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1.		Fifth Circuit holds that First Amendment protects the right to record the police [pdf] (uscourts.gov)
		670 points by oftenwrong on Feb 17, 2017 \| 189 comments
2.		Nintendo announced Switch Dev kits are $500 (googleusercontent.com)
		347 points by shawndumas on Feb 18, 2017 \| 129 comments
3.		Co-founder Conflict (techcrunch.com)
		366 points by garry on Feb 18, 2017 \| 57 comments
4.		Show HN: Evilpass – A slightly evil password strength checker (github.com/sircmpwn)
		367 points by ddevault on Feb 18, 2017 \| 162 comments
5.		Detection of radioactive iodine at trace levels in Europe in January 2017 (irsn.fr)
		308 points by ge0rg on Feb 18, 2017 \| 87 comments
6.		Pixar offers free online lessons in storytelling via Khan Academy (techcrunch.com)
		503 points by ehudla on Feb 18, 2017 \| 93 comments
7.		How ‘Weird Al’ eclipsed most stars he parodied (washingtonpost.com)
		231 points by ohjeez on Feb 18, 2017 \| 97 comments
8.		The idea maze of personal logging (2016) (pcmonk.me)
		136 points by pcmonk on Feb 18, 2017 \| 46 comments
9.		Show HN: Clozemaster – Learn language in context (clozemaster.com)
		145 points by cmmike on Feb 18, 2017 \| 67 comments
10.		Ask HN: How should I teach code to kids?
		236 points by holaboyperu on Feb 18, 2017 \| 133 comments
11.		Don’t Take My Folders Away: Organizing Personal Info to Get Things Done (2005) (washington.edu)
		104 points by mpweiher on Feb 17, 2017 \| 41 comments
12.		Families Hear from Completely Paralyzed Patients via New Device (singularityhub.com)
		126 points by thomyorkie on Feb 18, 2017 \| 34 comments
13.		Show HN: Tkui – Python GUI maker that simulaneously edits the GUI and its editor (github.com/asrp)
		86 points by asrp on Feb 18, 2017 \| 24 comments
14.		What Do Animals See in the Mirror? (theatlantic.com)
		178 points by nishs on Feb 18, 2017 \| 83 comments
15.		Why Do Americans Refrigerate Their Eggs? (nytimes.com)
		231 points by sidraqasim1 on Feb 18, 2017 \| 267 comments
16.		BSD socket API revamp (githubusercontent.com)
		119 points by rumcajz on Feb 18, 2017 \| 89 comments
17.		SpaceX Halts Rocket Launch 10 Seconds Before Planned Liftoff (bloomberg.com)
		129 points by sillypuddy on Feb 18, 2017 \| 64 comments
18.		Botpress: an open-source bot creation tool written in JavaScript (github.com/botpress)
		143 points by slvnperron on Feb 17, 2017 \| 18 comments
19.		Machine Learning Scale 2017 recap (facebook.com)
		79 points by Dawny33 on Feb 18, 2017 \| 9 comments
20.		Salt Lake Screaming Eagles, a football team controlled by fans with smartphones (slate.com)
		102 points by evo_9 on Feb 18, 2017 \| 22 comments
21.		Bias in the ER (nautil.us)
		119 points by sergeant3 on Feb 18, 2017 \| 83 comments
22.		Things to do before your project dies (yoric.github.io)
		96 points by Yoric on Feb 17, 2017 \| 3 comments
23.		Found: A Drug Catapult at the U.S.-Mexico Border (atlasobscura.com)
		154 points by bcaulfield on Feb 18, 2017 \| 133 comments
24.		ParTcl – a micro Tcl implementation (github.com/zserge)
		79 points by panic on Feb 18, 2017 \| 31 comments
25.		TA.Gui – A tool for non-developers and business users to automate web apps (github.com/tebelorg)
		149 points by tanky_frank on Feb 18, 2017 \| 29 comments
26.		Show HN: Julia Observer – Package Browser for the Julia Language (juliaobserver.com)
		77 points by djsegal on Feb 18, 2017 \| 19 comments
27.		Patoline: A modern digital typesetting system (2012) (patoline.org)
		83 points by Tomte on Feb 18, 2017 \| 33 comments
28.		Zealandia: An eighth continent under New Zealand? (bbc.com)
		89 points by snake117 on Feb 18, 2017 \| 34 comments
29.		Loom: How Brian Moriarty Proved That Less Is Sometimes More (filfre.net)
		113 points by doppp on Feb 18, 2017 \| 31 comments
30.		A chat with the creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment (nautil.us)
		60 points by fraqed on Feb 16, 2017 \| 7 comments
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