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31.Broadband monopolies push bill that would crush the ability to stand up to them (techdirt.com)
254 points by rntn on Aug 18, 2023 | 155 comments
32.Police are getting DNA data from people who think they opted out (theintercept.com)
228 points by ilamont on Aug 18, 2023 | 204 comments
33.WTF is going on with R7RS Large? (dpk.io)
190 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 18, 2023 | 122 comments
34.Radiation Spikes at Chernobyl (zetter.substack.com)
140 points by 8organicbits on Aug 18, 2023 | 129 comments
35.Throwing away 10 months of work after 2 months on the job (dancowell.com)
221 points by promiseofbeans on Aug 17, 2023 | 172 comments
36.Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot (arstechnica.com)
196 points by quantified on Aug 18, 2023 | 108 comments
37.Why GNU su does not support the `wheel' group (2002) (ftp.gnu.org)
148 points by cdrt on Aug 18, 2023 | 143 comments
38.Fixing the TPM: Hardware Security Modules Done Right (loup-vaillant.fr)
84 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 18, 2023 | 85 comments
39.C and C++ prioritize performance over correctness (swtch.com)
265 points by bumbledraven on Aug 18, 2023 | 543 comments
40.New type of star gives clues to mysterious origin of magnetars (eso.org)
66 points by conse_lad on Aug 18, 2023 | 6 comments
41.Low dose radiation cancer 2x worse than predicted by LNT model (bmj.com)
152 points by pfdietz on Aug 18, 2023 | 156 comments
42.The modern sea spider had started to diversify by the Jurassic, study finds (bristol.ac.uk)
54 points by conse_lad on Aug 18, 2023 | 5 comments
43.Load Balancing: The Intuition Behind the Power of Two Random Choices (betterprogramming.pub)
116 points by fagnerbrack on Aug 16, 2023 | 37 comments
44.Acronym’s new computer with Asus is bonkers, but that’s the point (techcrunch.com)
127 points by webmaven on Aug 17, 2023 | 169 comments
45.Algebraic data types in Lua (almost) (mrcjkb.dev)
80 points by mrcjkb on Aug 17, 2023 | 9 comments
46.Microplastics detected in the marine air from Norway to the high Arctic (scienceswitch.com)
115 points by conse_lad on Aug 18, 2023 | 115 comments
47.Worldcoin ignored initial order to stop iris scans in Kenya, records show (techcrunch.com)
213 points by JoachimS on Aug 18, 2023 | 191 comments
48.Node.js 20.6.0 will include built-in support for .env files (twitter.com/kom_256)
196 points by mariuz on Aug 18, 2023 | 123 comments
49.How the Army tried and failed to build a bicycle corps (2020) (armytimes.com)
74 points by 1970-01-01 on Aug 17, 2023 | 64 comments
50.London Then and Now: Aerial Shots Show City Grow over Past Two Decades (londonist.com)
221 points by susam on Aug 18, 2023 | 214 comments
51.Abbrev: A hidden Ruby gem (akshaykhot.com)
81 points by software_writer on Aug 17, 2023 | 31 comments
52.Expanding Transformer size without losing function or starting from scratch (arxiv.org)
52 points by famouswaffles on Aug 18, 2023 | 26 comments
53.New book considers the impact of electronic logging devices on drivers (truckersnews.com)
72 points by edward on Aug 16, 2023 | 68 comments
54.A 100GW phased laser array for interstellar lightsail propulsion (2021) (optica.org)
106 points by gus_leonel on Aug 18, 2023 | 89 comments
55.How to implement a disk cache plugin for Elixir's Req HTTP client? (thibautbarrere.com)
60 points by thibaut_barrere on Aug 18, 2023 | 36 comments
56.You probably don’t need to fine-tune an LLM (tidepool.so)
181 points by gk1 on Aug 18, 2023 | 73 comments
57.Old software keeping space missions alive (bbc.com)
80 points by alex1212 on Aug 17, 2023 | 63 comments
58.Dirty downside of 'return to office'; ending WFH could make climate crisis worse (businessinsider.com)
181 points by myshpa on Aug 18, 2023 | 183 comments
59.Revealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group (theguardian.com)
163 points by cassianoleal on Aug 18, 2023 | 145 comments
60.From Mechs to Mopar (filfre.net)
33 points by doppp on Aug 18, 2023 | 16 comments

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