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1.		Web fonts, boy, I don't know (meowni.ca)
		690 points by guessmyname on Nov 3, 2016 \| 323 comments
2.		MicroG Project: A re-implementation of Google's Android apps and libraries (microg.org)
		430 points by oridecon on Nov 3, 2016 \| 163 comments
3.		Signs that a startup is focused on stuff that doesn’t matter (groovehq.com)
		594 points by lxm on Nov 3, 2016 \| 273 comments
4.		Browsers, not apps, are the future of mobile (intercom.com)
		378 points by hackyio on Nov 3, 2016 \| 185 comments
5.		How Steve Jobs Became a Billionaire (fortune.com)
		344 points by lxm on Nov 3, 2016 \| 217 comments
6.		Securing PostgreSQL [pdf] (thebuild.com)
		241 points by okket on Nov 3, 2016 \| 71 comments
7.		BearSSL – Smaller SSL/TLS (bearssl.org)
		338 points by ayrx on Nov 3, 2016 \| 195 comments
8.		Visual Studio Code 1.7 overloaded npmjs.org, release reverted (visualstudio.com)
		302 points by eiopa on Nov 3, 2016 \| 85 comments
9.		Flv.js – An HTML5 Flash Video Player (github.com/bilibili)
		204 points by fqj1994 on Nov 3, 2016 \| 37 comments
10.		Visual Studio Code 1.7.1 (visualstudio.com)
		233 points by okket on Nov 3, 2016 \| 140 comments
11.		GoPro shows its vulnerability after horrific Q3 earnings (techcrunch.com)
		170 points by tomjacu48 on Nov 3, 2016 \| 205 comments
12.		StackOverflow Importer – Import code from Stack Overflow as Python modules (github.com/drathier)
		301 points by drathier on Nov 3, 2016 \| 84 comments
13.		Udacity the new ITT Tech? (masters3d.com)
		186 points by masters3d on Nov 3, 2016 \| 96 comments
14.		Why a federal high-tech start-up is a money loser (washingtonpost.com)
		216 points by Animats on Nov 3, 2016 \| 204 comments
15.		Why America Needs India’s Rockets (bloomberg.com)
		226 points by cscurmudgeon on Nov 3, 2016 \| 164 comments
16.		Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-Looking Iron Meteorite (nasa.gov)
		99 points by okket on Nov 3, 2016 \| 22 comments
17.		Writing more legible SQL (craigkerstiens.com)
		195 points by craigkerstiens on Nov 3, 2016 \| 162 comments
18.		Show HN: SkateJS – a cross framework web components based library (github.com/skatejs)
		144 points by jpnelson on Nov 3, 2016 \| 24 comments
19.		Org mode 9.0 released (orgmode.org)
		285 points by Philipp__ on Nov 3, 2016 \| 109 comments
20.		The etcd operator: Simplify etcd cluster configuration and management (coreos.com)
		100 points by polvi on Nov 3, 2016 \| 35 comments
21.		Variational Inference for Machine Learning [pdf] (shakirm.com)
		79 points by alex_hirner on Nov 3, 2016 \| 40 comments
22.		Introducing Unified Update Platform (windows.com)
		97 points by nikbackm on Nov 3, 2016 \| 69 comments
23.		Identity/Persona Shutdown Guidelines for Reliers (wiki.mozilla.org)
		118 points by CapacitorSet on Nov 3, 2016 \| 49 comments
24.		ASML Buys Stake in Carl Zeiss Unit for $1.1B (bloomberg.com)
		69 points by mmastrac on Nov 3, 2016 \| 26 comments
25.		Shepherding Random Numbers (inconvergent.net)
		119 points by andra_nl on Nov 2, 2016 \| 15 comments
26.		The Story of How McDonald’s First Got Its Start (smithsonianmag.com)
		68 points by samclemens on Nov 2, 2016 \| 19 comments
27.		Show HN: Sodaphonic – record and edit audio in the browser (sodaphonic.com)
		77 points by stuartmemo on Nov 3, 2016 \| 17 comments
28.		Using Haskell to Find Unused Spring MVC Code (small-improvements.com)
		101 points by petercrona on Nov 2, 2016 \| 23 comments
29.		HTTPS Certificates Show Where Their Key Comes From (enigmabridge.com)
		66 points by dc352 on Nov 2, 2016 \| 20 comments
30.		A Conductor of Evolution’s Subtle Symphony (quantamagazine.org)
		46 points by M_Grey on Nov 3, 2016 \| 1 comment
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