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1.
Windows 93 (2014) (windows93.net)
790 points by hxw on Oct 12, 2016 | 113 comments
2.
Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW) (robinlinus.github.io)
911 points by Capira on Oct 12, 2016 | 247 comments
3.
Show HN: Tesseract.js – Pure JavaScript OCR for 60 Languages (github.com/naptha)
727 points by bijection on Oct 12, 2016 | 97 comments
4.
CHIP Pro (nextthing.co)
521 points by throwaway000002 on Oct 12, 2016 | 198 comments
5.
You might not need JavaScript (youmightnotneedjs.com)
649 points by MarkusWinand on Oct 12, 2016 | 246 comments
6.
Decades-Old Mystery Put to Rest: Why Are There X's in the Desert? (npr.org)
307 points by aaron987 on Oct 12, 2016 | 78 comments
7.
So You Want to Learn Physics (susanjfowler.com)
482 points by bootload on Oct 12, 2016 | 129 comments
8.
Most drivers who own cars with built-in GPS systems use phones for directions (cnn.com)
309 points by bmark757 on Oct 12, 2016 | 382 comments
9.
Facebook React.js License (elcaminolegal.com)
461 points by maxsavin on Oct 12, 2016 | 194 comments
10.
Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf Steps Down (wsj.com)
312 points by smaili on Oct 12, 2016 | 204 comments
11.
Copyright Law Shouldn't Punish Research and Repair (eff.org)
243 points by lelf on Oct 12, 2016 | 22 comments
12.
Hybrid computing using a neural network with dynamic external memory (nature.com)
153 points by idunning on Oct 12, 2016 | 38 comments
13.
Scaling in Bitbucket Cloud: new features and reliability numbers (blog.bitbucket.org)
91 points by kannonboy on Oct 12, 2016 | 41 comments
14.
Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List (streamingobserver.com)
481 points by Daviey on Oct 12, 2016 | 533 comments
15.
Alpine Edge has switched to libressl (alpinelinux.org)
236 points by g0xA52A2A on Oct 12, 2016 | 81 comments
16.
OpenBSD vmm enabled (undeadly.org)
177 points by transpute on Oct 12, 2016 | 49 comments
17.
How One 19-Year-Old Illinois Man Is Distorting National Polling Averages (nytimes.com)
241 points by ptrkrlsrd on Oct 12, 2016 | 107 comments
18.
Why Unicode Won’t Work on the Internet (2001) (hastingsresearch.com)
102 points by jordigh on Oct 12, 2016 | 110 comments
19.
Releasing Serverless Framework V.1, and Fundraising (serverless.com)
169 points by matlock on Oct 12, 2016 | 55 comments
20.
State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] (vmssoftware.com)
108 points by knivek on Oct 12, 2016 | 56 comments
21.
Zenefits, a Rocket That Fell to Earth, Tries to Launch Again (nytimes.com)
88 points by bilifuduo on Oct 12, 2016 | 62 comments
22.
PyPy3 5.5.0 released (morepypy.blogspot.com)
221 points by wclax04 on Oct 12, 2016 | 29 comments
23.
JavaScript singing synthesis library (github.com/usdivad)
91 points by gattilorenz on Oct 12, 2016 | 26 comments
24.
Google acquires FameBit to connect YouTube creators with marketers (techcrunch.com)
87 points by venturefizz on Oct 11, 2016 | 29 comments
25.
Tyson Foods Invests in Startup Beyond Meat (wsj.com)
138 points by lxm on Oct 12, 2016 | 75 comments
26.
What are malicious USB keys and how to create a realistic one? (elie.net)
124 points by liotier on Oct 12, 2016 | 77 comments
27.
How to Make a Handheld EMP Jammer (hackaday.com)
134 points by adius on Oct 12, 2016 | 93 comments
28.
Desktop Notifications for console logs in browser (github.com/hkirat)
97 points by harkirat96 on Oct 12, 2016 | 10 comments
29.
A Friend for Pluto: Astronomers Find New Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System (npr.org)
94 points by daegloe on Oct 12, 2016 | 25 comments
30.
Virtualize OS X on Linux (grodola.blogspot.com)
138 points by grodola on Oct 12, 2016 | 139 comments

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