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1. Internet Draft: Let 'localhost' be localhost (ietf.org)
594 points by beyang on Aug 7, 2017 | 167 comments
2. Jeff Dean’s Lecture for YC AI [video] (blog.ycombinator.com)
439 points by danicgross on Aug 7, 2017 | 56 comments
3. Eager to Burst His Own Bubble, a Techie Made Apps to Randomize His Life (npr.org)
410 points by ZeljkoS on Aug 7, 2017 | 170 comments
4. Show HN: Is the stock market going to crash? (isthestockmarketgoingtocrash.com)
813 points by truffle_pig on Aug 7, 2017 | 325 comments
5. A Tech Lead’s New Project Checklist (insimpleterms.blog)
378 points by LeonigMig on Aug 7, 2017 | 42 comments
6. A checklist of marketing ideas for side projects (sideprojectchecklist.com)
632 points by karlhughes on Aug 6, 2017 | 66 comments
7. Knolling (wikipedia.org)
249 points by bestest on Aug 7, 2017 | 76 comments
8. Dijkstra was right – recursion should not be difficult (angularindepth.com)
261 points by gregorymichael on Aug 7, 2017 | 167 comments
9. Tinychain: a pocket-sized implementation of Bitcoin (github.com/jamesob)
250 points by jobeirne on Aug 7, 2017 | 42 comments
10. Software Engineering ≠ Computer Science (2009) (drdobbs.com)
482 points by nreece on Aug 6, 2017 | 305 comments
11. Fitting to Noise or Nothing at All: Machine Learning in Markets (zacharydavid.com)
295 points by bilifuduo on Aug 6, 2017 | 69 comments
12. Show HN: Short-term rental estimate for sites like Airbnb (eliotandme.com)
220 points by edouard1234567 on Aug 7, 2017 | 97 comments
13. In Earth's hottest place, life has been found in strong acid (bbc.com)
146 points by happy-go-lucky on Aug 7, 2017 | 48 comments
14. Preventing server overload: limit requests being processed (evanjones.ca)
151 points by jsnell on Aug 7, 2017 | 67 comments
15. TFHE: Fast Fully-Homomorphic Encryption Over the Torus (tfhe.github.io)
196 points by _d4bj on Aug 7, 2017 | 94 comments
16. Study: Loneliness, Social Isolation Greater Health Problem in US Than Obesity (studyfinds.org)
188 points by ytNumbers on Aug 6, 2017 | 82 comments
17. Is America Encouraging the Wrong Kind of Entrepreneurship? (hbr.org)
169 points by SQL2219 on Aug 6, 2017 | 84 comments
18. Prostitution decriminalized: Rhode Island’s experiment (newsworks.org)
312 points by MaysonL on Aug 7, 2017 | 249 comments
19. Tofu – The opposite of a font (github.com/juanpotato)
166 points by juanpotato on Aug 6, 2017 | 63 comments
20. How to Stop Apologizing for My Stutter, and Other Important Lessons (longreads.com)
102 points by samclemens on Aug 7, 2017 | 55 comments
21. OpenSSL in Debian Unstable drops TLS 1.0/1.1 support (debian.org)
147 points by jhealy on Aug 7, 2017 | 64 comments
22. Show HN: AsciiDots – a 2D esoteric language inspired by circuits (github.com/aaronduino)
148 points by aaronduino on Aug 7, 2017 | 33 comments
23. Euclid's Elements (1997) (clarku.edu)
106 points by _ieq6 on Aug 7, 2017 | 58 comments
24. Choose Your Paradox – the downside of the Axiom of Choice (billwadge.wordpress.com)
97 points by rutenspitz on Aug 7, 2017 | 25 comments
25. Light Field Rendering and Streaming for VR and AR [video] (gputechconf.com)
73 points by thebyrd on Aug 7, 2017 | 24 comments
26. The asteroid impact which led to the extinction of the dinosaurs (3quarksdaily.com)
93 points by dangerman on Aug 7, 2017 | 25 comments
27. How to Pick Your Life Partner (2014) (waitbutwhy.com)
362 points by Tomte on Aug 7, 2017 | 209 comments
28. Let Forest Fires Burn (nytimes.com)
90 points by mcone on Aug 7, 2017 | 109 comments
29. Proof of Work Without All the Work (arxiv.org)
208 points by federicoponzi on Aug 7, 2017 | 115 comments
30. New York’s Subways Are Not Just Delayed, Some Trains Don’t Run at All (nytimes.com)
159 points by martinald on Aug 7, 2017 | 158 comments

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