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1.		Doctors want ban on prescription drug, device advertisements (arstechnica.com)
		582 points by pavornyoh on Nov 18, 2015 \| 314 comments
2.		Comcast injects JavaScript into webpages to show copyright notices to customers (gist.github.com)
		645 points by Jarred on Nov 19, 2015 \| 392 comments
3.		A Back Door to Encryption Won't Stop Terrorists (bloombergview.com)
		406 points by giles on Nov 18, 2015 \| 266 comments
4.		ARRIS Cable Modem Has a Backdoor in the Backdoor (w00tsec.blogspot.com)
		471 points by geococcyxc on Nov 19, 2015 \| 119 comments
5.		Police Civil Asset Forfeitures Exceed All Burglaries in 2014 (armstrongeconomics.com)
		447 points by ccvannorman on Nov 18, 2015 \| 129 comments
6.		Berlin public transport in real time (vbb.de)
		367 points by fdellavedova on Nov 19, 2015 \| 139 comments
7.		Chuck Forsberg has died – author of Zmodem (anewtradition.com)
		233 points by jacquesm on Nov 19, 2015 \| 69 comments
8.		Nintendo Controller Teardown (fictiv.com)
		152 points by fictivmade on Nov 19, 2015 \| 43 comments
9.		Web login using SSH (github.com/altitude)
		203 points by levosmetalo on Nov 19, 2015 \| 81 comments
10.		Google Picks Diane Greene to Expand Its Cloud Business (nytimes.com)
		175 points by scommab on Nov 19, 2015 \| 90 comments
11.		Square jumps in market debut (reuters.com)
		140 points by petethomas on Nov 19, 2015 \| 97 comments
12.		How Inflight Wifi Works (thepointsguy.com)
		160 points by ffwang2 on Nov 18, 2015 \| 124 comments
13.		Making Elm faster and friendlier in 0.16 (elm-lang.org)
		243 points by jwmerrill on Nov 19, 2015 \| 90 comments
14.		A Step Toward Protecting Fair Use on YouTube (googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com)
		159 points by jacquesm on Nov 19, 2015 \| 50 comments
15.		Apache Geode: Distributed, in-memory database (apache.org)
		187 points by espeed on Nov 19, 2015 \| 62 comments
16.		Biohackers Creating Open-Source Insulin (popsci.com)
		190 points by pavornyoh on Nov 19, 2015 \| 65 comments
17.		A detailed data-centric exposé on how the market is rigged (2014) (nanex.net)
		114 points by chollida1 on Nov 17, 2015 \| 37 comments
18.		Teaching a 3-Year-Old to Program Without a Computer Screen (ieee.org)
		97 points by _gjrn on Nov 18, 2015 \| 35 comments
19.		Signs Point to Unencrypted Communications Between Terror Suspects (theintercept.com)
		226 points by apress on Nov 18, 2015 \| 96 comments
20.		Practical NLP for Finding Wifi in Hostels (racketracer.com)
		119 points by racketracer on Nov 18, 2015 \| 10 comments
21.		Depression-Fighting SAD Lamps Aren't Just for Your Winter Blues (vice.com)
		105 points by sageabilly on Nov 18, 2015 \| 52 comments
22.		Square Prices Its IPO at $9, giving it a $2.7B valuation (techcrunch.com)
		175 points by jrbedard on Nov 19, 2015 \| 175 comments
23.		The mid-Victorian diet was a mini golden age of nutrition (spectator.co.uk)
		93 points by agarden on Nov 18, 2015 \| 97 comments
24.		John McCain wants to outlaw encryption that the US government can't crack (businessinsider.com)
		285 points by declan on Nov 18, 2015 \| 188 comments
25.		Elsevier Says Content-Mining Research Papers 'Could Be Considered' Stealing (techdirt.com)
		123 points by walterbell on Nov 18, 2015 \| 38 comments
26.		MCU based PicoLisp machines for sale (mail-archive.com)
		65 points by lelf on Nov 18, 2015 \| 1 comment
27.		Software development: do good manners matter? (peerj.com)
		109 points by cpeterso on Nov 18, 2015 \| 94 comments
28.		EU proposal to clamp down on Bitcoin curb terrorism funding (reuters.com)
		180 points by ghosh on Nov 19, 2015 \| 156 comments
29.		World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era' (bbc.co.uk)
		129 points by pmoriarty on Nov 19, 2015 \| 119 comments
30.		Using OpenStreetMap and GraphHopper to visit every pub in Dublin (graphhopper.com)
		85 points by rmc on Nov 18, 2015 \| 14 comments
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