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31.		The History of the Ellipsis, from Medieval Subpuncting to Irrational Numbers (slate.com)
		46 points by diodorus on Aug 20, 2016 \| 3 comments
32.		Animals “lie” to their own kind to get what they want (1995) (rochester.edu)
		42 points by ForFreedom on Aug 21, 2016 \| 12 comments
33.		Paraplegics learn to walk after years with the help of VR and exoskeletons (qz.com)
		49 points by ENadyr on Aug 21, 2016 \| 9 comments
34.		NeXT vs. Sun (1991) [video] (youtube.com)
		112 points by infodroid on Aug 21, 2016 \| 71 comments
35.		Most distant catch for ESA station (esa.int)
		35 points by upen on Aug 21, 2016 \| 2 comments
36.		Security Fixes for Libgcrypt and GnuPG 1.4 (gnupg.org)
		39 points by doener on Aug 21, 2016 \| 7 comments
37.		An American Doctor Experiences the NHS Again (drjengunter.wordpress.com)
		248 points by petepete on Aug 21, 2016 \| 338 comments
38.		An Expat Has Time to Reflect, Now That the Party’s Over (wsj.com)
		49 points by wallflower on Aug 21, 2016 \| 87 comments
39.		Int 80h (2001) (int80h.org)
		63 points by _zhqs on Aug 21, 2016 \| 51 comments
40.		Facebook AI Research Open Sources fastText (facebook.com)
		121 points by Nikhil_teja on Aug 21, 2016 \| 5 comments
41.		When Refrigeration Was Controversial (jstor.org)
		54 points by samclemens on Aug 19, 2016 \| 61 comments
42.		The Theory of Concatenative Combinators (2007) (tunes.org)
		39 points by _zhqs on Aug 21, 2016 \| 2 comments
43.		Fear of Rattlesnake Island (nybooks.com)
		16 points by samclemens on Aug 19, 2016 \| 17 comments
44.		Cognitive behavioural therapy is falling out of favour (theguardian.com)
		76 points by amelius on Aug 21, 2016 \| 86 comments
45.		The meaning of trust in the age of Airbnb (timharford.com)
		113 points by Osiris30 on Aug 21, 2016 \| 116 comments
46.		Tales from Nelson's Navy (2013) (historyextra.com)
		30 points by pepys on Aug 21, 2016 \| 8 comments
47.		A Python interface to AFL, allowing for easy injection of test cases (github.com/shellphish)
		39 points by adulau on Aug 21, 2016 \| 7 comments
48.		Setting Up a RethinkDB Cluster on Docker Swarm Mode (github.com/stefanprodan)
		44 points by nwrk on Aug 21, 2016 \| 4 comments
49.		Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) (darpa.mil)
		66 points by abhikandoi2000 on Aug 21, 2016 \| 7 comments
50.		From a Melted Mac to Vintage Robots, Relics from Tekserve Go to Auction (hyperallergic.com)
		16 points by prismatic on Aug 21, 2016 \| 3 comments
51.		The hedgehog and the fox (ben-evans.com)
		23 points by chunkyslink on Aug 21, 2016 \| 9 comments
52.		How surgery got cheaper for many Californians (nytimes.com)
		35 points by e15ctr0n on Aug 21, 2016 \| 4 comments
53.		A list of Free Software network services and web apps that can be hosted locally (github.com/kickball)
		101 points by jackgavigan on Aug 21, 2016 \| 6 comments
54.		Half of Western European men descended from one Bronze Age ‘king’ (telegraph.co.uk)
		56 points by mjbellantoni on Aug 21, 2016 \| 13 comments
55.		Canadian Cops Want a Law That Forces People to Hand Over Encryption Passwords (vice.com)
		43 points by doener on Aug 21, 2016 \| 24 comments
56.		Ad Blocking Wars: Ad Blockers vs. Ad-Tech (2015) (whitehatsec.com)
		34 points by mschrage on Aug 21, 2016 \| 35 comments
57.		Nabokov’s ‘great gay comic novel’ (the-tls.co.uk)
		13 points by samclemens on Aug 21, 2016 \| 3 comments
58.		Fedora 25 to Run Wayland by Default (phoronix.com)
		60 points by XzetaU8 on Aug 21, 2016 \| 28 comments
59.		Signs That a Job Is Due to Be Automated (fastcompany.com)
		51 points by jonbaer on Aug 21, 2016 \| 38 comments
60.		Ask HN: Why has the downvoting timelimit been reduced?
		46 points by aaron695 on Aug 21, 2016 \| 78 comments
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