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31.		A Twist on Schrödinger's Cat Paradox (scientificamerican.com)
		114 points by mathgenius on Aug 17, 2020 \| 87 comments
32.		Rolling blackouts in California have power experts stumped (nytimes.com)
		189 points by jqcoffey on Aug 17, 2020 \| 342 comments
33.		A Brief History of ClarisWorks (2003) (csail.mit.edu)
		86 points by WoodenChair on Aug 17, 2020 \| 40 comments
34.		Using a Yubikey as a touchless, magic unlock key for Linux (kliu.io)
		165 points by Pneumaticat on Aug 17, 2020 \| 70 comments
35.		Show HN: Dungeon Map Doodler – Free online map drawing tool (dungeonmapdoodler.com)
		155 points by toddr123 on Aug 17, 2020 \| 43 comments
36.		Are CRDTs suitable for shared editing? (kevinjahns.de)
		170 points by signa11 on Aug 16, 2020 \| 43 comments
37.		Show HN: Use React to build G Suite dialogs and add-ons (github.com/enuchi)
		108 points by enuchi on Aug 16, 2020 \| 15 comments
38.		Show HN: Structopt for C++ – Parse command line arguments by defining a struct (github.com/p-ranav)
		85 points by p-ranav on Aug 17, 2020 \| 56 comments
39.		A CRISPR first produces squid as clear as glass (nature.com)
		150 points by apsec112 on Aug 16, 2020 \| 63 comments
40.		Reversing Mental Age with Psychedelics (science.blog)
		162 points by apsec112 on Aug 16, 2020 \| 58 comments
41.		Handmade: A Community for Self-Rolled Performant Software (2016) (handmade.network)
		177 points by TheUndead96 on Aug 17, 2020 \| 88 comments
42.		Not everyone needs 8 hours of sleep: new research (time.com)
		195 points by laurex on Aug 15, 2020 \| 177 comments
43.		The Strange Costumes of the Plague Doctors (openculture.com)
		85 points by BerislavLopac on Aug 16, 2020 \| 23 comments
44.		An Introduction to OpenBSD [video] (lambda.cx)
		201 points by asicsp on Aug 17, 2020 \| 94 comments
45.		Idris 2 version 0.2.1 (idris-lang.org)
		129 points by thomasdziedzic on Aug 17, 2020 \| 16 comments
46.		The Market for Discontinued Photographic Film (leejo.github.io)
		79 points by leejo on Aug 16, 2020 \| 57 comments
47.		A-Levels: The Model is not the Student (thaines.com)
		120 points by tosh on Aug 17, 2020 \| 128 comments
48.		Hello “Hello World” (jfo.click)
		60 points by hermanradtke on Aug 16, 2020 \| 9 comments
49.		To Know, but Not Understand: David Weinberger on Science and Big Data (2012) (theatlantic.com)
		60 points by reedwolf on Aug 16, 2020 \| 18 comments
50.		Alaska that never was: Seward's Success (2011) (historicalaska.blogspot.com)
		30 points by zeristor on Aug 14, 2020 \| 16 comments
51.		How China’s Expanding Fishing Fleet Is Depleting the World’s Oceans (yale.edu)
		231 points by chmaynard on Aug 17, 2020 \| 180 comments
52.		Strange times: The sui generis Dave Brubeck (the-tls.co.uk)
		39 points by apollinaire on Aug 17, 2020 \| 8 comments
53.		Connecting the Atari ST to the Internet with an ESP8266 (2017) (chzsoft.de)
		49 points by nynyny7 on Aug 16, 2020 \| 14 comments
54.		Ask HN: How do you overcome decision fatigue in software development?
		158 points by jb1991 on Aug 16, 2020 \| 120 comments
55.		How long since Google said a Google Drive Linux client is coming? (abevoelker.github.io)
		150 points by zdw on Aug 17, 2020 \| 109 comments
56.		How to Build an Iconic Company – Keith Rabois [audio] (nugget.fm)
		69 points by craigcannon on Aug 17, 2020 \| 42 comments
57.		Buckingham Palace art collection to go on gallery display for the first time (theguardian.com)
		32 points by wholeness on Aug 17, 2020 \| 42 comments
58.		Jobseekers face exploitation as online recruitment is riddled with fake news (newstatesman.com)
		87 points by elsewhen on Aug 17, 2020 \| 42 comments
59.		Named Tensors (seas.harvard.edu)
		70 points by tosh on Aug 17, 2020 \| 25 comments
60.		“Time of the Magicians” – philosophy's great decade? (theguardian.com)
		34 points by samclemens on Aug 16, 2020 \| 41 comments
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