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31.
Knot Strength: Structures That Make a Natural-Fiber Knot Strong or Weak (2010) (allaboutknots.blogspot.com)
56 points by rfreytag on Nov 2, 2014 | 7 comments
32.
My Grandma the Poisoner (vice.com)
51 points by GuiA on Nov 2, 2014 | 16 comments
33.
A foodie repents (newyorker.com)
50 points by todayiamme on Nov 2, 2014 | 48 comments
34.
A father's scars (washingtonpost.com)
53 points by ilamont on Nov 2, 2014 | 10 comments
35.
Artificial intelligence: machine v man (ft.com)
47 points by lintroller on Nov 2, 2014 | 19 comments
36.
How Uber Is Changing Night Life in Los Angeles (nytimes.com)
43 points by william_stranix on Nov 2, 2014 | 38 comments
37.
Fundraising Acceleration Is the New VC Investment Thesis (techcrunch.com)
40 points by AndriusWSR on Nov 2, 2014 | 20 comments
38.
Suppressing Intelligence Research: Hurting Those We Intend to Help (2003) (psu.edu)
40 points by gwern on Nov 2, 2014 | 8 comments
39.
PowerPoint Does Rocket Science (2006) (edwardtufte.com)
39 points by cogware on Nov 2, 2014 | 7 comments
40.
Global IPv6 Deployment Progress Report (he.net)
38 points by fcambus on Nov 2, 2014 | 24 comments
41.
Amazon exec: We priced the Fire phone wrong (fortune.com)
37 points by tchalla on Nov 2, 2014 | 31 comments
42.
Could conjoined twins share a mind? (2011) (nytimes.com)
39 points by bcjordan on Nov 2, 2014 | 2 comments
43.
Travels in the New Psychedelic Bazaar (2013) (nymag.com)
37 points by gwern on Nov 2, 2014 | 5 comments
44.
Netherlands unveils world's first solar bike lane (bbc.com)
32 points by heydenberk on Nov 2, 2014 | 54 comments
45.
Is Behavioral Economics the Past or the Future? (orderstatistic.wordpress.com)
36 points by mindcrime on Nov 2, 2014 | 9 comments
46.
Virgin Galactic Is Rattled, but Undeterred, by Deadly Space Plane Crash (nytimes.com)
33 points by dnetesn on Nov 2, 2014 | 26 comments
47.
So, Why Do We Call It Gotham Anyway? (2011) (nypl.org)
26 points by Thevet on Nov 2, 2014 | 3 comments
48.
Catching Your CPUs Napping (brendangregg.com)
28 points by emaste on Nov 2, 2014 | 1 comment
49.
The best small computer in the world (1968) [pdf] (computerhistory.org)
25 points by mjbellantoni on Nov 2, 2014 | 15 comments
50.
People Don't Want Drills (venturebeat.com)
25 points by frostmatthew on Nov 2, 2014 | 1 comment
51.
Show HN: Civilian – a full-stack RESTful Java web framework (civilian-framework.org)
29 points by jdlib on Nov 2, 2014 | 7 comments
52.
Show HN: Simple Jekyll Search (github.com/christian-fei)
28 points by cfcf on Nov 2, 2014 | 5 comments
53.
Hailo Re-Thunk (medium.com/robwinters)
25 points by chuhnk on Nov 2, 2014 | 6 comments
54.
They Call Me Doctor Berry (nytimes.com)
23 points by johnny99 on Nov 2, 2014 | 16 comments
55.
LG G Watch site delivers an images-gone-wrong 54MB RWD experience (perf.fail)
22 points by egze on Nov 2, 2014
56.
Is Psychometric g a Myth? (humanvarieties.org)
26 points by gwern on Nov 2, 2014 | 11 comments
57.
Pacific Typhoon accurately measured by smartphone sensors in Japan (pressurenet.io)
21 points by cryptoz on Nov 2, 2014
58.
What's it like to have a 150 IQ? Is life really super easy? (quora.com)
19 points by larrys on Nov 2, 2014 | 5 comments
59.
White-Box Cryptography: Hiding Keys in Software (2012) [pdf] (whiteboxcrypto.com)
19 points by chetanahuja on Nov 2, 2014 | 2 comments
60.
The Graying of Academia: Will It Reduce Scientific Productivity? (2010) [pdf] (crema-research.ch)
18 points by gwern on Nov 2, 2014 | 1 comment

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