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CKEditor 5: New approach to rich text editing on the web
https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-5-A-new-era-for-rich-text-editing/

(submitted by davidpolberger)

I Snuck into Ken Kesey's Fiction Class
http://lithub.com/lidia-yuknavitch-the-time-i-snuck-into-ken-keseys-fiction-class/

(submitted by fern12)

Vim after 15 Years
https://statico.github.io/vim3.html

(submitted by statico)

Tezos Raised $232M in a Hot Coin Offering, Then a Fight Broke Out
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tezos-raised-232-million-in-a-hot-coin-offering-then-a-fight-broke-out-1508354704

(submitted by jeremyrwelch)

Unsafe RSA primes conjectured
https://mathoverflow.net/questions/283767/

(submitted by jjgreen)

BadNets: Identifying vulnerabilities in the machine learning model supply chain
https://blog.acolyer.org/2017/10/13/badnets-identifying-vulnerabilities-in-the-machine-learning-model-supply-chain/

(submitted by fnord123)

The 6-Step “Happy Path” to HTTPS
https://www.troyhunt.com/the-6-step-happy-path-to-https/

(submitted by jgrahamc)

Blockchains explained visually (part 1 of 2)
https://unwttng.com/what-is-a-blockchain

(submitted by unwttng)

The Spread of Feynman Diagrams in the USA, Japan, and the USSR (2004) [pdf]
http://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www/Kaiser.SpreadingTools.pdf

(submitted by pja)

Why Cryonics Makes Sense (2016)
https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html

(submitted by apsec112)

Show HN: Codekeeper – Source Code Escrow for Developers
http://www.codekeeper.co

(submitted by ddewit)

For many older Americans, the rat race is over. But the inequality isn't
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/18/for-many-older-americans-the-rat-race-is-over-but-the-inequality-isnt/

(submitted by rbanffy)

Stop Using word2vec
http://multithreaded.stitchfix.com/blog/2017/10/18/stop-using-word2vec/

(submitted by blopeur)

Transport-Triggered Architectures
http://tce.cs.tut.fi/tta.html

(submitted by akakievich)

Students learn more effectively from print textbooks than screens, study says
http://www.businessinsider.com/students-learning-education-print-textbooks-screens-study-2017-10

(submitted by ALee)

Did Easter Islanders Have Early Contact with South Americans?
https://www.livescience.com/60673-easter-island-dna-evidence.html

(submitted by Thevet)

Swift: Accomplishing Dynamic Dispatch on PATs (Protocol with Associated Types)
https://medium.com/@kahseng.lee123/accomplishing-dynamic-dispatch-on-pats-protocol-with-associated-types-b29d1242e939

(submitted by mpweiher)

Why the trial by ordeal was actually an effective test of guilt
https://aeon.co/ideas/why-the-trial-by-ordeal-was-actually-an-effective-test-of-guilt

(submitted by blago)

AWS West Outage
http://status.aws.amazon.com/

(submitted by rabidonrails)

MIT Economist Has a New Theory of Finance
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-16/mit-economist-andrew-lo-has-a-new-theory-of-finance

(submitted by allenleein)