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31. Eat, Drink and Be Wary: Ex-CIA Officer Reveals How Eateries Are Key to Spycraft (npr.org)
219 points by lnguyen on Oct 17, 2019 | 148 comments
32. An Unexpected Character Replacement (datafix.com.au)
59 points by eaguyhn on Oct 17, 2019 | 22 comments
33. Paris zoo unveils a slime mould (reuters.com)
162 points by hhs on Oct 16, 2019 | 56 comments
34. Timing Technology (gwern.net)
63 points by ordiblah on Oct 16, 2019 | 16 comments
35. Launch HN: Multis (YC S19): online business bank account for cryptocurrency
68 points by tsahaghian on Oct 17, 2019 | 25 comments
36. Road planning with slime mould (2009) (arxiv.org)
38 points by benbreen on Oct 17, 2019 | 5 comments
37. Evidence of market manipulation on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange? (vanityfair.com)
94 points by jbegley on Oct 17, 2019 | 34 comments
38. College admissions officers rank prospective students before they apply (washingtonpost.com)
90 points by pseudolus on Oct 15, 2019 | 34 comments
39. Show HN: Magic Sandbox – hands-on Kubernetes training on real infra (msb.com)
180 points by mstipetic on Oct 17, 2019 | 39 comments
40. Niantic's apps collect a surprising amount of data about where users go (kotaku.com)
114 points by kaikai on Oct 17, 2019 | 55 comments
41. Guitar Machine (media.mit.edu)
98 points by kick on Oct 16, 2019 | 21 comments
42. Apple IIa – ROM for the Apple IIe That Compiles Basic (2018) (teamten.com)
99 points by mariuz on Oct 17, 2019 | 12 comments
43. OpenBSD 6.6 (openbsd.org)
224 points by liv-io on Oct 17, 2019 | 90 comments
44. LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System (legoos.io)
84 points by kick on Oct 16, 2019 | 77 comments
45. The Big Die-Up (2017) (americancowboy.com)
32 points by rococode on Oct 16, 2019 | 4 comments
46. Trying to improve buffet lines using simulations (erikbern.com)
144 points by sigil on Oct 17, 2019 | 54 comments
47. Baltimore Blew Off Ransomware Demand Only to Find Data Had Never Been Backed Up (techdirt.com)
190 points by miles on Oct 15, 2019 | 114 comments
48. Scientists pinpoint neural activity's role in human longevity (sciencebeta.com)
61 points by Indirector on Oct 16, 2019 | 15 comments
49. Trees That Survived California Drought May Hold Clue to Climate Resilience (npr.org)
61 points by pseudolus on Oct 17, 2019 | 11 comments
50. DoNotPay app waits on hold for you (techcrunch.com)
130 points by stunt on Oct 17, 2019 | 82 comments
51. Show HN: Z shell configuration, zsh startup files, when they load, what they do (github.com/sixarm)
85 points by jph on Oct 17, 2019 | 22 comments
52. Smart speaker system uses white noise to monitor infants' breathing (techxplore.com)
54 points by dnetesn on Oct 16, 2019 | 38 comments
53. Czech Trail Marking System (2006) (myczechrepublic.com)
68 points by PopeDotNinja on Oct 16, 2019 | 27 comments
54. The pioneers of cultural anthropology who created “cultural relativism” (bostonreview.net)
38 points by huihuiilly on Oct 15, 2019 | 46 comments
55. AMD Lists Threadripper 3000 CPU with 32 Cores, Possible New Socket (tomshardware.com)
72 points by rbanffy on Oct 17, 2019 | 47 comments
56. The type of char + char (knatten.org)
57 points by alexchamberlain on Oct 16, 2019 | 45 comments
57. No One Knows Why Humans Can Walk (lithub.com)
68 points by sergeant3 on Oct 16, 2019 | 66 comments
58. How Randomness Can Arise from Determinism (quantamagazine.org)
66 points by theafh on Oct 14, 2019 | 30 comments
59. Welcome to the Land (statesider.us)
16 points by smollett on Oct 17, 2019 | 1 comment
60. Loot Box Lottery (minnesotalawreview.org)
41 points by danso on Oct 15, 2019 | 56 comments

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