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1.		If the Waffle House is closed, it's Time to Panic (2016) (fivethirtyeight.com)
		380 points by brudgers on Aug 26, 2017 \| 97 comments
2.		Rumours swell over new kind of gravitational-wave sighting (nature.com)
		258 points by indescions_2017 on Aug 26, 2017 \| 137 comments
3.		New implementation of Git in OCaml (github.com/mirage)
		245 points by tosh on Aug 26, 2017 \| 124 comments
4.		Better management of discarded produce could help forests regrow (upworthy.com)
		268 points by moritzplassnig on Aug 26, 2017 \| 58 comments
5.		Storj: Not a Dropbox Killer (shitcoin.com)
		335 points by davidgerard on Aug 26, 2017 \| 129 comments
6.		Honda system confused by Alonso taking Pouhon flat (motorsport.com)
		191 points by DC-3 on Aug 26, 2017 \| 132 comments
7.		Dylan: A New Language Is Blowin' in the Wind (1992) (schneier.com)
		123 points by e12e on Aug 26, 2017 \| 101 comments
8.		Show HN: Moon – fast 7k Vue alternative (github.com/kbrsh)
		268 points by kbr on Aug 26, 2017 \| 192 comments
9.		MTuner is a C/C++ memory profiler and memory leak finder (github.com/milostosic)
		169 points by llazzaro on Aug 26, 2017 \| 34 comments
10.		Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index (digiconomist.net)
		256 points by schwabacher on Aug 26, 2017 \| 280 comments
11.		Show HN: Park your domain name with just 2 DNS records (domdb.com)
		131 points by tompec on Aug 26, 2017 \| 92 comments
12.		Where in Europe is electric car a good idea? (jakubmarian.com)
		126 points by Tomte on Aug 26, 2017 \| 165 comments
13.		Despite privacy outrage, AccuWeather still shares location data with ad firms (zdnet.com)
		199 points by uladzislau on Aug 26, 2017 \| 66 comments
14.		Destroy All Monsters: A Journey into the Caverns of Dungeons and Dragons (2006) (believermag.com)
		147 points by smacktoward on Aug 26, 2017 \| 49 comments
15.		Writing Reusable Code Feedback at Scale with Mixed-Initiative Program Synthesis [pdf] (wisc.edu)
		38 points by lainon on Aug 26, 2017 \| 1 comment
16.		A Comprehensive Study of Convergent and Commutative Replicated Data Types [pdf] (upmc.fr)
		83 points by adamnemecek on Aug 26, 2017 \| 3 comments
17.		Desert Creosote Bush Could Treat Giardia and “Brain-Eating” Amoeba Infections (ucsd.edu)
		55 points by protomyth on Aug 26, 2017 \| 17 comments
18.		Can we know what animals are thinking? (economist.com)
		166 points by _dps on Aug 26, 2017 \| 226 comments
19.		Car Wash Hack Can Strike Vehicle, Trap Passengers, Douse Them with Water (vice.com)
		84 points by Tchang7 on Aug 26, 2017 \| 38 comments
20.		Fun vs. Computer Science (2016) (dadgum.com)
		221 points by Tomte on Aug 26, 2017 \| 181 comments
21.		“For many people, flexibility at work can be a liberation.” (sitra.fi)
		72 points by greifswalder on Aug 26, 2017 \| 25 comments
22.		“Send Parsons Immediately” (smithsonianmag.com)
		66 points by merrier on Aug 26, 2017 \| 8 comments
23.		Writing a formally-verified image browser in Coq and Haskell (michaelburge.us)
		144 points by MichaelBurge on Aug 26, 2017 \| 39 comments
24.		Converting a Guitar Effects Pedal to Output MIDI (csun.io)
		68 points by igpay on Aug 26, 2017 \| 34 comments
25.		North American F-82 Twin Mustang (wikipedia.org)
		69 points by Tomte on Aug 26, 2017 \| 54 comments
26.		X-Seed 4000 (wikipedia.org)
		150 points by bane on Aug 25, 2017 \| 64 comments
27.		Is There Any Point to Protesting? (newyorker.com)
		212 points by rafaelc on Aug 26, 2017 \| 252 comments
28.		Fast: A Transducer-Based Language for Tree Manipulation (2014) [pdf] (wisc.edu)
		76 points by lainon on Aug 26, 2017 \| 3 comments
29.		Ask HN: What are your favourite self-hosted tools?
		304 points by zweicoder on Aug 26, 2017 \| 143 comments
30.		Spying on Students: School-Issued Devices and Student Privacy (eff.org)
		92 points by kawera on Aug 26, 2017 \| 32 comments
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