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1. If the Waffle House is closed, it's Time to Panic (2016) (fivethirtyeight.com)
380 points by brudgers on Aug 26, 2017 | 97 comments
2. Rumours swell over new kind of gravitational-wave sighting (nature.com)
258 points by indescions_2017 on Aug 26, 2017 | 137 comments
3. New implementation of Git in OCaml (github.com/mirage)
245 points by tosh on Aug 26, 2017 | 124 comments
4. Better management of discarded produce could help forests regrow (upworthy.com)
268 points by moritzplassnig on Aug 26, 2017 | 58 comments
5. Storj: Not a Dropbox Killer (shitcoin.com)
335 points by davidgerard on Aug 26, 2017 | 129 comments
6. Honda system confused by Alonso taking Pouhon flat (motorsport.com)
191 points by DC-3 on Aug 26, 2017 | 132 comments
7. Dylan: A New Language Is Blowin' in the Wind (1992) (schneier.com)
123 points by e12e on Aug 26, 2017 | 101 comments
8. Show HN: Moon – fast 7k Vue alternative (github.com/kbrsh)
268 points by kbr on Aug 26, 2017 | 192 comments
9. MTuner is a C/C++ memory profiler and memory leak finder (github.com/milostosic)
169 points by llazzaro on Aug 26, 2017 | 34 comments
10. Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index (digiconomist.net)
256 points by schwabacher on Aug 26, 2017 | 280 comments
11. Show HN: Park your domain name with just 2 DNS records (domdb.com)
131 points by tompec on Aug 26, 2017 | 92 comments
12. Where in Europe is electric car a good idea? (jakubmarian.com)
126 points by Tomte on Aug 26, 2017 | 165 comments
13. Despite privacy outrage, AccuWeather still shares location data with ad firms (zdnet.com)
199 points by uladzislau on Aug 26, 2017 | 66 comments
14. Destroy All Monsters: A Journey into the Caverns of Dungeons and Dragons (2006) (believermag.com)
147 points by smacktoward on Aug 26, 2017 | 49 comments
15. Writing Reusable Code Feedback at Scale with Mixed-Initiative Program Synthesis [pdf] (wisc.edu)
38 points by lainon on Aug 26, 2017 | 1 comment
16. A Comprehensive Study of Convergent and Commutative Replicated Data Types [pdf] (upmc.fr)
83 points by adamnemecek on Aug 26, 2017 | 3 comments
17. Desert Creosote Bush Could Treat Giardia and “Brain-Eating” Amoeba Infections (ucsd.edu)
55 points by protomyth on Aug 26, 2017 | 17 comments
18. Can we know what animals are thinking? (economist.com)
166 points by _dps on Aug 26, 2017 | 226 comments
19. Car Wash Hack Can Strike Vehicle, Trap Passengers, Douse Them with Water (vice.com)
84 points by Tchang7 on Aug 26, 2017 | 38 comments
20. Fun vs. Computer Science (2016) (dadgum.com)
221 points by Tomte on Aug 26, 2017 | 181 comments
21. “For many people, flexibility at work can be a liberation.” (sitra.fi)
72 points by greifswalder on Aug 26, 2017 | 25 comments
22. “Send Parsons Immediately” (smithsonianmag.com)
66 points by merrier on Aug 26, 2017 | 8 comments
23. Writing a formally-verified image browser in Coq and Haskell (michaelburge.us)
144 points by MichaelBurge on Aug 26, 2017 | 39 comments
24. Converting a Guitar Effects Pedal to Output MIDI (csun.io)
68 points by igpay on Aug 26, 2017 | 34 comments
25. North American F-82 Twin Mustang (wikipedia.org)
69 points by Tomte on Aug 26, 2017 | 54 comments
26. X-Seed 4000 (wikipedia.org)
150 points by bane on Aug 25, 2017 | 64 comments
27. Is There Any Point to Protesting? (newyorker.com)
212 points by rafaelc on Aug 26, 2017 | 252 comments
28. Fast: A Transducer-Based Language for Tree Manipulation (2014) [pdf] (wisc.edu)
76 points by lainon on Aug 26, 2017 | 3 comments
29. Ask HN: What are your favourite self-hosted tools?
304 points by zweicoder on Aug 26, 2017 | 143 comments
30. Spying on Students: School-Issued Devices and Student Privacy (eff.org)
92 points by kawera on Aug 26, 2017 | 32 comments

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