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31.
The Zipper Rule on German Roads (ozy.com)
97 points by mpweiher on Feb 2, 2019 | 173 comments
32.
Show HN: My Implementation of "Quick, Draw", a Game Developed by Google (github.com/vietnguyen91)
93 points by 1991viet on Feb 5, 2019 | 12 comments
33.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year parental leaves (qz.com)
198 points by lxm on Feb 5, 2019 | 393 comments
34.
The Apple iPhone XR Review (anandtech.com)
91 points by gok on Feb 5, 2019 | 153 comments
35.
The Multi-Armed Bandit Problem and Its Solutions (2018) (lilianweng.github.io)
92 points by headalgorithm on Feb 5, 2019 | 24 comments
36.
Ketamine Could Soon Be Used to Treat Suicidal Ideation (bloomberg.com)
135 points by dankohn1 on Feb 5, 2019 | 143 comments
37.
A Nazi Interrogator Who Revealed the Value of Kindness (2014) (psmag.com)
95 points by DyslexicAtheist on Feb 3, 2019 | 69 comments
38.
Ask HN: Did offering a money-back guarantee help your business?
215 points by nCHc on Feb 5, 2019 | 153 comments
39.
Showing the power of startup women’s health brands, P&G buys This is L (YC S15) (techcrunch.com)
67 points by pb on Feb 5, 2019 | 26 comments
40.
Pijul for Git users (pijul.com)
105 points by Volundr on Feb 3, 2019 | 95 comments
41.
Stop Reading News (2013) (fs.blog)
211 points by galfarragem on Feb 5, 2019 | 202 comments
42.
Real-time Continuous Transcription with Live Transcribe (googleblog.com)
105 points by iron0013 on Feb 5, 2019 | 30 comments
43.
Shooting Dr. Tourette (drvitelli.typepad.com)
21 points by glassworm on Feb 3, 2019
44.
RetDec: open-source machine-code decompiler based on LLVM (retdec.com)
58 points by ingve on Feb 4, 2019 | 16 comments
45.
Bubble Sort: An Archaeological Algorithmic Analysis (duke.edu)
64 points by DyslexicAtheist on Feb 5, 2019 | 19 comments
46.
Vuvuzela: Metadata-private messaging (vuvuzela.io)
94 points by MrXOR on Feb 5, 2019 | 29 comments
47.
Not Long Ago, Lenses Were Much Lighter (photographylife.com)
58 points by midef on Feb 4, 2019 | 74 comments
48.
Forensic Pseudoscience (2015) (bostonreview.net)
49 points by huihuiilly on Feb 5, 2019 | 26 comments
49.
A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions (newyorker.com)
42 points by smacktoward on Feb 4, 2019 | 5 comments
50.
“100 spies” will monitor all SMS and email that goes in and out of Norway (translate.google.com)
108 points by DyslexicAtheist on Feb 5, 2019 | 46 comments
51.
The Science of Paper versus Screens (2013) (scientificamerican.com)
38 points by kawera on Feb 5, 2019 | 10 comments
52.
 [dupe] Major DNA Testing Company Sharing Genetic Data with the FBI (bloomberg.com)
37 points by nacs on Feb 4, 2019 | 3 comments
53.
Pongmechanik (video) (archive.org)
28 points by nanna on Feb 5, 2019 | 2 comments
54.
UUIDs in MySQL are really not random (waleson.com)
86 points by jtwaleson on Feb 5, 2019 | 67 comments
55.
Mastodon for Metalheads (metalhead.club)
49 points by stoerfall on Feb 5, 2019 | 44 comments
56.
Expanding Access: Engineering Uber Lite (uber.com)
53 points by 076ae80a-3c97-4 on Feb 5, 2019 | 9 comments
57.
A web browser reference implementation using Mozilla Android Components (github.com/mozilla-mobile)
28 points by commoner on Feb 5, 2019 | 5 comments
58.
Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music (newyorker.com)
48 points by seventyhorses on Feb 4, 2019 | 10 comments
59.
Net.wars (1997) (nyupress.org)
25 points by dedalus on Feb 3, 2019 | 3 comments
60.
Google hired microworkers to train its controversial Project Maven AI (theverge.com)
53 points by anastalaz on Feb 5, 2019 | 38 comments

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