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1.
Wikimedia Foundation spending (wikipedia.org)
1054 points by apsec112 on May 7, 2017 | 409 comments
2.
I Broke Rust's Package Manager for Windows Users (sasheldon.com)
351 points by sasheldon on May 7, 2017 | 162 comments
3.
Open-source chip RISC-V to take on closed x86, ARM CPUs (computerworld.com.au)
354 points by jumpkickhit on May 6, 2017 | 151 comments
4.
Show HN: 100M Books – Open a new tab, discover a new book (100millionbooks.org)
289 points by moksha256 on May 7, 2017 | 100 comments
5.
New in Debian stable Stretch: nftables (ral-arturo.org)
214 points by marksamman on May 7, 2017 | 59 comments
6.
My Struggles with Rust (compileandrun.com)
353 points by wkornewald on May 7, 2017 | 318 comments
7.
My Heroku values (2015) (brandur.org)
149 points by peruvian on May 7, 2017 | 24 comments
8.
Random – Probability, mathematical statistics, and stochastic processes (2015) (uah.edu)
315 points by Agrodotus on May 7, 2017 | 17 comments
9.
Vue HN 2.0 (hnews.xyz)
278 points by galfarragem on May 7, 2017 | 83 comments
10.
Key differences between Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x (2014) (sebastianraschka.com)
212 points by Tomte on May 7, 2017 | 168 comments
11.
William Baumol, author of 'cost disease' theory, has died (vox.com)
92 points by imraj96 on May 7, 2017 | 33 comments
12.
Deep Learning’s Impact on Image Processing, Mathematics, and Humanity (siam.org)
213 points by alfaiate on May 7, 2017 | 149 comments
13.
Falklands minefields: de facto nature reserves for penguins (bbc.com)
85 points by gpvos on May 7, 2017 | 101 comments
14.
JMAP: A better way to email (2014) (fastmail.com)
253 points by robert_foss on May 7, 2017 | 51 comments
15.
Japan Shows the Way to Affordable Megacities (2014) (nextcity.org)
172 points by Osiris30 on May 7, 2017 | 211 comments
16.
How the Bantu people surged across two-thirds of Africa (arstechnica.com)
136 points by dodorex on May 7, 2017 | 30 comments
17.
One Day, a Machine Will Smell Whether You’re Sick (nytimes.com)
93 points by grzm on May 7, 2017 | 44 comments
18.
Shape Catcher: Find Unicode characters by drawing them (shapecatcher.com)
115 points by molenzwiebel on May 7, 2017 | 28 comments
19.
Handbrake malware analysis (objective-see.com)
165 points by zalmoxes on May 7, 2017 | 28 comments
20.
The Anatomical Venus: Wax models used for dissection in the 18th century (2016) (collectorsweekly.com)
41 points by Phithagoras on May 7, 2017 | 3 comments
21.
Retropiler: Java 8 Standard Library Backport for Android (github.com/retropiler)
78 points by gfx on May 7, 2017 | 61 comments
22.
A History of CLU – Barbara Liskov (1992) [pdf] (psu.edu)
75 points by tjalfi on May 7, 2017 | 8 comments
23.
A program that accepts exactly any desired finite set, in the right universe (hamkins.org)
87 points by omaranto on May 7, 2017 | 18 comments
24.
The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse than anyone thought (arstechnica.com)
208 points by podiki on May 7, 2017 | 95 comments
25.
Eye tracking in video games (theverge.com)
53 points by Phithagoras on May 7, 2017 | 35 comments
26.
YARP – Yet Another Robot Platform (yarp.it)
57 points by mindcrime on May 7, 2017 | 3 comments
27.
How number words may have changed us from zeroes to heroes (newscientist.com)
37 points by DamonHD on May 7, 2017 | 3 comments
28.
Physiognomy’s New Clothes (on the Limits of AI) (medium.com/blaisea)
57 points by herf on May 7, 2017 | 26 comments
29.
The great British Brexit robbery (theguardian.com)
364 points by rbanffy on May 7, 2017 | 334 comments
30.
20,000-Year-Old Artifacts, 21st Century Technology (theverge.com)
40 points by prismatic on May 7, 2017 | 1 comment

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