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1.		Escaping Docker container using waitid() – CVE-2017-5123 (twistlock.com)
		444 points by Da5hes on Dec 29, 2017 \| 121 comments
2.		Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wichita police shooting (krebsonsecurity.com)
		574 points by pjc50 on Dec 29, 2017 \| 617 comments
3.		From Bootstrap to CSS Grid (nytimes.com)
		407 points by kawera on Dec 29, 2017 \| 102 comments
4.		Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking measures (techcrunch.com)
		244 points by ytNumbers on Dec 28, 2017 \| 365 comments
5.		Things I have learnt as the software engineering lead of a multinational (minnenratta.wordpress.com)
		442 points by kuahyeow on Dec 29, 2017 \| 218 comments
6.		Operating System Design Book Series (fysnet.net)
		307 points by adamnemecek on Dec 27, 2017 \| 25 comments
7.		Open-source clone of the Age of Empires II engine (github.com/sfttech)
		393 points by doener on Dec 29, 2017 \| 74 comments
8.		Dumping a PS4 Kernel in “Only” 6 Days (fail0verflow.com)
		201 points by pjl on Dec 29, 2017 \| 4 comments
9.		Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s (nytimes.com)
		197 points by danso on Dec 28, 2017 \| 224 comments
10.		Why a ‘paperless world’ still hasn’t happened (theguardian.com)
		147 points by charlysl on Dec 29, 2017 \| 152 comments
11.		Review: Copperhead OS (adventuresinoss.com)
		272 points by billpollock on Dec 29, 2017 \| 156 comments
12.		How Raganwald Lost His Crown (braythwayt.com)
		137 points by braythwayt on Dec 29, 2017 \| 47 comments
13.		Exmo Bitcoin exchange chief executive kidnapped in Kiev (bbc.com)
		245 points by boto3 on Dec 28, 2017 \| 126 comments
14.		The Near Future of Electric Cars: Many Models, Few Buyers (bloomberg.com)
		97 points by osrec on Dec 29, 2017 \| 184 comments
15.		Google retires the Pixel C tablet as it shifts focus to the Pixelbook (techcrunch.com)
		109 points by LearnerHerzog on Dec 28, 2017 \| 128 comments
16.		An introduction to reverse-engineering x86 microcode and writing it (ccc.de)
		197 points by sohkamyung on Dec 29, 2017 \| 69 comments
17.		The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track (nytimes.com)
		225 points by seibelj on Dec 29, 2017 \| 213 comments
18.		Lack of sleep boosts levels of Alzheimer's proteins (medicalxpress.com)
		135 points by dnetesn on Dec 29, 2017 \| 51 comments
19.		Shenzhen Electrifies Entire Public Transit Bus Fleet (electrek.co)
		134 points by Element_ on Dec 28, 2017 \| 71 comments
20.		A Pragmatic Introduction to Signal Processing (umd.edu)
		235 points by lainon on Dec 29, 2017 \| 19 comments
21.		DeepZip: Lossless Compression Using Recurrent Networks [pdf] (stanford.edu)
		153 points by stelonix on Dec 28, 2017 \| 17 comments
22.		Free electron laser – A fourth-generation synchrotron light source [video] (ccc.de)
		200 points by sasvari on Dec 29, 2017 \| 38 comments
23.		A Python internals adventure (2014) (flowerhack.dreamwidth.org)
		101 points by luu on Dec 27, 2017 \| 3 comments
24.		Publishers Bought Millions of Website Visits They Found Out Were Fraudulent (buzzfeed.com)
		107 points by tysone on Dec 27, 2017 \| 81 comments
25.		Adversarial Learning for Good: On Deep Learning Blindspots (kjamistan.com)
		78 points by doener on Dec 29, 2017 \| 12 comments
26.		ThunderSVM: A Fast SVM Library on GPUs and CPUs (github.com/zeyiwen)
		99 points by lainon on Dec 29, 2017 \| 21 comments
27.		Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player (mercurynews.com)
		200 points by CaliforniaKarl on Dec 28, 2017 \| 205 comments
28.		A $47B Emergency-Response Network That’s Already Obsolete (theatlantic.com)
		102 points by lxm on Dec 26, 2017 \| 23 comments
29.		A visual ARM emulator (salmanarif.bitbucket.io)
		127 points by sohkamyung on Dec 29, 2017 \| 13 comments
30.		How to hand-write DNS messages (routley.io)
		106 points by jmlr on Dec 28, 2017 \| 10 comments
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