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Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert Riots break out in cities across US, including fires, violence near White House 05/31/20 7:57 PM

Chants, Clashes and Hundreds of Arrests: What Happened at the Protests in New York City

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Kick Off a Week of Community and Culture

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‘Billions’ Season 5, Episode 5 Recap: Old Men

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New top story on Hacker News: Is this the most orderly nation?

Is this the most orderly nation? 9 by ErnstByner21 | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Brex Lays Off 62 Employees

Brex Lays Off 62 Employees 30 by SQL2219 | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: An Idiot’s guide to Support vector machines (2003) [pdf]

An Idiot’s guide to Support vector machines (2003) [pdf] 13 by headalgorithm | 2 comments on Hacker News.

Truck Driver Arrested After Barreling Through Minneapolis Protest

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Christo’s Grand Projects

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Aggressive Police Tactics During Protests Are Under Scrutiny

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New top story on Hacker News: Website Will Selfdestruct

Website Will Selfdestruct 21 by boh123 | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos

The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos 18 by danso | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Amid Riots and a Pandemic, Church Attendance Resumes in ‘a Very Broken World’

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Video Appears to Show a Tanker Truck Driving Into Minneapolis Protesters

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‘We’re Sick and Tired’: Voices From Minneapolis Protests

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Symbol of N.Y.C. Unrest: A Burning Police Car

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Destructive Power of Despair

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What Trump and Toxic Cops Have in Common

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New top story on Hacker News: Hacker News Security

Hacker News Security 34 by itsspring | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A Hierarchy of Engineering Values

A Hierarchy of Engineering Values 15 by duncan_mcisaac | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist 20 by processing | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Trolley Problem Problem

The Trolley Problem Problem 20 by Hooke | 6 comments on Hacker News.

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert Semitrailer speeds into crowd of protesters on Minneapolis bridge; injuries unclear 05/31/20 4:29 PM

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Open GIF Search

Show HN: Open GIF Search 5 by blululu | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: StoneCutter: A Very High Level Instruction Set Design Language

StoneCutter: A Very High Level Instruction Set Design Language 5 by matt_d | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert Los Angeles mayor calls for National Guard help 05/30/20 8:25 PM

Trump Postpones G7 Summit and Calls for Russia to Attend

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Thousands Protest George Floyd’s Death In N.Y.C.

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A Reporter’s Cry on Live TV: ‘I’m Getting Shot! I’m Getting Shot!’

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New top story on Hacker News: I Can't Breathe

I Can't Breathe 23 by radmuzom | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Finding secrets by decompiling Python bytecode in public repositories

Finding secrets by decompiling Python bytecode in public repositories 4 by gilad | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years and counting?

Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years and counting? 40 by genedangelo | 14 comments on Hacker News. In May of 1963, I started my first full-time job as a computer programmer for Mitchell Engineering Company, a supplier of steel buildings. At Mitchell, I developed programs in Fortran II on an IBM 1620 mostly to improve the efficiency of order processing and fulfillment. Since then, all my jobs for the past 57 years have involved computer programming. I am now a data scientist developing cloud-based big data fraud detection algorithms using machine learning and other advanced analytical technologies. Along the way, I earned a Master’s in Operations Research and a Master’s in Management Science, studied artificial intelligence for 3 years in a Ph.D. program for engineering, and just two years ago I received Graduate Certificates in Big Data Analytics from the schools of business and computer science at a local university (FAU). In addition, I currently hold the designation of ...

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: I made a simple PDF text editor

Show HN: I made a simple PDF text editor 40 by shashanoid | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Myers diff algorithm that is used in Git (2017)

The Myers diff algorithm that is used in Git (2017) 4 by dgudkov | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Making a SNES game in 2020 (using modern tools)

Making a SNES game in 2020 (using modern tools) 24 by drludos | 3 comments on Hacker News.

8pm saturday

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New top story on Hacker News: Is coffee bad for you, And what real research has to say

Is coffee bad for you, And what real research has to say 3 by wirwal | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Cracking WordPress passwords with 20 lines of Go

Cracking WordPress passwords with 20 lines of Go 3 by frenxi | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: US food prices see historic jump and are likely to stay high

US food prices see historic jump and are likely to stay high 5 by harambae | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Nukemap

Nukemap 14 by rolph | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Operation of a silicon quantum processor unit cell above one kelvin

Operation of a silicon quantum processor unit cell above one kelvin 4 by martinmartinez | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Trump Hopes for His Own Booster Shot from SpaceX Rocket Launch

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Photos From the Protests in 29 Cities Over Racism and Police Violence

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Draw a Self-Portrait

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Here’s What You Need to Know About Breonna Taylor’s Death

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New top story on Hacker News: Powers of Two (2017)

Powers of Two (2017) 8 by momonga | 0 comments on Hacker News.

‘Facing the Darkest Hour’: Hong Kong’s Protest Movement in Crisis

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friday 10 pm

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Confrontational

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New top story on Hacker News: What is emergence?

What is emergence? 12 by got-any-grapes | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: World's deepest octopus captured on camera

World's deepest octopus captured on camera 9 by pseudolus | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Special Episode: The Latest From Minneapolis

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America Is a Tinderbox

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Flynn Discussed Sanctions at Length With Russian Diplomat, Transcripts Show

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How the Supreme Court Lets Cops Get Away With Murder

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New York City, Battered by Outbreak, Finally Moves Toward Reopening

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New top story on Hacker News: SpaceX Starship SN4 launch vehicle prototype explodes after static engine test

SpaceX Starship SN4 launch vehicle prototype explodes after static engine test 31 by edward | 9 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Oldest 'nearly complete' HIV genome found in forgotten tissue sample from 1966

Oldest 'nearly complete' HIV genome found in forgotten tissue sample from 1966 26 by mmoez | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Meander: a procedural system for generating maps of rivers that never existed

Meander: a procedural system for generating maps of rivers that never existed 5 by henning | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert White House briefly locked down as unrest reported in Atlanta, Washington and New York City in wake of George Floyd's death 05/29/20 5:38 PM

George Floyd Was Pinned Down for Nearly 3 Minutes After He Became Unresponsive, Prosecutors Say

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China and the Rhineland Moment

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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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A Continent Reopens

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Ex-Officer Charged in Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis

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George Floyd Worked With Officer Charged in His Death

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‘The Pain Is Too Intense’: Biden Challenges White Americans

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New top story on Hacker News: Surveillance tools used by the Minneapolis Police Department

Surveillance tools used by the Minneapolis Police Department 21 by jbegley | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The surprising persistence of RSA keys in SSH

The surprising persistence of RSA keys in SSH 18 by tomwas54 | 8 comments on Hacker News.

Corrections: May 29, 2020

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Quotation of the Day: His Project in Lockdown: A Giant Bird

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Tough Nut to Crack

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THURSDAY

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New top story on Hacker News: GPT-3: Language Models Are Few-Shot Learners

GPT-3: Language Models Are Few-Shot Learners 40 by baylearn | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: “GPT-3: Language Models Are Few-Shot Learners”, Brown et al. 2020 (OpenAI)

“GPT-3: Language Models Are Few-Shot Learners”, Brown et al. 2020 (OpenAI) 44 by gwern | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: 1989 California Medfly Attack

1989 California Medfly Attack 12 by eindiran | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: OpenSSL 3.0

OpenSSL 3.0 9 by ddb | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Deno Is a Browser for Code

Deno Is a Browser for Code 27 by beefman | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Dangerous SHA-1 crypto function is about to die in SSH

Dangerous SHA-1 crypto function is about to die in SSH 19 by headalgorithm | 2 comments on Hacker News.

G.O.P. Pressures North Carolina’s Governor on Convention

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New top story on Hacker News: Mux (YC W16) is hiring engineers to work on cloud video infrastructure

Mux (YC W16) is hiring engineers to work on cloud video infrastructure 1 by jon_dahl | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Writings of Leslie Lamport

The Writings of Leslie Lamport 12 by kaymanb | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Epic Games Primer

The Epic Games Primer 13 by homarp | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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Pompeo Releases Letter Clearing Him of Violating Law With Kansas Trips

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National Geographic Plan to Dismantle Granite Sculpture Hits Snag

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Kosovo Court Says New Government Can Be Formed Without an Election

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National Guard Called as Minneapolis Erupts in Solidarity for George Floyd

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Millions Relying on Pandemic Aid Can See Its End, and They’re Scared

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New top story on Hacker News: Statement by FCC Commissioner Starks on Section 230 Executive Order

Statement by FCC Commissioner Starks on Section 230 Executive Order 28 by aspenmayer | 30 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Spotify Most streamed track of the day by Country

Spotify Most streamed track of the day by Country 23 by sebastien-lbn | 10 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How Many People Did It Take to Build the Great Pyramid?

How Many People Did It Take to Build the Great Pyramid? 15 by samizdis | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 7 by sohkamyung | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Simple-blogger – blog generated from GitHub project READMEs

Show HN: Simple-blogger – blog generated from GitHub project READMEs 3 by depthfirst | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: We reduced AWS costs by 67% on our streaming data pipeline

We reduced AWS costs by 67% on our streaming data pipeline 18 by cloudfalcon | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Puritan Bohemian

The Puritan Bohemian 6 by pepys | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert Fugitive UConn student wanted in 2 killings is caught in Maryland after manhunt, police say 05/27/20 6:51 PM

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert Heated protests, reports of looting as tension builds in Minneapolis over George Floyd death 05/27/20 6:25 PM

Scenes From an Economic Collapse

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When the Casinos Were Shuttered, the Money Dried Up in Las Vegas

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Amazon’s Big Breakdown

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An American Jobs Crisis with Few Reporters to Cover It

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