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1.		Estimating the chances of something that hasn’t happened yet (johndcook.com)
		575 points by devy on Nov 15, 2018 \| 150 comments
2.		‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Computer Science Students (nytimes.com)
		630 points by JumpCrisscross on Nov 15, 2018 \| 533 comments
3.		Sr.ht, the hacker's forge, now open for public alpha (drewdevault.com)
		892 points by ddevault on Nov 15, 2018 \| 217 comments
4.		How Smart People Sabotage Their Success (hbr.org)
		737 points by apress on Nov 15, 2018 \| 210 comments
5.		Why Sleep Apnea Patients Rely on a CPAP Machine Hacker (vice.com)
		371 points by runesoerensen on Nov 15, 2018 \| 250 comments
6.		Companies struggling to fill jobs 'should try paying more,' Fed's Kashkari says (cnbc.com)
		545 points by SQL2219 on Nov 15, 2018 \| 477 comments
7.		The C++ Build Process Explained (github.com/green7ea)
		358 points by green7ea on Nov 14, 2018 \| 126 comments
8.		Airtable raises $100M at a $1.1B valuation (techcrunch.com)
		404 points by kbyatnal on Nov 15, 2018 \| 145 comments
9.		SpaceX just got FCC approval to launch 7,518 satellites (fastcompany.com)
		438 points by crunchlibrarian on Nov 15, 2018 \| 280 comments
10.		Slate JS – A customizable framework for building rich text editors (slatejs.org)
		420 points by migueloller on Nov 15, 2018 \| 113 comments
11.		Facebook Morale Takes a Tumble Along with Stock Price (wsj.com)
		382 points by dsgerard on Nov 14, 2018 \| 285 comments
12.		Q: Run SQL Directly on CSV Files (harelba.github.io)
		284 points by devy on Nov 14, 2018 \| 96 comments
13.		SpamAssassin is back (lwn.net)
		324 points by l2dy on Nov 15, 2018 \| 68 comments
14.		What is the highest point on Earth as measured from Earth's center? (noaa.gov)
		197 points by DoreenMichele on Nov 15, 2018 \| 59 comments
15.		Krisp.ai – Mute background noise during your calls (krisp.ai)
		393 points by nyxtom on Nov 15, 2018 \| 107 comments
16.		Google May Have to Get Used to Third Place in the Cloud (bloomberg.com)
		278 points by yannikyeo on Nov 14, 2018 \| 288 comments
17.		Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer' (bbc.com)
		481 points by GeneticGenesis on Nov 15, 2018 \| 318 comments
18.		When Hospitals Merge to Save Money, Patients Often Pay More (nytimes.com)
		205 points by rafaelc on Nov 14, 2018 \| 126 comments
19.		Beyond Passwords: 2FA, U2F and Google Advanced Protection (troyhunt.com)
		276 points by nikbackm on Nov 15, 2018 \| 171 comments
20.		How Zapier Reached $35M ARR (ryanberg.co)
		243 points by gmays on Nov 15, 2018 \| 95 comments
21.		Snapshots of Tokyo’s vivid street life (huckmag.com)
		231 points by kikitee on Nov 13, 2018 \| 86 comments
22.		Fast line-following robots (a1k0n.net)
		207 points by a1k0n on Nov 14, 2018 \| 26 comments
23.		Evolved antenna (wikipedia.org)
		192 points by zilic on Nov 14, 2018 \| 67 comments
24.		PG&E stock plunged 32% after it disclosed a possible link to California’s fire (bloomberg.com)
		287 points by breitling on Nov 15, 2018 \| 302 comments
25.		Space Harrier – Developer Interview Collection (shmuplations.com)
		171 points by VoidSetAndMatch on Nov 15, 2018 \| 29 comments
26.		The US Is Preparing to Prosecute Julian Assange (wsj.com)
		324 points by mises on Nov 15, 2018 \| 549 comments
27.		The Power of Web Components (hacks.mozilla.org)
		170 points by lainon on Nov 15, 2018 \| 76 comments
28.		A cheaper, smaller Raspberry Pi 3 is now available (engadget.com)
		220 points by gmiller123456 on Nov 15, 2018 \| 125 comments
29.		The Case Against Quantum Computing (ieee.org)
		138 points by niccl on Nov 15, 2018 \| 85 comments
30.		Fake fingerprints can imitate real ones in biometric systems (theguardian.com)
		83 points by frozenice on Nov 14, 2018 \| 40 comments
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