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31.		DAWG data structure (porcupineprogrammer.blogspot.com)
		80 points by sytelus on Sept 20, 2015 \| 14 comments
32.		Building a better WordPress (medium.com/chrishutchinson)
		92 points by gmays on Sept 20, 2015 \| 82 comments
33.		How to Make Ink in the Middle Ages (medievalists.net)
		64 points by benbreen on Sept 21, 2015 \| 18 comments
34.		Seattle-based Shift Labs now has three low-cost medical devices in the pipeline (fortune.com)
		45 points by alvinktai on Sept 21, 2015 \| 9 comments
35.		Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy (2013) (theguardian.com)
		40 points by brudgers on Sept 21, 2015 \| 6 comments
36.		Swift 2 Apps in the App Store (developer.apple.com)
		80 points by julien_c on Sept 21, 2015 \| 32 comments
37.		Fuzzy string matching using cosine similarity (nishtahir.com)
		83 points by pdq on Sept 21, 2015 \| 18 comments
38.		Lawsuit filed against sites that posted Ashley Madison data dump (unitedstatescourts.org)
		52 points by jstalin on Sept 21, 2015 \| 27 comments
39.		Is Homo naledi just a primitive version of Homo erectus? (johnhawks.net)
		36 points by diodorus on Sept 20, 2015 \| 6 comments
40.		Lavender in whisky (2011) (whiskyscience.blogspot.com)
		24 points by omnibrain on Sept 21, 2015 \| 7 comments
41.		JavaScript query language to perform complex object searches (github.com/issuetrackapp)
		52 points by jviotti on Sept 21, 2015 \| 21 comments
42.		Breakthrough in cloaking technology grabs military's attention (usatoday.com)
		40 points by smaili on Sept 21, 2015 \| 28 comments
43.		Big Price Increase for Tuberculosis Drug Is Rescinded (nytimes.com)
		85 points by aaronbrethorst on Sept 21, 2015 \| 70 comments
44.		Promisees – JavaScript Promises Visualization (github.com/bevacqua)
		64 points by bevacqua on Sept 20, 2015 \| 15 comments
45.		U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of Boys (nytimes.com)
		140 points by koevet on Sept 21, 2015 \| 88 comments
46.		Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of 2channel, has taken ownership of 4chan (4chan.org)
		224 points by gerjomarty on Sept 21, 2015 \| 233 comments
47.		Tell HN: My own version of the American dream
		84 points by hecontreraso on Sept 21, 2015 \| 58 comments
48.		Risk-weighted Capital: Whose Model is it anyway? (economist.com)
		23 points by akg_67 on Sept 21, 2015 \| 10 comments
49.		Volkswagen Stock Plummets as CEO Apologizes for Emissions Cheat (npr.org)
		165 points by r0h1n on Sept 21, 2015 \| 210 comments
50.		The Author of Our Best SF Military Novel Explains the Future of War (vice.com)
		97 points by NoGravitas on Sept 21, 2015 \| 85 comments
51.		Encryption might be the reason why we haven't heard from aliens (theverge.com)
		77 points by flying_whale on Sept 21, 2015 \| 85 comments
52.		Drawing Icons and Emoticons for Screens of All Sizes (bloomberg.com)
		18 points by phodo on Sept 21, 2015
53.		The Internet of Pointless Things (forbes.com/sites/theopriestley)
		77 points by stanfordnope on Sept 21, 2015 \| 52 comments
54.		Lost on Everest (1996) (outsideonline.com)
		25 points by bootload on Sept 21, 2015 \| 8 comments
55.		Growth in the ‘Gig Economy’ Fuels Work Force Anxieties (nytimes.com)
		35 points by Futurebot on Sept 20, 2015 \| 57 comments
56.		The Fake Meat Revolution (nytimes.com)
		48 points by noondip on Sept 20, 2015 \| 69 comments
57.		George W. Bush Made Retroactive N.S.A. ‘Fix’ After Hospital Room Showdown (nytimes.com)
		110 points by uptown on Sept 21, 2015 \| 26 comments
58.		Startup School Radio: Michael Seibel on the Toughness of International Founders (blog.ycombinator.com)
		51 points by katm on Sept 21, 2015
59.		Comments on a Formal Verification of PolarSSL (regehr.org)
		49 points by jeffreyrogers on Sept 21, 2015 \| 11 comments
60.		Moving to FreeBSD (textplain.net)
		90 points by vezzy-fnord on Sept 20, 2015 \| 47 comments
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