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31. Implementing faceted search with Django and PostgreSQL (simonwillison.net)
124 points by simonw on Oct 5, 2017 | 19 comments
32. Building and using a 29-year-old compiler on a modern system (miyuki.github.io)
139 points by ingve on Oct 5, 2017 | 25 comments
33. Wayback Machine Playback, now with Timestamps (archive.org)
134 points by sohkamyung on Oct 5, 2017 | 7 comments
34. Ethereal Email – A fake SMTP service (ethereal.email)
78 points by andris9 on Oct 5, 2017 | 42 comments
35. ThinkPad Anniversary Edition 25: Limited Edition ThinkPad Goes Retro (anandtech.com)
178 points by artsandsci on Oct 5, 2017 | 136 comments
36. How to Legally Own Another Person (2015) [pdf] (fooledbyrandomness.com)
154 points by sillysaurus3 on Oct 5, 2017 | 93 comments
37. Show HN: Fenêtre – Picture-in-picture for your mac (xn--fent-ipa.re)
70 points by NeekGerd on Oct 5, 2017 | 45 comments
38. The Yamaha NS10 Story – How a Hi-Fi Speaker Conquered the Studio World (2008) (soundonsound.com)
81 points by snthd on Oct 5, 2017 | 96 comments
39. U.S. lawmakers want to restrict internet surveillance on Americans (reuters.com)
105 points by uptown on Oct 5, 2017 | 12 comments
40. How many people are in space right now (howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com)
185 points by mgdo on Oct 5, 2017 | 66 comments
41. History of Vending and Coffee Service (2016) (namanow.org)
43 points by wallflower on Oct 5, 2017 | 25 comments
42. Microsoft Machine Learning Server Docker Image (github.com/johnpaulada)
77 points by jepe_ada on Oct 5, 2017 | 21 comments
43. China Forces Norway to Adhere to ‘One China’ Policy (sentinel.tw)
212 points by whatyoucantsay on Oct 5, 2017 | 147 comments
44. Russian Hackers Stole NSA Data on U.S. Cyber Defense (wsj.com)
191 points by NwmG on Oct 5, 2017 | 193 comments
45. Show HN: Encrypted VPN in 2k lines of Go (github.com/twitchyliquid64)
123 points by twitchyliquid64 on Oct 5, 2017 | 64 comments
46. Coffee Lake Review: Initial Numbers on the Core i7-8700K and Core i5-8400 (anandtech.com)
91 points by polskibus on Oct 5, 2017 | 66 comments
47. EFF Asks Court to Undo Damage Done to First Amendment in Flawed NSL Ruling (eff.org)
127 points by DiabloD3 on Oct 5, 2017 | 20 comments
48. Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher (windows.com)
152 points by bfred_it on Oct 5, 2017 | 170 comments
49. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 – Kazuo Ishiguro [pdf] (nobelprize.org)
111 points by kgthegreat on Oct 5, 2017 | 29 comments
50. The Autocrat's Language (nybooks.com)
100 points by ryan_j_naughton on Oct 5, 2017 | 75 comments
51. Rock star philosopher: Roland Barthes (the-tls.co.uk)
36 points by lermontov on Oct 5, 2017 | 3 comments
52. GAW Miners founder owes nearly $10M to SEC over Bitcoin fraud (arstechnica.com)
40 points by lnguyen on Oct 5, 2017 | 8 comments
53. Teens 'rebelling against social media', say headteachers (bbc.co.uk)
112 points by basisword on Oct 5, 2017 | 79 comments
54. What Is a Neural Network? (youtube.com)
136 points by limsup on Oct 5, 2017 | 9 comments
55. Google admits citing 4chan to spread fake Vegas shooter news (arstechnica.com)
83 points by pulisse on Oct 5, 2017 | 84 comments
56. Ask HN: What essay/blogpost do you keep going back to reread?
226 points by swyx on Oct 5, 2017 | 103 comments
57. Controversies in field of mathematics (mathoverflow.net)
52 points by nextInt on Oct 5, 2017 | 6 comments
58. The Insecure Developer (dev.to)
61 points by rbanffy on Oct 5, 2017 | 55 comments
59. Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook or Pixelbook as your primary machine?
78 points by msrivas on Oct 5, 2017 | 94 comments
60. Why Isn’t Agile Working? (hackernoon.com)
92 points by kiyanwang on Oct 5, 2017 | 114 comments

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