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1.		An ant colony has memories its individual members don’t have (2019) (aeon.co)
		484 points by maxbaines on Jan 16, 2020 \| 152 comments
2.		Unofficial Apple Archive (applearchive.org)
		699 points by todotask on Jan 16, 2020 \| 151 comments
3.		BlackRock’s decision to dump coal signals what’s next (theconversation.com)
		627 points by evolve2k on Jan 16, 2020 \| 236 comments
4.		Christopher Tolkien has died (theguardian.com)
		514 points by deadmetheny on Jan 16, 2020 \| 227 comments
5.		Reverse engineering course (github.com/0xz0f)
		656 points by Edouar1 on Jan 16, 2020 \| 55 comments
6.		Show HN: Tired of mobile games with IAP and ads, I made No-Bullshit Games (stavros.io)
		520 points by stavros on Jan 16, 2020 \| 264 comments
7.		Back pain is a problem which is badly treated (economist.com)
		467 points by pseudolus on Jan 16, 2020 \| 280 comments
8.		Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant structures (2019) (vice.com)
		362 points by joe_the_user on Jan 16, 2020 \| 187 comments
9.		Show HN: Screenshot Hero - iPhone app to make all photos text searchable (asadmemon.com)
		429 points by asadm on Jan 16, 2020 \| 118 comments
10.		The technology pushed into schools today is a threat to child development (americanaffairsjournal.org)
		323 points by boh on Jan 16, 2020 \| 283 comments
11.		Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used (theverge.com)
		377 points by doener on Jan 16, 2020 \| 259 comments
12.		Autocomplete as an Interface (2015) (benkuhn.net)
		288 points by fanf2 on Jan 16, 2020 \| 191 comments
13.		Washington pressures TSMC to make chips in US (nikkei.com)
		242 points by baybal2 on Jan 16, 2020 \| 157 comments
14.		Progress of anti-aging therapies by clinical trial stage (lifespan.io)
		262 points by apsec112 on Jan 16, 2020 \| 146 comments
15.		SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation’ threat to astronomy (nature.com)
		244 points by pseudolus on Jan 16, 2020 \| 363 comments
16.		Amsterdam’s canal houses have endured for 300 years (citylab.com)
		192 points by pseudolus on Jan 16, 2020 \| 130 comments
17.		Effectively Using Materialized Views in Ruby on Rails (pganalyze.com)
		158 points by moritzplassnig on Jan 16, 2020 \| 36 comments
18.		Exploiting the Windows Cryptoapi Vulnerability (trailofbits.com)
		117 points by archgoon on Jan 16, 2020 \| 45 comments
19.		How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online (theverge.com)
		152 points by apsec112 on Jan 15, 2020 \| 93 comments
20.		A Guide to Minimalist Web Design (2017) (ismailelazizi.com)
		175 points by smail on Jan 15, 2020 \| 46 comments
21.		U.S. Torpedo Troubles During World War II (1998) (historynet.com)
		132 points by mmhsieh on Jan 16, 2020 \| 84 comments
22.		Computational Power Found in the Arms of Neurons (quantamagazine.org)
		153 points by reubenswartz on Jan 16, 2020 \| 75 comments
23.		No Job Is Too Small for Compact Geostationary Satellites (ieee.org)
		92 points by stn8188 on Jan 15, 2020 \| 30 comments
24.		Mistakes were made: ERP screwups (tedium.co)
		121 points by fanf2 on Jan 16, 2020 \| 73 comments
25.		The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel is nearly 50% done (teslarati.com)
		144 points by Sami_Lehtinen on Jan 16, 2020 \| 287 comments
26.		How Swedes were fooled by the book “Surrounded by Idiots” (medium.com/soccermatics)
		396 points by lelf on Jan 16, 2020 \| 323 comments
27.		FBI unlocked iPhone 11 Pro via GrayKey, raising more doubts about Pensacola case (9to5mac.com)
		235 points by miles on Jan 16, 2020 \| 137 comments
28.		The Roots of Lisp (2001) (paulgraham.com)
		124 points by afurrysolver on Jan 16, 2020 \| 90 comments
29.		How The New York Times Verified the Iran Missile-Strike Footage (cjr.org)
		245 points by danso on Jan 16, 2020 \| 166 comments
30.		Adult site leaks data of cam models (vpnmentor.com)
		330 points by DemiGuru on Jan 16, 2020 \| 219 comments
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