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31.		Show HN: WhatFreeWords: Open-Source Geocoding for What3Words (whatfreewords.org)
		113 points by whatfreewords on Sept 14, 2019 \| 49 comments
32.		Ransomware hackers are targeting managed service providers for local governments (propublica.org)
		61 points by danso on Sept 14, 2019 \| 13 comments
33.		Tesla has applied for a patent for a new electromagnetic windshield-wiper system (caranddriver.com)
		139 points by booleanbetrayal on Sept 14, 2019 \| 134 comments
34.		The Strange Persistence of First Languages (2015) (nautil.us)
		49 points by rutenspitz on Sept 13, 2019 \| 14 comments
35.		What wartime ‘munitionettes’ teach us about burnout (bbc.com)
		45 points by rubinelli on Sept 12, 2019 \| 30 comments
36.		How to Make Custom AI-Generated Text with GPT-2 (minimaxir.com)
		95 points by Impossible on Sept 12, 2019 \| 21 comments
37.		Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?
		255 points by s1k3s on Sept 14, 2019 \| 100 comments
38.		Taking a year to explain computer things (jvns.ca)
		161 points by zdw on Sept 14, 2019 \| 15 comments
39.		How do you hide a war from your loved one? (thestar.com)
		51 points by breitling on Sept 12, 2019 \| 21 comments
40.		Microsoft President: Democracy Is At Stake. Regulate Big Tech (npr.org)
		192 points by rahuldottech on Sept 14, 2019 \| 231 comments
41.		Twelve Words (kenyonreview.org)
		88 points by badcede on Sept 13, 2019 \| 14 comments
42.		Is chroot a security feature? (redhat.com)
		88 points by katzeilla on Sept 14, 2019 \| 83 comments
43.		The Encyclopedia Reader (2016) (newyorker.com)
		38 points by keiferski on Sept 13, 2019
44.		Age Discrimination at Work (nytimes.com)
		135 points by pseudolus on Sept 14, 2019 \| 198 comments
45.		Notre-Dame’s Toxic Fallout (nytimes.com)
		95 points by tysone on Sept 14, 2019 \| 37 comments
46.		For Children With Peanut Allergies, F.D.A. Experts Recommend a New Treatment (nytimes.com)
		44 points by pseudolus on Sept 14, 2019 \| 49 comments
47.		China Seeks to Buy Control of Hong Kong Companies (bloomberg.com)
		168 points by JumpCrisscross on Sept 14, 2019 \| 54 comments
48.		Saudi Arabia Shuts Down About Half Its Oil Output After Drone Strikes (wsj.com)
		206 points by xoa on Sept 14, 2019 \| 183 comments
49.		Lenovo crams unremovable crapware into laptops by hiding it in the BIOS (2015) (theregister.co.uk)
		130 points by beefhash on Sept 14, 2019 \| 85 comments
50.		French application of international rules to cyberwarfare (lukaszolejnik.com)
		56 points by Sami_Lehtinen on Sept 14, 2019 \| 8 comments
51.		Modern Applications at AWS (allthingsdistributed.com)
		75 points by bryanrasmussen on Sept 12, 2019 \| 42 comments
52.		The Meritocracy Trap (nytimes.com)
		75 points by pilsnerbaridi on Sept 13, 2019 \| 69 comments
53.		Boko Haram Is Back and With Better Drones (nytimes.com)
		62 points by bookofjoe on Sept 14, 2019 \| 15 comments
54.		Varlink – A plain-text, type-safe, discoverable, self-documenting interface (varlink.org)
		60 points by sph on Sept 12, 2019 \| 10 comments
55.		The Writer of the Future (books.substack.com)
		34 points by agronaut on Sept 13, 2019 \| 17 comments
56.		Reclaim Unreasonable Software (lethain.com)
		40 points by r4um on Sept 13, 2019
57.		Solenya: Micro-framework in TypeScript (github.com/solenya-group)
		27 points by fuzzythinker on Sept 12, 2019 \| 11 comments
58.		Major Saudi Arabia oil facilities hit by Houthi drone strikes (theguardian.com)
		60 points by jarmitage on Sept 14, 2019 \| 39 comments
59.		The 2019 Ig Nobel Prize Winners (improbable.com)
		53 points by emptybits on Sept 14, 2019 \| 12 comments
60.		Saudi Arabia oil facilities ablaze after drone strikes (bbc.co.uk)
		78 points by lifeisstillgood on Sept 14, 2019 \| 94 comments
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