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31. Cap'n'Proto remote vuln: pointer overflow check optimized away by compiler (github.com/sandstorm-io)
157 points by fulafel on April 21, 2017 | 175 comments
32. Lilium – Electric vertical take-⁠off and landing jet (lilium.com)
291 points by ptrptr on April 21, 2017 | 308 comments
33. Metaprogramming is less fun in D (epi.github.io)
124 points by ingve on April 21, 2017 | 88 comments
34. Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen (theatlantic.com)
81 points by sohkamyung on April 21, 2017 | 65 comments
35. I was wrong, reflecting on the .NET design choices (ayende.com)
165 points by redknight666 on April 21, 2017 | 137 comments
36. Billionaire Mike Novogratz says 10% of his money is in Bitcoin and Ether (cnn.com)
157 points by AroundTheBlock_ on April 21, 2017 | 148 comments
37. Scalable, Lie-Detecting Timeserving with Roughtime (int08h.com)
38 points by int08h on April 21, 2017 | 12 comments
38. Mozilla and Microsoft are rebuilding their browsers’ foundations (arstechnica.com)
132 points by djug on April 21, 2017 | 77 comments
39. Uber is pushing anti-union propaganda to its drivers (theoutline.com)
154 points by Fraterkes on April 21, 2017 | 73 comments
40. Developer publishes patch to enable Windows 7 and 8.1 updates on new hardware (computerworld.com)
95 points by happy-go-lucky on April 21, 2017 | 58 comments
41. Show HN: Send POST requests via simple URLs (getposted.io)
60 points by _iwgf on April 21, 2017 | 29 comments
42. Ask HN: Should I trademark prior to Y Combinator?
44 points by shameikachan on April 21, 2017 | 35 comments
43. Dutch court rules fan subtitles on TV and movies are illegal (thenextweb.com)
63 points by phr4ts on April 21, 2017 | 25 comments
44. Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? (bbc.co.uk)
147 points by carlmungz on April 21, 2017 | 322 comments
45. Ex-Googlers left secretive AI unit to form Groq with Palihapitiya (cnbc.com)
76 points by coloneltcb on April 21, 2017 | 16 comments
46. Power Outages Coincide in LA, New York, and San Francisco (inverse.com)
91 points by blawson on April 21, 2017 | 71 comments
47. Tradable and scarce digital assets on the blockchain (medium.com/coin_and_peace)
44 points by windsok on April 21, 2017 | 11 comments
48. Ask HN: Will the committee that built Common Lisp make a new one in the future?
41 points by behnamoh on April 21, 2017 | 36 comments
49. The First-Ever Banner Ad on the Web (theatlantic.com)
44 points by jgrahamc on April 21, 2017 | 32 comments
50. Most people prosecuted for terrorism since 2001 haven’t committed a violent act (theintercept.com)
94 points by Argentum01 on April 21, 2017 | 18 comments
51. Tesla's Musk Paid at Least $593M in Income Taxes in 2016 (bloomberg.com)
103 points by submeta on April 21, 2017 | 148 comments
52. Ask HN: What distributed storage technology are you using?
71 points by gtirloni on April 21, 2017 | 45 comments
53. US Tax Filings are down 5% as of April 15, 2017 (irs.gov)
78 points by rodionos on April 21, 2017 | 99 comments
54. Tracing Spam: Diet Pills from Beltway Bandits (krebsonsecurity.com)
19 points by rbanffy on April 21, 2017
55. Nerd pyrotechnics: a behind-the-scenes peek at the making of Merriam-Webster (the-tls.co.uk)
18 points by Vigier on April 20, 2017 | 1 comment
56. Crayfish kept alone found to develop higher alcohol tolerance (newscientist.com)
23 points by pirocks on April 21, 2017 | 21 comments
57. South Korea’s deployment of THAAD upsets China, seen as espionage tool (arstechnica.com)
44 points by jcbeard on April 21, 2017 | 44 comments
58. Goldman Sachs Introduces Real-Time Employee Performance Reviews (bloomberg.com)
44 points by danso on April 21, 2017 | 78 comments
59. [flagged] Tesla recalls 53,000 cars over brake issue (bbc.com)
48 points by 101km on April 21, 2017 | 44 comments
60. Ask HN: Can I get in trouble for crawling using the Googlebot user agent?
44 points by goferito on April 21, 2017 | 48 comments

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