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31.
Biologists find cave life that may be 50k years old (phys.org)
56 points by dnetesn on Feb 18, 2017 | 12 comments
32.
Dynamic Programming in Python: Bayesian Blocks (2012) (jakevdp.github.io)
108 points by gwern on Feb 16, 2017 | 6 comments
33.
I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math (2014) (nautil.us)
262 points by rocketbop on Feb 18, 2017 | 46 comments
34.
DDoSCoin: Cryptocurrency with a Malicious Proof-Of-Work [pdf] (usenix.org)
81 points by gwern on Feb 18, 2017 | 21 comments
35.
How CS50 at Harvard uses GitHub to teach computer science (github.com/blog)
83 points by zdw on Feb 17, 2017 | 41 comments
36.
HHVM's Profile-Guided Region JIT (hhvm.com)
40 points by Cozumel on Feb 17, 2017 | 10 comments
37.
Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions will be supported (blog.mozilla.org)
209 points by Tree1993 on Feb 18, 2017 | 323 comments
38.
A Line in the Sand (robdobson.com)
69 points by iamflimflam1 on Feb 18, 2017 | 13 comments
39.
A Man Walks into a Bank (2001) (ft.com)
58 points by bootload on Feb 18, 2017 | 11 comments
40.
The man who sold the world on credit cards (csmonitor.com)
67 points by imartin2k on Feb 18, 2017 | 106 comments
41.
PathNet: Evolution Channels Gradient Descent in Super Neural Networks (arxiv.org)
60 points by jweissman on Feb 18, 2017 | 6 comments
42.
Composition and Diamonds (arrdem.com)
25 points by setra on Feb 18, 2017 | 3 comments
43.
Apple Says Right to Repair iPhones Will Turn Nebraska Into a ‘Mecca’ for Hackers (vice.com)
191 points by petethomas on Feb 18, 2017 | 103 comments
44.
Humans Never Stopped Evolving (2016) (the-scientist.com)
44 points by gwern on Feb 18, 2017 | 18 comments
45.
Run Your Business Like a Drug Lord (2015) (business.com)
69 points by Tomte on Feb 18, 2017 | 27 comments
46.
The robots of CERN (symmetrymagazine.org)
60 points by JumpCrisscross on Feb 18, 2017 | 5 comments
47.
Project Renaissance: Avoid the Concurrency Trap by Embracing Non-Determinism (stefan-marr.de)
44 points by mpweiher on Feb 18, 2017 | 3 comments
48.
Show HN: Simple message builder for Alexa Skills using Node.js (github.com/stojanovic)
29 points by slobodan_ on Feb 18, 2017 | 3 comments
49.
Swift Changes Considered Harmful (furbo.org)
47 points by tambourine_man on Feb 18, 2017 | 47 comments
50.
Sandbox evasion techniques – part 1 (vmray.com)
37 points by adamnemecek on Feb 18, 2017
51.
Preschool can provide a boost, but the gains can fade surprisingly fast (washingtonpost.com)
46 points by otoburb on Feb 18, 2017 | 6 comments
52.
Optimal Emacs Settings for Org-Mode for Literate Programming in Clojure (fgiasson.com)
67 points by Terretta on Feb 18, 2017 | 4 comments
53.
The Tyrant as Editor (2013) (chronicle.com)
31 points by Tomte on Feb 18, 2017
54.
The Runner (2001) (newyorker.com)
28 points by nishs on Feb 18, 2017 | 1 comment
55.
The Murky Future of Nuclear Power in the United States (nytimes.com)
40 points by wumpus on Feb 18, 2017 | 34 comments
56.
Ask HN: What is a problem you face at work?
117 points by cdiamand on Feb 18, 2017 | 122 comments
57.
Measures of entropy and complexity in altered states of consciousness (arxiv.org)
38 points by pizza on Feb 18, 2017 | 3 comments
58.
How Silicon Valley Is Trying to Hack Its Way into a Longer Life (time.com)
54 points by JumpCrisscross on Feb 18, 2017 | 25 comments
59.
Colin Wilson, overpriced at nothing (the-tls.co.uk)
27 points by pepys on Feb 17, 2017 | 5 comments
60.
Hacker News Upvote: Add to Cart (upvotes.club)
89 points by collapse on Feb 18, 2017 | 70 comments

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