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1.		Kinto by Mozilla – An open-source Parse alternative (github.com/kinto)
		537 points by yarapavan on Jan 29, 2016 \| 73 comments
2.		The Command Line Murders (github.com/veltman)
		364 points by coolvoltage on Jan 29, 2016 \| 60 comments
3.		Login Forms Over HTTPS, Please (hacks.mozilla.org)
		342 points by _jomo on Jan 29, 2016 \| 113 comments
4.		Show HN: Ship – A fast, native issue tracker for software projects (realartists.com)
		219 points by kogir on Jan 29, 2016 \| 106 comments
5.		The Best Teacher I Never Had (gatesnotes.com)
		413 points by frostmatthew on Jan 29, 2016 \| 97 comments
6.		18F: CSS coding style guide (gsa.gov)
		243 points by molecule on Jan 29, 2016 \| 96 comments
7.		Glider, Mac Classic game, open-sourced (github.com/softdorothy)
		229 points by mmastrac on Jan 29, 2016 \| 89 comments
8.		Israeli Drone Feeds Hacked by British and American Intelligence (theintercept.com)
		181 points by finid on Jan 29, 2016 \| 99 comments
9.		A family converts a decommissioned school into a home and bed-and-breakfast (theglobeandmail.com)
		137 points by myth_drannon on Jan 29, 2016 \| 92 comments
10.		Jailbreak firmware turns cheap digital walkie-talkie into DMR scanning receiver (phasenoise.livejournal.com)
		155 points by wolframio on Jan 29, 2016 \| 32 comments
11.		Babylonians Were Using Geometry Centuries Earlier Than Thought (smithsonianmag.com)
		117 points by anigbrowl on Jan 29, 2016 \| 21 comments
12.		How I fixed a bug in Atom (davidvgalbraith.com)
		551 points by Garbage on Jan 29, 2016 \| 183 comments
13.		Meta-meta-programming: Generating C++ templates with Racket Macros (2014) [pdf] (might.net)
		78 points by autoreleasepool on Jan 29, 2016 \| 10 comments
14.		Goldman Sachs and the $580M Black Hole (2012) (nytimes.com)
		289 points by luxpir on Jan 29, 2016 \| 141 comments
15.		Using Graph Databases to Stop E-commerce Fraud in Real Time (neo4j.com)
		104 points by bwmerkl on Jan 29, 2016 \| 17 comments
16.		CBOR – Concise Binary Object Representation (cbor.io)
		87 points by robin_reala on Jan 29, 2016 \| 36 comments
17.		Some OS X Applications Vulnerable to MITM Attacks (vulnsec.com)
		108 points by yakshaving_jgt on Jan 29, 2016 \| 27 comments
18.		Why Shitty Products Survive and Thrive (deap.co)
		237 points by deapu on Jan 29, 2016 \| 177 comments
19.		Computer Museum bids farewell to Babbage engine (mv-voice.com)
		126 points by jgrahamc on Jan 29, 2016 \| 53 comments
20.		Nuitka Progress in 2015 – Python Compiler (nuitka.net)
		166 points by rachbelaid on Jan 29, 2016 \| 52 comments
21.		Eve: My Concerns (robmoff.at)
		175 points by bobm_kite9 on Jan 29, 2016 \| 77 comments
22.		Unix History Repository (github.com/dspinellis)
		119 points by brudgers on Jan 29, 2016 \| 14 comments
23.		A lightweight C++ signals and slots implementation (github.com/pbhogan)
		93 points by jb1991 on Jan 28, 2016 \| 38 comments
24.		Payment Processor to Stop Working with Daily Fantasy Sports Clients (nytimes.com)
		69 points by Judson on Jan 29, 2016 \| 68 comments
25.		Pikazo (pikazoapp.com)
		179 points by peterjliu on Jan 29, 2016 \| 90 comments
26.		VMware's Stumbling Cloud Adventure (chrisdodds.net)
		65 points by liquidchicken on Jan 28, 2016 \| 39 comments
27.		Shypmate (YC W16) Pays Travelers To Bring Products To Ghana And Nigeria (techcrunch.com)
		56 points by wyndham on Jan 29, 2016 \| 60 comments
28.		The myth of the ISIS encrypted messaging app (dailydot.com)
		95 points by bontoJR on Jan 29, 2016 \| 23 comments
29.		Reddit in 2016 (reddit.com)
		82 points by cryptoz on Jan 29, 2016 \| 119 comments
30.		SourceForge and Slashdot Have Been Sold (fossforce.com)
		174 points by JohnTHaller on Jan 29, 2016 \| 90 comments
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