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31.		An Oakland shooting reveals how cops snoop on cell phones (arstechnica.com)
		105 points by anamexis on Aug 7, 2015 \| 48 comments
32.		Gow - A lightweight alternative to Cygwin (github.com/bmatzelle)
		79 points by rlaitila on Aug 7, 2015 \| 60 comments
33.		Design Documentaries (rrrepo.co)
		120 points by mildrenben on Aug 7, 2015 \| 22 comments
34.		The technology behind preview photos (facebook.com)
		113 points by anand-s on Aug 7, 2015 \| 18 comments
35.		[dupe] Oliver Sacks: My Periodic Table (nytimes.com)
		34 points by riffraff on Aug 7, 2015 \| 2 comments
36.		In search of the perfect URL validation regex (mathiasbynens.be)
		97 points by edward on Aug 6, 2015 \| 77 comments
37.		Ask HN: What are the tax implications of exercising startup options?
		93 points by thrawoway on Aug 6, 2015 \| 64 comments
38.		Tabula: Extract Tables from PDFs (tabula.technology)
		67 points by yrochat on Aug 7, 2015 \| 26 comments
39.		Predictive Optimizing Code Loading (github.com/avodonosov)
		33 points by avodonosov on Aug 7, 2015 \| 6 comments
40.		Cornell's Macaulay Library: world's largest archive of wildlife sounds (macaulaylibrary.org)
		46 points by zdw on Aug 7, 2015 \| 7 comments
41.		Why the FTC is showing up at hackers’ biggest conferences (washingtonpost.com)
		40 points by Bydom on Aug 7, 2015 \| 5 comments
42.		Building Bloodhound: The Fastest Car in the World (ieee.org)
		28 points by mhb on Aug 6, 2015 \| 9 comments
43.		Show HN: Watch strangers talk on Omegle with a MitM attack (github.com/olegberman)
		48 points by berman on Aug 6, 2015 \| 19 comments
44.		The Easiest Hard Problem (2002) (americanscientist.org)
		50 points by te on Aug 7, 2015 \| 30 comments
45.		Court rules drug dog barely more accurate than a coin flip is good enough (washingtonpost.com)
		165 points by pmiller2 on Aug 7, 2015 \| 149 comments
46.		How an Australian team won the robot soccer world championships (smh.com.au)
		44 points by bootload on Aug 6, 2015 \| 8 comments
47.		Show HN: PJON – Communications bus system for Arduino (github.com/gioblu)
		44 points by gioscarab on Aug 7, 2015 \| 15 comments
48.		The $100M ‘Business Club’ Crime Gang (krebsonsecurity.com)
		44 points by pnevmatico on Aug 7, 2015 \| 28 comments
49.		Honeypot code challenge (softwareskills.se)
		41 points by mirceasoaica on Aug 7, 2015 \| 15 comments
50.		Ask HN: The Internet is getting lame. What's next?
		139 points by everyone on Aug 7, 2015 \| 154 comments
51.		Where the New York City Subway Doesn't Go (citylab.com)
		32 points by qzervaas on Aug 7, 2015 \| 44 comments
52.		The Architecture of a Cryptocurrency (github.com/consensusresearch)
		51 points by kushti on Aug 7, 2015 \| 22 comments
53.		Bitcoins lost in Mt. Gox debacle ‘not subject to ownership’ (japantimes.co.jp)
		49 points by fortytw2 on Aug 7, 2015 \| 45 comments
54.		On rump kernels and the Rumprun unikernel (xenproject.org)
		51 points by fcambus on Aug 7, 2015 \| 18 comments
55.		Ask HN: Where can I find “unsolved problems” for various industries?
		106 points by matthuggins on Aug 7, 2015 \| 68 comments
56.		Graphs That Showed Landmark Discoveries but Were Later Debunked (nautil.us)
		38 points by dnetesn on Aug 7, 2015 \| 13 comments
57.		Free will experiments reveal how little we know about our minds (bbc.com)
		34 points by scorchio on Aug 7, 2015 \| 68 comments
58.		A conversation with Google’s in-house philosopher (qz.com)
		42 points by dredmorbius on Aug 7, 2015 \| 23 comments
59.		VHDL implementation of Hack computer from “Nand to Tetris” (rekahsoft.ca)
		27 points by mirceasoaica on Aug 7, 2015 \| 4 comments
60.		Change Data Capture: The Magic Wand We Forgot (kleppmann.com)
		40 points by timclark on Aug 7, 2015 \| 13 comments
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