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1. IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete with TurboTax (propublica.org)
1721 points by danso on Dec 31, 2019 | 448 comments
2. Doing a database join with CSV files (johndcook.com)
357 points by chmaynard on Dec 31, 2019 | 111 comments
3. Show HN: One Page Calendar 2020 (davebakker.io)
517 points by dbfa on Dec 31, 2019 | 98 comments
4. New Material Breaks World Record Turning Heat into Electricity (tuwien.at)
424 points by de6u99er on Dec 31, 2019 | 152 comments
5. Crafting Interpreters: Classes and Instances (craftinginterpreters.com)
224 points by azhenley on Dec 31, 2019 | 13 comments
6. The impact of cannabis access laws on opioid prescribing (doi.org)
343 points by hckr_nj on Dec 31, 2019 | 188 comments
7. All DMCA notices filed against TorrentFreak in 2019 were bogus (torrentfreak.com)
349 points by TiredOfLife on Dec 31, 2019 | 65 comments
8. Ask HN: Full-on machine learning for 2020, what are the best resources?
423 points by jamesxv7 on Dec 31, 2019 | 118 comments
9. To Dissect a Mockingbird: A Graphical Notation for the Lambda Calculus (1996) (dkeenan.com)
102 points by dpatru on Dec 31, 2019 | 29 comments
10. What Is the Most Valuable Thing You Can Learn in One Hour? (quanticdev.com)
585 points by soygul on Dec 30, 2019 | 328 comments
11. Assembly Language Programming: Still Relevant Today (2015) (wilsonminesco.com)
119 points by mr_tyzic on Dec 31, 2019 | 96 comments
12. Breast cancer detection in mammography using deep learning approach (arxiv.org)
190 points by rusht on Dec 30, 2019 | 116 comments
13. Lenia – Mathematical Life Forms (github.com/chakazul)
154 points by leephillips on Dec 31, 2019 | 22 comments
14. Lisp Interpreter in Tandy TRS-80/100 Basic (facebook.com)
105 points by franze on Dec 31, 2019 | 54 comments
15. Incident: Wizz Air and Air Europa Planes in Near Collision over Spain (avherald.com)
165 points by pseudolus on Dec 30, 2019 | 188 comments
16. Immortal Game (wikipedia.org)
227 points by keiferski on Dec 31, 2019 | 52 comments
17. Ask HN: How do I choose the right resource to learn CS fundamentals?
328 points by 8589934591 on Dec 31, 2019 | 89 comments
18. Visualising the amount of microplastic we eat (reuters.com)
161 points by T-zex on Dec 31, 2019 | 129 comments
19. Emergent dynamics of neuromorphic nanowire networks (phys.org)
74 points by known on Dec 29, 2019 | 9 comments
20. From the Big Short to Normal People: Books That Defined the Decade (theguardian.com)
80 points by diodorus on Dec 30, 2019 | 33 comments
21. KernType – A Kerning Game (method.ac)
134 points by kristianc on Dec 30, 2019 | 36 comments
22. One year, one lab, 16 spinouts (nature.com)
73 points by apsec112 on Dec 31, 2019 | 10 comments
23. How a preventable disaster killed six marines (propublica.org)
167 points by jbegley on Dec 30, 2019 | 125 comments
24. The Fallacy of Premature Optimization (2009) (acm.org)
93 points by valand on Dec 30, 2019 | 103 comments
25. Verdigris: Qt Without Moc (woboq.com)
92 points by ailideex on Dec 30, 2019 | 50 comments
26. On Technical Writing (arturdryomov.dev)
118 points by ming13 on Dec 30, 2019 | 44 comments
27. The Four-Inch Flight – A Lesson from History (rs-online.com)
58 points by spzb on Dec 30, 2019 | 2 comments
28. Semigroup Resonance FizzBuzz (ploeh.dk)
86 points by lelf on Dec 30, 2019 | 66 comments
29. Interview with Rui Pinto of Football Leaks (spiegel.de)
57 points by Tomte on Dec 29, 2019 | 6 comments
30. A few comments on ‘age’ (neilmadden.blog)
77 points by beefhash on Dec 31, 2019 | 18 comments

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