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1.		Ursula Le Guin has died (nytimes.com)
		1125 points by sampo on Jan 23, 2018 \| 188 comments
2.		Facebook open-sources Detectron (fb.com)
		801 points by rmason on Jan 23, 2018 \| 178 comments
3.		Ending Bitcoin Support (stripe.com)
		989 points by uptown on Jan 23, 2018 \| 625 comments
4.		DuckDuckGo moves beyond search to also protect you while browsing (spreadprivacy.com)
		727 points by brisance on Jan 23, 2018 \| 322 comments
5.		Show HN: Self-generated custom art for your home or Airbnb (eliotand.me)
		644 points by sdubois on Jan 23, 2018 \| 166 comments
6.		Elixir on Google Cloud Platform and App Engine (cloud.google.com)
		510 points by shalabhc on Jan 22, 2018 \| 130 comments
7.		Once seniors are too old to drive, our transportation system fails them (vox.com)
		328 points by edward on Jan 22, 2018 \| 310 comments
8.		Worked for 52 Years, Still Running: 1912 C-T 4WD Electric Truck (bringatrailer.com)
		291 points by lxm on Jan 22, 2018 \| 112 comments
9.		In-N-Out managers earn triple the industry average (californiasun.co)
		280 points by ohjeez on Jan 23, 2018 \| 203 comments
10.		It Takes Two Neurons to Ride a Bicycle (2004) (caltech.edu)
		234 points by orenjacob on Jan 23, 2018 \| 87 comments
11.		Why Discrete Math Is Important (artofproblemsolving.com)
		297 points by jaoo on Jan 23, 2018 \| 124 comments
12.		Hetzner Cloud (hetzner.com)
		579 points by CSDude on Jan 23, 2018 \| 335 comments
13.		Europe’s central banks are starting to replace dollar reserves with the yuan (qz.com)
		241 points by tosh on Jan 20, 2018 \| 244 comments
14.		The 10,000 Year Clock (longnow.org)
		200 points by mkempe on Jan 23, 2018 \| 56 comments
15.		The Challenges of Being in the New Contract Workforce (npr.org)
		193 points by happy-go-lucky on Jan 23, 2018 \| 293 comments
16.		The U.S. drops out of the top 10 in innovation ranking (bloomberg.com)
		251 points by swiftting on Jan 23, 2018 \| 139 comments
17.		Show HN: Paper Programs – Run JavaScript on pieces of paper (paperprograms.org)
		235 points by janpaul123 on Jan 23, 2018 \| 52 comments
18.		Dark Algorithms and UX in Health Insurance (jb-rubinovitz.ghost.io)
		203 points by luu on Jan 22, 2018 \| 65 comments
19.		What happens when you grep the file you've redirected grep to? (anniecherkaev.com)
		218 points by luu on Jan 22, 2018 \| 49 comments
20.		Amazon Go and the Future (stratechery.com)
		284 points by misiti3780 on Jan 23, 2018 \| 172 comments
21.		The Transistor, Part 1: Groping in the Dark (technicshistory.wordpress.com)
		175 points by cfmcdonald on Jan 23, 2018 \| 28 comments
22.		Reducing Memory Usage in Ruby (tenderlovemaking.com)
		222 points by craigkerstiens on Jan 23, 2018 \| 56 comments
23.		Perl 6 Optimism (p6weekly.wordpress.com)
		157 points by vgy7ujm on Jan 23, 2018 \| 232 comments
24.		Can staying awake beat depression? (bbc.com)
		175 points by IndrekR on Jan 23, 2018 \| 73 comments
25.		The eardrums move when the eyes move (pnas.org)
		152 points by hprotagonist on Jan 23, 2018 \| 57 comments
26.		Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96 (nytimes.com)
		99 points by NaOH on Jan 23, 2018 \| 12 comments
27.		Building a Distributed Log from Scratch: Sketching a New System (bravenewgeek.com)
		140 points by tylertreat on Jan 23, 2018 \| 7 comments
28.		Printing and binding your own books and manuals (2003) (uazu.net)
		129 points by clishem on Jan 23, 2018 \| 31 comments
29.		Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv and DOSBox (hanselman.com)
		106 points by rpeden on Jan 23, 2018 \| 23 comments
30.		Does Depression Have an Evolutionary Purpose? (2017) (nautil.us)
		190 points by dnetesn on Jan 23, 2018 \| 105 comments
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