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61.		Facebook Offers Privacy Checkup to All 1.28 Billion Users (nytimes.com)
		42 points by taylorbuley on May 22, 2014 \| 26 comments
62.		R beats Python, R beats Julia, Anyone else wanna challenge R? (matloff.wordpress.com)
		42 points by jordigh on May 22, 2014 \| 40 comments
63.		The Lowly Thermostat, Now Minter of Megawatts (technologyreview.com)
		42 points by jonathansizz on May 22, 2014 \| 36 comments
64.		SkrivML: A lightweight markup language (skriv.org)
		41 points by rhythmvs on May 22, 2014 \| 45 comments
65.		Sales Advice (firstround.com)
		39 points by ca98am79 on May 22, 2014 \| 12 comments
66.		A User Experience Designer Switches from iOS to Android (jacksonfish.com)
		36 points by hillel on May 22, 2014 \| 62 comments
67.		Tell HN: upvotes don't register if you take the time to read the article
		35 points by hyp0 on May 22, 2014 \| 11 comments
68.		The Ultimate List of Freely Available .NET Libraries (qink.net)
		34 points by paulblei on May 22, 2014 \| 6 comments
69.		OkHi – Solving the lack of a physical address system in Kenya (okhi.co)
		31 points by kipdotcom on May 22, 2014 \| 45 comments
70.		B-52 Bomber Gets Its First New Communications System Since the 1960s (wired.com)
		29 points by MikeCapone on May 22, 2014 \| 40 comments
71.		The Fermi Paradox (waitbutwhy.com)
		26 points by libovness on May 22, 2014
72.		Facebook wants to 'listen' to your music and TV (bbc.co.uk)
		26 points by hugorodgerbrown on May 22, 2014 \| 44 comments
73.		Ask HN: Thinking of mentoring? Looking for a mentor?
		25 points by eatitraw on May 22, 2014 \| 22 comments
74.		Add Gestures and Touch to your Arduino (justhover.com)
		29 points by emranemran on May 22, 2014 \| 11 comments
75.		The US crackdown on not-so-harmless laser strikes (arstechnica.com)
		27 points by sbochins on May 22, 2014 \| 54 comments
76.		Chelyabinsk Meteorite Collided With Asteroid Before Hitting Earth (discovermagazine.com)
		23 points by suprgeek on May 22, 2014 \| 3 comments
77.		The Trouble With IBM (businessweek.com)
		22 points by omh on May 22, 2014 \| 5 comments
78.		Conflict resolution 101 for startups (close.io)
		23 points by SteliE on May 22, 2014 \| 6 comments
79.		Treat Open Source Like a Startup (hacks.mozilla.org)
		22 points by purpleturtle on May 22, 2014 \| 2 comments
80.		How Pinterest Drives Sustainable Growth (pinterest.com)
		24 points by jwegan on May 22, 2014 \| 10 comments
81.		French railway operator orders hundreds of new trains that are too big (theguardian.com)
		22 points by kercker on May 22, 2014 \| 36 comments
82.		Johammer J1: First serial electric motorcycle with reach beyond 200 kilometers (johammer.com)
		21 points by emrehan on May 22, 2014 \| 17 comments
83.		Ask HN: Why has nobody else 'defected' from NSA/GCHQ since the Snowden incident?
		18 points by Theodores on May 22, 2014 \| 14 comments
84.		Hackers raid eBay in historic breach, access 145 million records (reuters.com)
		18 points by 8ig8 on May 22, 2014
85.		On Primary Keys (orchestrate.io)
		19 points by dstroyallmodels on May 22, 2014 \| 36 comments
86.		[dupe] American Born Mos Def Barred from entering the U.S. (bet.com)
		18 points by davidcoronado on May 22, 2014 \| 6 comments
87.		The Case for Reparations (theatlantic.com)
		17 points by jboynyc on May 22, 2014 \| 6 comments
88.		Flying robots: nature inspires next generation design (bbc.com)
		16 points by T-A on May 22, 2014 \| 8 comments
89.		AMC Previews PC Industry Drama ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ on Yahoo’s Tumblr (variety.com)
		15 points by rpm4321 on May 22, 2014 \| 6 comments
90.		Python for Finance (packtpub.com)
		13 points by tom_jones on May 22, 2014 \| 5 comments
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