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1.		Robinhood launches 3% checking account (techcrunch.com)
		972 points by ccwilson10 on Dec 13, 2018 \| 661 comments
2.		Virgin Galactic successfully reaches space (bbc.com)
		592 points by adzicg on Dec 13, 2018 \| 215 comments
3.		Archive.org donations are currently matched by a generous supporter 2-to-1 (archive.org)
		494 points by aw3c2 on Dec 12, 2018 \| 74 comments
4.		Puzzle-solving 'doesn't slow down mental decline in older people' (nhs.uk)
		303 points by open-source-ux on Dec 12, 2018 \| 107 comments
5.		Exploring the .NET Core Runtime (mattwarren.org)
		251 points by matthewwarren on Dec 13, 2018 \| 58 comments
6.		50 CVEs in 50 Days: Fuzzing Adobe Reader (checkpoint.com)
		344 points by benryon on Dec 13, 2018 \| 166 comments
7.		The Titanic Was on Fire for Days Before the Iceberg Hit (medium.com/dialogue-and-discourse)
		334 points by Osiris30 on Dec 13, 2018 \| 195 comments
8.		Why should I have written ZeroMQ in C, not C++ (2012) (250bpm.com)
		289 points by sytelus on Dec 12, 2018 \| 251 comments
9.		Mail Loop From Hell (2012) (dbrgn.ch)
		288 points by dbrgn on Dec 13, 2018 \| 87 comments
10.		The Waterfall methodology was a historic accident and they knew it (tuxen.de)
		196 points by janvdberg on Dec 12, 2018 \| 165 comments
11.		Etsy’s experiment with immutable documentation (codeascraft.com)
		187 points by telotortium on Dec 13, 2018 \| 62 comments
12.		A newly discovered tea plant is caffeine-free (economist.com)
		180 points by bookofjoe on Dec 11, 2018 \| 119 comments
13.		Make photomosaics, GIFs, and murals from pictures in Python with ML/OpenCV (github.com/worldveil)
		126 points by muzakthings on Dec 13, 2018 \| 21 comments
14.		Instacart and Amazon-owned Whole Foods are parting ways (techcrunch.com)
		150 points by acdanger on Dec 13, 2018 \| 154 comments
15.		Stablecoin Basis is closing down (cryptonews.com)
		138 points by leppr on Dec 13, 2018 \| 112 comments
16.		A ‘Self-Aware’ Fish Raises Doubts About a Cognitive Test (quantamagazine.org)
		162 points by toufiqbarhamov on Dec 13, 2018 \| 156 comments
17.		Creating Windows XP Icons (2001) (msdn.microsoft.com)
		178 points by richev on Dec 12, 2018 \| 85 comments
18.		Why Do React Hooks Rely on Call Order? (overreacted.io)
		135 points by stablemap on Dec 13, 2018 \| 109 comments
19.		Machine Learning Trick of the Day: Instrumental Thinking (shakirm.com)
		125 points by ghosthamlet on Dec 13, 2018 \| 10 comments
20.		Firefighting foam heats up coal fire debate (2010) (earthmagazine.org)
		69 points by cjg on Dec 13, 2018 \| 51 comments
21.		Comprehensive and biased comparison of OpenBSD and FreeBSD (2017) [pdf] (bsdfrog.org)
		86 points by j0e1 on Dec 12, 2018 \| 7 comments
22.		Don't Post Evergreen Content on Medium (nomadgate.com)
		271 points by tkrunning on Dec 13, 2018 \| 136 comments
23.		China harvested organs from political prisoners, says tribunal (bmj.com)
		460 points by crunchiebones on Dec 13, 2018 \| 233 comments
24.		BOOM Open Source RISC-V Core Runs on Amazon EC2 F1 Instances (cnx-software.com)
		122 points by ingve on Dec 13, 2018 \| 52 comments
25.		Instead of Writing a Thousand Words, Part One: Ideas (laphamsquarterly.org)
		81 points by prismatic on Dec 12, 2018 \| 6 comments
26.		Evelyn Berezin, 93, Dies; Built the First True Word Processor (nytimes.com)
		170 points by NaOH on Dec 10, 2018 \| 37 comments
27.		Why Use F#? (fsharpforfunandprofit.com)
		223 points by adgasf on Dec 12, 2018 \| 205 comments
28.		Apple to build campus in Austin and sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City (apple.com)
		191 points by chillaxtian on Dec 13, 2018 \| 177 comments
29.		Free Hotel Wifi with Python and Selenium (gkbrk.com)
		327 points by janvdberg on Dec 13, 2018 \| 142 comments
30.		Page Views on Black Friday and Cyber Monday (cloudflare.com)
		89 points by jgrahamc on Dec 11, 2018 \| 34 comments
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