cribbles on Dec 8, 2017 | 19 comments
1094.
Fitbit Firmware Modifications and Data Extraction [video] (media.ccc.de)
101 points by DyslexicAtheist on Dec 30, 2017 | 17 comments
1095.
A faster way to make Bose-Einstein condensates (news.mit.edu)
101 points by CarolineW on Dec 2, 2017 | 16 comments
1096.
A Python internals adventure (2014) (flowerhack.dreamwidth.org)
101 points by luu on Dec 27, 2017 | 3 comments
1097.
Call options used to bet that Bitcoin will go over $50K next year (wsj.com)
100 points by nvk on Dec 21, 2017 | 150 comments
1098.
What's Wrong with Students? (econlog.econlib.org)
100 points by jseliger on Dec 26, 2017 | 100 comments
1099.
Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues (scientificamerican.com)
100 points by a_imho on Dec 15, 2017 | 94 comments
1100.
Bundle Phobia: find the cost of adding an npm package to your bundle (bundlephobia.com)
100 points by orf on Dec 18, 2017 | 69 comments
1101.
Philosophy Needs a New Definition (lareviewofbooks.org)
100 points by jseliger on Dec 19, 2017 | 66 comments
1102.
The Case Against Reading Everything (thewalrus.ca)
100 points by samclemens on Dec 16, 2017 | 56 comments
1103.
Cryptsetup 2.0.0 introduces new on-disk LUKS2 format (kernel.org)
100 points by tyngde on Dec 24, 2017 | 35 comments
1104.
Where’s the Next Silicon Valley? VC Is Betting on the Midwest (spectrum.ieee.org)
99 points by teklaperry on Dec 19, 2017 | 304 comments
1105.
U.S. blames North Korea for 'WannaCry' cyber attack (reuters.com)
99 points by wybiral on Dec 19, 2017 | 109 comments
1106.
Scientists 'Inject' Information into Monkeys’ Brains (nytimes.com)
99 points by flinner on Dec 7, 2017 | 85 comments
1107.
My Internet Mea Culpa (shift.newco.co)
99 points by pixelcort on Dec 27, 2017 | 81 comments
1108.
How Australian Tech Companies Can Think About Silicon Valley (muru-d.com)
99 points by nreece on Dec 8, 2017 | 64 comments
1109.
This is not a new year’s resolution (crystal-lang.org)
99 points by thibaut_barrere on Dec 20, 2017 | 42 comments
1110.
Proofs of Useful Work [pdf] (eprint.iacr.org)
99 points by pmuk on Dec 22, 2017 | 38 comments