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1. Deep Learning 2016: The Year in Review (deeplearningweekly.com)
225 points by buss_jan on Dec 31, 2016 | 54 comments
2. Working remotely, coworking spaces, and mental health (bitquabit.com)
420 points by jrheard on Dec 30, 2016 | 123 comments
3. Be Careful with Python's New-Style String Format (pocoo.org)
334 points by BerislavLopac on Dec 31, 2016 | 150 comments
4. PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam running on Firmware 4.05 (wololo.net)
296 points by loppers92 on Dec 31, 2016 | 129 comments
5. How to ask good questions (jvns.ca)
309 points by ingve on Dec 31, 2016 | 25 comments
6. EveryPolitician: Open dataset on politicians (everypolitician.org)
270 points by tfgg on Dec 31, 2016 | 49 comments
7. Amazon peer-to-peer selling (amazon.in)
160 points by jaxondu on Dec 31, 2016 | 42 comments
8. Interactive Map: The Flow of International Trade (visualcapitalist.com)
97 points by digitaltrees on Dec 31, 2016 | 12 comments
9. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Becoming a Secret Travel Agent [video] (ccc.de)
163 points by based2 on Dec 31, 2016 | 31 comments
10. Tyrus Wong, ‘Bambi’ Artist Thwarted by Racial Bias, Dies at 106 (nytimes.com)
152 points by danso on Dec 31, 2016 | 6 comments
11. A Paper Algorithm Notation (canonical.org)
92 points by akkartik on Dec 30, 2016 | 66 comments
12. I'm at Fog Creek, and we're introducing Gomix (anildash.com)
269 points by prawn on Dec 31, 2016 | 212 comments
13. BigDL: Distributed Deep Learning on Apache Spark (github.com/intel-analytics)
112 points by ubolonton_ on Dec 31, 2016 | 37 comments
14. X86 Assembly Guide (virginia.edu)
183 points by preetamjinka on Dec 31, 2016 | 16 comments
15. Mini x86 – An x86 documentation, decompiler and emulator in pure JS (github.com/xem)
84 points by matt_d on Dec 31, 2016 | 15 comments
16. Questions about Superoptimization (oilshell.org)
79 points by nkurz on Dec 31, 2016 | 24 comments
17. Toronto’s Chinese bottle ladies (theglobeandmail.com)
95 points by devy on Dec 30, 2016 | 42 comments
18. Silicon Valley's obscure unicorns could boost 2017 IPO market (reuters.com)
68 points by SmkyMt on Dec 30, 2016 | 42 comments
19. Memcache internals (2011) (adayinthelifeof.nl)
72 points by ra7 on Dec 31, 2016 | 16 comments
20. The Ultimate Game Boy Talk (33c3) [video] (youtube.com)
119 points by mcp_ on Dec 31, 2016 | 38 comments
21. Apt: please make the moo reproducible (debian.org)
236 points by teddyh on Dec 31, 2016 | 59 comments
22. Recursive Anonymous Functions in Elixir: Combinators and Macros (github.com/jisaacstone)
62 points by networked on Dec 31, 2016 | 7 comments
23. Team behind Mac image editor Pixelmator plays David to Adobe's Goliath (2015) (appleinsider.com)
95 points by breck on Dec 31, 2016 | 38 comments
24. A Deep Hierarchical Approach to Lifelong Learning in Minecraft (arxiv.org)
46 points by jonbaer on Dec 30, 2016 | 7 comments
25. Show HN: Send a Custom Postcard to Anywhere, from Your Phone, for $2.99 (postcardbot.co)
77 points by traviswingo on Dec 31, 2016 | 54 comments
26. Implementing Function Spreadsheets (2008) [pdf] (semanticscholar.org)
46 points by luu on Dec 30, 2016 | 4 comments
27. Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost: False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid (theintercept.com)
328 points by platinumrad on Dec 31, 2016 | 262 comments
28. To Make the World Better, Think Small (nytimes.com)
81 points by dnetesn on Dec 31, 2016 | 28 comments
29. The IT security culture, hackers vs. industry consortia (gnumonks.org)
81 points by BuuQu9hu on Dec 31, 2016 | 28 comments
30. New Exploit Breaks the iPhone's Messaging App with One Text (tomshardware.com)
81 points by pierre-renaux on Dec 31, 2016 | 35 comments

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