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1.		AT&T will put a fake 5G logo on its 4G LTE phones (fiercewireless.com)
		521 points by devy on Dec 21, 2018 \| 308 comments
2.		Facebook open-sources a speech-recognition system and a machine learning library (fb.com)
		498 points by runesoerensen on Dec 21, 2018 \| 143 comments
3.		Discord raises $150M, surpassing $2B valuation (techcrunch.com)
		416 points by sahin on Dec 21, 2018 \| 251 comments
4.		Raspberry Pi Pet Detector Camera Using Python, TensorFlow, and Twilio [video] (youtube.com)
		277 points by viniciosbarros on Dec 21, 2018 \| 79 comments
5.		Can you use a magnifying glass and moonlight to light a fire? (2016) (xkcd.com)
		340 points by btrask on Dec 21, 2018 \| 269 comments
6.		Changes to U.S. federal authorities relating to production and marketing of hemp (fda.gov)
		536 points by sahin on Dec 21, 2018 \| 164 comments
7.		An Amoeba-Based Computer Found Solutions to 8-City Traveling Salesman Problem (vice.com)
		239 points by n0pe_p0pe on Dec 21, 2018 \| 76 comments
8.		Star Citizen: The Road to Release, Financials and New Partners (cloudimperiumgames.com)
		181 points by doener on Dec 21, 2018 \| 232 comments
9.		Evaluation of five password managers (medium.com/quantopiancyber)
		247 points by jik on Dec 21, 2018 \| 212 comments
10.		Indian government to intercept, monitor, and decrypt citizens’ computers (venturebeat.com)
		371 points by Down_n_Out on Dec 21, 2018 \| 163 comments
11.		Video of Glitter Bomb for Package Thieves Exposed as Partial Fake (gizmodo.com)
		265 points by mbrubeck on Dec 21, 2018 \| 148 comments
12.		Machine Learning for .NET (github.com/dotnet)
		202 points by melenaos on Dec 20, 2018 \| 47 comments
13.		How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG (theringer.com)
		331 points by bpierre on Dec 21, 2018 \| 196 comments
14.		Gluten Free Antarctica (idlewords.com)
		282 points by kawera on Dec 20, 2018 \| 144 comments
15.		Star Control II (filfre.net)
		148 points by doppp on Dec 21, 2018 \| 63 comments
16.		Experiment: Recoil vs. Muzzle Velocity (ammolytics.com)
		134 points by wizdumb on Dec 21, 2018 \| 61 comments
17.		Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures Using Python (interactivepython.org)
		294 points by samrohn on Dec 21, 2018 \| 30 comments
18.		Ask HN: How to shadow a CEO?
		231 points by realrali on Dec 21, 2018 \| 85 comments
19.		At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees (techcrunch.com)
		236 points by Eschatologist on Dec 21, 2018 \| 129 comments
20.		Advocating for privacy in Australia (fastmail.blog)
		229 points by hspak on Dec 21, 2018 \| 109 comments
21.		Porting Alpine Linux to RISC-V (drewdevault.com)
		245 points by kristianp on Dec 21, 2018 \| 79 comments
22.		Great Pacific garbage patch cleanup fails to collect plastic (theguardian.com)
		193 points by mlthoughts2018 on Dec 21, 2018 \| 187 comments
23.		Transparency Report: Government requests for customer data globally (apple.com)
		123 points by zachguo on Dec 21, 2018 \| 32 comments
24.		OUC coal plants linked to east Orange County cancer spike, lawsuit claims (orlandosentinel.com)
		187 points by wonderwonder on Dec 21, 2018 \| 76 comments
25.		FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch (reuters.com)
		223 points by daegloe on Dec 21, 2018 \| 222 comments
26.		Neurons That Tell Time (newyorker.com)
		73 points by digital55 on Dec 20, 2018 \| 5 comments
27.		The rise of the internet and a new age of authoritarianism (harpers.org)
		102 points by empath75 on Dec 21, 2018 \| 133 comments
28.		Two Intricate Calligraphy Pages from a 16-Century Manuscript Have Been Decoded (getty.edu)
		70 points by ohjeez on Dec 20, 2018 \| 9 comments
29.		Facebook Is Developing a Cryptocurrency for WhatsApp Transfers, Sources Say (bloomberg.com)
		133 points by tareqak on Dec 21, 2018 \| 124 comments
30.		Hyper.sh cloud service will shut down on Jan 15 (hyper.sh)
		145 points by carimura on Dec 21, 2018 \| 99 comments
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