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31. The Blue Whale Tale (thestar.com)
39 points by fern12 on Dec 30, 2017 | 1 comment
32. The Human Cost of the Ghost Economy (longreads.com)
59 points by pmcpinto on Dec 30, 2017 | 22 comments
33. Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science (introtcs.org)
118 points by lainon on Dec 31, 2017 | 3 comments
34. The Amazon Flywheel (2016) (samseely.com)
35 points by gmays on Dec 30, 2017 | 4 comments
35. AI-assisted fake porn are being used by people on Reddit for self-completion (linustechtips.com)
239 points by DyslexicAtheist on Dec 31, 2017 | 122 comments
36. [dupe] How Feynman Approached Fermat's Last Theorem (lbatalha.com)
67 points by slbenfica on Dec 31, 2017 | 11 comments
37. 130M-year-old nest of dinosaur eggs discovered in China (ibtimes.co.uk)
89 points by ShubhamBadal on Dec 31, 2017 | 19 comments
38. Knowledge in software development: what’s your wood lot? (mooreds.com)
41 points by mooreds on Dec 31, 2017 | 2 comments
39. The One Product You Should Buy Online: Eyeglasses (huffingtonpost.com)
136 points by walterbell on Dec 31, 2017 | 97 comments
40. Serverless Computing in 2018 (medium.com/elliot_f)
118 points by emforce on Dec 31, 2017 | 76 comments
41. The Many Lives of Herbert O. Yardley (1981) [pdf] (nsa.gov)
15 points by _culy on Dec 30, 2017 | 1 comment
42. Mind your Manners – late Medieval and Tudor mealtimes and The Banquet (2012) (livinghistorytoday.com)
45 points by pepys on Dec 30, 2017 | 2 comments
43. Humans are Liars (coderbyheart.com)
83 points by tckr on Dec 31, 2017 | 66 comments
44. Losing Conner’s Mind (atavist.com)
19 points by fern12 on Dec 30, 2017 | 3 comments
45. Towards a bra-free Instagram experience (medium.com/laurenhallden)
241 points by koolhead17 on Dec 31, 2017 | 216 comments
46. Keynesian Economics Is Hot Again (bloomberg.com)
85 points by mpweiher on Dec 31, 2017 | 83 comments
47. San Francisco’s Skyline, Now Inescapably Transformed by Tech (nytimes.com)
58 points by rising-sky on Dec 30, 2017 | 97 comments
48. As Cell Service Expands, National Parks Become Digital Battlegrounds (govtech.com)
30 points by jonbaer on Dec 31, 2017 | 51 comments
49. Reverse Engineering “Star Wars: Yoda Stories” (2014) (zachtronics.com)
56 points by Ivoah on Dec 31, 2017 | 5 comments
50. UK threatens to tax Facebook and Google if they dont do more to combat extremism (businessinsider.com)
50 points by SirLJ on Dec 31, 2017 | 58 comments
51. My hypermedia history (medium.com/enkiv2)
19 points by enkiv2 on Dec 31, 2017 | 2 comments
52. Keybee: a new keyboard layout designed specifically for touchscreen devices (keybee.it)
38 points by se7entime on Dec 31, 2017 | 69 comments
53. Unfiltered Fervor: The Rush to Get Off the Water Grid (nytimes.com)
69 points by dankohn1 on Dec 31, 2017 | 80 comments
54. Guys, unless you are really hot you are just wasting your time on Tinder (medium.com/worstonlinedater)
131 points by BerislavLopac on Dec 31, 2017 | 124 comments
55. Kroger to expand program that cuts checkout lines (bizjournals.com)
31 points by smacktoward on Dec 31, 2017 | 70 comments
56. Telegram shuts down major Iranian anti government channel (twitter.com/durov)
84 points by chvid on Dec 31, 2017 | 29 comments
57. Why an Upstate Prisoner with a History of Escape Foiled His Latest (nytimes.com)
19 points by danso on Dec 31, 2017 | 15 comments
58. Americans are having less sex and researchers are blaming Netflix (fortune.com)
44 points by rbanffy on Dec 31, 2017 | 63 comments
59. New Image Shows Antarctica's Melting Iceberg Broken Into Pieces (newsweek.com)
39 points by ianwalsh on Dec 31, 2017 | 7 comments
60. Bitcoin: Update network descriptions to be more accurate (github.com/bitcoin-dot-org)
65 points by SnowProblem on Dec 31, 2017 | 62 comments

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