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1.		The Cuban CDN (cloudflare.com)
		832 points by shdon on Aug 19, 2016 \| 136 comments
2.		Less stress, more productivity: working fewer hours is good for you and your boss (codewithoutrules.com)
		605 points by itamarst on Aug 19, 2016 \| 296 comments
3.		Megaprocessor – A micro-processor built large (megaprocessor.com)
		731 points by diymaker on Aug 19, 2016 \| 88 comments
4.		The Hacker's Manifesto (1986) (usc.edu)
		248 points by cjg on Aug 19, 2016 \| 146 comments
5.		Show HN: A Multiplayer Geography Game Using WebSockets (github.com/abrenaut)
		220 points by abrena on Aug 19, 2016 \| 69 comments
6.		Former employee sues startup for financials in order to value granted stock (wsj.com)
		231 points by nstj on Aug 19, 2016 \| 66 comments
7.		Writing a JPEG Decoder in Rust – Part 2: Implementation I (mht.technology)
		158 points by adamnemecek on Aug 19, 2016 \| 80 comments
8.		Zika Infection May Affect Adult Brain Cells (rockefeller.edu)
		189 points by remedialhedge on Aug 19, 2016 \| 66 comments
9.		Kubernetes the Hard Way (github.com/kelseyhightower)
		240 points by tantalor on Aug 19, 2016 \| 79 comments
10.		Game Theory – Prison Breakthrough (economist.com)
		130 points by johnwheeler on Aug 19, 2016 \| 27 comments
11.		Ao is a tool for programmatic computer-aided design using Scheme (mattkeeter.com)
		148 points by amirouche on Aug 19, 2016 \| 43 comments
12.		'Flash Boys' IEX stock exchange opens for business (latimes.com)
		160 points by lxm on Aug 19, 2016 \| 147 comments
13.		From Chrome Apps to the Web (chromium.org)
		195 points by Navarr on Aug 19, 2016 \| 104 comments
14.		Deutsche Bank Whistle-Blower Spurns $8M SEC Reward (bloomberg.com)
		198 points by tchalla on Aug 19, 2016 \| 45 comments
15.		Did the US Plan a Nuclear First Strike Against Russia in the Early 1960s? (unz.com)
		87 points by yurisagalov on Aug 19, 2016 \| 132 comments
16.		Satellites auto detect buildings in OpenStreetMap (medium.com/astrodigital)
		163 points by liotier on Aug 19, 2016 \| 33 comments
17.		The Shadow Brokers EPICBANANAS and EXTRABACON Exploits (cisco.com)
		83 points by hwatson on Aug 19, 2016 \| 29 comments
18.		The Difference Between AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning (nvidia.com)
		288 points by kercker on Aug 19, 2016 \| 101 comments
19.		Lawsuit could be the beginning of the end for DRM (defectivebydesign.org)
		230 points by nomanisanisland on Aug 19, 2016 \| 205 comments
20.		Welcome Sharon (blog.ycombinator.com)
		58 points by dwaxe on Aug 19, 2016 \| 28 comments
21.		We Shouldn’t Wait Another 15 Years for a Conversation About Government Hacking (eff.org)
		165 points by ex_amazon_sde on Aug 19, 2016 \| 37 comments
22.		NASA Data Portal (nasa.gov)
		123 points by JohnHammersley on Aug 18, 2016 \| 15 comments
23.		Judge grants Happy Birthday lawyers $4.6M, citing “unusually positive results” (arstechnica.com)
		173 points by Tomte on Aug 19, 2016 \| 94 comments
24.		New batteries could make phones, drones, and electric cars last twice as long (news.mit.edu)
		171 points by SergeAx on Aug 19, 2016 \| 107 comments
25.		Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta Stone (2009) [pdf] (ucr.edu)
		132 points by sndean on Aug 19, 2016 \| 10 comments
26.		Interactive Dynamic Video [video] (jnack.com)
		50 points by edward on Aug 19, 2016 \| 1 comment
27.		Show HN: Replify – Create a REPL for any command (gist.github.com)
		112 points by danielrw7 on Aug 19, 2016 \| 18 comments
28.		Curl author asks Microsoft to remove 'curl' and 'wget' aliases from PowerShell (github.com/powershell)
		475 points by laurent123456 on Aug 19, 2016 \| 341 comments
29.		DNA traces origins of Iceman's ragtag wardrobe (bbc.com)
		34 points by curtis on Aug 18, 2016 \| 2 comments
30.		The Connoisseur of Pain (nytimes.com)
		50 points by lermontov on Aug 19, 2016 \| 5 comments
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