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31.		Amazon employees protest sale of facial recognition tech to law enforcement (thehill.com)
		211 points by anigbrowl on June 22, 2018 \| 107 comments
32.		Sniper – An efficient multi-scale object detection algorithm (github.com/mahyarnajibi)
		156 points by kumaranvpl on June 22, 2018 \| 33 comments
33.		Exploring contravariance using Swift (pointfree.co)
		65 points by mbw234 on June 22, 2018 \| 3 comments
34.		Mysterious ‘Jumping Gene’ That Appears 500k Times in Human DNA (theatlantic.com)
		124 points by curtis on June 21, 2018 \| 65 comments
35.		Understanding contravariance (typeclasses.com)
		138 points by allenleee on June 22, 2018 \| 80 comments
36.		Unequal Cofounders (eladgil.com)
		117 points by allenleee on June 22, 2018 \| 60 comments
37.		Gracefully Scaling to 10k PostgreSQL Connections for $35/mo, Part Two (fti.bi)
		141 points by AlexAtFTI on June 21, 2018 \| 18 comments
38.		Performance patches in Go 1.11 (docs.google.com)
		200 points by valyala on June 22, 2018 \| 53 comments
39.		A Reputation-Laundering Firm That Ruined Its Own Reputation (newyorker.com)
		83 points by iamben on June 22, 2018 \| 12 comments
40.		1971 B5500 Eliza clone written in Lispified Algol (elizagen.org)
		56 points by abrax3141 on June 19, 2018 \| 8 comments
41.		The Transistor, Part 2: Out Of The Crucible (technicshistory.wordpress.com)
		82 points by akakievich on June 22, 2018 \| 7 comments
42.		Grim look at Civil War surgery unearthed by new pit of limbs, bodies (arstechnica.com)
		63 points by curtis on June 21, 2018 \| 17 comments
43.		You Can’t Hide from the Corporate Cops (bloomberg.com)
		92 points by bspn on June 21, 2018 \| 16 comments
44.		HIPAA and Artificial Intelligence (ailawadvisor.com)
		61 points by raleighm on June 22, 2018 \| 14 comments
45.		Reverse Shell from an OpenVPN Configuration File (medium.com/tenable-techblog)
		112 points by wglb on June 21, 2018 \| 26 comments
46.		The Manchester Baby was the first stored-program computer (bbc.com)
		57 points by happy-go-lucky on June 22, 2018 \| 42 comments
47.		New chemical analysis of Aztec turquoise suggests it didn’t come from the SW US (arstechnica.com)
		40 points by curtis on June 20, 2018 \| 5 comments
48.		Spite buildings: when human grudges get architectural (theguardian.com)
		71 points by bryanrasmussen on June 22, 2018 \| 11 comments
49.		Launch HN: Frey (YC S18) – Laundry and Clothing Care Products Tailored for Men
		43 points by thefreybrothers on June 22, 2018 \| 91 comments
50.		Carbon monoxide alarms removed from Amazon and eBay after failing safety tests (independent.co.uk)
		65 points by pmoriarty on June 22, 2018 \| 40 comments
51.		Atom 1.28 (atom.io)
		139 points by maxbrunsfeld on June 21, 2018 \| 110 comments
52.		SpaceX Falcon Heavy Muscles Way into $130M Military Contract (fortune.com)
		96 points by rbanffy on June 22, 2018 \| 43 comments
53.		Drowning in Light (2014) (nautil.us)
		37 points by dnetesn on June 20, 2018 \| 18 comments
54.		The Spacetime of Fine Art (nautil.us)
		24 points by dnetesn on June 21, 2018 \| 1 comment
55.		Get out of my building (2009) (steveblank.com)
		66 points by mooreds on June 22, 2018 \| 31 comments
56.		How to Use Slack and Not Go Crazy (pspdfkit.com)
		121 points by steipete on June 22, 2018 \| 98 comments
57.		From rust belt to robot belt: Turning AI into jobs in the US heartland (technologyreview.com)
		22 points by jedwhite on June 19, 2018 \| 7 comments
58.		Arizona Uber crash driver was 'watching TV' (bbc.co.uk)
		131 points by room271 on June 22, 2018 \| 193 comments
59.		The sniff test of self-recognition confirmed: Dogs have self-awareness (2017) (sciencedaily.com)
		41 points by curtis on June 22, 2018 \| 19 comments
60.		Mementos of a Forgotten Frontier (laphamsquarterly.org)
		19 points by Thevet on June 21, 2018 \| 4 comments
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