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31.		Ironies of Automation (1983) [pdf] (ncsu.edu)
		81 points by kiyanwang on Feb 11, 2019 \| 27 comments
32.		A letter to Steven Pinker about global poverty (jasonhickel.org)
		250 points by winterismute on Feb 11, 2019 \| 245 comments
33.		In Search of the Northern Lights (nytimes.com)
		47 points by pseudolus on Feb 11, 2019 \| 23 comments
34.		Reddit confirms $300M Series D led by China’s Tencent at $3B value (techcrunch.com)
		274 points by 0xedb on Feb 12, 2019 \| 283 comments
35.		A.I. Shows Promise as a Physician Assistant (nytimes.com)
		72 points by rafaelc on Feb 12, 2019 \| 14 comments
36.		The Next Wave of ‘Unicorn’ Startups (nytimes.com)
		111 points by rm2889 on Feb 11, 2019 \| 48 comments
37.		A 25-Inch Plot of Land in Greenwich Village Embodied ‘a Resistance’ (nytimes.com)
		61 points by pseudolus on Feb 11, 2019 \| 27 comments
38.		Drivers claim Uber won’t pay fees to launch forced arbitration cases (reuters.com)
		145 points by SilasX on Feb 12, 2019 \| 98 comments
39.		Go 1.12 Release Candidate 1 is released (groups.google.com)
		138 points by 0xedb on Feb 12, 2019 \| 56 comments
40.		Wondering about the link between intelligence and meaning (scientificamerican.com)
		187 points by headalgorithm on Feb 12, 2019 \| 153 comments
41.		The de Havilland Comet (greatdisasters.co.uk)
		58 points by arunmp on Feb 12, 2019 \| 53 comments
42.		Google and Facebook should be regulated for news content, UK government report (cnbc.com)
		125 points by pseudolus on Feb 12, 2019 \| 98 comments
43.		The Moral Equivalent of War (1906) (uky.edu)
		53 points by Alupis on Feb 11, 2019 \| 17 comments
44.		The memory safety problem isn't bad coders (medium.com/sgrif)
		250 points by steveklabnik on Feb 12, 2019 \| 220 comments
45.		Mapping Motor Vehicle Collisions in New York City (toddwschneider.com)
		72 points by lil_tee on Feb 12, 2019 \| 27 comments
46.		Cultural Course Correcting: Black Rock City 2019 (burningman.org)
		78 points by eplanit on Feb 12, 2019 \| 40 comments
47.		California will not complete $77B high-speed rail project: governor (reuters.com)
		209 points by pseudolus on Feb 12, 2019 \| 384 comments
48.		Design Without Color First (medium.com/devsdesign)
		105 points by febin on Feb 12, 2019 \| 40 comments
49.		El Chapo Trial: Why His I.T. Guy Had a Nervous Breakdown (nytimes.com)
		120 points by ajay-d on Feb 12, 2019 \| 83 comments
50.		Show HN: Radio station WWV audio simulation (mcodes.org)
		64 points by LVB on Feb 12, 2019 \| 22 comments
51.		Show HN: Server Hunter – Easily browse over 11,000 VPS and Dedicated Servers (serverhunter.com)
		174 points by ServerHunter on Feb 12, 2019 \| 88 comments
52.		Launch HN: Dyneti (YC W19) – Helping apps stop fraud and process payments faster
		60 points by julia-zheng on Feb 12, 2019 \| 58 comments
53.		What every physicist should know about string theory (scitation.org)
		44 points by paulpauper on Feb 11, 2019 \| 47 comments
54.		Blockchain and Trust (schneier.com)
		116 points by bb88 on Feb 12, 2019 \| 107 comments
55.		[dupe] Russia to disconnect from the internet as part of a planned test (zdnet.com)
		109 points by yread on Feb 11, 2019 \| 58 comments
56.		The Chinese fascination with numbers (bbc.com)
		90 points by MiriamWeiner on Feb 11, 2019 \| 55 comments
57.		Show HN: Synesthesia – Optimizing brainfuck compiler implemented as Nim macros (github.com/jeff-ciesielski)
		33 points by jeff_ciesielski on Feb 11, 2019 \| 3 comments
58.		Flight to China turned back after airline forgets to remove Taiwan reference (stuff.co.nz)
		95 points by ilamont on Feb 12, 2019 \| 100 comments
59.		Apple fails to block porn and gambling “enterprise” apps (techcrunch.com)
		106 points by sharcerer on Feb 12, 2019 \| 103 comments
60.		Holography Transmission Equations (holographyforum.org)
		40 points by headalgorithm on Feb 11, 2019 \| 6 comments
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