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31.		Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood (2014) (jakevdp.github.io)
		142 points by bshanks on July 7, 2016 \| 77 comments
32.		An Erlang WAT-story about guards and guards (medium.com/elbrujohalcon)
		52 points by elbrujohalcon on July 5, 2016 \| 10 comments
33.		Why and How I Switched from Python to Erlang (ourway.ir)
		118 points by rodmena on July 6, 2016 \| 65 comments
34.		How to add a million bugs to a program, and why you might want to (moyix.blogspot.com)
		40 points by moyix on July 7, 2016 \| 24 comments
35.		Visually Indicated Sounds (csail.mit.edu)
		50 points by markhkim on July 6, 2016 \| 8 comments
36.		The history of R's predecessor, S, from co-creator Rick Becker [video] (revolutionanalytics.com)
		47 points by sndean on July 7, 2016 \| 9 comments
37.		Apex memmove – fast memcpy/memmove on x86/x64 (codeproject.com)
		77 points by Tatyanazaxarova on July 7, 2016 \| 42 comments
38.		Few Small Businesses Take Advantage of Mini-IPOs (wsj.com)
		35 points by petethomas on July 6, 2016 \| 2 comments
39.		Organizing programs without classes (1991) [pdf] (au.dk)
		41 points by adamnemecek on July 7, 2016 \| 9 comments
40.		The TRIBES Engine Networking Model (2009) [pdf] (gamedevs.org)
		91 points by sosuke on July 7, 2016 \| 66 comments
41.		Kidlington's mystery tourist influx continues to baffle locals (bbc.co.uk)
		60 points by sjclemmy on July 7, 2016 \| 44 comments
42.		A Comparison of Approaches to Advertising Measurement at Facebook [pdf] (northwestern.edu)
		35 points by gwern on July 6, 2016 \| 1 comment
43.		May 2, 2016 Security Release Post-Mortem (about.gitlab.com)
		43 points by sytse on July 7, 2016 \| 9 comments
44.		The tyranny of messaging and notifications (theverge.com)
		90 points by Osiris30 on July 7, 2016 \| 104 comments
45.		Web DRM moves to next phase, Defective by Design to continue opposition (defectivebydesign.org)
		90 points by jrepin on July 7, 2016 \| 51 comments
46.		Autopsy reveals Debian founder committed suicide (theregister.co.uk)
		154 points by peterkshultz on July 7, 2016 \| 100 comments
47.		EU regulations on algorithmic decision-making and a “right to explanation” (arxiv.org)
		104 points by pmlnr on July 7, 2016 \| 120 comments
48.		Which came first: the butterfly or the flower? (theguardian.com)
		25 points by urumcsi on July 4, 2016 \| 13 comments
49.		The Strange Story of a Murdered Banker in Puerto Rico (bloomberg.com)
		49 points by rl3 on July 7, 2016 \| 8 comments
50.		Longest Polar Bear Swim Recorded (2011) (nationalgeographic.com)
		36 points by secondary on July 7, 2016 \| 9 comments
51.		Scrapely: The brains behind Portia, our visual web scraping tool (scrapinghub.com)
		102 points by unsettledtck on July 7, 2016 \| 14 comments
52.		Avast acquires rival AVG for $1.3B to create a security software giant (venturebeat.com)
		70 points by davidiach on July 7, 2016 \| 34 comments
53.		Silent Circle is in the midst of a troubled period (forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster)
		49 points by ilarum on July 7, 2016 \| 49 comments
54.		Russia’s Creaky, Old Aircraft Carrier Is Up to Something Strange (warisboring.com)
		59 points by _of on July 6, 2016 \| 49 comments
55.		Refraction – JS library to make modules independent, testable and re-usable (github.com/mbasso)
		36 points by mbasso on July 7, 2016 \| 18 comments
56.		Welcome to the CRISPR Zoo (nature.com)
		48 points by gwern on July 7, 2016 \| 9 comments
57.		Clash Rules Everything Around Me (reallifemag.com)
		44 points by Hooke on July 6, 2016 \| 29 comments
58.		Growing Unease as British Mutual Funds Block the Exit Doors (nytimes.com)
		99 points by jstreebin on July 7, 2016 \| 104 comments
59.		Facial Performance Sensing Head-Mounted Display [pdf] (hao-li.com)
		17 points by MichaelAO on July 7, 2016 \| 4 comments
60.		Brian Eno Plays the Universe (nautil.us)
		36 points by dnetesn on July 7, 2016 \| 8 comments
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