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31.		Columbus and the shape of the Earth, a “Holywood” story (mappingignorance.org)
		59 points by diodorus on Jan 20, 2017 \| 31 comments
32.		Tesla brings online its 80 MWh Powerpack station with SoCal Edison (electrek.co)
		106 points by vermontdevil on Jan 24, 2017 \| 38 comments
33.		Ask HN: What are good software architecture interview questions?
		259 points by SoulMan on Jan 24, 2017 \| 136 comments
34.		Show HN: Chrome Extension to Filter HN Stories by Keyword (github.com/shamarifeaster)
		43 points by alistproducer2 on Jan 24, 2017 \| 28 comments
35.		New DirectX Shader Compiler Based on Clang/LLVM Open-Sourced (msdn.microsoft.com)
		125 points by xamlhacker on Jan 24, 2017 \| 87 comments
36.		If you were an elephant (theguardian.com)
		163 points by Thevet on Jan 24, 2017 \| 45 comments
37.		Unexpected Consequences of Self-Driving Cars (rodneybrooks.com)
		183 points by ghosh on Jan 24, 2017 \| 209 comments
38.		Velodyne Plans a Lidar Megafactory (ieee.org)
		88 points by codewithcheese on Jan 24, 2017 \| 61 comments
39.		Show HN: Automated, scheduled, website screenshots to your inbox (blit.xyz)
		81 points by blitapp on Jan 24, 2017 \| 46 comments
40.		USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit (reuters.com)
		241 points by ArtDev on Jan 24, 2017 \| 216 comments
41.		Is atomic theory the most important idea in human history? (aeon.co)
		70 points by oska on Jan 23, 2017 \| 104 comments
42.		Ask HN: Product Managers, how did you get there and what's your background?
		207 points by mezod on Jan 24, 2017 \| 115 comments
43.		Rsync.net – Cloud Storage for Offsite Backups (rsync.net)
		117 points by fgeorgy on Jan 24, 2017 \| 119 comments
44.		Hawaiians call Mark Zuckerberg 'the face of neocolonialism' over land lawsuits (theguardian.com)
		225 points by fmihaila on Jan 24, 2017 \| 170 comments
45.		My personal fight against the modern laptop [video] (youtube.com)
		103 points by setra on Jan 24, 2017 \| 63 comments
46.		The struggle with Rust (ayende.com)
		200 points by mpalme on Jan 24, 2017 \| 295 comments
47.		Asynchronous Exceptions in Practice (simonmar.github.io)
		80 points by dmit on Jan 24, 2017 \| 9 comments
48.		Ride the carousel of folly with a Python migration (mortoray.com)
		65 points by SeanBoocock on Jan 24, 2017 \| 35 comments
49.		The Bipolar Lisp Programmer (2007) (shenlanguage.org)
		102 points by olieidel on Jan 23, 2017 \| 57 comments
50.		New CIA Chief to Gladly Spy on Americans, Even If Using Info Hacked by Russians (techdirt.com)
		171 points by type0 on Jan 24, 2017 \| 111 comments
51.		The Empty Nostalgia of ‘The Sound of Music’ (theparisreview.org)
		62 points by tintinnabula on Jan 24, 2017 \| 50 comments
52.		DHH answers: What makes Rails a framework worth learning in 2017? (quora.com)
		200 points by gavingmiller on Jan 24, 2017 \| 130 comments
53.		Ask HN: Is there really a market for deep learning skills without a Ph.D?
		171 points by meow_mix on Jan 24, 2017 \| 58 comments
54.		Java Is Unsound: The Industry Perspective (dev.to)
		151 points by bhalp1 on Jan 24, 2017 \| 70 comments
55.		Librarian removes controversial list of "predatory" journals and publishers (insidehighered.com)
		89 points by davidgerard on Jan 24, 2017 \| 38 comments
56.		Five States Are Considering Bills to Legalize the 'Right to Repair' Electronics (vice.com)
		129 points by walterbell on Jan 23, 2017 \| 21 comments
57.		About the irrationality of e=2.718... (1840) (fermatslibrary.com)
		56 points by dondinis on Jan 24, 2017 \| 23 comments
58.		Microsoft mulls cutting UK datacentre investment amid Brexit concerns (arstechnica.co.uk)
		79 points by RobAley on Jan 24, 2017 \| 77 comments
59.		Thoughts on the Systemd Root Exploit (agwa.name)
		112 points by uggedal on Jan 24, 2017 \| 77 comments
60.		What we actually lose when the USDA and EPA can’t talk to the public (popsci.com)
		119 points by beardog on Jan 24, 2017 \| 44 comments
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