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1231.

A 127-year-old physics riddle regarding the Kelvinangle in boat wakes solved (phys.org)

102 points by Errorcod3 on Aug 21, 2019 | 43 comments

1232.

Commodore 900 (floodgap.com)

102 points by derriz on Aug 11, 2019 | 41 comments

1233.

The Invincible – 1964 novel (en.wikipedia.org)

102 points by tosh on Aug 16, 2019 | 33 comments

1234.

Show HN: A few simple games not only for kids (easylang.online)

102 points by chkas on Aug 20, 2019 | 28 comments

1235.

Idaho artifacts show humans came to North America via a water route, not land (cnn.com)

102 points by curtis on Aug 31, 2019 | 21 comments

1236.

Show HN: Beatboxing for Kids – Teach Your Child to Beatbox Using Everyday Words (beatboxingforkids.fun)

102 points by jawns on Aug 3, 2019 | 15 comments

1237.

QualPwn – Exploiting Qualcomm WLAN and Modem over the Air (blade.tencent.com)

102 points by woliveirajr on Aug 7, 2019 | 10 comments

1238.

YouTube’s LGBTQ Problem Is a Business-Model Problem (onezero.medium.com)

101 points by tareqak on Aug 15, 2019 | 166 comments

1239.

U.S. Weighs Selling 50- and 100-Year Bonds After Yields Plummet (bloomberg.com)

101 points by sndean on Aug 17, 2019 | 121 comments

1240.

Circulating in China’s Financial System: More Than $200B in I.O.U.s (nytimes.com)

101 points by nafizh on Aug 8, 2019 | 85 comments

1241.

Lawsuit filed against GitHub in wake of Capital One data breach (thehill.com)

101 points by danso on Aug 3, 2019 | 72 comments

1242.

First, Do No Harm: A Hippocratic Oath for Software Developers (2004) (queue.acm.org)

101 points by rhema on Aug 6, 2019 | 70 comments

1243.

Study identifies main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure (jacobsschool.ucsd.edu)

101 points by clouddrover on Aug 27, 2019 | 56 comments

1244.

Counterintuitive physics property found to be widespread in living organisms (phys.org)

101 points by dnetesn on Aug 14, 2019 | 53 comments

1245.

The Death of Alexander the Great: One of History's Great Unsolved Mysteries (lithub.com)

101 points by HNLurker2 on Aug 28, 2019 | 49 comments

1246.

Association of dairy intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality (thelancet.com)

101 points by bookofjoe on Aug 25, 2019 | 47 comments

1247.

WTF Happened in 1971? (wtfhappenedin1971.com)

101 points by black6 on Aug 27, 2019 | 44 comments

1248.

The lunar laser ranging experiment is still going 50 years later (spectrum.ieee.org)

101 points by sohkamyung on Aug 18, 2019 | 36 comments

1249.

Suburb in the sky: how Jakartans built an entire village on top of a mall (theguardian.com)

101 points by charlysl on Aug 6, 2019 | 22 comments

1250.

With friends like these (blogs.perl.org)

101 points by lizmat on Aug 17, 2019 | 22 comments

1251.

Google Transparency Report (transparencyreport.google.com)

101 points by rayascott on Aug 4, 2019 | 11 comments

1252.

Bubble Experiment Finds Universal Laws (quantamagazine.org)

101 points by Errorcod3 on Aug 1, 2019 | 8 comments

1253.

The Perfect French Baguette (bbc.com)

100 points by MiriamWeiner on Aug 26, 2019 | 70 comments

1254.

The land that no country wants (2016) (theguardian.com)

100 points by kawera on Aug 13, 2019 | 67 comments

1255.

The FCC Fined 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' 'The Walking Dead' for Use of Emergency Tones (cnn.com)

100 points by LinuxBender on Aug 16, 2019 | 64 comments

1256.

The 'microworkers' making digital life possible (bbc.co.uk)

100 points by bauc on Aug 21, 2019 | 64 comments

1257.

Border agents are checking social media, but we still don’t know how closely (theverge.com)