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1.		ReactOS releases 0.4.8 with experimental Vista/7/10 software compatibility (reactos.org)
		617 points by bratao on April 15, 2018 \| 312 comments
2.		My Favorite PostgreSQL Queries and Why They Matter (severalnines.com)
		447 points by grzm on April 14, 2018 \| 99 comments
3.		H&R Block and Intuit Lobbying Against Simpler Tax Filing (2017) (propublica.org)
		631 points by bajsejohannes on April 15, 2018 \| 232 comments
4.		D3 in Depth (d3indepth.com)
		493 points by _mhr_ on April 15, 2018 \| 52 comments
5.		Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system (engadget.com)
		310 points by cmurf on April 15, 2018 \| 132 comments
6.		Jupyter, Mathematica, and the Future of the Research Paper (paulromer.net)
		321 points by bachmeier on April 15, 2018 \| 173 comments
7.		The Price of Free Is Actually Too High (feld.com)
		353 points by anacleto on April 15, 2018 \| 197 comments
8.		Vipassana for Hackers [pdf] (github.com/deobald)
		461 points by hargup on April 15, 2018 \| 145 comments
9.		What Erlang Taught Me About Distributed Systems (kenforthewin.com)
		243 points by kenforthewin on April 15, 2018 \| 49 comments
10.		The long, tortuous and fascinating process of creating a Chinese font (qz.com)
		277 points by tosh on April 15, 2018 \| 152 comments
11.		A dive into the making of a 64K Intro (ctrl-alt-test.fr)
		320 points by kemenaran on April 15, 2018 \| 59 comments
12.		Kubrick found what he wanted by trying things out (wsj.com)
		143 points by jkuria on April 15, 2018 \| 47 comments
13.		TurboTax Freemium Funnel: Critical Analysis and UX Teardown (medium.com/brandonscottread)
		153 points by breademoji on April 14, 2018 \| 89 comments
14.		Origins of the myth of dopamine as the ‘pleasure chemical’ (theverge.com)
		148 points by lxm on April 14, 2018 \| 62 comments
15.		Is sorted using SIMD instructions (0x80.pl)
		177 points by tomerv on April 15, 2018 \| 67 comments
16.		Talk to Books (books.google.com)
		210 points by tristanho on April 15, 2018 \| 37 comments
17.		“Coming Out” as Face Blind (narrative.ly)
		115 points by kawera on April 14, 2018 \| 80 comments
18.		VuePress: a fully Vue-powered static site generator (vuejs.org)
		187 points by connor11528 on April 14, 2018 \| 119 comments
19.		Turbo Pascal navigational aids that saved my life in 1991 (github.com/timonoko)
		93 points by pmarin on April 14, 2018 \| 21 comments
20.		Trillions of Viruses Fall from the Sky Each Day (nytimes.com)
		183 points by aaronbrethorst on April 14, 2018 \| 83 comments
21.		Giant coconut crabs feed on birds (2017) (newscientist.com)
		126 points by funkylexoo on April 15, 2018 \| 35 comments
22.		Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Prepare for an I.P.O. Wave (nytimes.com)
		144 points by raleighm on April 15, 2018 \| 158 comments
23.		For $5k, Chevy Will Let You Assemble Your Corvette Z06’s Engine Yourself (2015) (caranddriver.com)
		121 points by rmason on April 15, 2018 \| 64 comments
24.		A game of tag that’s been going for 20+ years (kottke.org)
		140 points by gscott on April 15, 2018 \| 36 comments
25.		Eroom's law (wikipedia.org)
		120 points by doener on April 14, 2018 \| 34 comments
26.		How people die vs. media coverage of death (owenshen24.github.io)
		221 points by rkaplan on April 14, 2018 \| 89 comments
27.		Another Reason to Learn Morse Code: Kidnapping (hackaday.com)
		134 points by wglb on April 13, 2018 \| 82 comments
28.		All by Itself, the Humble Sweet Potato Colonized the World: Study (nytimes.com)
		41 points by onuralp on April 14, 2018 \| 19 comments
29.		Sky Diving Cured My Depression (nytimes.com)
		106 points by montrose on April 14, 2018 \| 68 comments
30.		Taking Steps to Combat Your Own Decision-Making Bias (strategy-business.com)
		66 points by lxm on April 14, 2018 \| 2 comments
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