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1.		Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags, disposable utensils by 2030 (hongkongfp.com)
		659 points by jacksmith21006 on Feb 22, 2018 \| 402 comments
2.		Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors (github.com/minimaxir)
		803 points by minimaxir on Feb 22, 2018 \| 391 comments
3.		YC's Series A Diligence Checklist (blog.ycombinator.com)
		329 points by akharris on Feb 22, 2018 \| 60 comments
4.		Self-owning corporations are legally possible (ssrn.com)
		321 points by gwern on Feb 22, 2018 \| 178 comments
5.		A Global Optimization Algorithm Worth Using (dlib.net)
		265 points by blt on Feb 22, 2018 \| 63 comments
6.		I don’t understand Graph Theory (medium.com/vardanator)
		566 points by signa11 on Feb 22, 2018 \| 138 comments
7.		The Battle for Best Semi-Autonomous System: Tesla Autopilot vs. GM SuperCruise (thedrive.com)
		193 points by kartD on Feb 22, 2018 \| 199 comments
8.		China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nobody wants (engadget.com)
		342 points by Ajedi32 on Feb 22, 2018 \| 261 comments
9.		Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School Graduates (npr.org)
		257 points by jofer on Feb 22, 2018 \| 295 comments
10.		Meltdown fix committed to OpenBSD (undeadly.org)
		240 points by WhyNotHugo on Feb 22, 2018 \| 56 comments
11.		UPS is working on a fleet of 50 custom-built electric delivery trucks (techcrunch.com)
		136 points by hackme1234 on Feb 22, 2018 \| 73 comments
12.		Switzerland embraces digital currencies and crypto-entrepreneurs (economist.com)
		209 points by edward on Feb 22, 2018 \| 144 comments
13.		Disney loses bid to stop Redbox from selling its digital download codes (theverge.com)
		289 points by IntronExon on Feb 22, 2018 \| 178 comments
14.		Tiny quad-core system-on-module for makers and hardware startups (neutis.io)
		204 points by willey on Feb 22, 2018 \| 119 comments
15.		Google Calendar should prevent spam by default (daynebatten.com)
		173 points by dbatten on Feb 22, 2018 \| 67 comments
16.		Preparing for Malicious Uses of AI (blog.openai.com)
		330 points by williamtrask on Feb 22, 2018 \| 227 comments
17.		My Python Development Environment, 2018 Edition (jacobian.org)
		530 points by craigkerstiens on Feb 22, 2018 \| 219 comments
18.		Computer History Museum 2018 Fellow: Guido van Rossum (computerhistory.org)
		299 points by rbanffy on Feb 22, 2018 \| 64 comments
19.		The reason Facebook won’t ever change (om.co)
		222 points by kawera on Feb 22, 2018 \| 152 comments
20.		Taking a Picture of a Supernova While Setting Up a New Camera (nytimes.com)
		127 points by dnetesn on Feb 21, 2018 \| 57 comments
21.		Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs (thelancet.com)
		133 points by rb2e on Feb 22, 2018 \| 108 comments
22.		CockroachDB Interactive, D3-Powered Simulations (cockroachlabs.com)
		133 points by loiselleatwork on Feb 22, 2018 \| 25 comments
23.		Programming ARM μC in Rust at four different levels of abstraction (pramode.in)
		184 points by signa11 on Feb 22, 2018 \| 32 comments
24.		Nobody Wants to Let Google Win the War for Maps All Over Again (bloomberg.com)
		154 points by adventured on Feb 22, 2018 \| 103 comments
25.		Snips Uses Rust to Build an Embedded Voice Assistant (blog.mozilla.org)
		209 points by albi_lander on Feb 22, 2018 \| 56 comments
26.		Show HN: Use encrypted passwords in shell scripts signed with your SSH key (github.com/ahnick)
		117 points by ahnick on Feb 21, 2018 \| 46 comments
27.		Electron 2.0.0 beta (electronjs.org)
		259 points by l2dy on Feb 22, 2018 \| 428 comments
28.		Do not use NPM 5.7 (github.com/npm)
		544 points by jguimont on Feb 22, 2018 \| 225 comments
29.		Using a laser to wirelessly charge a smartphone safely across a room (phys.org)
		75 points by tech_timc on Feb 22, 2018 \| 57 comments
30.		Show HN: Headless Chrome Crawler (github.com/yujiosaka)
		172 points by yujiosaka on Feb 22, 2018 \| 33 comments
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