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1.
Grumpy: Go running Python (googleblog.com)
1411 points by trotterdylan on Jan 4, 2017 | 451 comments
2.
Google reveals secret test of AI bot to beat top Go players (nature.com)
495 points by cpeterso on Jan 4, 2017 | 205 comments
3.
TensorKart: self-driving MarioKart with TensorFlow (kevinhughes.ca)
631 points by pickle27 on Jan 4, 2017 | 68 comments
4.
Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory (bloomberg.com)
446 points by fmihaila on Jan 4, 2017 | 153 comments
5.
Getting Past C (ntpsec.org)
461 points by ingve on Jan 3, 2017 | 486 comments
6.
Richard Feynman Put Himself on the FBI’s Do Not Call List (muckrock.com)
381 points by danso on Jan 4, 2017 | 73 comments
7.
Renewing Medium’s focus (blog.medium.com)
482 points by minimaxir on Jan 4, 2017 | 376 comments
8.
P vs. NP (scottaaronson.com)
390 points by ikeboy on Jan 4, 2017 | 71 comments
9.
Inkscape Version 0.92 is Released (inkscape.org)
402 points by p4bl0 on Jan 4, 2017 | 204 comments
10.
Sweden reveals results from pilot of 30-hour work week (bloomberg.com)
231 points by uxhacker on Jan 4, 2017 | 198 comments
11.
Alexa: Amazon's Operating System (stratechery.com)
278 points by misiti3780 on Jan 4, 2017 | 168 comments
12.
I’m Joining LinkedIn (tomdale.net)
248 points by joeyespo on Jan 4, 2017 | 157 comments
13.
The Real Name Fallacy (coralproject.net)
318 points by maxt on Jan 3, 2017 | 309 comments
14.
Show HN: PDFlower – Reflow PDF papers for small-screen reading (pdflower.com)
216 points by chengchang on Jan 4, 2017 | 59 comments
15.
Don’t Get Trampled: The Puzzle for “Unicorn” Employees (medium.com/positiveslope)
257 points by lxm on Jan 3, 2017 | 91 comments
16.
Apple Removes New York Times Apps from iTunes Store in China (nytimes.com)
198 points by gist on Jan 4, 2017 | 184 comments
17.
SpaceVim – Like Spacemacs, but for Vim (spacevim.org)
223 points by wsdjeg on Jan 4, 2017 | 176 comments
18.
HP made a laptop slightly thicker to add 3 hours of battery life (theverge.com)
237 points by slantyyz on Jan 3, 2017 | 216 comments
19.
Isaac Asimov Asks, “How Do People Get New Ideas?” (1959) (technologyreview.com)
211 points by xtacy on Jan 4, 2017 | 28 comments
20.
Dropbox Could Have One of 2017’s Most Interesting IPOs (technologyreview.com)
168 points by t23 on Jan 4, 2017 | 153 comments
21.
First China-U.K. Freight Train Departs as Xi Seeks to Lift Trade (bloomberg.com)
168 points by caf on Jan 4, 2017 | 131 comments
22.
Video Games Satisfy Basic Human Needs (nautil.us)
244 points by dnetesn on Jan 4, 2017 | 136 comments
23.
Rust on RTL8710 running FreeRTOS (polyfractal.com)
245 points by aurhum on Jan 4, 2017 | 46 comments
24.
$718K penalty against M.C. Dean for blocking Wi-Fi devices (2015) (fcc.gov)
194 points by adammunich on Jan 4, 2017 | 120 comments
25.
Notes for the New Year (blog.ycombinator.com)
172 points by craigcannon on Jan 4, 2017 | 78 comments
26.
Headphone inline controls – how they differ on Apple iOS vs. Android/Nokia (head-fi.org)
170 points by sengork on Jan 4, 2017 | 77 comments
27.
SeaweedFS – A simple and highly scalable distributed file system (github.com/chrislusf)
119 points by daenney on Jan 4, 2017 | 50 comments
28.
Minstrel ZX80 Clone (tynemouthsoftware.co.uk)
113 points by sohkamyung on Jan 4, 2017 | 31 comments
29.
Quantum computers ready to leap out of the lab in 2017 (nature.com)
171 points by seycombi on Jan 4, 2017 | 115 comments
30.
Why anything? Why this? (1998) (lrb.co.uk)
66 points by diodorus on Jan 4, 2017 | 77 comments

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