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1.		Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue (techcrunch.com)
		594 points by pseudolus on Dec 31, 2018 \| 383 comments
2.		An Idiot’s guide to Support vector machines (2003) [pdf] (web.mit.edu)
		312 points by bladecatcher on Dec 31, 2018 \| 62 comments
3.		Federal judge finds state law governing who is an engineer violates free speech (oregonlive.com)
		374 points by danso on Dec 31, 2018 \| 296 comments
4.		When Too Cute Is Too Much, the Brain Can Get Aggressive (npr.org)
		277 points by daegloe on Dec 31, 2018 \| 149 comments
5.		Long Life Vehicle (si.edu)
		247 points by keeganjw on Dec 31, 2018 \| 196 comments
6.		Surprise DNA Results Are Turning Customer-Service Reps into Therapists (bloomberg.com)
		100 points by laurex on Dec 31, 2018 \| 51 comments
7.		The Elements of UI Engineering (overreacted.io)
		468 points by danabramov on Dec 31, 2018 \| 79 comments
8.		Abusing Amazon‘s Look Inside feature to leak unreleased content (justmaku.org)
		139 points by justMaku on Dec 31, 2018 \| 29 comments
9.		Ask HN: Engineers from non-CS background, how did you pivot into ML/AI?
		390 points by ultrasounder on Dec 31, 2018 \| 132 comments
10.		A month of Flutter: a look back (bendyworks.com)
		107 points by abraham on Dec 31, 2018 \| 35 comments
11.		AdGuard DNS: A Privacy-Oriented DNS Server (adguard.com)
		196 points by FabianBeiner on Dec 30, 2018 \| 107 comments
12.		The Uncharity of College: The Big Business Nobody Understands (conradbastable.com)
		292 points by cjmb on Dec 31, 2018 \| 140 comments
13.		FizzBuzz in ten languages (iolivia.me)
		115 points by pplonski86 on Dec 31, 2018 \| 91 comments
14.		Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common (washingtonpost.com)
		325 points by petethomas on Dec 31, 2018 \| 362 comments
15.		Button offers instant gratification for those plagued by airplane noise (washingtonpost.com)
		148 points by wallflower on Dec 30, 2018 \| 202 comments
16.		Nasa's New Horizons: Final flyby commands given to distant probe (bbc.com)
		152 points by gpvos on Dec 31, 2018 \| 72 comments
17.		People with Depression Use Language Differently (theconversation.com)
		269 points by toufiqbarhamov on Dec 31, 2018 \| 135 comments
18.		They paid $100k to ride on Xcor's space plane. Now they want their money back (latimes.com)
		78 points by dsr12 on Dec 30, 2018 \| 85 comments
19.		Six Degrees of YC Separation (medium.com/kyle_mack)
		94 points by kmack on Dec 31, 2018 \| 37 comments
20.		A deep dive into the world of DOS viruses [video] (ccc.de)
		122 points by pjmlp on Dec 30, 2018 \| 13 comments
21.		Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars (nytimes.com)
		191 points by guard0g on Dec 31, 2018 \| 291 comments
22.		Don’t use JPEG-XR on the Web (perfplanet.com)
		134 points by robin_reala on Dec 31, 2018 \| 88 comments
23.		Potholes to avoid when migrating to IPv6 (rachelbythebay.com)
		146 points by deafcalculus on Dec 31, 2018 \| 102 comments
24.		Comparing Pythagorean triples in C++, D, and Rust (atilanevesoncode.wordpress.com)
		135 points by atilaneves on Dec 31, 2018 \| 116 comments
25.		Chinese Crankshafts (2012) (flycorvair.net)
		130 points by beerlord on Dec 30, 2018 \| 61 comments
26.		HAKMEM (1972) [pdf] (dspace.mit.edu)
		101 points by mrdavidmoses on Dec 31, 2018 \| 29 comments
27.		Not-o-matic Differentiation (ajknapp.github.io)
		50 points by jxub on Dec 30, 2018 \| 17 comments
28.		Fuzzing Like It’s 1989 (trailofbits.com)
		131 points by ploggingdev on Dec 31, 2018 \| 16 comments
29.		The Year in Math and Computer Science (quantamagazine.org)
		145 points by chmaynard on Dec 31, 2018 \| 4 comments
30.		How to Make a Crystal Radio – No Batteries, No External Power (2015) [video] (youtube.com)
		94 points by humbfool2 on Dec 29, 2018 \| 23 comments
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