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New best story on Hacker News: $35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now

$35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now 395 by felipemesquita | 356 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: YouTube bans comments on all videos of children

YouTube bans comments on all videos of children 336 by _wmd | 320 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: UC terminates subscriptions with Elsevier in push for open access

UC terminates subscriptions with Elsevier in push for open access 392 by tingletech | 49 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mozilla releases the largest to-date public domain transcribed voice dataset

Mozilla releases the largest to-date public domain transcribed voice dataset 308 by Vinnl | 22 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Zero – A fast, zero-configuration server for React, Node.js, Markdown

Show HN: Zero – A fast, zero-configuration server for React, Node.js, Markdown 500 by asadlionpk | 241 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Running a Bakery on Emacs and PostgreSQL

Running a Bakery on Emacs and PostgreSQL 454 by flocial | 189 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Immersive Linear Algebra

Immersive Linear Algebra 440 by reverse | 58 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: We Need Chrome No More

We Need Chrome No More 410 by kaishin | 250 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: California keeps a secret list of criminal cops, but says you can’t have it

California keeps a secret list of criminal cops, but says you can’t have it 317 by rrauenza | 170 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Nasa Happily Reports the Earth Is Greener

Nasa Happily Reports the Earth Is Greener 373 by ph0rque | 149 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Redis Turns 10 – How it started with a single post on Hacker News

Redis Turns 10 – How it started with a single post on Hacker News 432 by mrburton | 107 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Pi-Hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements

Pi-Hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements 353 by tosh | 146 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Top ten most popular docker images each contain at least 30 vulnerabilities

Top ten most popular docker images each contain at least 30 vulnerabilities 315 by vinnyglennon | 75 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Humans who are not concentrating are not general intelligences

Humans who are not concentrating are not general intelligences 342 by jseliger | 165 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Gyllenhaal Experiment

The Gyllenhaal Experiment 409 by iron0013 | 108 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Myths in Machine Learning Research

Myths in Machine Learning Research 338 by crazyoscarchang | 39 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Automatically synchronize subtitles with video

Show HN: Automatically synchronize subtitles with video 458 by smacke | 100 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Famous Laws of Software Development

Famous Laws of Software Development 409 by pplonski86 | 183 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: ICANN Calls for DNSSEC for All Domains Following Domain Hijacking Attempts

ICANN Calls for DNSSEC for All Domains Following Domain Hijacking Attempts 313 by teddyh | 188 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A Famous Photo of Chernobyl’s Most Dangerous Radioactive Material (2016)

A Famous Photo of Chernobyl’s Most Dangerous Radioactive Material (2016) 292 by lelf | 93 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Sam Altman: Bay Area is no longer the obvious place for startups

Sam Altman: Bay Area is no longer the obvious place for startups 354 by everbody | 252 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Sunlight through glass does not provide Vitamin D

Sunlight through glass does not provide Vitamin D 418 by bookofjoe | 273 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Books I Recommend

Books I Recommend 477 by ingve | 110 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: My Twitch Live Coding Setup

My Twitch Live Coding Setup 502 by ingve | 94 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How Discord Scaled Elixir to 5M Concurrent Users (2017)

How Discord Scaled Elixir to 5M Concurrent Users (2017) 438 by lelf | 136 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Cleave.js – Format input text content when you are typing

Cleave.js – Format input text content when you are typing 431 by octosphere | 136 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Linus Torvalds on Why ARM Won't Win the Server Space

Linus Torvalds on Why ARM Won't Win the Server Space 493 by msh | 515 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Firefox to Block All 3rd Party Trackers by Default

Firefox to Block All 3rd Party Trackers by Default 394 by geekybiz | 183 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps

New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps 393 by tareqak | 87 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: You Do Not Need Blockchain: Popular Use Cases and Why They Do Not Work

You Do Not Need Blockchain: Popular Use Cases and Why They Do Not Work 438 by discovan | 330 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A Heavily-Commented Linux Kernel Source Code [pdf]

A Heavily-Commented Linux Kernel Source Code [pdf] 597 by turingbook | 31 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Hayabusa-2: Japan Spacecraft Touches Down on Asteroid

Hayabusa-2: Japan Spacecraft Touches Down on Asteroid 363 by scaryclam | 118 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mark Zuckerberg Promised a Clear History Tool Almost a Year Ago

Mark Zuckerberg Promised a Clear History Tool Almost a Year Ago 429 by jmsflknr | 145 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Practical Go: Real-world advice for writing maintainable Go programs

Practical Go: Real-world advice for writing maintainable Go programs 555 by ra7 | 184 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure

Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure 479 by perardi | 154 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees

Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees 297 by mayneack | 122 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: COI – Chat Over IMAP

COI – Chat Over IMAP 432 by smartmic | 165 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Simdjson – Parsing Gigabytes of JSON per Second

Simdjson – Parsing Gigabytes of JSON per Second 488 by cmsimike | 159 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I Hit $115k/Month with a Status Quo Improvement

I Hit $115k/Month with a Status Quo Improvement 393 by JamesIH | 252 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Netherlands, Finland, Luxembourg, Poland and Italy Oppose EU Copyright Directive

Netherlands, Finland, Luxembourg, Poland and Italy Oppose EU Copyright Directive 411 by pasiaj | 118 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015)

Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015) 364 by colinprince | 212 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize Private Property

U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize Private Property 328 by ComputerGuru | 95 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google says Nest’s built-in mic not listed in specs was not meant to be secret

Google says Nest’s built-in mic not listed in specs was not meant to be secret 439 by temp1928384 | 242 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader

Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader 510 by Jerry2 | 255 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Could 'Oumuamua be an icy fractal aggregate ejected from a protoplanetary disk?

Could 'Oumuamua be an icy fractal aggregate ejected from a protoplanetary disk? 437 by Santosh83 | 190 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Public protest against Amazon

Public protest against Amazon 582 by liker777 | 322 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Leukemia Has Won

Leukemia Has Won 536 by yagodragon | 67 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Four-day week trial: study finds lower stress but no cut in output

Four-day week trial: study finds lower stress but no cut in output 374 by uxhacker | 119 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Magic Lantern

Magic Lantern 467 by chris_overseas | 134 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Harder programming questions do a worse job of predicting outcomes

Harder programming questions do a worse job of predicting outcomes 373 by Harj | 379 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency

A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency 419 by salvadormon | 601 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: WireGuard for MacOS

WireGuard for MacOS 545 by helper | 150 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How to Secure a Linux Server

How to Secure a Linux Server 335 by known | 96 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I took 50,000 images of the night sky to make an 81 Megapixel image of the moon

I took 50,000 images of the night sky to make an 81 Megapixel image of the moon 534 by sohkamyung | 87 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Flightradar24 – how it works

Flightradar24 – how it works 586 by crunchiebones | 106 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Going Solo, Successfully

Going Solo, Successfully 469 by kevinburke | 139 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: You probably don't need a single-page app

You probably don't need a single-page app 391 by ukutaht | 256 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Making My Own USB Keyboard from Scratch

Making My Own USB Keyboard from Scratch 475 by blakesmith | 104 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: First contact made with melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima plant

First contact made with melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima plant 356 by howard941 | 199 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I Bought a House with Solar Panels

I Bought a House with Solar Panels 410 by sphuff | 285 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google search engine

Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google search engine 458 by cromat3 | 268 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answering 8.8.8.8

My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answering 8.8.8.8 531 by baptou12 | 354 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Don’t Get Clever with Login Forms

Don’t Get Clever with Login Forms 426 by octosphere | 276 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: You Don't Need to Quit Your Job to Make

You Don't Need to Quit Your Job to Make 471 by stephsmithio | 333 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Winning the Blackbird Battle

Winning the Blackbird Battle 409 by jgrahamc | 91 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Sloth – Mac app that shows all open files and sockets in use

Sloth – Mac app that shows all open files and sockets in use 466 by eddyg | 82 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus

Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus 386 by uptown | 307 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Red Hat Satellite to standardize on PostgreSQL backend

Red Hat Satellite to standardize on PostgreSQL backend 396 by pplonski86 | 245 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: FCC threatens carriers with 'regulatory intervention' over robocalls

FCC threatens carriers with 'regulatory intervention' over robocalls 352 by jmsflknr | 230 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box?

Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box? 416 by grzm | 332 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Nasa’s Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission

Nasa’s Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission 330 by jimktrains2 | 107 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: This person does not exist

This person does not exist 504 by bpierre | 173 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: White space killed an enterprise app

White space killed an enterprise app 423 by kirkbackus | 279 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results

Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results 326 by tolien | 247 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Reading in the Age of Constant Distraction

Reading in the Age of Constant Distraction 319 by wormold | 100 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: SQL: One of the most valuable skills

SQL: One of the most valuable skills 364 by duck | 179 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Bootstrap 5 will remove jQuery as a dependency

Bootstrap 5 will remove jQuery as a dependency 308 by bdcravens | 203 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Arborists Have Cloned Ancient Redwoods from Their Massive Stumps

Arborists Have Cloned Ancient Redwoods from Their Massive Stumps 300 by jomaorfe | 96 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks women

Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks women 319 by tonyztan | 300 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mars One, which offered 1-way trips to Mars, declared bankrupt

Mars One, which offered 1-way trips to Mars, declared bankrupt 275 by vaughnegut | 251 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store

The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store 412 by longdefeat | 198 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: 38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using types

38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using types 342 by mbrodersen | 381 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows

The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows 338 by pseudolus | 128 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google Docs gets an API for task automation

Google Docs gets an API for task automation 428 by Manu1987 | 121 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Psychological Trap of Freelancing

The Psychological Trap of Freelancing 430 by ingve | 205 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Undercover spy exposed in NYC was one of many

Undercover spy exposed in NYC was one of many 434 by wglb | 148 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A 26,000-Year Astronomical Monument Hidden in Plain Sight

A 26,000-Year Astronomical Monument Hidden in Plain Sight 378 by andyjohnson0 | 53 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: On Being a Principal Engineer

On Being a Principal Engineer 564 by kiyanwang | 243 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: PostgreSQL used fsync incorrectly for 20 years

PostgreSQL used fsync incorrectly for 20 years 433 by lelf | 156 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google terminated our business via our Google Play Developer Account

Google terminated our business via our Google Play Developer Account 482 by jacquesm | 177 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Make your site’s pages instant in 1 minute

Show HN: Make your site’s pages instant in 1 minute 416 by dieulot | 176 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Jeff Bezos Turned Narrative into Amazon's Competitive Advantage

Jeff Bezos Turned Narrative into Amazon's Competitive Advantage 402 by smalter | 162 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook adds 5 divs, 9 spans and 30 CSS classes to every post in the timeline

Facebook adds 5 divs, 9 spans and 30 CSS classes to every post in the timeline 415 by polskibus | 260 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: New pill can deliver insulin

New pill can deliver insulin 293 by theBashShell | 141 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers

Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers 320 by sinstein | 468 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: FindChips – Get instant insight into any electronic component

FindChips – Get instant insight into any electronic component 353 by peter_d_sherman | 59 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Vanlife: Build your own van to live on the road

Vanlife: Build your own van to live on the road 351 by xbeta | 196 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen recording code

Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen recording code 439 by jbegley | 220 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: No Thank You, Mr. Pecker

No Thank You, Mr. Pecker 880 by coloneltcb | 225 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail 405 by foxh0und | 139 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company

Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company 535 by jamesjyu | 121 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook will reveal who uploaded your contact info for ad targeting

Facebook will reveal who uploaded your contact info for ad targeting 413 by sahin-boydas | 197 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Compounding Knowledge

Compounding Knowledge 441 by golyi | 161 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: About V, the language Volt is written in

About V, the language Volt is written in 532 by AndyKelley | 307 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: What Happened to the 100000 Hour LED Bulbs?

What Happened to the 100000 Hour LED Bulbs? 467 by jccalhoun | 390 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in Income Taxes

Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in Income Taxes 334 by smacktoward | 248 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work

Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work 353 by iamben | 271 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?

Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything? 599 by anderspitman | 482 comments on Hacker News. I was reflecting today about how often I think about Freakonomics. I don't study it religiously. I read it one time more than 10 years ago. I can only remember maybe a single specific anecdote from the book. And yet the simple idea that basically every action humans take can be traced back to an incentive has fundamentally changed the way I view the world. Can anyone recommend books that have had a similar impact on them?

New best story on Hacker News: Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation

Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation 301 by e1ven | 445 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: HTTP/3 explained

HTTP/3 explained 348 by signa11 | 138 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better

Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better 440 by walterbell | 208 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Slack Says It's Filed to Go Public

Slack Says It's Filed to Go Public 483 by chollida1 | 313 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: If You're Often Angry or Irritable, You May Be Depressed

If You're Often Angry or Irritable, You May Be Depressed 390 by tuxguy | 279 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Bye, Bye, Google

Bye, Bye, Google 526 by Bogdanp | 282 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Event Sourcing is Hard

Event Sourcing is Hard 470 by goostavos | 152 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Let Children Get Bored Again

Let Children Get Bored Again 410 by glassworm | 167 comments on Hacker News.

UNODC Executive Director welcomes Security Council debate on growing threat of transnational maritime crime

UNODC Executive Director welcomes Security Council debate on growing threat of transnational maritime crime Published February 06, 2019 at 12:20AM Read more at unodc.org

New best story on Hacker News: MIT Hacker Tools: a lecture series on programmer tools

MIT Hacker Tools: a lecture series on programmer tools 669 by anishathalye | 56 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: “Lambda and serverless is one of the worst forms of proprietary lock-in” (2017)

“Lambda and serverless is one of the worst forms of proprietary lock-in” (2017) 387 by peter_d_sherman | 188 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: If Software Is Funded from a Public Source, Its Code Should Be Open Source

If Software Is Funded from a Public Source, Its Code Should Be Open Source 341 by jrepinc | 121 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio

Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio 362 by mfsch | 92 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Dotfile madness

Dotfile madness 431 by boreq | 232 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: AWS Drives More Than Half of Amazon's Operating Income

AWS Drives More Than Half of Amazon's Operating Income 374 by petercooper | 101 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A small notebook for a system administrator

A small notebook for a system administrator 496 by atomlib | 241 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Learn React fundamentals

Show HN: Learn React fundamentals 470 by tyroprogrammer | 73 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: U.S. Changes Visa Process for High-Skilled Workers

U.S. Changes Visa Process for High-Skilled Workers 467 by godelmachine | 611 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Sex censorship killed the internet we love

Sex censorship killed the internet we love 457 by coding123 | 308 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: One of the Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Working with the FBI

One of the Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Working with the FBI 344 by chollida1 | 189 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: EU and Japan create world's biggest free trade zone

EU and Japan create world's biggest free trade zone 425 by Nux | 284 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Interactive SICP

Interactive SICP 408 by wk_end | 16 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing

Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing 400 by georgecmu | 347 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: New study: Google manipulates users into constant tracking

New study: Google manipulates users into constant tracking 403 by thg | 187 comments on Hacker News.