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1.		Hello from Orkut (orkut.com)
		643 points by shardul111 on Aug 5, 2016 \| 323 comments
2.		Mozilla Awards $585k to Nine Open Source Projects (blog.mozilla.org)
		441 points by kibwen on Aug 5, 2016 \| 140 comments
3.		Let's Encrypt root certificate trusted by Mozilla (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
		459 points by _jomo on Aug 5, 2016 \| 160 comments
4.		Ask HN: How do you get notified about newest research papers in your field?
		406 points by warriorkitty on Aug 5, 2016 \| 135 comments
5.		The Linux kernel hidden inside Windows 10 (github.com/ionescu007)
		333 points by eDameXxX on Aug 5, 2016 \| 163 comments
6.		Praise for Intelligence Can Undermine Children's Motivation (1998) [pdf] (stanford.edu)
		253 points by EvgeniyZh on Aug 5, 2016 \| 155 comments
7.		Apple announces bug bounty program (techcrunch.com)
		344 points by nos4A2 on Aug 4, 2016 \| 92 comments
8.		MIT and DARPA Pack Lidar Sensor onto Single Chip (ieee.org)
		261 points by Osiris30 on Aug 5, 2016 \| 59 comments
9.		Why We Moved from Amazon Web Services to Google Cloud Platform (lugassy.net)
		361 points by jganetsk on Aug 5, 2016 \| 246 comments
10.		What are Bloom filters? (2015) (medium.com/the-story)
		202 points by trumbitta2 on Aug 5, 2016 \| 69 comments
11.		Can NAT traversal be Tor's killer feature? (2014) (gist.github.com)
		117 points by networked on Aug 5, 2016 \| 22 comments
12.		A molecule called ‘Sandman’ could help solve the ‘mystery of sleep’ (washingtonpost.com)
		133 points by chriskanan on Aug 5, 2016 \| 62 comments
13.		Amazon launches Prime Air, its own dedicated cargo planes to speed delivery (techcrunch.com)
		277 points by lxm on Aug 5, 2016 \| 179 comments
14.		Torrentz Shuts Down, Largest Torrent Meta-Search Engine Says Farewell (torrentfreak.com)
		385 points by dacm on Aug 5, 2016 \| 312 comments
15.		Test flight held for small jet modeled after Miyazaki anime (mainichi.jp)
		242 points by sjreese on Aug 5, 2016 \| 69 comments
16.		Who’s the First Person in History Whose Name We Know? (2015) (nationalgeographic.com)
		180 points by rfreytag on Aug 4, 2016 \| 130 comments
17.		An Isolated Tribe Emerges from the Rain Forest (newyorker.com)
		87 points by gk1 on Aug 5, 2016 \| 15 comments
18.		Show HN: Book about writing web apps in Go without a framework (github.com/thewhitetulip)
		158 points by thewhitetulip on Aug 5, 2016 \| 57 comments
19.		Xen exploitation part 3: XSA-182, Qubes escape (quarkslab.com)
		81 points by sprin on Aug 5, 2016 \| 5 comments
20.		HEIST: HTTP Encrypted Information Can Be Stolen Through TCP-Windows [pdf] (tom.vg)
		129 points by jerf on Aug 4, 2016 \| 59 comments
21.		Show HN: PyHN - Hacker news client for command line (python.org)
		79 points by Socketubs on Aug 5, 2016 \| 18 comments
22.		The Real Value of $100 in Each US State (taxfoundation.org)
		229 points by nreece on Aug 5, 2016 \| 206 comments
23.		Find a new city (austinkleon.com)
		233 points by mantesso on Aug 5, 2016 \| 188 comments
24.		Resurrecting the Flower Crowns of Old Ukrainian Wedding Photos (atlasobscura.com)
		64 points by lermontov on Aug 4, 2016 \| 54 comments
25.		Understanding gradient descent (thegreenplace.net)
		126 points by ingve on Aug 5, 2016 \| 30 comments
26.		Hitchhiker trees: functional, persistent, off-heap sorted maps (github.com/datacrypt-project)
		150 points by hadronzoo on Aug 5, 2016 \| 32 comments
27.		Brasília at Midnight (evenmagazine.com)
		54 points by Petiver on Aug 2, 2016 \| 74 comments
28.		Demystifying the Secure Enclave Processor [pdf] (blackhat.com)
		124 points by taocp on Aug 5, 2016 \| 32 comments
29.		Moving to GitLab: Yes, it's worth it (about.gitlab.com)
		292 points by brodock on Aug 5, 2016 \| 346 comments
30.		FTC to Crack Down on Paid Celebrity Posts That Aren’t Clear Ads (bloomberg.com)
		132 points by lnguyen on Aug 5, 2016 \| 110 comments
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