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1. Strava heatmap can be used to locate military bases (twitter.com/tobiaschneider)
695 points by domoritz on Jan 28, 2018 | 267 comments
2. With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, there’s a likely culprit (theconversation.com)
503 points by lxm on Jan 28, 2018 | 438 comments
3. Introduction to OS Abstractions Using Plan 9 from Bell Labs (2007) [pdf] (lsub.org)
234 points by marttt on Jan 28, 2018 | 67 comments
4. Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. Government (wsj.com)
325 points by propman on Jan 28, 2018 | 103 comments
5. Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad has died (bbc.co.uk)
368 points by severine on Jan 28, 2018 | 178 comments
6. Evidence that the brain’s ability to control thinking relies on beta rhythms (news.mit.edu)
240 points by el_duderino on Jan 26, 2018 | 63 comments
7. Craftsmanship – The alternative to the four-hour work week mindset (hackernoon.com)
244 points by rpkoven on Jan 27, 2018 | 83 comments
8. Principles of Chaos Engineering (principlesofchaos.org)
224 points by F_J_H on Jan 27, 2018 | 46 comments
9. ‘Jackpotting’ Attacks Hit U.S. ATMs (krebsonsecurity.com)
247 points by larrymcp on Jan 28, 2018 | 168 comments
10. I think I found a Mac kernel bug? (jvns.ca)
349 points by ingve on Jan 28, 2018 | 117 comments
11. An animated introduction to the Fourier Transform [video] (youtube.com)
287 points by e0m on Jan 26, 2018 | 31 comments
12. Exploring what loneliness does to the human body (theglobeandmail.com)
182 points by fmihaila on Jan 28, 2018 | 32 comments
13. ICE is about to start tracking license plates across the US (theverge.com)
201 points by tony101 on Jan 28, 2018 | 177 comments
14. Ivy – A static website generator built in Python (mulholland.xyz)
161 points by dm40597 on Jan 27, 2018 | 75 comments
15. After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea (nytimes.com)
300 points by mpweiher on Jan 28, 2018 | 407 comments
16. OverTheWire: Wargames to learn and practice security concepts (overthewire.org)
172 points by p4bl0 on Jan 28, 2018 | 23 comments
17. How Generative Music Works (teropa.info)
161 points by isp on Jan 26, 2018 | 33 comments
18. Claude Shannon built a machine to game roulette (2017) (nautil.us)
111 points by dnetesn on Jan 28, 2018 | 19 comments
19. Wreck found by reporter may be last American slave ship (al.com)
92 points by brudgers on Jan 28, 2018 | 36 comments
20. A Deep Reinforcement Learning Chatbot (arxiv.org)
93 points by Katydid on Jan 28, 2018 | 7 comments
21. Distribution vs. Innovation (a16z.com)
119 points by wslh on Jan 28, 2018 | 15 comments
22. Maersk reinstalled thousands of servers and workstations to fix NotPeyta (bleepingcomputer.com)
97 points by wglb on Jan 28, 2018 | 39 comments
23. Functioning ‘mechanical gears’ seen in nature (2013) (cam.ac.uk)
110 points by coloneltcb on Jan 28, 2018 | 32 comments
24. Uncovering 2017’s Largest Malvertising Operation (confiant.com)
110 points by anon1385 on Jan 27, 2018 | 8 comments
25. Show HN: How to store a set of four 5-bit values in one 16-bit value (github.com/isometric)
188 points by andromeduck on Jan 28, 2018 | 140 comments
26. Bitfinex fails to perform promised audits (medium.com/bitfinexed)
192 points by wslh on Jan 27, 2018 | 99 comments
27. Understanding the C/C++ memory model (davmac.wordpress.com)
150 points by ingve on Jan 27, 2018 | 18 comments
28. Show HN: Gymphy – Create Free Shareable Workout Plans (gymphy.com)
81 points by matthewhartmans on Jan 27, 2018 | 26 comments
29. All Your IOPS Are Belong to Us: Case Study in Performance Optimization (2015) [pdf] (percona.com)
67 points by znpy on Jan 28, 2018 | 16 comments
30. Tools for Thinking and Tools for Systems (css-tricks.com)
63 points by jodooshi on Jan 28, 2018 | 10 comments

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