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31.		How do groups work on Linux? (jvns.ca)
		239 points by deafcalculus on Nov 21, 2017 \| 63 comments
32.		Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grainflows (usgs.gov)
		186 points by lnguyen on Nov 21, 2017 \| 46 comments
33.		India's Stepwells (2013) (archdaily.com)
		128 points by Mz on Nov 21, 2017 \| 20 comments
34.		Extensions in Firefox 58 (blog.mozilla.org)
		287 points by buovjaga on Nov 21, 2017 \| 312 comments
35.		Sinking container ships by hacking load plan software (pentestpartners.com)
		193 points by QAPereo on Nov 19, 2017 \| 50 comments
36.		New Number Systems Seek Their Lost Primes (quantamagazine.org)
		83 points by merrier on Nov 21, 2017 \| 20 comments
37.		HQ CEO: If You Run This Profile, We’ll Fire Our Host (thedailybeast.com)
		327 points by coloneltcb on Nov 21, 2017 \| 70 comments
38.		Court Rules That EFF's Stupid Patent of the Month Post Is Protected Speech (eff.org)
		163 points by DiabloD3 on Nov 21, 2017 \| 39 comments
39.		How many colours were there in a medieval rainbow? (forthewynnblog.wordpress.com)
		62 points by prismatic on Nov 20, 2017 \| 55 comments
40.		Boring thieves had tunnel visions (2009) (latimes.com)
		57 points by smacktoward on Nov 21, 2017 \| 20 comments
41.		Willow Garage and the Making of the Robot Operating System (ieee.org)
		75 points by ilamont on Nov 21, 2017 \| 19 comments
42.		GTD in 15 Minutes – A Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done (hamberg.no)
		214 points by ingve on Nov 21, 2017 \| 73 comments
43.		Ask HN: How can we stop the plan to end net neutrality?
		248 points by Dangeranger on Nov 21, 2017 \| 194 comments
44.		True Kilts: Debunking the Myths About Highlanders and Clan Tartans (collectorsweekly.com)
		73 points by pepys on Nov 21, 2017 \| 16 comments
45.		Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint (2012) [pdf] (robertgaskins.com)
		56 points by j_s on Nov 21, 2017 \| 8 comments
46.		Robot Makers Fill Their War Chests in Fight Against Amazon (bloomberg.com)
		82 points by ehllo on Nov 21, 2017 \| 51 comments
47.		Old School Copywriting for New School Businesses (slideshare.net)
		51 points by smg on Nov 21, 2017 \| 10 comments
48.		How to Measure Retention (myshopify.com)
		74 points by tim_sw on Nov 21, 2017 \| 6 comments
49.		Where Is Technology Taking the Economy? (irvingwb.com)
		45 points by inetsee on Nov 21, 2017 \| 56 comments
50.		iRobot is testing software to make sense of all the rooms in a house (ieee.org)
		41 points by sohkamyung on Nov 21, 2017 \| 40 comments
51.		Localizing “Jump Up, Super Star” (nintendotreehouse.tumblr.com)
		40 points by minimaxir on Nov 21, 2017 \| 7 comments
52.		Fleas, Fleas, Fleas: on parasites in history (nursingclio.org)
		27 points by Hooke on Nov 21, 2017 \| 1 comment
53.		[dupe] F.C.C. Announces Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality (nytimes.com)
		260 points by aaronbrethorst on Nov 21, 2017 \| 43 comments
54.		The way Microsoft patched a recent bug raised some eyebrows (bleepingcomputer.com)
		100 points by djsumdog on Nov 21, 2017 \| 42 comments
55.		Nature and origins of the lexicon in 6 month olds (pnas.org)
		40 points by cdvonstinkpot on Nov 21, 2017
56.		Comparing Browser Page Load Time: An Introduction to Methodology (hacks.mozilla.org)
		45 points by DiabloD3 on Nov 21, 2017 \| 3 comments
57.		Fatbergs to fuel: London's blockage-busting battle in the sewers (cbc.ca)
		41 points by ctrlp on Nov 21, 2017 \| 10 comments
58.		Bitcoin Is Creeping into Real Estate Deals (wsj.com)
		115 points by uptown on Nov 21, 2017 \| 72 comments
59.		Facebook Still Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race (propublica.org)
		131 points by topspin on Nov 21, 2017 \| 96 comments
60.		Who Filters Your News? Why We Built Gobo.social (ethanzuckerman.com)
		50 points by nkurz on Nov 20, 2017 \| 14 comments
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