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1. Let them paste passwords (ncsc.gov.uk)
694 points by matthewbadeau on May 18, 2017 | 365 comments
2. Google Bug Bounty – The $5k Error Page (slashcrypto.org)
486 points by louis-paul on May 18, 2017 | 135 comments
3. PostgreSQL 10 Beta 1 Released (postgresql.org)
507 points by ahachete on May 18, 2017 | 166 comments
4. Etsy is under pressure to start acting more like a conventional company (bloomberg.com)
241 points by marvinpinto on May 18, 2017 | 226 comments
5. Breaking a large AWS spend into understandable pieces (segment.com)
240 points by fullung on May 18, 2017 | 74 comments
6. Microsoft to Deliver Microsoft Cloud from Datacenters in Africa (microsoft.com)
208 points by el_duderino on May 18, 2017 | 110 comments
7. An Indian village addicted to chess (bbc.com)
309 points by sonabinu on May 17, 2017 | 144 comments
8. America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient (bloomberg.com)
278 points by JumpCrisscross on May 18, 2017 | 515 comments
9. Transform Data by Example [video] (microsoft.com)
363 points by gggggggg on May 17, 2017 | 87 comments
10. One Step Closer to a Closed Internet (blog.mozilla.org)
542 points by Vinnl on May 18, 2017 | 215 comments
11. Flang – A Fortran compiler targeting LLVM (github.com/flang-compiler)
176 points by swills on May 18, 2017 | 103 comments
12. Learn Kotlin in Y Minutes (learnxinyminutes.com)
375 points by jakub_g on May 18, 2017 | 233 comments
13. Swift is like Kotlin (nilhcem.com)
373 points by mastazi on May 18, 2017 | 329 comments
14. Writing a Lisp: Continuations (reinvanderwoerd.nl)
136 points by reinvdwoerd on May 18, 2017 | 49 comments
15. Kotlin Is Better (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
538 points by praxxis on May 17, 2017 | 213 comments
16. Biology needs more staff scientists (nature.com)
169 points by kungfudoi on May 18, 2017 | 101 comments
17. Heroku CI Is Now Generally Available (heroku.com)
128 points by petercooper on May 18, 2017 | 63 comments
18. Top 20 Most Sold and Most Read Books of the Week (amazon.com)
236 points by happy-go-lucky on May 18, 2017 | 108 comments
19. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video] (allofbach.com)
258 points by cjauvin on May 18, 2017 | 105 comments
20. Iron Nitride Permanent Magnets – An Alternative to Rare Earth Magnets (2014) (umn.edu)
171 points by peter_d_sherman on May 18, 2017 | 124 comments
21. Boost – Your personal advisor and career coach (getboost.io)
173 points by neat0-ninj4 on May 18, 2017 | 109 comments
22. Apache Allura — Open source project hosting platform (apache.org)
131 points by ahmedfromtunis on May 17, 2017 | 60 comments
23. What Does the Met’s New Online Collection Mean for Art Students? (medium.com/wendymac)
88 points by Tomte on May 18, 2017 | 26 comments
24. Further hardening glibc malloc() against single byte overflows (scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com)
131 points by scarybeast on May 17, 2017 | 35 comments
25. Lockheed Knee-Stress Relief Device (breakingdefense.com)
116 points by smacktoward on May 18, 2017 | 49 comments
26. Self-Hosted “SQL-Not-required” Data Analytics and BI Tool. Inspired by Looker (github.com/mariusandra)
102 points by mariusandra on May 17, 2017 | 23 comments
27. Using GraphQL to manage open source repositories (netlify.com)
93 points by gk1 on May 18, 2017 | 6 comments
28. Facebook fined €110M for providing misleading information on WhatsApp takeover (europa.eu)
296 points by antr on May 18, 2017 | 168 comments
29. History of Emacs and vi Keys (2010) (xahlee.info)
130 points by McMini on May 18, 2017 | 85 comments
30. To Become a Better Investor, Think Like Darwin (nautil.us)
116 points by t23 on May 18, 2017 | 38 comments

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