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31. C0, an Imperative Programming Language for Novice Computer Scientists (2010) [pdf] (psu.edu)
106 points by philonoist on Oct 18, 2017 | 111 comments
32. Edison and the Ghost Machine (thoughtco.com)
39 points by beefman on Oct 18, 2017 | 4 comments
33. Precious Plastic Version 3.0 aims to fix plastic pollution (preciousplastic.com)
56 points by mattia_io on Oct 18, 2017 | 35 comments
34. I totally mean it: Inflation never solved the flatness problem (backreaction.blogspot.com)
83 points by Santosh83 on Oct 18, 2017 | 30 comments
35. Front-End Checklist (github.com/thedaviddias)
193 points by tomcam on Oct 18, 2017 | 81 comments
36. Why You Can Focus in a Coffee Shop but Not in Your Open Office (hbr.org)
249 points by apress on Oct 18, 2017 | 150 comments
37. How to launch, startup playbook and cost calculator (howmuchtolaunchastartup.com)
117 points by bentossell on Oct 18, 2017 | 21 comments
38. Problems with MacBook butterfly switch keyboards (theoutline.com)
290 points by nicksergeant on Oct 18, 2017 | 286 comments
39. Goodbye Uncanny Valley [video] (vimeo.com)
197 points by shawndumas on Oct 18, 2017 | 104 comments
40. Dragon Helmet: Open-source collaboration that aims to create a high tech helmet (dragon.computer)
54 points by mertyildiran on Oct 18, 2017 | 47 comments
41. Intel Delivers 17-Qubit Superconducting Chip (intel.com)
138 points by jonbaer on Oct 18, 2017 | 75 comments
42. The Soviet Union’s Flawed Rival to Concorde (bbc.com)
107 points by fpoling on Oct 18, 2017 | 129 comments
43. U.S. Stood by as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, Papers Show (nytimes.com)
184 points by forapurpose on Oct 18, 2017 | 162 comments
44. Ask HN: How do you measure performance of your client-side application?
94 points by mgolawski on Oct 18, 2017 | 33 comments
45. Tesla “Camper Mode” (2016) (bloomberg.com)
144 points by kimsk112 on Oct 18, 2017 | 123 comments
46. Animals We Ate into Extinction (britannica.com)
69 points by shawndumas on Oct 18, 2017 | 47 comments
47. Intel Shipping Nervana Neural Network Processor First Silicon Before Year End (anandtech.com)
103 points by kartD on Oct 18, 2017 | 26 comments
48. Etcdircd: an ircd backed by etcd (github.com/heyitsanthony)
58 points by fightme on Oct 18, 2017 | 13 comments
49. New release of Dragonfire open-source virtual assistant runs fully on local (github.com/dragoncomputer)
72 points by mertyildiran on Oct 17, 2017 | 8 comments
50. Swift 4.1 Release Process (swift.org)
50 points by Nuance on Oct 17, 2017
51. The Spread of Feynman Diagrams in the USA, Japan, and the USSR (2004) [pdf] (web.mit.edu)
41 points by pja on Oct 18, 2017 | 2 comments
52. Theremin's Bug: How the Soviet Union Spied on the US Embassy for Seven Years (hackaday.com)
79 points by ajarmst on Oct 18, 2017 | 11 comments
53. Select Transform: JSON template over JSON (selecttransform.github.io)
89 points by gliechtenstein on Oct 18, 2017 | 75 comments
54. ASAP: Automatic Smoothing for Attention Prioritization in Time Series (stanford.edu)
69 points by SEJeff on Oct 18, 2017 | 23 comments
55. Blood Transfusion from Ever-Pregnant Females Associated with Mortality in Males (jamanetwork.com)
62 points by dtparr on Oct 18, 2017 | 48 comments
56. The Art of Nomography (2008) (myreckonings.com)
35 points by elemeno on Oct 18, 2017 | 6 comments
57. Lego is celebrating some of the amazing women of NASA with new set of figures (usatoday.com)
76 points by endswapper on Oct 18, 2017 | 9 comments
58. The Lost Huffman Paper (2010) (cbloomrants.blogspot.com)
22 points by collapse on Oct 17, 2017 | 3 comments
59. Stop Trying to Fix the User (2016) (ieee.org)
69 points by mikecarlton on Oct 17, 2017 | 33 comments
60. Show HN: Codekeeper – Source Code Escrow for Developers (codekeeper.co)
37 points by ddewit on Oct 18, 2017 | 15 comments

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