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1.		Strava heatmap can be used to locate military bases (twitter.com/tobiaschneider)
		695 points by domoritz on Jan 28, 2018 \| 267 comments
2.		With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, there’s a likely culprit (theconversation.com)
		503 points by lxm on Jan 28, 2018 \| 438 comments
3.		Introduction to OS Abstractions Using Plan 9 from Bell Labs (2007) [pdf] (lsub.org)
		234 points by marttt on Jan 28, 2018 \| 67 comments
4.		Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. Government (wsj.com)
		325 points by propman on Jan 28, 2018 \| 103 comments
5.		Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad has died (bbc.co.uk)
		368 points by severine on Jan 28, 2018 \| 178 comments
6.		Evidence that the brain’s ability to control thinking relies on beta rhythms (news.mit.edu)
		240 points by el_duderino on Jan 26, 2018 \| 63 comments
7.		Craftsmanship – The alternative to the four-hour work week mindset (hackernoon.com)
		244 points by rpkoven on Jan 27, 2018 \| 83 comments
8.		Principles of Chaos Engineering (principlesofchaos.org)
		224 points by F_J_H on Jan 27, 2018 \| 46 comments
9.		‘Jackpotting’ Attacks Hit U.S. ATMs (krebsonsecurity.com)
		247 points by larrymcp on Jan 28, 2018 \| 168 comments
10.		I think I found a Mac kernel bug? (jvns.ca)
		349 points by ingve on Jan 28, 2018 \| 117 comments
11.		An animated introduction to the Fourier Transform [video] (youtube.com)
		287 points by e0m on Jan 26, 2018 \| 31 comments
12.		Exploring what loneliness does to the human body (theglobeandmail.com)
		182 points by fmihaila on Jan 28, 2018 \| 32 comments
13.		ICE is about to start tracking license plates across the US (theverge.com)
		201 points by tony101 on Jan 28, 2018 \| 177 comments
14.		Ivy – A static website generator built in Python (mulholland.xyz)
		161 points by dm40597 on Jan 27, 2018 \| 75 comments
15.		After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea (nytimes.com)
		300 points by mpweiher on Jan 28, 2018 \| 407 comments
16.		OverTheWire: Wargames to learn and practice security concepts (overthewire.org)
		172 points by p4bl0 on Jan 28, 2018 \| 23 comments
17.		How Generative Music Works (teropa.info)
		161 points by isp on Jan 26, 2018 \| 33 comments
18.		Claude Shannon built a machine to game roulette (2017) (nautil.us)
		111 points by dnetesn on Jan 28, 2018 \| 19 comments
19.		Wreck found by reporter may be last American slave ship (al.com)
		92 points by brudgers on Jan 28, 2018 \| 36 comments
20.		A Deep Reinforcement Learning Chatbot (arxiv.org)
		93 points by Katydid on Jan 28, 2018 \| 7 comments
21.		Distribution vs. Innovation (a16z.com)
		119 points by wslh on Jan 28, 2018 \| 15 comments
22.		Maersk reinstalled thousands of servers and workstations to fix NotPeyta (bleepingcomputer.com)
		97 points by wglb on Jan 28, 2018 \| 39 comments
23.		Functioning ‘mechanical gears’ seen in nature (2013) (cam.ac.uk)
		110 points by coloneltcb on Jan 28, 2018 \| 32 comments
24.		Uncovering 2017’s Largest Malvertising Operation (confiant.com)
		110 points by anon1385 on Jan 27, 2018 \| 8 comments
25.		Show HN: How to store a set of four 5-bit values in one 16-bit value (github.com/isometric)
		188 points by andromeduck on Jan 28, 2018 \| 140 comments
26.		Bitfinex fails to perform promised audits (medium.com/bitfinexed)
		192 points by wslh on Jan 27, 2018 \| 99 comments
27.		Understanding the C/C++ memory model (davmac.wordpress.com)
		150 points by ingve on Jan 27, 2018 \| 18 comments
28.		Show HN: Gymphy – Create Free Shareable Workout Plans (gymphy.com)
		81 points by matthewhartmans on Jan 27, 2018 \| 26 comments
29.		All Your IOPS Are Belong to Us: Case Study in Performance Optimization (2015) [pdf] (percona.com)
		67 points by znpy on Jan 28, 2018 \| 16 comments
30.		Tools for Thinking and Tools for Systems (css-tricks.com)
		63 points by jodooshi on Jan 28, 2018 \| 10 comments
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