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31.
Entropy in the Universe (johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com)
115 points by chmaynard on Jan 26, 2020 | 55 comments
32.
Hackers acting in Turkey's interests believed to be behind recent cyberattacks (reuters.com)
95 points by mzs on Jan 27, 2020 | 50 comments
33.
Elixir v1.10 (elixir-lang.org)
364 points by micmus on Jan 27, 2020 | 138 comments
34.
Correct SRGB Dithering (thetenthplanet.de)
81 points by ingve on Jan 26, 2020 | 31 comments
35.
Why numbering should start at zero (1982) (utexas.edu)
169 points by goranmoomin on Jan 27, 2020 | 220 comments
36.
Cartographer: Tool for String Diagrammatic Reasoning (cartographer.id)
47 points by adamnemecek on Jan 26, 2020 | 12 comments
37.
Linux 5.5 to Offer Mainline Support for SGI's Octane MIPS Workstations (phoronix.com)
112 points by dcminter on Jan 26, 2020 | 65 comments
38.
WLW: America's 500,000 watt radio station (2015) (neh.gov)
96 points by bb88 on Jan 27, 2020 | 78 comments
39.
Luis von Ahn, co-founder and CEO of Duolingo (bbc.com)
157 points by lxm on Jan 27, 2020 | 151 comments
40.
FDA approves first US phage therapy trial (2019) (healio.com)
102 points by apsec112 on Jan 27, 2020 | 56 comments
41.
iOS First Impressions (2018) (basicbitch.software)
90 points by luu on Jan 26, 2020 | 150 comments
42.
Wine 5.0 (winehq.org)
260 points by ashitlerferad on Jan 27, 2020 | 49 comments
43.
Postmortem of the failure of one hosting storage unit on Jan. 8, 2020 (gandi.net)
120 points by nachtigall on Jan 27, 2020 | 77 comments
44.
Balloon Experiments with Amateur Radio (wikipedia.org)
65 points by peter_d_sherman on Jan 27, 2020 | 25 comments
45.
Trust Is at the Core of Software Marketing (tomtunguz.com)
151 points by gk1 on Jan 27, 2020 | 63 comments
46.
The 'Race to 5G' Is Lobbyist Nonsense (techdirt.com)
226 points by rahuldottech on Jan 27, 2020 | 144 comments
47.
LA Fresh Poultry: A Store Where Los Angeles Converges (nytimes.com)
34 points by clairity on Jan 26, 2020 | 15 comments
48.
Google App Maker Shutting Down (support.google.com)
242 points by dataminded on Jan 27, 2020 | 226 comments
49.
Aurora is finally ready to show the world what it’s been up to (theverge.com)
70 points by Tomte on Jan 26, 2020 | 51 comments
50.
Ubuntu Removes the Amazon Web App (omgubuntu.co.uk)
241 points by ashitlerferad on Jan 27, 2020 | 99 comments
51.
Uncalendar Review (2015) (paintingstufftolooklikestuff.blogspot.co...)
53 points by Tomte on Jan 26, 2020 | 5 comments
52.
Pinscreen Deepfake Live Prototype [video] (youtube.com)
142 points by freediver on Jan 27, 2020 | 60 comments
53.
Unison: A Content-Addressable Programming Language (unisonweb.org)
136 points by sillysaurusx on Jan 27, 2020 | 12 comments
54.
Why Do American Houses Have So Many Bathrooms? (theatlantic.com)
179 points by lxm on Jan 27, 2020 | 451 comments
55.
Ask HN: I think I’ve burnt out. What should I do?
305 points by lostgame on Jan 27, 2020 | 164 comments
56.
Elizabeth Holmes representing herself in Arizona civil case (mercurynews.com)
193 points by fortran77 on Jan 27, 2020 | 164 comments
57.
Control-F and Building Resilient Information Networks (hapgood.us)
25 points by smacktoward on Jan 27, 2020 | 3 comments
58.
David Rosenhan’s fraudulent Thud experiment set back psychiatry for decades (spectator.co.uk)
93 points by lcaff on Jan 26, 2020 | 119 comments
59.
Google Sheets was down (sheets.google.com)
144 points by 1-6 on Jan 27, 2020 | 103 comments
60.
In Search of Types (2014) [pdf] (kent.ac.uk)
31 points by luu on Jan 26, 2020 | 2 comments

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