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61.		A Threat to U.S. Democracy: Political Dysfunction (nytimes.com)
		47 points by JumpCrisscross on Jan 4, 2017 \| 66 comments
62.		Orthogonality and CSS in JS (benmccormick.org)
		38 points by ben336 on Jan 4, 2017 \| 18 comments
63.		Unsecured MongoDBs taken hostage
		83 points by xyunknown on Jan 4, 2017 \| 64 comments
64.		India’s Call-Center Talents Put to a Criminal Use: Swindling Americans (nytimes.com)
		38 points by flippyhead on Jan 4, 2017 \| 52 comments
65.		You probably know to ask yourself “What do I want?” Here’s a way better question (qz.com)
		64 points by pps on Jan 4, 2017 \| 11 comments
66.		[flagged] Germany sees 'overwhelming' sales of Hitler's Mein Kampf (bbc.com)
		24 points by rgbrgb on Jan 3, 2017 \| 23 comments
67.		Bitcoin at an all-time high (coinbase.com)
		58 points by ca98am79 on Jan 4, 2017 \| 80 comments
68.		Ask HN: Will We Get Close to a General AI in 2017?
		31 points by Mister_Y on Jan 4, 2017 \| 80 comments
69.		[dupe] Battery Cell Production Begins at the Gigafactory (tesla.com)
		24 points by bpierre on Jan 4, 2017 \| 4 comments
70.		Please don't pay to use a pay toilet (stallman.org)
		68 points by jeroenheijmans on Jan 4, 2017 \| 57 comments
71.		Pinned Down at Last: The Dean of English Satirists (standpointmag.co.uk)
		7 points by pepys on Jan 4, 2017
72.		[dupe] Twitter Co-Founder Ev Williams’ Medium Cuts One-Third of Staff (bloomberg.com)
		13 points by decampj4 on Jan 4, 2017 \| 2 comments
73.		Polite Technology First Draft (polite.technology)
		10 points by bpierre on Jan 4, 2017
74.		Ask HN: Who is firing? (January 2017)
		32 points by who_is_firing on Jan 4, 2017 \| 4 comments
75.		‘Routine’ Jobs Are Disappearing (wsj.com)
		7 points by jseliger on Jan 4, 2017 \| 1 comment
76.		Excited to share an update on #AlphaGo (twitter.com/demishassabis)
		21 points by jrwan on Jan 4, 2017 \| 4 comments
77.		Stop Setting Goals You Don’t Actually Care About (hbr.org)
		4 points by jaoued on Jan 4, 2017
78.		How the Washington Post Rewrote Its Story on Russian Hacking of the Power Grid (forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru)
		9 points by altstar on Jan 4, 2017 \| 6 comments
79.		Play store doesn't download when roaming (code.google.com)
		9 points by tan90 on Jan 4, 2017 \| 4 comments
80.		[dupe] Medium cuts team by one third - eliminates 50 jobs (blog.medium.com)
		6 points by rememberlenny on Jan 4, 2017 \| 1 comment

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