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1.		I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil (bloomberg.com)
		498 points by sergeant3 on Nov 3, 2015 \| 187 comments
2.		Computer, Respond to This Email (googleresearch.blogspot.com)
		562 points by dpf on Nov 3, 2015 \| 194 comments
3.		Ireland to 'decriminalise' small amounts of drugs for personal use (independent.co.uk)
		348 points by werber on Nov 3, 2015 \| 157 comments
4.		Why nuclear energy is our best option at the moment (energyrealityproject.com)
		398 points by nrcha on Nov 3, 2015 \| 384 comments
5.		Scientists develop 'unbreakable' glass almost as tough as steel (asahi.com)
		158 points by Mz on Nov 3, 2015 \| 72 comments
6.		[dupe] Indonesia is burning. So why is the world looking away? (theguardian.com)
		586 points by pmcpinto on Nov 3, 2015 \| 228 comments
7.		E.P.A. Finds More VW Cheating Software, Including in Porsches (nytimes.com)
		257 points by peterkrieg on Nov 2, 2015 \| 153 comments
8.		Introducing 1Password for Teams (agilebits.com)
		241 points by bismark on Nov 3, 2015 \| 146 comments
9.		Static Website Generators Are the Next Big Thing (smashingmagazine.com)
		311 points by jimsteinhart on Nov 2, 2015 \| 181 comments
10.		Signal for Android: RedPhone and TextSecure in one app (whispersystems.org)
		243 points by pjf on Nov 3, 2015 \| 153 comments
11.		In 1972, Scientists Discovered a Two Billion-Year-Old Nuclear Reactor In Gabon (iafrikan.com)
		163 points by tefo-mohapi on Nov 2, 2015 \| 38 comments
12.		5K iMac Gets 10-Bit Color (cinema5d.com)
		187 points by tambourine_man on Nov 3, 2015 \| 96 comments
13.		Hearts on Twitter (blog.twitter.com)
		191 points by janvdberg on Nov 3, 2015 \| 170 comments
14.		Self-flying drone dips, darts and dives through trees at 30 mph (csail.mit.edu)
		172 points by hk__2 on Nov 2, 2015 \| 49 comments
15.		DevTools Challenger for Firefox (devtoolschallenger.com)
		205 points by bpierre on Nov 3, 2015 \| 27 comments
16.		The Road to 2M Websocket Connections in Phoenix (phoenixframework.org)
		292 points by chrismccord on Nov 3, 2015 \| 46 comments
17.		OneDrive Changes (onedrive.com)
		231 points by sharms on Nov 3, 2015 \| 141 comments
18.		Annotated Version of John McCarthy’s Paper on Lisp (fermatslibrary.com)
		127 points by fermatslibrary on Nov 3, 2015 \| 25 comments
19.		Activision to Buy King Digital for $5.9B (bloomberg.com)
		170 points by jonknee on Nov 3, 2015 \| 90 comments
20.		The Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus Review (anandtech.com)
		184 points by IBM on Nov 3, 2015 \| 162 comments
21.		Nearly 9,000 Artifacts Uncovered in CA Desert, Spanning 11,500 Years of History (westerndigs.org)
		94 points by diodorus on Nov 3, 2015 \| 13 comments
22.		Money Flooding Out of Canada at Fastest Pace in Developed World (bloomberg.com)
		138 points by kspaans on Nov 3, 2015 \| 67 comments
23.		IRCAnywhere (ircanywhere.com)
		172 points by buovjaga on Nov 3, 2015 \| 51 comments
24.		Plex on the New Apple TV (plex.tv)
		128 points by chkuendig on Nov 2, 2015 \| 63 comments
25.		Stages in Pricing Computer Games (2014) (jeff-vogel.blogspot.com)
		83 points by phenylene on Nov 3, 2015 \| 27 comments
26.		Bragi Dash – more than just wireless headphones? (wired.co.uk)
		37 points by tylaw on Nov 3, 2015 \| 14 comments
27.		What we learned from rewriting our robotic control software in Swift (sunsetlakesoftware.com)
		94 points by ingve on Nov 3, 2015 \| 83 comments
28.		VW Emissions Issues Spread to Gasoline Cars [video] (bloomberg.com)
		62 points by jinst8gmi on Nov 3, 2015 \| 29 comments
29.		Amazon opens first bricks-and-mortar bookstore (seattletimes.com)
		97 points by ljk on Nov 2, 2015 \| 64 comments
30.		JSLinux rewritten to be human readable, hand deobfuscated and annotated (github.com/levskaya)
		110 points by nkurz on Nov 2, 2015 \| 12 comments
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