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31.		Artur Fischer, Inventor with More Patents Than Edison, Dies at 96 (nytimes.com)
		73 points by raphar on Feb 9, 2016 \| 5 comments
32.		A California ghost town can have fiber to the doorstep, but it’s not easy (arstechnica.com)
		59 points by nkurz on Feb 9, 2016 \| 55 comments
33.		Possible light-induced superconductivity in K3C60 at high temperature (nature.com)
		42 points by jonbaer on Feb 9, 2016 \| 11 comments
34.		Show HN: BitBar – Put anything in your Mac OS X menu bar (getbitbar.com)
		149 points by matryer on Feb 9, 2016 \| 30 comments
35.		How we got our first 100 paying customers (stackfield.com)
		110 points by mattiemass on Feb 8, 2016 \| 35 comments
36.		Writing my own init with Go (mustafaak.in)
		149 points by CSDude on Feb 9, 2016 \| 76 comments
37.		A medieval alchemical book reveals new secrets (britishmuseum.org)
		95 points by benbreen on Feb 6, 2016 \| 11 comments
38.		How Modern Video Players Work (streamroot.io)
		73 points by flavioribeiro on Feb 9, 2016 \| 15 comments
39.		Japan and the whale (bbc.com)
		60 points by Perados on Feb 9, 2016 \| 48 comments
40.		Lumberyard and Amazon GameLift and Twitch for Games on AWS (amazon.com)
		114 points by jeffbarr on Feb 9, 2016 \| 42 comments
41.		Saying 'no' to keep crap out of products (orangecaffeine.com)
		102 points by samsolomon on Feb 7, 2016 \| 31 comments
42.		Introduction to the Zig Programming Language (andrewkelley.me)
		98 points by AndyKelley on Feb 8, 2016 \| 44 comments
43.		Judge tosses proposed class action accusing Google of CAPTCHA fraud (arstechnica.com)
		90 points by pavornyoh on Feb 9, 2016 \| 59 comments
44.		A Group of American Teens Are Excelling at Advanced Math (theatlantic.com)
		145 points by selimthegrim on Feb 9, 2016 \| 91 comments
45.		Tips for building startups in Baltimore or anywhere (technical.ly)
		51 points by ascertain on Feb 9, 2016 \| 7 comments
46.		Monad transformers, free monads, mtl, laws and a new approach (ocharles.org.uk)
		95 points by stefans on Feb 8, 2016 \| 4 comments
47.		GameTrailers Is Closing Down After 13 Years (facebook.com)
		55 points by doppp on Feb 9, 2016 \| 17 comments
48.		What Kind of Name Is That? How to Name Fictional Characters (theparisreview.org)
		82 points by samclemens on Feb 8, 2016 \| 53 comments
49.		Currency Traders Are Left Out of New Wall Street (bloomberg.com)
		50 points by T-A on Feb 8, 2016 \| 13 comments
50.		In Ecuador, the Frugal Traveler Tries Luxury (nytimes.com)
		68 points by _abnl on Feb 9, 2016 \| 29 comments
51.		What Will It Mean If LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves? (theguardian.com)
		49 points by oneworld on Feb 9, 2016 \| 37 comments
52.		The Surprising Subtleties of Zeroing a Register (2012) (randomascii.wordpress.com)
		62 points by qznc on Feb 8, 2016 \| 3 comments
53.		Windows 10 Console Host Enhancements (nivot.org)
		65 points by blinkingled on Feb 6, 2016 \| 51 comments
54.		Stock Market Prices Do Not Follow Random Walks (turingfinance.com)
		77 points by QuantMash on Feb 9, 2016 \| 24 comments
55.		The Hunt for Algorithms That Drive Life on Earth (wired.com)
		50 points by eljoujat on Feb 8, 2016 \| 4 comments
56.		What's holding back the world economy? (theguardian.com)
		67 points by akg_67 on Feb 9, 2016 \| 56 comments
57.		Hardware and Software Architecture of the Machine [video] (youtube.com)
		41 points by blinkingled on Feb 9, 2016 \| 3 comments
58.		SpaceX seeks to accelerate Falcon 9 production and launch rates this year (spacenews.com)
		97 points by rfreytag on Feb 9, 2016 \| 50 comments
59.		Horrors of the Colosseum (livescience.com)
		51 points by diodorus on Feb 9, 2016 \| 15 comments
60.		The Authors Guild Is Still Wrong About Google's Book Scanning (fortune.com)
		55 points by walterbell on Feb 9, 2016 \| 47 comments
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