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Life & fun · January 9, 2019

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Top PDFs Posted to Hacker News in 2018

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Top PDFs Posted to Hacker News in 2018 is a curated collection of the most popular PDF documents shared on Hacker News during 2018. Created for readers interested in technical content and internet culture, it aggregates PDFs that resonated with the Hacker News community. The collection helps users discover influential research papers, whitepapers, and documents that generated discussion among developers and technologists throughout the year.

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