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31. A New Form of Matter, Excitonium (illinois.edu)
78 points by jansho on Dec 9, 2017 | 22 comments
32. The fifth hyperfactorial: 5⁵ × 4⁴ × 3³ × 2² × 1¹ milliseconds is exactly 1 day (twitter.com/fermatslibrary)
184 points by slbenfica on Dec 9, 2017 | 121 comments
33. Stopify – An experimental, web-based code editor (stopify.org)
96 points by sjrd on Dec 8, 2017 | 48 comments
34. Currying is not idiomatic in JavaScript (2ality.com)
70 points by fagnerbrack on Dec 8, 2017 | 55 comments
35. Police Homicides in the United States (granta.com)
209 points by DyslexicAtheist on Dec 9, 2017 | 220 comments
36. Intel Management Engine Critical Firmware Update (intel.com)
140 points by osivertsson on Dec 9, 2017 | 32 comments
37. Why don’t software development methodologies work? (2014) (typicalprogrammer.com)
204 points by kissmd on Dec 9, 2017 | 184 comments
38. The Remarkable “Curvature Blindness” Illusion (discovermagazine.com)
147 points by tomrod on Dec 9, 2017 | 29 comments
39. Show HN: A proxy service for debugging HTTP/S traffic (debugproxy.com)
75 points by tarnacious_ on Dec 9, 2017 | 40 comments
40. HP keylogger (zwclose.github.io)
131 points by neotek on Dec 9, 2017 | 33 comments
41. 1.4B Clear Text Credentials Discovered in a Single Database (medium.com/4iqdelvedeep)
155 points by heywire on Dec 9, 2017 | 26 comments
42. Don't Talk to the Police (2012) (youtube.com)
190 points by Red_Tarsius on Dec 9, 2017 | 165 comments
43. Interfacing DLang with C: Getting Started (dlang.org)
47 points by philonoist on Dec 9, 2017 | 5 comments
44. Horst Faas defined a new breed of war photographer (nytimes.com)
15 points by iamthirsty on Dec 9, 2017 | 2 comments
45. [flagged] Video Shows Starving Polar Bear on Iceless Land (nationalgeographic.com)
98 points by brakmic on Dec 9, 2017 | 75 comments
46. Lectures from Princeton on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies (reddit.com)
102 points by sharjeelsayed on Dec 9, 2017 | 4 comments
47. A Translator’s Reckoning with the Women of the Odyssey (newyorker.com)
38 points by diodorus on Dec 9, 2017 | 47 comments
48. 7th RISC-V conference videos (youtube.com)
52 points by phkahler on Dec 9, 2017 | 4 comments
49. Volunteering helps with anxiety and stress (vice.com)
98 points by smacktoward on Dec 9, 2017 | 27 comments
50. An Alexa Holdout Wants to Know Who’s Listening (nytimes.com)
63 points by Cbasedlifeform on Dec 8, 2017 | 89 comments
51. Bitcoin is none of the things it was supposed to be (theoutline.com)
137 points by okket on Dec 8, 2017 | 118 comments
52. The Family Gene (tuftsmagazine.com)
25 points by fern12 on Dec 9, 2017 | 9 comments
53. Make it Simple: A Tale about Robert Dewar (2015) (dwheeler.com)
25 points by fanf2 on Dec 8, 2017 | 5 comments
54. A Practical Quantum Instruction Set Architecture (arxiv.org)
42 points by Dangeranger on Dec 8, 2017 | 1 comment
55. Bitcoin boom may be a disaster for the environment (cnn.com)
78 points by secfirstmd on Dec 9, 2017 | 66 comments
56. My theory: Patreon doesn’t want to be a money services business (subfictional.com)
63 points by bauc on Dec 9, 2017 | 18 comments
57. White House scraps proposal requiring airlines to disclose bag fees (thehill.com)
84 points by aaronbrethorst on Dec 8, 2017 | 74 comments
58. Apple’s widened ban on templated apps wiping small businesses from the App Store (techcrunch.com)
86 points by sxates on Dec 8, 2017 | 94 comments
59. The FCC Still Doesn’t Know How the Internet Works (eff.org)
73 points by noncoml on Dec 9, 2017 | 18 comments
60. Advice for new Ph.D. students (2013) (pgbovine.net)
55 points by shagunsodhani on Dec 9, 2017 | 19 comments

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