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1.		J.C.R. Licklider on the History of Personal Workstations (1986) [video] (youtube.com)
		154 points by dang on Feb 6, 2016 \| 28 comments
2.		GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart (businessinsider.com)
		808 points by easyd on Feb 6, 2016 \| 973 comments
3.		iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party repairs (theguardian.com)
		438 points by noobie on Feb 6, 2016 \| 341 comments
4.		Amgen publishes failures to replicate high-profile science (nature.com)
		193 points by chriskanan on Feb 6, 2016 \| 14 comments
5.		PayPal Starts Banning VPN and SmartDNS Services (torrentfreak.com)
		296 points by fernandotakai on Feb 6, 2016 \| 193 comments
6.		Docker Official Images Are Moving to Alpine Linux (brianchristner.io)
		246 points by infodroid on Feb 5, 2016 \| 124 comments
7.		Widest Roman Prime (soff.es)
		104 points by kellysutton on Feb 6, 2016 \| 28 comments
8.		So you still don't understand Hindley-Milner? (2013) (akgupta.ca)
		202 points by mpgirro on Feb 6, 2016 \| 9 comments
9.		Judicial combat between a man and a dog in 1361 (thebookofdays.com)
		113 points by networked on Feb 6, 2016 \| 28 comments
10.		Edgar D. Mitchell, Sixth Moonwalking Astronaut, Dies at 85 (nytimes.com)
		94 points by NaOH on Feb 6, 2016 \| 33 comments
11.		Watson for President (watson2016.com)
		304 points by derEitel on Feb 6, 2016 \| 212 comments
12.		No such thing as “real programming” (2015) (brightball.com)
		113 points by yumaikas on Feb 5, 2016 \| 104 comments
13.		Encrypted libraries leak lots of information in Seafile (github.com/haiwen)
		79 points by networked on Feb 6, 2016 \| 11 comments
14.		Sydney's fun police have put out the light of the nightlife (theguardian.com)
		176 points by nness on Feb 6, 2016 \| 152 comments
15.		Google shuts down Amazon unionization website (thestranger.com)
		195 points by ftfb on Feb 6, 2016 \| 64 comments
16.		Why the Assholes Are Winning: Money Trumps All (wiley.com)
		193 points by rbanffy on Feb 6, 2016 \| 177 comments
17.		Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes (2009) (abajournal.com)
		23 points by networked on Feb 6, 2016 \| 1 comment
18.		The Chipophone – A homemade 8-bit synthesizer (2010) (linusakesson.net)
		89 points by jamescgrant on Feb 6, 2016 \| 12 comments
19.		Knuth 3:16 (2002) (denenberg.com)
		68 points by stepvhen on Feb 6, 2016 \| 20 comments
20.		TempleOS V4.02 Released (templeos.org)
		205 points by TerryADavis on Feb 6, 2016 \| 53 comments
21.		Show HN: What parts of your code are not original
		104 points by nunobrito on Feb 6, 2016 \| 36 comments
22.		Ask HN: Best way to learn HTML and CSS for web design?
		156 points by dpapathanasiou on Feb 6, 2016 \| 65 comments
23.		“Screw it, I'll make my own” – The story of a new programming language (breuleux.net)
		139 points by chrismonsanto on Feb 6, 2016 \| 68 comments
24.		Re-Creating WarGames with Tableau and Mapbox (allanwalkerit.tumblr.com)
		50 points by vinnyglennon on Feb 6, 2016 \| 5 comments
25.		DNA evidence uncovers major upheaval in Europe near end of last Ice Age (phys.org)
		44 points by JacobAldridge on Feb 4, 2016 \| 2 comments
26.		How to Fix Tech’s H-1B Problem (techcrunch.com)
		65 points by Garbage on Feb 6, 2016 \| 146 comments
27.		90s Cursor Effects (github.com/tholman)
		60 points by plurby on Feb 6, 2016 \| 24 comments
28.		The removal of road markings is to be celebrated. We are safer without them (theguardian.com)
		92 points by ranit on Feb 6, 2016 \| 90 comments
29.		Japanese Insect Literature (japantimes.co.jp)
		41 points by acsillag on Feb 6, 2016 \| 6 comments
30.		The "Tourist" Investors Flooding Silicon Valley With Money Will Go Home One Day (buzzfeed.com)
		62 points by robk on Feb 6, 2016 \| 23 comments
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