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1.		TextQL: Execute SQL Against CSV or TSV (github.com/dinedal)
		658 points by TAForObvReasons on April 7, 2018 \| 91 comments
2.		The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user (jameshfisher.com)
		1023 points by jamesfisher on April 7, 2018 \| 506 comments
3.		Hash-based Signatures: An illustrated Primer (cryptographyengineering.com)
		228 points by chmaynard on April 7, 2018 \| 25 comments
4.		At 88, doctor pursues a long-ignored treatment for strokes, heart attacks (statnews.com)
		226 points by helloworld on April 7, 2018 \| 71 comments
5.		Want to Be Happy? Think Like an Old Person (2017) (nytimes.com)
		313 points by seventyhorses on April 6, 2018 \| 170 comments
6.		Immutable.rs: immutable data structures for Rust (immutable.rs)
		291 points by tosh on April 6, 2018 \| 63 comments
7.		PostgreSQL Begins Adding LLVM JIT Support For Faster Performance (phoronix.com)
		269 points by manigandham on April 7, 2018 \| 28 comments
8.		Confessions of an Unreal Engine 4 engineering firefighter (allarsblog.com)
		388 points by lfowles on April 6, 2018 \| 115 comments
9.		Show HN: TerrainVer – Generate Worms-Style Cartoon Terrain in JavaScript (juliango202.com)
		198 points by juliango on April 7, 2018 \| 12 comments
10.		Mailinator launches Disposable SMS (mailinator.blogspot.com)
		257 points by zinxq on April 7, 2018 \| 72 comments
11.		“Close to tears, he left at the intermission”: how Kubrick upset Clarke (2017) (newstatesman.com)
		227 points by martincmartin on April 7, 2018 \| 164 comments
12.		Are unsound type systems wrong? (frenchy64.github.io)
		210 points by mpweiher on April 7, 2018 \| 158 comments
13.		I miss Windows Phone (theverge.com)
		308 points by Ducki on April 7, 2018 \| 355 comments
14.		Socioeconomic sorting at the metropolitan level is making America more polarized (citylab.com)
		148 points by clumsysmurf on April 6, 2018 \| 56 comments
15.		The Graphing Calculator Story (2004) (nucalc.com)
		133 points by Nuance on April 7, 2018 \| 21 comments
16.		A Short History of the Executioner (2014) (theappendix.net)
		44 points by lermontov on April 7, 2018 \| 9 comments
17.		Before cancer kills, it cheats (news.harvard.edu)
		198 points by chmaynard on April 6, 2018 \| 58 comments
18.		A Food Shortage Revealed the Cause of Celiac Disease (atlasobscura.com)
		132 points by DoreenMichele on April 7, 2018 \| 67 comments
19.		Brain connectivity reflects human aesthetic responses to music (2016) (oup.com)
		127 points by miobrien on April 6, 2018 \| 35 comments
20.		Show HN: Fileshifter – Easily convert files and videos between different formats (fileshifter.io)
		61 points by mtusman on April 7, 2018 \| 36 comments
21.		Molyneux's problem (wikipedia.org)
		122 points by ph0rque on April 7, 2018 \| 68 comments
22.		Why Whales Got So Big (theatlantic.com)
		144 points by ALee on April 6, 2018 \| 46 comments
23.		The Qualcomm 'Tax' Rebellion (2017) (bloomberg.com)
		106 points by unyttigfjelltol on April 7, 2018 \| 52 comments
24.		‘Big Brother’ in India Requires Fingerprint Scans for Food, Phones and Finances (nytimes.com)
		163 points by vthallam on April 7, 2018 \| 165 comments
25.		The Barlow Knife (edge.org)
		84 points by entwife on April 6, 2018 \| 6 comments
26.		Vial-Http – Simple HTTP REST Tool for Vim (github.com/baverman)
		81 points by 0x54MUR41 on April 7, 2018 \| 15 comments
27.		Ancient Maya traded dogs for use in religious ceremonies, new study shows (arstechnica.com)
		43 points by Thevet on April 6, 2018 \| 2 comments
28.		Why is everyone so busy? (2014) (economist.com)
		198 points by asoli on April 7, 2018 \| 142 comments
29.		Children of The Cloud and Major Tom: Growing Up in the 80s Under the German Sky (catapult.co)
		60 points by smacktoward on April 6, 2018 \| 23 comments
30.		Unclaimed Baggage Center: The Shop for Lost Luggage (2015) (thepointsguy.com)
		35 points by apsec112 on April 6, 2018 \| 31 comments
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