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31.
EFF's 100-Day Plan (eff.org)
218 points by sinak2 on Jan 20, 2017 | 20 comments
32.
Security researchers call for Guardian to retract false WhatsApp backdoor story (techcrunch.com)
254 points by sidcool on Jan 20, 2017 | 182 comments
33.
Most used words in programming languages (anvaka.github.io)
194 points by kissgyorgy on Jan 20, 2017 | 182 comments
34.
Show HN: Phorth – A Forth-like language on the Python VM (github.com/llllllllll)
62 points by joejev on Jan 20, 2017 | 14 comments
35.
Why Introverts Are Better at Sales Than Extroverts (inc.com)
142 points by walterbell on Jan 20, 2017 | 78 comments
36.
A Distributed Real-Time Data Store with Flexible Deduplication (amplitude.com)
46 points by prospero on Jan 20, 2017 | 8 comments
37.
The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles (washingtonpost.com)
147 points by grahamel on Jan 20, 2017 | 140 comments
38.
A Plea for Responsible and Contextualized Reporting on User Security (technosociology.org)
62 points by CiPHPerCoder on Jan 20, 2017 | 6 comments
39.
Ask HN: Recommended guides for learning filesystems?
131 points by mgpela on Jan 20, 2017 | 32 comments
40.
The world needs a better spreadsheet (voyager.vc)
179 points by mmonihan on Jan 20, 2017 | 92 comments
41.
Uber to pay $20M to settle U.S. claims it misled drivers (reuters.com)
109 points by _cv7i on Jan 20, 2017 | 57 comments
42.
Ask HN: Ultrabook for programming?
137 points by drKarl on Jan 20, 2017 | 162 comments
43.
It’s Not Just the Drug War (2015) (jacobinmag.com)
79 points by e12e on Jan 20, 2017 | 57 comments
44.
Ask HN: Leaving my job to boostrap my projects. Advice?
148 points by welpwelp on Jan 20, 2017 | 139 comments
45.
That Old-Time Hucksterism: The Oddest Doohickeys of Industrial-Age Entrepreneurs (collectorsweekly.com)
31 points by Vigier on Jan 19, 2017 | 9 comments
46.
Solaris 12 removed from Oracle roadmap, Solaris 11.next planned as next release (theregister.co.uk)
75 points by hunterjrj on Jan 20, 2017 | 39 comments
47.
Kristen Stewart co-authors AI paper (theverge.com)
129 points by tomssilver on Jan 20, 2017 | 65 comments
48.
FCC to be led by Ajit Pai, staunch opponent of consumer protection rules (arstechnica.com)
115 points by jawngee on Jan 20, 2017 | 74 comments
49.
The Strange Persistence of First Languages (2015) (nautil.us)
51 points by devy on Jan 20, 2017 | 7 comments
50.
Supercharge your Sublime Text 3 to increase your productivity (hackernoon.com)
105 points by arsham on Jan 20, 2017 | 66 comments
51.
A Curated List of Software Engineering Blogs (github.com/kilimchoi)
92 points by titomc on Jan 20, 2017 | 17 comments
52.
RL²: Fast Reinforcement Learning via Slow Reinforcement Learning (2016) (arxiv.org)
50 points by saycheese on Jan 19, 2017 | 9 comments
53.
The Many, the Humble, the Ubuntu Users (fossforce.com)
54 points by type0 on Jan 20, 2017 | 47 comments
54.
Peruvian Mummies and the World’s Columbian Exposition of Chicago, 1893 (histanthro.org)
21 points by Thevet on Jan 18, 2017 | 1 comment
55.
Why Peter Thiel Fears Star Trek (newyorker.com)
121 points by tsunamifury on Jan 20, 2017 | 161 comments
56.
Dispute at Harvard leads to a restraining order against a prominent scientist (sciencemag.org)
70 points by georgecmu on Jan 20, 2017 | 52 comments
57.
How to intercept all Wire voice and video calls (medium.com/pepelephew)
58 points by ge0rg on Jan 20, 2017 | 10 comments
58.
Did Nintendo download a Mario ROM and sell it back to us? (eurogamer.net)
89 points by Jerry2 on Jan 20, 2017 | 76 comments
59.
 [flagged] All References to Climate Change Have Been Deleted from the White House Website (vice.com)
117 points by hamckio on Jan 20, 2017 | 40 comments
60.
Trello generates $4m in annual revenue, Atlassian earnings report indicates (zdnet.com)
46 points by tiffanyh on Jan 20, 2017 | 30 comments

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