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31.		Making a Mini-Lisp: Introduction to Transpilers in JavaScript (angularclass.com)
		78 points by gdi2290 on Dec 24, 2015 \| 23 comments
32.		The Admiral of the String Theory Wars (nautil.us)
		51 points by dnetesn on Dec 23, 2015 \| 5 comments
33.		My Next Adventure (textslashplain.com)
		45 points by edward on Dec 24, 2015 \| 10 comments
34.		Moses, utility library for functional programming in Lua (github.com/yonaba)
		38 points by ryonaba on Dec 24, 2015 \| 8 comments
35.		Writing a Lektor publisher plugin (spenczar.com)
		29 points by spenczar5 on Dec 24, 2015 \| 2 comments
36.		Jumper, fast, lightweight pathfinding Lua library for grid-based games (github.com/yonaba)
		29 points by ryonaba on Dec 24, 2015 \| 2 comments
37.		More people use Ubuntu than anyone actually knows (dustinkirkland.com)
		133 points by rbanffy on Dec 24, 2015 \| 128 comments
38.		An Introduction to OpenResty (openmymind.net)
		62 points by fcambus on Dec 24, 2015 \| 10 comments
39.		Breakout List 2015 (breakoutlist.com)
		62 points by vinnyglennon on Dec 24, 2015 \| 10 comments
40.		The Answer Man: An ancient poem was rediscovered and the world swerved (2011) (newyorker.com)
		37 points by diodorus on Dec 23, 2015 \| 2 comments
41.		Show HN: Scaffold App for Node.js, Express, Jade, Passport, MongoDB, Bootstrap (github.com/rodrigogs)
		63 points by rodrigogs on Dec 24, 2015 \| 58 comments
42.		Misleading charts of 2015, fixed (qz.com)
		79 points by mikek on Dec 24, 2015 \| 21 comments
43.		Using Law Against Technology (schneier.com)
		63 points by privong on Dec 24, 2015 \| 37 comments
44.		A Spellchecker Used to Be a Major Feat of Software Engineering (2008) (dadgum.com)
		48 points by jaybosamiya on Dec 24, 2015 \| 29 comments
45.		Show HN: Mongo DB management and GUI, built using Electron (mongotron.io)
		88 points by timofficer on Dec 23, 2015 \| 21 comments
46.		U.S. Nuclear Weapons Target List from the Cold War Declassified for the First Time (jalopnik.com)
		53 points by ourmandave on Dec 24, 2015 \| 16 comments
47.		[dupe] Avoiding the Adjective Fallacy (betterexplained.com)
		54 points by CoffeeOnWrite on Dec 24, 2015 \| 14 comments
48.		Why I went to prison for teaching physics (technologyreview.com)
		59 points by kiliancs on Dec 24, 2015 \| 30 comments
49.		Show HN: Paralyze – a go package that simplifies parallelization (github.com/i)
		16 points by ilozinski on Dec 24, 2015 \| 4 comments
50.		Asm.thi.ng – open-source bare-metal coding resources for ARM Cortex-M (thi.ng)
		36 points by dgellow on Dec 24, 2015 \| 2 comments
51.		Amazon Seeks to Ease Ties with UPS (wsj.com)
		42 points by uptown on Dec 23, 2015 \| 58 comments
52.		The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell (mentalfloss.com)
		49 points by pykello on Dec 24, 2015 \| 12 comments
53.		Gusto (formerly ZenPayroll) Is Valued at $1B in New Funding Round (buzzfeed.com)
		17 points by londont on Dec 23, 2015 \| 13 comments
54.		[dupe] TSA Sued Over New Policy to Refuse Opt-Outs (professional-troublemaker.com)
		112 points by tsaoutourpants on Dec 24, 2015 \| 76 comments
55.		Palantir Has Raised $880M at a $20B Valuation (techcrunch.com)
		12 points by wojcikstefan on Dec 24, 2015 \| 2 comments
56.		The tale of the Snowflake Man (theguardian.com)
		5 points by a_w on Dec 23, 2015 \| 1 comment
57.		Show HN: Add Snow to Your Website (eager.io)
		23 points by bosdev on Dec 24, 2015 \| 19 comments
58.		I thought all anti-vaxxers were idiots. Then I married one (vox.com)
		39 points by rvikmanis on Dec 24, 2015 \| 109 comments
59.		Phantom Squad Starts Christmas DDoS Attacks by Taking Down EA Servers (softpedia.com)
		8 points by Jerry2 on Dec 24, 2015 \| 3 comments
60.		Make Your Own Gmail (scriptermail.com)
		12 points by mikecarlton on Dec 24, 2015 \| 3 comments
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