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1.		Airtable gets $52M in funding (businessinsider.com)
		459 points by lxm on March 15, 2018 \| 191 comments
2.		Writing System Software [video] (youtube.com)
		505 points by dsr12 on March 15, 2018 \| 72 comments
3.		EU wants to require platforms to filter uploaded content, including code (blog.github.com)
		681 points by calcifer on March 15, 2018 \| 345 comments
4.		How JavaScript works: the rendering engine and tips to optimize its performance (sessionstack.com)
		209 points by zlatkov on March 15, 2018 \| 11 comments
5.		Intel Publishes Spectre and Meltdown Hardware Plans: Fixed Gear Later This Year (anandtech.com)
		202 points by nuriaion on March 15, 2018 \| 68 comments
6.		Org-brain – mind-mapping for org-mode (github.com/kungsgeten)
		190 points by zeveb on March 15, 2018 \| 25 comments
7.		Physicists Still Don’t Know What Puts the Curl in Curling (newyorker.com)
		194 points by hoaxcracker on March 15, 2018 \| 87 comments
8.		Monarch butterfly numbers keep declining (beyondpesticides.org)
		147 points by accordionclown on March 15, 2018 \| 27 comments
9.		Examining overlooked clues reveals how ultrasound could have caused harm in Cuba (ieee.org)
		208 points by NicoJuicy on March 15, 2018 \| 41 comments
10.		Portacle – A Portable Common Lisp Development Environment (portacle.github.io)
		254 points by wheresvic1 on March 15, 2018 \| 88 comments
11.		Human-powered cranes and lifting devices (2010) (lowtechmagazine.com)
		108 points by codezero on March 15, 2018 \| 25 comments
12.		False memories, or why we’re so sure of things we’re wrong about (duke.edu)
		230 points by Hooke on March 14, 2018 \| 103 comments
13.		Using AI to match human performance in translating news from Chinese to English (blogs.microsoft.com)
		218 points by Maimedpuppet on March 15, 2018 \| 57 comments
14.		A Usable C++ Dialect That Is Safe Against Memory Corruption (ithare.com)
		134 points by ibobev on March 15, 2018 \| 98 comments
15.		GEMM: From Pure C to SSE Optimized Micro Kernels (2014) (uni-ulm.de)
		101 points by felixr on March 15, 2018 \| 10 comments
16.		Mail art (wikipedia.org)
		110 points by pmoriarty on March 15, 2018 \| 13 comments
17.		Flight Recorder becomes part of OpenJDK (java.net)
		119 points by jsiepkes on March 15, 2018 \| 41 comments
18.		Brainless Embryos Suggest Bioelectricity Guides Growth (quantamagazine.org)
		108 points by Erlangolem on March 15, 2018 \| 35 comments
19.		Checked C: extension to C that adds static and dynamic checking (github.com/microsoft)
		129 points by ingve on March 14, 2018 \| 92 comments
20.		Operating Broadcom Wi-Fi Chips as Arbitrary Signal Transmitters, Like SDRs (github.com/seemoo-lab)
		176 points by bcaa7f3a8bbc on March 15, 2018 \| 60 comments
21.		A billion reasons never to buy IBM services (foliovision.com)
		327 points by shelkie on March 15, 2018 \| 193 comments
22.		Walmart Whistle-Blower Claims Cheating in Race with Amazon (bloomberg.com)
		181 points by kyleblarson on March 15, 2018 \| 127 comments
23.		Ask HN: “Write your own” or “Build your own” software projects
		576 points by n_t on March 15, 2018 \| 82 comments
24.		Ancient DNA Is Rewriting Human and Neanderthal History (theatlantic.com)
		112 points by dpflan on March 15, 2018 \| 77 comments
25.		Astronaut’s DNA No Longer Matches His Identical Twin’s After Year Spent in Space (ktla.com)
		176 points by Mononokay on March 14, 2018 \| 55 comments
26.		New Orleans ends its relationship with tech firm Palantir (nola.com)
		164 points by dsr12 on March 15, 2018 \| 72 comments
27.		Google and LG creates VR AMOLED 120 Hz at 5500 x 3000 (blurbusters.com)
		247 points by methyl on March 15, 2018 \| 142 comments
28.		AI chip company SambaNova Systems raises $56M (techcrunch.com)
		66 points by rbanffy on March 15, 2018 \| 20 comments
29.		Don’t Mess with the Birds (newyorker.com)
		59 points by Petiver on March 14, 2018 \| 6 comments
30.		Launch HN: Piccolo (YC W18) – Camera for controlling your home with gestures
		98 points by marlonmisra on March 15, 2018 \| 55 comments
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