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31.		Exploring new forms of chess using artificial intelligence (wired.com)
		151 points by x43b on Sept 10, 2020 \| 133 comments
32.		The NBC Chimes Machine (1999) (theradiohistorian.org)
		62 points by tintinnabula on Sept 11, 2020 \| 14 comments
33.		TOML – Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language (toml.io)
		146 points by pmoriarty on Sept 10, 2020 \| 160 comments
34.		Magit – A Git Porcelain inside Emacs (magit.vc)
		177 points by tosh on Sept 10, 2020 \| 83 comments
35.		Checked exceptions: Java’s biggest mistake (2014) (literatejava.com)
		114 points by flying_sheep on Sept 11, 2020 \| 317 comments
36.		Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize (imperial.ac.uk)
		152 points by guerby on Sept 11, 2020 \| 103 comments
37.		In the animal kingdom, the astonishing power of the number instinct (mitpress.mit.edu)
		55 points by NoRagrets on Sept 11, 2020 \| 36 comments
38.		Debian project has plenty of money but not enough developers (theregister.com)
		152 points by mr_toad on Sept 11, 2020 \| 117 comments
39.		If management isn't a promotion, then engineering isn't a demotion (charity.wtf)
		186 points by joeyespo on Sept 11, 2020 \| 125 comments
40.		My Diplomatic Life (mydiplomaticlife.com)
		141 points by Hansig_jw on Sept 10, 2020 \| 59 comments
41.		Radio Engineer Files Objection to WIPE (drmnainfo.blogspot.com)
		65 points by wglb on Sept 8, 2020 \| 44 comments
42.		Apple is starting to use Rust for low-level programming (twitter.com/oskargroth)
		216 points by azhenley on Sept 11, 2020 \| 109 comments
43.		Tim Sweeney on Apple and Google (npr.org)
		166 points by pseudolus on Sept 11, 2020 \| 452 comments
44.		The sad state of PDF-Accessibility of LaTex Documents (2016) (umij.wordpress.com)
		79 points by rmbeard on Sept 11, 2020 \| 74 comments
45.		Regarding Semantic Versioning (danielmoch.com)
		47 points by zdw on Sept 11, 2020 \| 21 comments
46.		In Noisy Equations, One Who Heard Music (2014) (quantamagazine.org)
		30 points by _Microft on Sept 11, 2020 \| 5 comments
47.		Coastline Paradox (wikipedia.org)
		63 points by Hooke on Sept 10, 2020 \| 32 comments
48.		New species of “supergiant” isopod uncovered (nus.edu.sg)
		74 points by kanobo on Sept 11, 2020 \| 24 comments
49.		The technical interview is an ego trip (kowsheek.com)
		171 points by kowsheek on Sept 11, 2020 \| 193 comments
50.		The Weakness of Anthropic Arguments (ineffectivetheory.com)
		41 points by srl on Sept 10, 2020 \| 84 comments
51.		I don’t have time for coding challenges (css-irl.info)
		121 points by PretzelFisch on Sept 11, 2020 \| 234 comments
52.		Not all attacks are equal: understanding and preventing DoS in web applications (r2c.dev)
		46 points by ievans on Sept 11, 2020 \| 13 comments
53.		Musings on the Impossibility of Testing (cerebralab.com)
		27 points by george3d6 on Sept 11, 2020 \| 50 comments
54.		My failed music career (newstatesman.com)
		49 points by pseudolus on Sept 10, 2020 \| 43 comments
55.		Vera Rubin: Super telescope's giant camera spies broccoli (bbc.co.uk)
		28 points by vijayr02 on Sept 9, 2020 \| 11 comments
56.		Germany's nationwide emergency warning day sees bumpy rollout (dw.com)
		44 points by Ianvdl on Sept 11, 2020 \| 55 comments
57.		A truth that works: Making sense of the world with William James (the-tls.co.uk)
		23 points by lermontov on Sept 11, 2020 \| 4 comments
58.		Ex-Theranos CEO Holmes puts mental state at issue (reuters.com)
		123 points by Element_ on Sept 11, 2020 \| 119 comments
59.		IBAHRI condemned UK treatment of Julian Assange in US extradition trial (ibanet.org)
		140 points by k1m on Sept 11, 2020 \| 55 comments
60.		GM can manage an EV's batteries wirelessly and remotely (ieee.org)
		50 points by clouddrover on Sept 11, 2020 \| 27 comments
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