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31. The Marshall Islands Are Disappearing (nytimes.com)
132 points by Amorymeltzer on Dec 2, 2015 | 152 comments
32. SEC charges GAW Miners and ZenMiner as a Ponzi scheme [pdf] (sec.gov)
67 points by rbobby on Dec 1, 2015 | 34 comments
33. The Race to Create Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Heats Up (wsj.com)
81 points by josephscott on Nov 30, 2015 | 77 comments
34. Unicorns vs. Donkeys: Handy Guide to Distinguishing (medium.com/abhasvc)
83 points by brunorsini on Nov 30, 2015 | 30 comments
35. Whale Fall (granta.com)
59 points by kawera on Dec 1, 2015 | 14 comments
36. Pattern: Back ends for front ends (samnewman.io)
53 points by r4um on Nov 30, 2015 | 11 comments
37. AI service gives Wikipedians ‘X-ray specs’ to see through bad edits (wikimedia.org)
70 points by jasoncartwright on Dec 2, 2015 | 50 comments
38. Minimizing the Pain of Lockstep Multiplayer (gamasutra.com)
77 points by Impossible on Nov 30, 2015 | 9 comments
39. Google is ramping up hiring for its plan to make 'energy kites' (businessinsider.com)
59 points by coloneltcb on Dec 1, 2015 | 35 comments
40. Dark Clouds Over the Internet (nytimes.com)
53 points by pavornyoh on Dec 1, 2015 | 13 comments
41. Human Error in Software (soveran.com)
86 points by antirez on Dec 1, 2015 | 12 comments
42. What’s new in curl (haxx.se)
99 points by johannh on Dec 2, 2015 | 7 comments
43. [dupe] The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders (washingtonpost.com)
213 points by Libertatea on Dec 2, 2015 | 124 comments
44. The Dawn of the Space Mining Age (scientificamerican.com)
72 points by protomyth on Dec 1, 2015 | 71 comments
45. Hypothes.is: an open platform for scholarly discussion on the web (hypothes.is)
68 points by sohkamyung on Dec 1, 2015 | 24 comments
46. Agg: Parallel aggregations for PostgreSQL (cybertec.at)
47 points by pella on Dec 2, 2015 | 11 comments
47. The SRGB Learning Curve (gamedevdaily.io)
50 points by forrestthewoods on Nov 30, 2015 | 21 comments
48. Browse the archived web the old way: 13 emulated browsers in your browser (oldweb.today)
91 points by ikreymer on Dec 1, 2015 | 13 comments
49. Metabase: Why we picked Clojure (medium.com/metabase)
179 points by tlrobinson on Dec 1, 2015 | 183 comments
50. Visualizing Bayes’ theorem (2009) (oscarbonilla.com)
53 points by SimplyUseless on Dec 1, 2015 | 12 comments
51. Lessons from Cellphones on Distribution of Wealth (nytimes.com)
33 points by dnetesn on Dec 1, 2015 | 11 comments
52. Triple-Triple Redundant 777 Primary Flight Computer (1996) [pdf] (citemaster.net)
46 points by aaronbrethorst on Dec 2, 2015 | 19 comments
53. Algorithms, Etc (illinois.edu)
81 points by luu on Dec 2, 2015 | 5 comments
54. IncludeOS – A minimal, resource efficient unikernel for cloud services [pdf] (github.com/hioa-cs)
37 points by ingve on Dec 2, 2015
55. When America Dreamed of a Nuclear-Powered Cargo Fleet (flexport.com)
53 points by nols on Dec 2, 2015 | 56 comments
56. I feel therefore I am (aeon.co)
64 points by kawera on Dec 1, 2015 | 71 comments
57. OpenALPR: Automatic License Plate Recognition Library (github.com/openalpr)
44 points by trymas on Nov 30, 2015 | 15 comments
58. LIQUi: Language-Integrated Quantum Operations – quantum computer simulator (microsoft.com)
40 points by jonbaer on Dec 2, 2015 | 6 comments
59. Abandoned South Dakota Town on Sale for $250k (fortune.com)
45 points by lxm on Dec 1, 2015 | 90 comments
60. Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Power Spectrum as a Random Bit Generator (arxiv.org)
36 points by aburan28 on Dec 2, 2015 | 26 comments

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