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1. Airtable gets $52M in funding (businessinsider.com)
459 points by lxm on March 15, 2018 | 191 comments
2. Writing System Software [video] (youtube.com)
505 points by dsr12 on March 15, 2018 | 72 comments
3. EU wants to require platforms to filter uploaded content, including code (blog.github.com)
681 points by calcifer on March 15, 2018 | 345 comments
4. How JavaScript works: the rendering engine and tips to optimize its performance (sessionstack.com)
209 points by zlatkov on March 15, 2018 | 11 comments
5. Intel Publishes Spectre and Meltdown Hardware Plans: Fixed Gear Later This Year (anandtech.com)
202 points by nuriaion on March 15, 2018 | 68 comments
6. Org-brain – mind-mapping for org-mode (github.com/kungsgeten)
190 points by zeveb on March 15, 2018 | 25 comments
7. Physicists Still Don’t Know What Puts the Curl in Curling (newyorker.com)
194 points by hoaxcracker on March 15, 2018 | 87 comments
8. Monarch butterfly numbers keep declining (beyondpesticides.org)
147 points by accordionclown on March 15, 2018 | 27 comments
9. Examining overlooked clues reveals how ultrasound could have caused harm in Cuba (ieee.org)
208 points by NicoJuicy on March 15, 2018 | 41 comments
10. Portacle – A Portable Common Lisp Development Environment (portacle.github.io)
254 points by wheresvic1 on March 15, 2018 | 88 comments
11. Human-powered cranes and lifting devices (2010) (lowtechmagazine.com)
108 points by codezero on March 15, 2018 | 25 comments
12. False memories, or why we’re so sure of things we’re wrong about (duke.edu)
230 points by Hooke on March 14, 2018 | 103 comments
13. Using AI to match human performance in translating news from Chinese to English (microsoft.com)
218 points by Maimedpuppet on March 15, 2018 | 57 comments
14. A Usable C++ Dialect That Is Safe Against Memory Corruption (ithare.com)
134 points by ibobev on March 15, 2018 | 98 comments
15. GEMM: From Pure C to SSE Optimized Micro Kernels (2014) (uni-ulm.de)
101 points by felixr on March 15, 2018 | 10 comments
16. Mail art (wikipedia.org)
110 points by pmoriarty on March 15, 2018 | 13 comments
17. Flight Recorder becomes part of OpenJDK (java.net)
119 points by jsiepkes on March 15, 2018 | 41 comments
18. Brainless Embryos Suggest Bioelectricity Guides Growth (quantamagazine.org)
108 points by Erlangolem on March 15, 2018 | 35 comments
19. Checked C: extension to C that adds static and dynamic checking (github.com/microsoft)
129 points by ingve on March 14, 2018 | 92 comments
20. Operating Broadcom Wi-Fi Chips as Arbitrary Signal Transmitters, Like SDRs (github.com/seemoo-lab)
176 points by bcaa7f3a8bbc on March 15, 2018 | 60 comments
21. A billion reasons never to buy IBM services (foliovision.com)
327 points by shelkie on March 15, 2018 | 193 comments
22. Walmart Whistle-Blower Claims Cheating in Race with Amazon (bloomberg.com)
181 points by kyleblarson on March 15, 2018 | 127 comments
23. Ask HN: “Write your own” or “Build your own” software projects
576 points by n_t on March 15, 2018 | 82 comments
24. Ancient DNA Is Rewriting Human and Neanderthal History (theatlantic.com)
112 points by dpflan on March 15, 2018 | 77 comments
25. Astronaut’s DNA No Longer Matches His Identical Twin’s After Year Spent in Space (ktla.com)
176 points by Mononokay on March 14, 2018 | 55 comments
26. New Orleans ends its relationship with tech firm Palantir (nola.com)
164 points by dsr12 on March 15, 2018 | 72 comments
27. Google and LG creates VR AMOLED 120 Hz at 5500 x 3000 (blurbusters.com)
247 points by methyl on March 15, 2018 | 142 comments
28. AI chip company SambaNova Systems raises $56M (techcrunch.com)
66 points by rbanffy on March 15, 2018 | 20 comments
29. Don’t Mess with the Birds (newyorker.com)
59 points by Petiver on March 14, 2018 | 6 comments
30. Launch HN: Piccolo (YC W18) – Camera for controlling your home with gestures
98 points by marlonmisra on March 15, 2018 | 55 comments

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