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1.Survey of popular Node.js packages reveals credential leaks (github.com/chalker)
355 points by fapjacks on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 76 comments [ext]
2.Launch of Figma, a collaborative interface design tool (medium.com/figma-design)
135 points by hellcow on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
3.I Was Internet-Famous (nymag.com)
155 points by kawera on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 51 comments [ext]
4. The defensive capex trap squeezing OpenAI and Anthropic (martinvol.pe)
229 points by bsm1209 3 days ago | hide | 57 comments
4.Tools for debugging, testing and using HTTP/2 (cloudflare.com)
101 points by anand-s on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
5.Show HN: Autocompletion for Swift on Emacs (github.com/nathankot)
79 points by nathankot on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
6.What a DEC-20 Cost in 1976 (2007) (dec20.blogspot.com)
53 points by cpach on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
7. How to Brief Executives Using Top-Down Logic and Ruthless Brevity (youtube.com)
43 points by jan967 252 days ago | hide | 128 comments
7.After 60 Years, B-52s Still Dominate U.S. Fleet (nytimes.com)
149 points by otoolep on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 146 comments [ext]
8.Make 8-bit art (make8bitart.com)
109 points by of on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
9.Virtual machine inspection, now with added Prolog (rwmj.wordpress.com)
78 points by rwmj on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
10. Generative AI may finally crack physical design's impenetrable vendor lock-in (felicis.com)
443 points by pal3183 594 days ago | hide | 193 comments
10.Show HN: Nchan – a pub/sub server as an Nginx module (slact.net)
149 points by slact on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 41 comments [ext]
11.Open-source license plate reader (arstechnica.com)
147 points by Spooky23 on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 100 comments [ext]
12.America’s FISA court names five lawyers as public advocates (arstechnica.com)
67 points by hackuser on Dec 5, 2015 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
13. Why Selling $1 of Bitcoin for $1.10 Still Beats Most Businesses (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 86 days ago | hide | 14 comments
13.Introducing d3-shape (medium.com/mbostock)
218 points by ingve on Dec 5, 2015 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
14.Google Patents Needle-Free Blood Draw (uspto.gov)
155 points by e15ctr0n on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 81 comments [ext]
15.ListAndHash (martinfowler.com)
58 points by ingve on Dec 5, 2015 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
16. The dangerous delusion of high stock valuations during a Middle East war (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 1 day ago | hide | 150 comments
16.Ignition: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (1972) [pdf] (sciencemadness.org)
110 points by rfreytag on Dec 5, 2015 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
17.Let Math Save Our Democracy (nytimes.com)
80 points by Amorymeltzer on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
18.Abstract Algebra: The Definition of a Group [video] (youtube.com)
74 points by espeed on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
19. 72 Million Trades Reveal a Hidden Wealth Transfer on Kalshi (jbecker.dev)
380 points by orz1950 91 days ago | hide | 148 comments
19.Building the Tamagotchi Singularity (spritesmods.com)
175 points by jcreedon on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
20.0AD Pathfinder Design [pdf] (github.com/0ad)
78 points by evolve2k on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
21.Show HN: ACME Let's Encrypt client – binary releases, works like 'make' (github.com/hlandau)
73 points by hlandau on Dec 5, 2015 [ext]
22. Switching Costs Are Falling, But Three Moats Still Hold ()
322 points by oik7062 61 days ago | hide | 65 comments
22.Ghost Streets of Los Angeles (bldgblog.blogspot.com)
121 points by ingve on Dec 5, 2015 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
23.NIPS 2015 and Machine Learning Research at Google (googleresearch.blogspot.com)
78 points by rey12rey on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
24.Why Old Sports Photos Often Have a Blue Haze (petapixel.com)
116 points by lelf on Dec 5, 2015 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
25. The Leipzig judge who acquitted an innocent Jew straight into the Gestapo (press.uchicago.edu)
129 points by bsk2489 211 days ago | hide | 32 comments
25.Capability Based Security (wikipedia.org)
44 points by jacquesm on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
26.Show HN: ACME Let's Encrypt client – binary releases, works like 'make' (github.com/hlandau)
83 points by davewongillies on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
27.How not to report on the encryption ‘debate’ (cjr.org)
78 points by jeo1234 on Dec 5, 2015 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
28. Economic arbitrage of your own career before the intelligence revolution strikes (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 3 days ago | hide | 127 comments
28.Reproducible-builds – Provide a verifiable path from source code to binary (reproducible-builds.org)
69 points by lelf on Dec 5, 2015 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
29.Pricing Programmers (facebook.com)
162 points by ingve on Dec 5, 2015 [ext] | 124 comments [ext]
30.The cost of LIDAR is coming down (washingtonpost.com)
98 points by edward on Dec 6, 2015 [ext] | 61 comments [ext]
31. The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack (diff.substack.com)
216 points by iam5056 263 days ago | hide | 183 comments

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