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31. The Medieval University Monopoly (historytoday.com)
69 points by diodorus on Aug 18, 2020 | 4 comments
32. Ts-migrate: tool to automatically migrate JavaScript projects to TS (github.com/airbnb)
110 points by Rudeg on Aug 18, 2020 | 26 comments
33. Coding and drawing (columbia.edu)
67 points by danso on Aug 19, 2020 | 42 comments
34. Germany begins 3-year universal-basic-income trial (businessinsider.com)
279 points by tosh on Aug 19, 2020 | 336 comments
35. Filecoin: Proof of Storage Systems (coinlist.co)
93 points by simonebrunozzi on Aug 19, 2020 | 50 comments
36. Graphics Programming Projects (graphicscodex.com)
151 points by mariuz on Aug 18, 2020 | 8 comments
37. Breaking the D-Link DIR3060 Firmware Encryption – Recon – Part 1 (0x434b.dev)
86 points by dvaun on Aug 19, 2020 | 20 comments
38. Show HN: Tunshell – Remote shell into ephemeral environments behind NAT/firewall (github.com/timetoogo)
70 points by timetoogo on Aug 17, 2020 | 12 comments
39. On Blockchain Commit Times: How miners choose Bitcoin transactions [pdf] (mpi-sws.org)
52 points by johnnatan20 on Aug 18, 2020 | 16 comments
40. Effective Airflow Development (curology.com)
58 points by llambda on Aug 17, 2020 | 26 comments
41. California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Investigators (vice.com)
222 points by pseudolus on Aug 19, 2020 | 120 comments
42. Evaluating TCP BBRv2 on the Dropbox edge network (arxiv.org)
73 points by fanf2 on Aug 19, 2020 | 24 comments
43. RetinaFace: Single-stage Dense Face Localisation, implemented in TensorFlow 2.0 (github.com/stanislasbertrand)
62 points by stan_btd on Aug 19, 2020 | 23 comments
44. Vision Experiment Resolved a Centuries-Old Philosophical Debate (nautil.us)
30 points by dnetesn on Aug 18, 2020 | 9 comments
45. Geographical Amusement: The rise of the cartographic board game (cabinetmagazine.org)
43 points by benbreen on Aug 17, 2020 | 1 comment
46. AtomVM: Erlang on Microcontrollers (github.com/bettio)
120 points by alex7o on Aug 17, 2020 | 28 comments
47. Ask HN: Is a SaaS provider expected to have a trademark in every country?
94 points by stanislavb on Aug 18, 2020 | 27 comments
48. Toddlers who use touchscreens show attention differences (bath.ac.uk)
142 points by rustoo on Aug 19, 2020 | 132 comments
49. Show HN: An animated graphing calculator implemented in a pixel shader (fofpx.com)
30 points by CarterFeldman on Aug 19, 2020 | 13 comments
50. Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine Gen2 7nm 2.6T Transistors (servethehome.com)
66 points by ramshanker on Aug 19, 2020 | 54 comments
51. Erlang: The New Scalable ETS Ordered_set (erlang.org)
102 points by codeadict on Aug 19, 2020 | 9 comments
52. The antibiotic paradox: why companies can’t afford to create life-saving drugs (nature.com)
125 points by sohkamyung on Aug 19, 2020 | 150 comments
53. Mousemacs – A mouse-driven Emacs (github.com/corvideon)
92 points by s_brady on Aug 19, 2020 | 97 comments
54. Status as a Service (2019) (eugenewei.com)
39 points by LYeo on Aug 19, 2020 | 13 comments
55. A new company promises a 5G keyboarded BlackBerry in 2021 (pcmag.com)
77 points by HaGoijer on Aug 19, 2020 | 66 comments
56. A Virginia couple that gave birth to the billable hour (ozy.com)
32 points by yoloswagins on Aug 18, 2020 | 10 comments
57. Amazon’s Project Kuiper is more than the company’s response to SpaceX (ieee.org)
95 points by misotaur on Aug 19, 2020 | 123 comments
58. Airbnb announces confidential submission of draft Registration Statement (airbnb.com)
121 points by minimaxir on Aug 19, 2020 | 112 comments
59. Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US (bbc.com)
123 points by reddotX on Aug 19, 2020 | 207 comments
60. Cities sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, claim they owe cable “franchise fees” (arstechnica.com)
103 points by pseudolus on Aug 18, 2020 | 124 comments

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