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1.		FTC Probing Facebook for Use of Personal Data, Source Says (bloomberg.com)
		1107 points by coloneltcb on March 20, 2018 \| 371 comments
2.		Blocklist Facebook domains (github.com/jmdugan)
		1349 points by z0a on March 20, 2018 \| 348 comments
3.		Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine (theguardian.com)
		942 points by valanto on March 20, 2018 \| 384 comments
4.		Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane alternative to jail
		912 points by dfrappier on March 20, 2018 \| 410 comments
5.		Announcing Microsoft DirectX Raytracing (msdn.microsoft.com)
		400 points by mxfh on March 19, 2018 \| 223 comments
6.		‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem (nytimes.com)
		436 points by anarbadalov on March 20, 2018 \| 306 comments
7.		Facebook’s Surveillance Machine (nytimes.com)
		677 points by imartin2k on March 20, 2018 \| 232 comments
8.		Zuckerberg summoned to House Of Commons inquiry (bbc.co.uk)
		483 points by sjcsjc on March 20, 2018 \| 169 comments
9.		Breaking the Ledger Security Model (saleemrashid.com)
		232 points by danr4 on March 20, 2018 \| 79 comments
10.		Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Cash-Strapped U.S. Colleges (bloomberg.com)
		253 points by samspenc on March 20, 2018 \| 202 comments
11.		Google News Initiative (withgoogle.com)
		223 points by artsandsci on March 20, 2018 \| 182 comments
12.		Mont Saint Michel Reveals New Secrets (cnrs.fr)
		172 points by curtis on March 20, 2018 \| 20 comments
13.		Gallery of programming UIs (docs.google.com)
		369 points by panic on March 20, 2018 \| 122 comments
14.		Lightning on Stellar: Technical Spec and Roadmap (stellar.org)
		198 points by pknerd on March 20, 2018 \| 61 comments
15.		How to Use Go Interfaces (chewxy.com)
		324 points by boyter on March 19, 2018 \| 116 comments
16.		Toxic management cost an award-winning game studio its best developers (theverge.com)
		321 points by snake117 on March 20, 2018 \| 149 comments
17.		At full speed with Python: a book for self-learners (github.com/joaoventura)
		304 points by jventura on March 19, 2018 \| 50 comments
18.		Show HN: Word2Bits – Quantized Word Vectors (github.com/agnusmaximus)
		221 points by maxlam on March 20, 2018 \| 110 comments
19.		An employee whose job was to be sacked (2010) (henrytapper.com)
		243 points by hodder on March 19, 2018 \| 161 comments
20.		Scientists suspect a link between the digestive system and problems with sleep (theguardian.com)
		159 points by devy on March 20, 2018 \| 68 comments
21.		Both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Threatened to Sue Journalists (techdirt.com)
		504 points by Analemma_ on March 20, 2018 \| 116 comments
22.		Neural Network Quine (arxiv.org)
		138 points by crazyoscarchang on March 20, 2018 \| 25 comments
23.		Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving Car Fatality in Arizona (fortune.com)
		315 points by tlrobinson on March 20, 2018 \| 436 comments
24.		Robert Langlands, Mathematical Visionary, Wins the Abel Prize (quantamagazine.org)
		117 points by portofcall on March 20, 2018 \| 7 comments
25.		IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple (developer.apple.com)
		121 points by robinhowlett on March 20, 2018 \| 61 comments
26.		The US Army’s costly quest for the perfect radio (arstechnica.com)
		155 points by rbanffy on March 20, 2018 \| 160 comments
27.		Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees (bbc.com)
		129 points by MiriamWeiner on March 19, 2018 \| 40 comments
28.		NGraph: A New Open Source Compiler for Deep Learning Systems (intel.com)
		125 points by jennifermyers on March 20, 2018 \| 23 comments
29.		Startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s W18 Demo Day (techcrunch.com)
		116 points by marlonbarz on March 20, 2018 \| 58 comments
30.		Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises and the Vagus Nerve (2017) (psychologytoday.com)
		248 points by walterbell on March 20, 2018 \| 86 comments
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