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1.		The Fathers of the Internet Urge Today’s Software Engineers to Reinvent the Web (ieee.org)
		644 points by jonbaer on June 19, 2016 \| 228 comments
2.		When everything else fails, amateur radio will still be there and thriving (arstechnica.com)
		363 points by Tomte on June 19, 2016 \| 186 comments
3.		How Hired Hackers Got “Complete Control” of Palantir (buzzfeed.com)
		217 points by minimaxir on June 17, 2016 \| 78 comments
4.		The RC2014 Retro Computer (sustburbia.blogspot.com)
		145 points by jamesbowman on June 18, 2016 \| 45 comments
5.		Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; can now watch new owner (reddit.com)
		454 points by tshtf on June 19, 2016 \| 150 comments
6.		Thinking About Smart Contract Security (ethereum.org)
		134 points by ikeboy on June 18, 2016 \| 80 comments
7.		We’re pretty happy with SQLite and not urgently interested in a fancier DBMS (beets.io)
		397 points by samps on June 19, 2016 \| 146 comments
8.		Reweaving the web: A slew of startups is trying to decentralise the online world (economist.com)
		142 points by vasaulys on June 18, 2016 \| 70 comments
9.		Think Less, Think Better (nytimes.com)
		231 points by saeranv on June 18, 2016 \| 39 comments
10.		The management myth (2006) (theatlantic.com)
		240 points by wtbob on June 19, 2016 \| 155 comments
11.		Tinnitus in relation to neck/head muscle tension (nih.gov)
		161 points by hacker42 on June 19, 2016 \| 61 comments
12.		Prosecutors Drop Drug Trafficking Case Against FedEx (abcnews.go.com)
		105 points by protomyth on June 18, 2016 \| 26 comments
13.		An AI dashcam app designed to rate every driver (ieee.org)
		150 points by walterbell on June 19, 2016 \| 105 comments
14.		GoToMyPC has been hacked, all customer passwords reset (gotomypc.com)
		174 points by stephengillie on June 19, 2016 \| 167 comments
15.		LimeSDR GSM Base Station Demo (crowdsupply.com)
		84 points by ChuckMcM on June 18, 2016 \| 27 comments
16.		Low-background steel (wikipedia.org)
		159 points by valgaze on June 19, 2016 \| 28 comments
17.		QuakeWorld by John Carmack (1996) (fabiensanglard.net)
		154 points by qwertyuiop924 on June 19, 2016 \| 68 comments
18.		Why Kotlin is my next programming language (2015) (medium.com/octskyward)
		133 points by insulanian on June 18, 2016 \| 180 comments
19.		Birth Control via App Finds Footing Under Political Radar (nytimes.com)
		90 points by sethbannon on June 19, 2016 \| 96 comments
20.		The Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Priorities Haven’t Changed in a Decade (warisboring.com)
		41 points by SEJeff on June 19, 2016 \| 31 comments
21.		Data-Driven Products (2014) [video] (mcfunley.com)
		34 points by momo-reina on June 19, 2016 \| 2 comments
22.		Crescent Dunes, a utility-scale solar power plant in the Nevada desert (time.com)
		44 points by lxm on June 19, 2016 \| 37 comments
23.		Novel 3D printing method blossoms from botanical inspiration (wyss.harvard.edu)
		44 points by bootload on June 19, 2016 \| 10 comments
24.		Jenny Diski’s ‘In Gratitude’ (nytimes.com)
		23 points by CrocodileStreet on June 19, 2016
25.		Good News Hidden in the Data: Today’s Children Are Healthier (nytimes.com)
		51 points by pavornyoh on June 19, 2016 \| 12 comments
26.		The “C Is Efficient” Language Fallacy (2006) (scienceblogs.com)
		144 points by ZeljkoS on June 19, 2016 \| 102 comments
27.		Advanced programming languages (2009) (might.net)
		219 points by ZeljkoS on June 19, 2016 \| 202 comments
28.		What's New in Swift [video] (developer.apple.com)
		81 points by pjmlp on June 19, 2016 \| 21 comments
29.		UTF-8 Everywhere (2012) (utf8everywhere.org)
		122 points by thefox on June 19, 2016 \| 153 comments
30.		Ask HN: Microsoft Computer Vision API or Google Cloud Vision API?
		76 points by jharohit on June 19, 2016 \| 50 comments
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