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1.		4WD vs. AWD. What's the Difference? (outsideonline.com)
		404 points by hackuser on Aug 27, 2016 \| 201 comments
2.		Why should children program? A review of Seymour Papert's Mindstorms (dannas.github.io)
		171 points by dannas on Aug 27, 2016 \| 105 comments
3.		Breaking a myth: Data shows you don’t actually need a co-founder (techcrunch.com)
		380 points by greenspot on Aug 27, 2016 \| 166 comments
4.		In rich and poor countries, researchers turn to Sci-Hub (sciencemag.org)
		330 points by guiambros on Aug 27, 2016 \| 134 comments
5.		Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek (washingtonpost.com)
		362 points by djacobs on Aug 26, 2016 \| 284 comments
6.		Movfuscator – A single-instruction C compiler (github.com/xoreaxeaxeax)
		191 points by vasili111 on Aug 27, 2016 \| 53 comments
7.		HTTP Observatory: analyze your website and review available methods to secure it (github.com/mozilla)
		128 points by based2 on Aug 27, 2016 \| 16 comments
8.		Fluid Simulation (with WebGL demo) (jamie-wong.com)
		196 points by robertelder on Aug 27, 2016 \| 27 comments
9.		Short-selling as a way to profit from security vulnerabilities (bloomberg.com)
		181 points by ISL on Aug 27, 2016 \| 114 comments
10.		Why China won’t own next-generation manufacturing (washingtonpost.com)
		178 points by endswapper on Aug 27, 2016 \| 193 comments
11.		Z3 SMT solver interactive tutorial (rise4fun.com)
		114 points by vmorgulis on Aug 27, 2016 \| 14 comments
12.		New class of galaxy has been discovered, made almost entirely of dark matter (washingtonpost.com)
		288 points by daegloe on Aug 26, 2016 \| 139 comments
13.		Show HN: In-view.js – Get notified when DOM elements enter or exit the viewport (github.com/camwiegert)
		118 points by Heqx on Aug 27, 2016 \| 62 comments
14.		Maru OS becomes an open source project (opensourceforu.com)
		97 points by rakibtg on Aug 27, 2016 \| 26 comments
15.		SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship splashes down in Pacific (phys.org)
		113 points by dnetesn on Aug 27, 2016 \| 20 comments
16.		Colombia’s Milestone in World Peace (nytimes.com)
		108 points by _mhyx on Aug 26, 2016 \| 71 comments
17.		Ntfy: A utility for sending notifications (github.com/dschep)
		226 points by snehesht on Aug 27, 2016 \| 45 comments
18.		In Mathematics, Mistakes Aren’t What They Used to Be (2015) (nautil.us)
		105 points by dnetesn on Aug 27, 2016 \| 54 comments
19.		Programmer, interrupted (2013) (gamasutra.com)
		106 points by joshka on Aug 27, 2016 \| 44 comments
20.		Majority of mathematicians hail from 24 scientific ‘families’ (nature.com)
		171 points by philip1209 on Aug 27, 2016 \| 83 comments
21.		Uber's Failure in Japan (disruptingjapan.com)
		170 points by jmadsen on Aug 27, 2016 \| 135 comments
22.		Why Nearly Every Film Ends by Saying It’s Fiction (slate.com)
		152 points by yurisagalov on Aug 27, 2016 \| 83 comments
23.		What Slack might learn from its Open Source alternative (mattermost.org)
		219 points by caiobegotti on Aug 27, 2016 \| 94 comments
24.		John Ellenby, Visionary Who Helped Create Early Laptop, Dies at 75 (nytimes.com)
		68 points by NaOH on Aug 27, 2016 \| 15 comments
25.		Wolverines: The Future of Search and Rescue (outsideonline.com)
		66 points by curtis on Aug 26, 2016 \| 11 comments
26.		Keep a Changelog (keepachangelog.com)
		137 points by vdfs on Aug 26, 2016 \| 45 comments
27.		How Fins Evolved into Hands and Feet (theatlantic.com)
		65 points by Hooke on Aug 25, 2016 \| 9 comments
28.		G.E., the 124-Year-Old Software Start-Up (nytimes.com)
		115 points by petethomas on Aug 27, 2016 \| 130 comments
29.		IM2CAD – Reconstruct a scene that is as similar as possible to a photograph (arxiv.org)
		86 points by EvgeniyZh on Aug 27, 2016 \| 6 comments
30.		A FreeBSD 10 Desktop How-To (cooltrainer.org)
		201 points by vasili111 on Aug 27, 2016 \| 177 comments
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