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1.		'New' Python modules of 2015 (rtwilson.com)
		591 points by ColinWright on Dec 23, 2015 \| 131 comments
2.		Background on the Falcon 9 Launch (spacex.com)
		258 points by esm on Dec 22, 2015 \| 139 comments
3.		GitLab 8.3 released with Auto-merge and GitLab Pages (about.gitlab.com)
		196 points by doppp on Dec 22, 2015 \| 101 comments
4.		Ericsson, Apple Settle Patent Dispute (wsj.com)
		168 points by snogaraleal on Dec 23, 2015 \| 141 comments
5.		An Incremental Approach to Compiler Construction (2006) [pdf] (uchicago.edu)
		111 points by rspivak on Dec 23, 2015 \| 13 comments
6.		Kim Dotcom loses extradition case (stuff.co.nz)
		213 points by tptacek on Dec 23, 2015 \| 132 comments
7.		Zimbabwe's plan to use China's currency (washingtonpost.com)
		95 points by rmason on Dec 23, 2015 \| 77 comments
8.		12 Fractured Apps (medium.com/kelseyhightower)
		146 points by kelseyhightower on Dec 23, 2015 \| 50 comments
9.		What Wittgenstein Learned from Teaching Elementary School (theparisreview.org)
		146 points by Hooke on Dec 23, 2015 \| 18 comments
10.		Mitigating DoS Attacks with Nginx (nginx.com)
		205 points by Garbage on Dec 23, 2015 \| 57 comments
11.		Super small Docker image based on Alpine Linux (github.com/gliderlabs)
		261 points by antouank on Dec 23, 2015 \| 159 comments
12.		Hierarchy Is Detrimental for Human Cooperation (nature.com)
		208 points by rfreytag on Dec 23, 2015 \| 117 comments
13.		GoshawkDB: A distributed, transactional, fault-tolerant object store (goshawkdb.io)
		87 points by errordeveloper on Dec 22, 2015 \| 45 comments
14.		Compute this: Using side-channel attacks to steal private keywords (bjrn.se)
		39 points by bjeds on Dec 23, 2015
15.		What the new video compression strategy from Netflix means for Apple and Amazon (donmelton.com)
		158 points by ca98am79 on Dec 23, 2015 \| 97 comments
16.		The language of productivity is now being used to advocate napping on the job (wilsonquarterly.com)
		83 points by seventyhorses on Dec 22, 2015 \| 60 comments
17.		RNTS Media buys mobile ad network Heyzap (YC W09) for $45M (venturebeat.com)
		66 points by quickfox on Dec 23, 2015 \| 13 comments
18.		Software error releases up to 3,200 inmates early (seattletimes.com)
		134 points by lxm on Dec 23, 2015 \| 103 comments
19.		Math Bite: Irrationality of √m (1999) (fermatslibrary.com)
		88 points by luisb on Dec 22, 2015 \| 23 comments
20.		FreedomBox 0.7 released (freedomboxfoundation.org)
		131 points by Flip-per on Dec 23, 2015 \| 35 comments
21.		So You Want to Write Your Own Language (2014) (drdobbs.com)
		173 points by rspivak on Dec 23, 2015 \| 99 comments
22.		The Four Painters: A Video Work Created with Deep Learning (odoruinu.net)
		59 points by noradaiko on Dec 23, 2015 \| 18 comments
23.		When Greedy Algorithms Are Good Enough (2014) (jeremykun.com)
		106 points by ColinWright on Dec 23, 2015 \| 7 comments
24.		Amiga emulator in pure JavaScript and HTML5 (scriptedamigaemulator.net)
		107 points by jjbinx007 on Dec 23, 2015 \| 15 comments
25.		SHA-1 Deprecation: No Browser Left Behind (cloudflare.com)
		99 points by jgrahamc on Dec 23, 2015 \| 40 comments
26.		Good Sleep, Good Learning (2012) (super-memory.com)
		124 points by galephico on Dec 23, 2015 \| 27 comments
27.		Indian Regulator Temporarily Suspends Facebook’s Free Basics (indiatimes.com)
		98 points by krisgenre on Dec 23, 2015 \| 53 comments
28.		Skier almost hit by camera drone in World Cup slalom (bbc.com)
		159 points by vermontdevil on Dec 23, 2015 \| 158 comments
29.		New Global Growth Projections Predict the Decade of India (cid.harvard.edu)
		104 points by romsson on Dec 23, 2015 \| 69 comments
30.		Here be dragons (nuclearsecrecy.com)
		86 points by danso on Dec 23, 2015 \| 12 comments
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