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31.		Designing Twilight Struggle, the top-ranked board game (fivethirtyeight.com)
		55 points by ryan_j_naughton on Dec 31, 2014 \| 30 comments
32.		Minecraft Modding Software To Teach Kids Coding (ucsd.edu)
		88 points by jcr on Dec 31, 2014 \| 46 comments
33.		Nvidia Corporate Network Breached (forbes.com/sites/davelewis)
		69 points by Garbage on Dec 31, 2014 \| 36 comments
34.		Slow bugs (embeddedfool.net)
		43 points by kabouseng on Dec 31, 2014 \| 18 comments
35.		The Cartel: How BP Got Insider Tips Through a Secret Chat Room (bloomberg.com)
		45 points by randomname2 on Dec 30, 2014 \| 22 comments
36.		Show HN: Intentionally subtle headphone crossfeed filter (github.com/lnxprgr3)
		51 points by LnxPrgr3 on Dec 31, 2014 \| 21 comments
37.		Why Remote Engineering Is So Difficult (learningbyshipping.com)
		74 points by go37pi on Dec 31, 2014 \| 40 comments
38.		Enclosing the public domain: The restriction of public domain books (firstmonday.org)
		37 points by walterbell on Dec 31, 2014 \| 8 comments
39.		How did that program manage to pin itself to my taskbar when I installed it? (msdn.com)
		31 points by jonchang on Dec 31, 2014 \| 15 comments
40.		More Data on Attributing the Sony Attack (schneier.com)
		56 points by CapitalistCartr on Dec 31, 2014 \| 41 comments
41.		Uber Suspends Its Ride-Sharing Service in Spain Following a Court Ruling (techcrunch.com)
		44 points by mparramon on Dec 31, 2014 \| 51 comments
42.		Don't React (Presentation - Use arrows to navigate) (staltz.com)
		86 points by jackhoy on Dec 31, 2014 \| 99 comments
43.		Email Encryption Grew Tremendously, but Still Needs Work: 2014 in Review (eff.org)
		42 points by CapitalistCartr on Dec 31, 2014 \| 17 comments
44.		Native calls to Rust code from Java code (github.com/drrb)
		53 points by drrb on Dec 31, 2014 \| 17 comments
45.		Show HN: Emacs image editing via imgix (github.com/imgix)
		26 points by jacktasia on Dec 31, 2014 \| 9 comments
46.		FBI Investigating Whether Companies Are Engaged in Revenge Hacking (bloomberg.com)
		37 points by subdane on Dec 30, 2014 \| 6 comments
47.		Signal Intelligence Helped Shoot Down a Third of North Vietnam’s MiG-21s (medium.com/war-is-boring)
		30 points by vinnyglennon on Dec 30, 2014 \| 17 comments
48.		Tesla Is Working on Robotic Snakes That Emerge from the Wall to Charge Your Car (techcrunch.com)
		90 points by dsr12 on Dec 31, 2014 \| 70 comments
49.		From Computation to Consciousness [video] (ccc.de)
		40 points by Audiophilip on Dec 30, 2014 \| 4 comments
50.		Cachet – Service status updates improved (cachethq.io)
		42 points by jbrooksuk on Dec 31, 2014 \| 24 comments
51.		Omniref (YC W15) Is Rap Genius for Code (techcrunch.com)
		63 points by timr on Dec 31, 2014 \| 24 comments
52.		The Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island (rcsri.org)
		21 points by another on Dec 31, 2014 \| 6 comments
53.		Show HN: PHP Code Generator – A scaffolding framework (about.asika.tw)
		27 points by asika32764 on Dec 31, 2014 \| 27 comments
54.		How the internet’s engineers are fighting mass surveillance (gigaom.com)
		20 points by diafygi on Dec 31, 2014 \| 4 comments
55.		Valve Handbook for New Employees (2012) [pdf] (valvesoftware.com)
		42 points by Audiophilip on Dec 31, 2014 \| 17 comments
56.		Sugar Molecule Links Red Meat Consumption and Elevated Cancer Risk in Mice (ucsd.edu)
		37 points by spankalee on Dec 31, 2014 \| 16 comments
57.		Ask HN: How can I stop being jealous of people who succeed before me?
		89 points by loglinear on Dec 31, 2014 \| 61 comments
58.		Inside a Chinese Test-Prep Factory (nytimes.com)
		34 points by GabrielF00 on Dec 31, 2014 \| 14 comments
59.		The Man Behind Common Core Math (npr.org)
		43 points by danso on Dec 31, 2014 \| 89 comments
60.		How does a closed loop artificial pancreas work when you DIY? (scottleibrand.wordpress.com)
		24 points by BlakePetersen on Dec 30, 2014 \| 3 comments
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