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1. Google backtracks on search results design (techcrunch.com)
605 points by saalweachter on Jan 25, 2020 | 343 comments
2. The Era of the Trident Engine (schepp.dev)
415 points by ttepasse on Jan 25, 2020 | 186 comments
3. Linode launches free DDoS protection (linode.com)
369 points by hanru on Jan 25, 2020 | 177 comments
4. Am I Unique? (amiunique.org)
522 points by csomar on Jan 25, 2020 | 241 comments
5. Oil-and-gas wells produce radioactive waste (rollingstone.com)
311 points by elijahwheelock on Jan 24, 2020 | 94 comments
6. Layoffs hit Quora (techcrunch.com)
282 points by leothekim on Jan 24, 2020 | 267 comments
7. Jim Lehrer’s Rules of Journalism (kottke.org)
234 points by funmi on Jan 25, 2020 | 159 comments
8. PandaPy has the speed of NumPy and the usability of Pandas (github.com/firmai)
159 points by firedup on Jan 24, 2020 | 70 comments
9. I stopped time by sitting in a forest for 24 hours (theguardian.com)
271 points by andyjohnson0 on Jan 24, 2020 | 75 comments
10. New coronavirus can spread between humans, but started in a wildlife market (nationalgeographic.com)
267 points by EndXA on Jan 25, 2020 | 321 comments
11. Show HN: R-cade, a simple arcade game engine for Racket (github.com/massung)
205 points by massung on Jan 25, 2020 | 24 comments
12. Show HN: Phoenix – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript (github.com/kasper)
153 points by khirviko on Jan 24, 2020 | 71 comments
13. Second Travel-Related Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Detected in United States (cdc.gov)
150 points by lawrenceyan on Jan 24, 2020 | 96 comments
14. Belyayev's Fox Experiment (wikipedia.org)
109 points by deogeo on Jan 25, 2020 | 30 comments
15. Coding Stories: Me vs. the VNC Guy (martinrue.com)
375 points by martinrue on Jan 24, 2020 | 68 comments
16. An Existential Crisis in Neuroscience (nautil.us)
186 points by seek3r00 on Jan 25, 2020 | 105 comments
17. Normalization of Deviance (2015) (danluu.com)
180 points by pabs3 on Jan 25, 2020 | 43 comments
18. What happens to Google Maps when tectonic plates move? (nautil.us)
188 points by dnetesn on Jan 25, 2020 | 53 comments
19. AWS Graviton2 (mvdirona.com)
188 points by yarapavan on Jan 25, 2020 | 136 comments
20. Vine founder launches TikTok competitor (byte.co)
254 points by einarvollset on Jan 25, 2020 | 156 comments
21. PinePhone Misconceptions (pine64.org)
200 points by UkiahSmith on Jan 25, 2020 | 88 comments
22. Writing a Polyglot Script (nkanaev.github.io)
88 points by BerislavLopac on Jan 25, 2020 | 18 comments
23. How can we develop transformative tools for thought? (numinous.productions)
104 points by kristianc on Jan 25, 2020 | 44 comments
24. Retailers are turning to facial recognition software (2018) (buzzfeednews.com)
173 points by elorant on Jan 25, 2020 | 117 comments
25. A Year with the Surface Go (andregarzia.com)
116 points by soapdog on Jan 24, 2020 | 71 comments
26. The most complete brain map: a fly's 'connectome' (wired.com)
126 points by laurex on Jan 24, 2020 | 35 comments
27. Using carbon isotopes to fight the rise in fraudulent whisky (cambridge.org)
46 points by Someone on Jan 24, 2020 | 9 comments
28. Show HN: Userbase – Add user accounts and persistence to your static site (userbase.com)
206 points by DVassallo on Jan 25, 2020 | 93 comments
29. The Economics of AI Today (thegradient.pub)
83 points by guidefreitas on Jan 24, 2020 | 19 comments
30. Snowmobiler finds family of five stuck in frozen wilderness (cbc.ca)
127 points by colinprince on Jan 25, 2020 | 89 comments

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