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1.
Naughty Strings: A list of strings likely to cause issues as user-input data (github.com/minimaxir)
937 points by caseysoftware on Jan 15, 2017 | 144 comments
2.
Ian's Shoelace Site (fieggen.com)
695 points by Tomte on Jan 14, 2017 | 116 comments
3.
Noise Protocol Framework (noiseprotocol.org)
243 points by cryptoshere on Jan 15, 2017 | 58 comments
4.
Show HN: Crafting Interpreters – A handbook for making programming languages (craftinginterpreters.com)
423 points by munificent on Jan 15, 2017 | 75 comments
5.
Amazon’s Glacier secret: BDXL (2014) (storagemojo.com)
213 points by another on Jan 15, 2017 | 71 comments
6.
Game Theory Reveals the Future of Deep Learning (medium.com/intuitionmachine)
200 points by curiousgal on Jan 15, 2017 | 67 comments
7.
What Happens to OO When Processors Are Free? (2015) (metaobject.com)
196 points by mpweiher on Jan 15, 2017 | 141 comments
8.
Ask HN: What's the best computer science book you've read recently?
670 points by bobnarizes on Jan 15, 2017 | 186 comments
9.
If you don’t finish then you’re just busy, not productive (jacksimpson.co)
426 points by jbsimpson on Jan 15, 2017 | 95 comments
10.
Google and Facebook ad traffic is 90% useless (youexec.com)
540 points by somid3 on Jan 15, 2017 | 370 comments
11.
A Peek at GNU Radio’s Buffer Architecture (gnuradio.org)
142 points by ptr on Jan 15, 2017 | 15 comments
12.
Debian 8.7 released (debian.org)
195 points by type0 on Jan 15, 2017 | 43 comments
13.
Where have I been these past few years? (rachelbythebay.com)
186 points by curtis on Jan 14, 2017 | 58 comments
14.
Coinbase and the IRS (medium.com/barmstrong)
276 points by barmstrong on Jan 15, 2017 | 202 comments
15.
Bus Drivers Working in Silicon Valley Struggle to Afford Rent (abcnews.go.com)
214 points by anigbrowl on Jan 15, 2017 | 225 comments
16.
Ask HN: How to effectively learn PowerShell?
196 points by mondoshawan on Jan 15, 2017 | 100 comments
17.
Gates Foundation research can’t be published in top journals (nature.com)
302 points by ZeljkoS on Jan 15, 2017 | 96 comments
18.
Windows Code Samples (microsoft.github.io)
181 points by aburan28 on Jan 15, 2017 | 105 comments
19.
Is this plane landing or departing? (aviation.stackexchange.com)
256 points by bluedino on Jan 15, 2017 | 80 comments
20.
BlackRock's Robot Stock-Pickers Post Record Losses (bloomberg.com)
153 points by TuringNYC on Jan 15, 2017 | 79 comments
21.
Lyft Loses $600M in 2016 as Revenue Rises to $700M (bloomberg.com)
153 points by rayuela on Jan 15, 2017 | 182 comments
22.
Ringling Bros. circus to close after 146 years (daytondailynews.com)
196 points by jdoliner on Jan 15, 2017 | 189 comments
23.
The Trouble with Quantum Mechanics (nybooks.com)
125 points by themgt on Jan 14, 2017 | 119 comments
24.
Montreal Is Leading the AI World Takeover (cloudraker.com)
155 points by myth_drannon on Jan 15, 2017 | 78 comments
25.
Vimperator: a Vim-like Firefox (vimperator.org)
139 points by CapacitorSet on Jan 15, 2017 | 96 comments
26.
Cracking the 12+ Character Password Barrier, Literally (netmux.com)
113 points by sply on Jan 14, 2017 | 73 comments
27.
Vmtouch – Portable file system cache diagnostics and control (github.com/hoytech)
82 points by old-gregg on Jan 15, 2017 | 12 comments
28.
Philosophy vs. ethics (the-tls.co.uk)
48 points by diodorus on Jan 15, 2017 | 32 comments
29.
Trying to Keep the Internet Safe from Warrantless NSA Surveillance (aclu.org)
150 points by maxt on Jan 15, 2017 | 63 comments
30.
eLucy – Information about Lucy, an early fossil hominin (elucy.org)
60 points by based2 on Jan 15, 2017 | 8 comments

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