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31.
Why the Greenwich meridian moved (leapsecond.com)
113 points by dikshie on Aug 14, 2015 | 30 comments
32.
Can America cope with a resurgence of tropical disease? (arstechnica.com)
69 points by song on Aug 13, 2015 | 36 comments
33.
Parallel Out-Of-Core Dataframes in Python: Dask and OpenStreetMap (jakevdp.github.io)
48 points by Lofkin on Aug 14, 2015 | 8 comments
34.
Pros and Cons of using immutability with React.js (reactkungfu.com)
90 points by voter101 on Aug 14, 2015 | 29 comments
35.
Tehran’s Promise: The revolution’s midlife crisis and the nuclear deal (newyorker.com)
45 points by Thevet on Aug 14, 2015 | 36 comments
36.
Oberon – The Overlooked Jewel (2000) [pdf] (psu.edu)
78 points by marsmxm on Aug 14, 2015 | 23 comments
37.
Resflash – Resilient OpenBSD images for flash memory (github.com/bconway)
50 points by zdw on Aug 13, 2015 | 11 comments
38.
Microkernels in a Bit More Depth (2007) [pdf] (unsw.edu.au)
46 points by vezzy-fnord on Aug 14, 2015 | 4 comments
39.
Microsoft quietly rewrites its activation rules for Windows 10 (zdnet.com)
108 points by smacktoward on Aug 14, 2015 | 96 comments
40.
Netflix to Shut Down Last Datacenter (wsj.com)
86 points by electic on Aug 14, 2015 | 81 comments
41.
Rosetta's big day in the Sun (esa.int)
75 points by ColinWright on Aug 14, 2015 | 19 comments
42.
For Evolving Brains, a ‘Paleo’ Diet Full of Carbs (nytimes.com)
51 points by lxm on Aug 13, 2015 | 38 comments
43.
A page about call/cc (2002) (madore.org)
39 points by tomjakubowski on Aug 13, 2015 | 21 comments
44.
The C2 Programming Language (c2lang.org)
44 points by luu on Aug 14, 2015 | 49 comments
45.
Lovin' their elevator: why Germans are loopy about paternosters (theguardian.com)
61 points by dthal on Aug 14, 2015 | 56 comments
46.
Peaks.js: Audio waveform rendering (bbc.co.uk)
46 points by shaaaaawn on Aug 13, 2015
47.
Developing Backbone.js Applications – a Creative Commons book (addyosmani.github.io)
54 points by getcontext on Aug 14, 2015 | 21 comments
48.
Hiding Negative Information May Seem More Untrustworthy Than Revealing It (harvardmagazine.com)
31 points by eastbayjake on Aug 14, 2015 | 6 comments
49.
Purple Planet Royalty Free Music (purple-planet.com)
61 points by jsingleton on Aug 14, 2015 | 12 comments
50.
The Ethos Operating System (ethos-os.org)
49 points by fractalcat on Aug 14, 2015 | 10 comments
51.
Chinese Cave Graffiti Contains 500 Years of Climate Data (vice.com)
33 points by curtis on Aug 13, 2015 | 2 comments
52.
Consistent hash ring Python library for building distributed apps with Redis (github.com/closeio)
31 points by thomas-st on Aug 14, 2015 | 6 comments
53.
One for Diogenes (upenn.edu)
32 points by breadbox on Aug 14, 2015
54.
Living Off the Grid Under the Sun (sdbr.net)
43 points by x0054 on Aug 14, 2015 | 33 comments
55.
DeepSound: Steganography tool to hide secret data into audio files (jpinsoft.net)
34 points by adamnemecek on Aug 14, 2015 | 10 comments
56.
Speechyard – Learn English from movies and books (speechyard.com)
33 points by selvan on Aug 14, 2015 | 9 comments
57.
Show HN: Lua in Python (github.com/scoder)
57 points by fangwang on Aug 14, 2015 | 7 comments
58.
Tianjin Explosion Seen by Himawari and Other Weather Satellites (wisc.edu)
49 points by betolink on Aug 14, 2015 | 43 comments
59.
The fixed_point C++ Class Template (github.com/johnmcfarlane)
45 points by ingve on Aug 14, 2015 | 21 comments
60.
Measuring Happiness Helped Us Build A Better Team (desmart.com)
30 points by Piotr_F on Aug 14, 2015 | 35 comments

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