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1.
Library-managed 'arXiv' spreads scientific advances rapidly and worldwide (cornell.edu)
423 points by tosh on Dec 27, 2016 | 132 comments
2.
A bigger problem than ISIS: The Mosul Dam is failing (newyorker.com)
406 points by anigbrowl on Dec 26, 2016 | 172 comments
3.
Show HN: Learn how to build electronics with monthly kits (thimble.io)
272 points by adammunich on Dec 26, 2016 | 112 comments
4.
Finger Trees: A Simple General-Purpose Data Structure (2006) (city.ac.uk)
267 points by tosh on Dec 27, 2016 | 75 comments
5.
WebRTC: the future of web games (getkey.eu)
293 points by getkey on Dec 27, 2016 | 163 comments
6.
About Those Air Cushions in Amazon Packages (theatlantic.com)
218 points by atombender on Dec 27, 2016 | 230 comments
7.
Vera Rubin has died (carnegiescience.edu)
181 points by bryanrasmussen on Dec 26, 2016 | 11 comments
8.
Top-down learning path: Machine Learning for Software Engineers (github.com/zuzoovn)
250 points by zuzoovn on Dec 27, 2016 | 29 comments
9.
The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management anti-pattern (lucas-nussbaum.net)
157 points by BuuQu9hu on Dec 26, 2016 | 136 comments
10.
No tipping means better business (tastefulventures.com)
314 points by wlimdo on Dec 27, 2016 | 526 comments
11.
33rd Chaos Communication Congress Livestreams (ccc.de)
296 points by mpoloton on Dec 27, 2016 | 41 comments
12.
Rust vs C Pitfalls (garin.io)
196 points by Anilm3 on Dec 27, 2016 | 365 comments
13.
Emacs Bytecode Internals (2014) (nullprogram.com)
120 points by noch on Dec 27, 2016 | 25 comments
14.
Police seek Amazon Echo data in murder case (engadget.com)
279 points by gscott on Dec 27, 2016 | 221 comments
15.
Quoting command line arguments the wrong way (2011) (msdn.microsoft.com)
127 points by moopling on Dec 27, 2016 | 147 comments
16.
Bach's Holy Dread (newyorker.com)
131 points by tintinnabula on Dec 27, 2016 | 42 comments
17.
Geometric Constructions Game with Straightedge and Compass (euclidea.xyz)
112 points by karimf on Dec 26, 2016 | 39 comments
18.
Understanding Clojure's PersistentVector implementation (2009) (higher-order.net)
109 points by tosh on Dec 27, 2016 | 1 comment
19.
The best board games of 2016 (arstechnica.com)
241 points by kevlar1818 on Dec 27, 2016 | 80 comments
20.
Orbital Determination for Proxima Centauri (centauri-dreams.org)
76 points by japaget on Dec 27, 2016 | 7 comments
21.
Darktable 2.2.0 released (darktable.org)
208 points by geppetto on Dec 27, 2016 | 82 comments
22.
Uber Freight (uber.com)
192 points by hharnisch on Dec 27, 2016 | 145 comments
23.
Egypt blocks the encrypted messaging app Signal as it continues cyber crackdown (techcrunch.com)
129 points by sidcool on Dec 27, 2016 | 55 comments
24.
Cheetahs heading towards extinction as population crashes (bbc.com)
175 points by Jerry2 on Dec 27, 2016 | 56 comments
25.
Why Skee-Ball Doesn't Change (theatlantic.com)
63 points by prismatic on Dec 27, 2016 | 14 comments
26.
Blocking-resistant communication through domain fronting (2015) [pdf] (icir.org)
40 points by hartem_ on Dec 27, 2016 | 8 comments
27.
America Needs a New Moon Mission (bloomberg.com)
89 points by JumpCrisscross on Dec 26, 2016 | 83 comments
28.
Why the Computing Cloud Will Keep Growing and Growing (nytimes.com)
70 points by lxm on Dec 26, 2016 | 30 comments
29.
A self-healing, transparent, highly stretchable material (sciencebulletin.org)
68 points by manojr on Dec 27, 2016 | 18 comments
30.
Early Alzheimer's Gene Is a Curse for Families, a Gift for Science (npr.org)
50 points by happy-go-lucky on Dec 27, 2016 | 17 comments

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