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31. This Conversation Is Going Nowhere (digit.co)
58 points by jkestelyn on Jan 31, 2018 | 27 comments
32. The Economics of Privacy (2005) (cmu.edu)
64 points by jstrieb on Jan 31, 2018 | 5 comments
33. Tech Start-Up Fires Engineers Amid Union Organizing Effort (bna.com)
268 points by thinkpad20 on Jan 31, 2018 | 339 comments
34. GDB 8.1 Released (sourceware.org)
99 points by edelsohn on Jan 31, 2018 | 59 comments
35. Ticks may be the next global health threat (theguardian.com)
164 points by yawz on Jan 31, 2018 | 152 comments
36. After alleged 'bait and switch,' Nevada DMV cancels $78M IT contract (statescoop.com)
120 points by us0r on Jan 31, 2018 | 114 comments
37. LibreOffice 6.0 released (documentfoundation.org)
266 points by mksaunders on Jan 31, 2018 | 156 comments
38. Partial Application and Lambda Parameter Syntax for JavaScript (medium.com/citycide)
52 points by skellertor on Jan 31, 2018 | 24 comments
39. Polymail (YC S16) looks to unify business email tools into a single web app (techcrunch.com)
47 points by dalton on Jan 31, 2018 | 18 comments
40. The Kessler Syndrome Explained (2014) (spacesafetymagazine.com)
58 points by pmoriarty on Jan 31, 2018 | 51 comments
41. Asana raises $75M Series D round led by Generation Investment Management (asana.com)
92 points by mostafah on Jan 31, 2018 | 71 comments
42. Amazon HQ2 finalists should refuse tax breaks, say nearly 100 economists (venturebeat.com)
235 points by champagnepapi on Jan 31, 2018 | 210 comments
43. Why Did a Billionaire Give $75M to a Philosophy Department? (nautil.us)
139 points by dnetesn on Jan 31, 2018 | 166 comments
44. Google and Facebook are watching our every move online (cnbc.com)
208 points by bsstoner on Jan 31, 2018 | 152 comments
45. Drug companies alleged to have flooded West Virginia with opioid painkillers (arstechnica.com)
93 points by sohkamyung on Jan 31, 2018 | 32 comments
46. Arbitrary code execution through unsanitized browser UI (mozilla.org)
51 points by weinzierl on Jan 31, 2018 | 32 comments
47. How China Spied on the African Union’s Computers (mg.co.za)
136 points by KumarAseem on Jan 31, 2018 | 41 comments
48. Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp (bloomberg.com)
85 points by ehllo on Jan 31, 2018 | 135 comments
49. In Birds’ Songs, Brains and Genes, Erich Jarvis Finds Clues to Speech (quantamagazine.org)
38 points by digital55 on Jan 30, 2018 | 1 comment
50. Pushing the Limits of Extreme Breath-Holding (newyorker.com)
73 points by uptown on Jan 30, 2018 | 57 comments
51. Rough Waters: Gentrification and Cataclysmic Money (strongtowns.org)
39 points by misnamed on Jan 31, 2018 | 9 comments
52. Retrospective: Looking Glass (blog.mozilla.org)
89 points by Vinnl on Jan 31, 2018 | 106 comments
53. How much does it cost to build a home in Silicon Valley? (2016) (themiyoung.com)
90 points by bckygldstn on Jan 31, 2018 | 70 comments
54. Jack the Ripper letters written by the same person, forensic linguist concludes (manchester.ac.uk)
48 points by fern12 on Jan 31, 2018 | 19 comments
55. Announcing TypeScript 2.7 (microsoft.com)
193 points by DanRosenwasser on Jan 31, 2018 | 83 comments
56. A Turkish physicist wrote research papers in prison (nature.com)
128 points by mbaytas on Jan 31, 2018 | 37 comments
57. “You're on the verge of losing everything but you don’t understand why” (bbc.co.uk)
162 points by sjclemmy on Jan 31, 2018 | 134 comments
58. The History of Kaiser Permanente (kaiserpermanente.org)
59 points by perseusprime11 on Jan 31, 2018 | 29 comments
59. How to access Ethereum-based applications? (medium.com/bleumi)
44 points by bleumi on Jan 31, 2018 | 13 comments
60. Bay Area family’s quest to create a backyard container home (sfchronicle.com)
40 points by jseliger on Jan 30, 2018 | 53 comments

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