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31.		Mastering PostgreSQL Administration [pdf] (momjian.us)
		170 points by reacharavindh on Sept 27, 2020 \| 55 comments
32.		Automatic layout algorithms compute layouts for diagrams (uni-kiel.de)
		125 points by wiradikusuma on Sept 27, 2020 \| 15 comments
33.		Algorithm Helps New York Decide Who Goes Free Before Trial (wsj.com)
		71 points by jkuria on Sept 26, 2020 \| 71 comments
34.		Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves (inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org)
		53 points by DoreenMichele on Sept 26, 2020 \| 15 comments
35.		PyPy 7.3.2 triple release: Python 2.7, 3.6, and 3.7 (morepypy.blogspot.com)
		133 points by ogogmad on Sept 27, 2020 \| 53 comments
36.		Pac-Man Maze Generation (shaunlebron.github.io)
		107 points by kanamekun on Sept 27, 2020 \| 6 comments
37.		The Art of Automation (jessfraz.com)
		91 points by asicsp on Sept 26, 2020 \| 29 comments
38.		Is the C runtime and library a legitimate part of the Unix API? (2017) (utcc.utoronto.ca)
		65 points by ingve on Sept 26, 2020 \| 51 comments
39.		St Giles Rookery: A Lost London Landmark (landmarksinlondonhistory.wordpress.com)
		29 points by zeristor on Sept 26, 2020 \| 2 comments
40.		Show HN: bbox-visualizer – Make drawing and labeling bounding boxes easy as cake (github.com/shoumikchow)
		67 points by shoumikchow on Sept 27, 2020 \| 23 comments
41.		Ask HN: What are good life skills for people to learn?
		254 points by smarri on Sept 27, 2020 \| 270 comments
42.		PilBox – Building Android Apps in PicoLisp (2019) (picolisp.com)
		49 points by bwidlar on Sept 27, 2020 \| 4 comments
43.		Simplicity and Ecosystems (orib.dev)
		42 points by zdw on Sept 24, 2020 \| 7 comments
44.		Hardcaml: An OCaml library for designing hardware (github.com/janestreet)
		59 points by SomaticPirate on Sept 27, 2020 \| 8 comments
45.		Something funny is about to happen to some prices (ifost.org.au)
		105 points by solresol on Sept 27, 2020 \| 98 comments
46.		Which colour scheme is better? (stitcher.io)
		93 points by sebst on Sept 27, 2020 \| 77 comments
47.		SimulIDE 0.4.13 (simulide.com)
		63 points by app4soft on Sept 27, 2020 \| 8 comments
48.		Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers (trueq.io)
		43 points by dsumer on Sept 25, 2020 \| 57 comments
49.		How Did Consciousness Evolve? (2016) (theatlantic.com)
		66 points by andrewon on Sept 27, 2020 \| 70 comments
50.		Book of Revelation: On the power of the written word in the Middle Ages (laphamsquarterly.org)
		31 points by diodorus on Sept 27, 2020 \| 1 comment
51.		Before you ship a “security mitigation” (addxorrol.blogspot.com)
		53 points by zdw on Sept 26, 2020 \| 13 comments
52.		LibreDWG: “Plans are to add support for SolveSpace, OpenSCAD and PythonCAD” (gnu.org)
		71 points by app4soft on Sept 27, 2020 \| 22 comments
53.		New Google ChromeOS updates cause 100% CPU usage, heating issues (bleepingcomputer.com)
		93 points by headalgorithm on Sept 27, 2020 \| 32 comments
54.		Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance (nytimes.com)
		290 points by Anon84 on Sept 27, 2020 \| 260 comments
55.		Dynamic tattoos promise to warn wearers of health threats (theconversation.com)
		29 points by afrcnc on Sept 27, 2020 \| 19 comments
56.		The Endless Frontier Act (benjaminreinhardt.com)
		39 points by rfreytag on Sept 26, 2020 \| 14 comments
57.		The Case of the Missing Bullet Holes (2017) (micawberprinciple.com)
		20 points by cvs268 on Sept 26, 2020 \| 4 comments
58.		Catalina VM (bit-101.com)
		75 points by chmaynard on Sept 26, 2020 \| 25 comments
59.		How Aztecs Reacted to Colonial Epidemics (jstor.org)
		43 points by Thevet on Sept 25, 2020 \| 51 comments
60.		How Humanity Came to Contemplate Its Possible Extinction (mitpress.mit.edu)
		51 points by anarbadalov on Sept 27, 2020 \| 71 comments
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