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2018Modern SAT solvers: fast, neat and underused (codingnest.com)
591 points across 2 posts | 1 year ago with 89 comments
2018Visualizing quaternions (eater.net)
586 points across 3 posts | 1 year ago with 42 comments
2018Handles are the better pointers (floooh.github.io)
582 points across 4 posts | 1 year ago with 78 comments
2018Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programming (byorgey.wordpress.com)
580 points | 4 years ago with 155 comments
2018The matrix calculus you need for deep learning (explained.ai)
564 points across 3 posts | 1 year ago with 40 comments
2018Why doctors hate their computers (newyorker.com)
554 points across 4 posts | 1 year ago with 110 comments
2018Mister Rogers had a simple set of rules for talking to children (theatlantic.com)
552 points | 3 years ago with 162 comments
2018Facebook confirms data-sharing agreements with Chinese firms, including Huawei (bbc.com)
549 points | 3 years ago with 60 comments
2018A Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code (bloomberg.com)
547 points across 2 posts | 3 years ago with 50 comments
2018BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk)
541 points | 4 years ago with 131 comments
2018I Write Letters to CEOs (johnwdefeo.com)
536 points across 2 posts | 2 years ago with 55 comments
2018536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (sciencemag.org)
531 points | 4 years ago with 356 comments
2018A Concrete Introduction to Probability (github.com)
529 points | 3 years ago with 75 comments
2018Slacktyping: I'm typing when you're typing (github.com)
519 points | 3 years ago with 139 comments
2018Why is front-end development so unstable? (breck-mckye.com)
514 points across 2 posts | 2 years ago with 166 comments
2018I think I found a Mac kernel bug (jvns.ca)
513 points across 2 posts | 1 year ago with 66 comments
2018DIB Guide: Detecting Agile BS (media.defense.gov)
503 points across 2 posts | 4 years ago with 53 comments
2018Spiders Can Fly Hundreds of Miles Using Electricity (theatlantic.com)
502 points across 4 posts | 2 years ago with 0 comments
2018The History of Unix, Rob Pike [video] (youtube.com)
497 points across 2 posts | 2 years ago with 11 comments
2018Multitasking hurts performance and may even damage the brain (linkedin.com)
491 points | 3 years ago with 293 comments
2018What the Hell Was the Microsoft Network? (codersnotes.com)
490 points across 2 posts | 2 years ago with 122 comments
2018A mysterious grey-hat is patching people's outdated MikroTik routers (zdnet.com)
487 points across 2 posts | 1 year ago with 29 comments
2018Facebook Admits It Was Used to Incite Violence in Myanmar (nytimes.com)
485 points | 3 years ago with 250 comments
2018A crash course in compilers (increment.com)
480 points | 4 years ago with 42 comments
2018Beyond Meat’s Beyond Burger life cycle assessment (css.umich.edu)
469 points | 3 years ago with 760 comments
2018Dance is superior to repetitive physical exercise for brain plasticity (journals.plos.org)
467 points | 4 years ago with 214 comments
2018Parachute use to prevent death, major trauma when jumping from aircraft (bmj.com)
463 points across 3 posts | 2 years ago with 8 comments
2018Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong’s Sudoku solver (leetcode.com)
462 points | 2 years ago with 363 comments
2018I Got Banned for Life from Airbnb (jacksoncunningham.medium.com)
458 points | 2 years ago with 393 comments
2018ADHD, a Lifelong Struggle (gekk.info)
458 points | 4 years ago with 441 comments
2018Snowboarding for Geeks: An Ultimate Guide (xfive.co)
457 points across 2 posts | 2 years ago with 192 comments
2018Learning BASIC Like It's 1983 (twobithistory.org)
455 points across 2 posts | 1 year ago with 85 comments
2018Deep Work and the 30-Hour Method for Learning a New Skill (azeria-labs.com)
452 points | 4 years ago with 87 comments
2018Python Design Patterns (python-patterns.guide)
445 points across 3 posts | 2 years ago with 89 comments
2018Data-Oriented Design (dataorienteddesign.com)
443 points across 2 posts | 11 months ago with 19 comments
2018Bullshit Jobs (theanarchistlibrary.org)
440 points | 1 year ago with 388 comments
2018The Life of a Backpacker in Asia in the 1970s (perceptivetravel.com)
440 points across 2 posts | 2 years ago with 144 comments
2018How to get kids to do chores: Does the Maya method work? (npr.org)
439 points across 2 posts | 2 years ago with 140 comments
2018I Quit My Job to Live on Donations to Zig (andrewkelley.me)
434 points across 2 posts | 2 years ago with 6 comments
201891% of plastic isn't recycled (nationalgeographic.com)
433 points | 4 years ago with 245 comments
2018The boring technology behind a one-person Internet company (listennotes.com)
431 points across 2 posts | 3 years ago with 56 comments
2018Mushrooms Can Eat Plastic, Petroleum and CO2 (returntonow.net)
431 points | 3 years ago with 355 comments
2018Reasons Python Sucks (hackerfactor.com)
425 points across 2 posts | 1 year ago with 46 comments
2018MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts (news.mit.edu)
425 points | 2 years ago with 137 comments
2018The interesting ideas in Datasette (simonwillison.net)
420 points across 3 posts | 2 years ago with 10 comments
2018Spinning Up in Deep RL (spinningup.openai.com)
406 points across 3 posts | 11 months ago with 5 comments
2018The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone (theatlantic.com)
399 points across 3 posts | 1 year ago with 70 comments
2018In defense of swap: common misconceptions (chrisdown.name)
399 points across 3 posts | 2 years ago with 165 comments
2018Mtime comparison considered harmful (apenwarr.ca)
389 points across 6 posts | 2 years ago with 33 comments
2018Data-Oriented Design (dataorienteddesign.com)
383 points | 1 year ago with 132 comments
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