Hacker News on 8 January 2018

• The growing body of evidence that digital distraction is damaging our minds
• Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360
• Useful Mental Models (2016)
• James Damore has filed a class action lawsuit against Google
• The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won
• Losing Faith in the State, Some Mexican Towns Quietly Break Away
• Apple shareholders push for study of phone addiction in children
• Beginner's guide to longevity research
• Net Neutrality to Get U.S. Senate Vote as Democrats Force Issue
• Google Pay