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31.		Minetest – A free, open-source voxel game engine and game (minetest.net)
		161 points by mynameislegion on Oct 9, 2016 \| 54 comments
32.		When her best friend died, she rebuilt him using artificial intelligence (theverge.com)
		121 points by Futurebot on Oct 6, 2016 \| 51 comments
33.		Why an unhackable mobile phone is a complete marketing myth (techcrunch.com)
		67 points by sidcool on Oct 9, 2016 \| 73 comments
34.		Posting Rules in Online Discussions Prevents Problems and Increases Participation (civilservant.io)
		39 points by shrikant on Oct 8, 2016 \| 14 comments
35.		Samuel Beckett’s letters reveal a fiercely private workoholic (spectator.co.uk)
		28 points by lermontov on Oct 9, 2016
36.		Scientific Background on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 [pdf] (nobelprize.org)
		40 points by mathgenius on Oct 7, 2016 \| 10 comments
37.		Liquid assets: how the business of bottled water went mad (theguardian.com)
		75 points by thoughtfox on Oct 7, 2016 \| 83 comments
38.		Cuberite – A FOSS Minecraft Server Implementation (github.com/cuberite)
		95 points by bearbin on Oct 9, 2016 \| 10 comments
39.		CS221: Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques (stanford.edu)
		122 points by kercker on Oct 9, 2016 \| 13 comments
40.		Formal Requirements for Virtualizable Third Generation Architectures (1974) [pdf] (nyu.edu)
		21 points by adgasf on Oct 7, 2016 \| 1 comment
41.		Why It’s So Hard to Get Solar in Florida (wired.com)
		62 points by jseliger on Oct 9, 2016 \| 27 comments
42.		Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?
		373 points by kashifzaidi1 on Oct 9, 2016 \| 245 comments
43.		Show HN: Glean, a tiny bitmap font for programming (github.com/benwr)
		66 points by benwr on Oct 9, 2016 \| 46 comments
44.		San Jose: New law would make city first to allow “tiny homes” for homeless (mercurynews.com)
		78 points by lxm on Oct 9, 2016 \| 90 comments
45.		The Dream of Enlightenment by Anthony Gottlieb review (theguardian.com)
		28 points by pepys on Oct 9, 2016 \| 51 comments
46.		Explaining the enduring popularity of midcentury modern design (fastcodesign.com)
		24 points by juanplusjuan on Oct 9, 2016 \| 12 comments
47.		From 0 to Raspberry Pi Linux in 45 Minutes (ellcc.org)
		65 points by rdpennington on Oct 9, 2016 \| 1 comment
48.		Ask HN: How do you back up your site hosted on a VPS such as Digital Ocean?
		127 points by joeclef on Oct 9, 2016 \| 87 comments
49.		Neanderthal 0.8.0: CPU and GPU support on Linux, Windows, and OS X (uncomplicate.org)
		53 points by dragandj on Oct 9, 2016 \| 17 comments
50.		Another replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has caught fire (theverge.com)
		111 points by lnguyen on Oct 9, 2016 \| 47 comments
51.		Inclusive Design Toolkit (microsoft.com)
		46 points by sweetdreamerit on Oct 9, 2016 \| 52 comments
52.		German Lawmakers Vote to Ban the Internal Combustion Engine (gizmodo.com)
		65 points by jkaljundi on Oct 9, 2016 \| 45 comments
53.		German push to ban combustion-engine cars by 2030 wins support (reuters.com)
		72 points by jseliger on Oct 8, 2016 \| 42 comments
54.		The Massacre at Monkey Hill (priceonomics.com)
		35 points by nols on Oct 7, 2016 \| 3 comments
55.		Parse strings using a specification based on the Python format() syntax (github.com/r1chardj0n3s)
		51 points by trueduke on Oct 9, 2016 \| 17 comments
56.		How science is giving voice to mummies such as Ötzi the Iceman (heritagedaily.com)
		13 points by Cozumel on Oct 9, 2016 \| 7 comments
57.		The Emergence of Gravitational Wave Science [pdf] (ams.org)
		29 points by fitzwatermellow on Oct 8, 2016 \| 9 comments
58.		Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?
		92 points by akos on Oct 9, 2016 \| 99 comments
59.		The Science of Standing in Line (wsj.com)
		17 points by lxm on Oct 9, 2016 \| 6 comments
60.		Lichens did not grow on Homo naledi (johnhawks.net)
		20 points by diodorus on Oct 9, 2016
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