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31.
Chamath Palihapitiya of Social Capital on the Paradox of Ego and Humility (nytimes.com)
43 points by astdb on Oct 21, 2017 | 24 comments
32.
Q&A: Douglas Hofstadter on why AI is far from intelligent (qz.com)
105 points by pilingual on Oct 21, 2017 | 86 comments
33.
My first experience with formal methods (zipcpu.com)
96 points by matt_d on Oct 20, 2017 | 19 comments
34.
Give researchers a lifetime word limit (nature.com)
52 points by widforss on Oct 20, 2017 | 46 comments
35.
Drone footage of Seattle's new 57 foot SR 99 tunnel [video] (youtube.com)
86 points by curtis on Oct 21, 2017 | 56 comments
36.
We Can’t Stem the Tide of Language Death (lareviewofbooks.org)
65 points by diodorus on Oct 21, 2017 | 133 comments
37.
Volcanoes Helped Violent Revolts Erupt in Ancient Egypt (nytimes.com)
26 points by kimsk112 on Oct 19, 2017 | 8 comments
38.
Why the Seattle Mystery Bookshop Must Close (seattlemysteryblog.typepad.com)
80 points by fern12 on Oct 21, 2017 | 71 comments
39.
Librestd: a library to create C++ RESTful API services (github.com/evilsocket)
67 points by beefhash on Oct 21, 2017 | 11 comments
40.
Use of English and Chinese in Alibaba’s Alipay Advertisements (upenn.edu)
51 points by mcenedella on Oct 21, 2017 | 15 comments
41.
Swipe Left: Privacy Practices of Online Dating Apps (royapakzad.co)
46 points by benbreen on Oct 20, 2017 | 33 comments
42.
Punishment in 19th Century China (2014) (blogs.harvard.edu)
25 points by lermontov on Oct 20, 2017 | 2 comments
43.
Gordon Lish, the Art of Editing No. 2 (2015) (theparisreview.org)
19 points by samclemens on Oct 20, 2017 | 2 comments
44.
The loneliness of Elizabeth Bishop (thenation.com)
38 points by fern12 on Oct 21, 2017 | 5 comments
45.
California Governor Vetoes Statewide 5G Antenna Standards (wirelessweek.com)
55 points by ashitlerferad on Oct 21, 2017 | 57 comments
46.
Is it illegal to own a rabbit in Queensland unless you're a magician? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
73 points by zeristor on Oct 20, 2017 | 59 comments
47.
Equifax's failure calls for judicial dissolution (wired.com)
107 points by dingoonline on Oct 21, 2017 | 18 comments
48.
Thank You GitHub (github.com/thank-you-github)
92 points by stsewd on Oct 21, 2017 | 68 comments
49.
Compensating carbon emissions (carbonaltdelete.eu)
39 points by bramv on Oct 21, 2017 | 16 comments
50.
Robert Scoble: “I apologize.” (facebook.com)
64 points by minimaxir on Oct 20, 2017 | 81 comments
51.
Spain Will Remove Catalonia Leader, Escalating Secession Crisis (nytimes.com)
78 points by ryanlol on Oct 21, 2017 | 168 comments
52.
React is the new Dojo (medium.com/mikeal)
44 points by ingve on Oct 21, 2017 | 64 comments
53.
A Brief Introduction to Slow Feature Analysis (medium.com/hlynurd)
14 points by hlynurd on Oct 21, 2017
54.
Google’s quantum computing plans threatened by IBM curveball (newscientist.com)
29 points by sethbannon on Oct 21, 2017 | 11 comments
55.
Survey of CPU Caches (meribold.github.io)
42 points by signa11 on Oct 21, 2017 | 2 comments
56.
Introducing Nuclio: A scalable, open source, real-time processing platform (iguazio.com)
36 points by booboojr on Oct 21, 2017 | 2 comments
57.
The man with two penises (thomas-morris.uk)
16 points by Hooke on Oct 20, 2017 | 3 comments
58.
The Perfect Number: Federal corporate income tax rate (pedal.tech)
16 points by mohiblues on Oct 21, 2017 | 10 comments
59.
Ask HN: Which post on Indie hacker is your favourite and why?
10 points by cinbun8 on Oct 21, 2017 | 2 comments

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