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1.		Show HN: I'm 12, learning JS, and wrote Wolfram's cellular automaton in Node (bitbucket.org/liamilan)
		1072 points by liamilan on Aug 29, 2018 \| 283 comments
2.		Bye bye BetterSlack (g3rv4.com)
		839 points by g3rv4 on Aug 29, 2018 \| 383 comments
3.		DuckDuckGo Raises $10M (crunchbase.com)
		762 points by exotree on Aug 28, 2018 \| 249 comments
4.		We Spent $3.3M Buying Out Investors: Why and How We Did It (buffer.com)
		443 points by janpio on Aug 29, 2018 \| 172 comments
5.		Open source RISC-V implemented from scratch in one night (github.com/darklife)
		272 points by guigg on Aug 27, 2018 \| 109 comments
6.		Google, but for colors (picular.co)
		349 points by dcschelt on Aug 29, 2018 \| 102 comments
7.		LiteTree: SQLite with Branches (github.com/aergoio)
		343 points by kroggen on Aug 29, 2018 \| 75 comments
8.		Teens who refuse to use social media (theguardian.com)
		453 points by pmoriarty on Aug 29, 2018 \| 361 comments
9.		Financial Modeling for Startups: An Introduction (fivecastfinancial.com)
		276 points by lhh on Aug 29, 2018 \| 33 comments
10.		What Was the Microsoft Network? (codersnotes.com)
		314 points by kayamon on Aug 29, 2018 \| 152 comments
11.		California governor signs overhaul of bail system (latimes.com)
		205 points by neo4sure on Aug 28, 2018 \| 196 comments
12.		A majority of US teens are taking steps to limit smartphone and social media use (techcrunch.com)
		218 points by dgudkov on Aug 28, 2018 \| 107 comments
13.		A Missing Link in Postgres 11: Fast Column Creation with Defaults (brandur.org)
		219 points by grzm on Aug 29, 2018 \| 44 comments
14.		The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New York Times Since 1995 (vice.com)
		240 points by chuckblake on Aug 28, 2018 \| 78 comments
15.		How to use LEDs to detect light (makezine.com)
		153 points by chrisbennet on Aug 29, 2018 \| 65 comments
16.		Conference call simulator (conferencecall.biz)
		370 points by rnl on Aug 27, 2018 \| 108 comments
17.		Twitter’s deletion of its FB app caused old cross-posts to temporarily disappear (techcrunch.com)
		324 points by lxm on Aug 29, 2018 \| 212 comments
18.		SurveyMonkey S-1 (sec.gov)
		131 points by coloneltcb on Aug 29, 2018 \| 55 comments
19.		A plea for lean software (1995) [pdf] (cr.yp.to)
		133 points by tosh on Aug 29, 2018 \| 100 comments
20.		How to Succeed with a Startup [video] (blog.ycombinator.com)
		184 points by CyrusL on Aug 29, 2018 \| 77 comments
21.		For $450, a Japanese Company Will Quit Your Job for You (npr.org)
		173 points by lnguyen on Aug 29, 2018 \| 111 comments
22.		OCR Software Dev Exposes 200k Customer Documents (bleepingcomputer.com)
		111 points by wglb on Aug 28, 2018 \| 47 comments
23.		Ask HN: What do you struggle with?
		365 points by meesterdude on Aug 29, 2018 \| 533 comments
24.		Madoko – a fast markdown processor for writing professional documents (madoko.net)
		113 points by jamesadevine on Aug 29, 2018 \| 27 comments
25.		We Discovered Helium 150 Years Ago. Are We Running Out? (nationalgeographic.com)
		130 points by lxm on Aug 29, 2018 \| 137 comments
26.		Programming Language Foundations in Agda (plfa.github.io)
		156 points by myth_drannon on Aug 28, 2018 \| 4 comments
27.		Newly Discovered 'Rose Hip' Neurons May Be Unique To Humans (npr.org)
		103 points by snapspans on Aug 28, 2018 \| 44 comments
28.		Q3VM – Lightweight, embeddable Quake III Interpreter/Virtual Machine (github.com/jnz)
		117 points by janosch9001 on Aug 28, 2018 \| 29 comments
29.		Why the Future of Data Storage Is Still Magnetic Tape (ieee.org)
		142 points by sohkamyung on Aug 29, 2018 \| 155 comments
30.		Ecstasy as a Remedy for PTSD? You Probably Have Some Questions (nytimes.com)
		116 points by anythingnonidin on Aug 29, 2018 \| 133 comments
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