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31.		C++17 – better than you might think (levelofindirection.com)
		191 points by ingve on Dec 29, 2016 \| 203 comments
32.		How China Built ‘iPhone City’ with Billions in Perks for Apple’s Partner (nytimes.com)
		109 points by sr_banksy on Dec 29, 2016 \| 80 comments
33.		A CIA calendar the CIA gift shop refuses to sell (washingtonpost.com)
		132 points by benologist on Dec 29, 2016 \| 104 comments
34.		A dynamic programming solution to the n-queens problem (1992) [pdf] (cornell.edu)
		65 points by shakkhar on Dec 29, 2016 \| 4 comments
35.		Edward Snowden’s Escape from Hong Kong [audio] (ccc.de)
		153 points by doener on Dec 29, 2016 \| 76 comments
36.		An introduction to mobile messaging and analysis of the Threema protocol [video] (ccc.de)
		60 points by dbalan on Dec 29, 2016 \| 9 comments
37.		Hey Zuck We Built Your Office AI (algorithmia.com)
		99 points by madrafi on Dec 29, 2016 \| 22 comments
38.		Perspectives Project: Connect securely to https websites (perspectives-project.org)
		44 points by ffggvv on Dec 29, 2016 \| 10 comments
39.		Techniques for Microsoft SQL database design and optimization (apriorit.com)
		99 points by DenTurpitka on Dec 29, 2016 \| 47 comments
40.		Carmakers Are Learning Japan’s Tech Talent Doesn’t Come Cheap (bloomberg.com)
		112 points by arcanus on Dec 29, 2016 \| 158 comments
41.		Ubuntu 16.04 Unity 8 current state [video] (youtube.com)
		72 points by reddotX on Dec 29, 2016 \| 75 comments
42.		I was forced to shut down Lavabit (2014) (theguardian.com)
		160 points by ageofwant on Dec 29, 2016 \| 47 comments
43.		The Singularity Is Further Than It Appears (2015) (rameznaam.com)
		105 points by _qc3o on Dec 29, 2016 \| 133 comments
44.		2017 Outlook: Pandas, Arrow, Feather, Parquet, Spark, Ibis (wesmckinney.com)
		78 points by TheAlchemist on Dec 29, 2016 \| 14 comments
45.		Ghost Stories (harpers.org)
		38 points by max_ on Dec 29, 2016 \| 12 comments
46.		Headlines (avc.com)
		49 points by dirtyaura on Dec 28, 2016 \| 20 comments
47.		Amazon files patent for flying warehouse (bbc.co.uk)
		85 points by colinscape on Dec 29, 2016 \| 60 comments
48.		How to get a C64 on WiFi and start BBSing again (amigalove.com)
		54 points by doener on Dec 29, 2016 \| 8 comments
49.		The inventor of the red Solo cup has died (kfor.com)
		62 points by ourmandave on Dec 29, 2016 \| 25 comments
50.		Street-Legal ebikes are underpowered (electricbike-blog.com)
		84 points by buovjaga on Dec 29, 2016 \| 119 comments
51.		Brain Sodium Linked to Cognitive Deficits in MS (medscape.com)
		45 points by Mz on Dec 28, 2016 \| 15 comments
52.		Rust is Software's Salvation (redox-os.org)
		128 points by k4rtik on Dec 29, 2016 \| 172 comments
53.		The Asian American ‘advantage’ that is actually an illusion (washingtonpost.com)
		95 points by ilamont on Dec 29, 2016 \| 94 comments
54.		Wire Messaging Application – The Downfalls (uwaterloo.ca)
		42 points by maxt on Dec 29, 2016 \| 12 comments
55.		[dupe] The curious history of the clothespeg (medium.com/the-economist)
		12 points by pepys on Dec 29, 2016 \| 1 comment
56.		Wexford teen creates iOS app for Salesforce (irishtimes.com)
		22 points by Michie on Dec 29, 2016
57.		Who’s on Your 2016 Web Development Thank You List? (hackernoon.com)
		44 points by neovive on Dec 29, 2016 \| 54 comments
58.		Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election Hacking (nytimes.com)
		74 points by econnors on Dec 29, 2016 \| 141 comments
59.		Ask HN: Every website wants to send me notifications
		62 points by ankit84 on Dec 29, 2016 \| 40 comments
60.		London Rolls Out the Blood-Red Carpet for Kleptocrats (nytimes.com)
		33 points by cs702 on Dec 29, 2016 \| 4 comments
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