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1.LEDs may cause retinal toxicity at occupational domestic illuminance (nih.gov)
630 points by vmarsy on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 208 comments [ext]
2.I've removed all ad network code from my blog (troyhunt.com)
591 points by GordonS on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 327 comments [ext]
3.Browser auto-fill phishing (github.com/anttiviljami)
802 points by christop on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 143 comments [ext]
4. A Basket of Tiny Currencies Is Eating the Dollar's Reserve Share (wolfstreet.com)
488 points by gon322 113 days ago | hide | 68 comments
4.Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? [ext]
800 points by mdoliwa on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 629 comments [ext]
5.Irssi 1.0.0 Released (irssi.org)
290 points by raimue on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 130 comments [ext]
6.Yubikey with USB-C (yubico.com)
234 points by nickik on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 169 comments [ext]
7. When Inside Information Meets Polymarket: The Venezuela Coup Trade (archive.ph)
298 points by can738 85 days ago | hide | 122 comments
7.Lessons learned as a React contractor (medium.com/jolyon_russ)
310 points by lxm on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 168 comments [ext]
8.HDMI 2.1 Announced: 10Kp120, Dynamic HDR, New Color Spaces, New 48G Cable (anandtech.com)
238 points by dmmalam on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 187 comments [ext]
9.Compiling Rust to Web Assembly (medium.com/chicoxyzzy)
289 points by grey-area on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 88 comments [ext]
10. Beyond Vocabulary: Why Clear Thinking is the Engine of Articulate Speech (youtube.com)
43 points by jan967 251 days ago | hide | 128 comments
10.Transitioning Firefox's rendering engine from Gecko to Servo (jensimmons.com)
461 points by bpierre on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 213 comments [ext]
11.Rust at OneSignal (onesignal.com)
329 points by gdeglin on Jan 4, 2017 [ext] | 99 comments [ext]
12.Goroutines, Nonblocking I/O, and Memory Usage (eklitzke.org)
182 points by eklitzke on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 77 comments [ext]
13. How Autodesk, Cadence, and Synopsys built the deepest moats in software (felicis.com)
443 points by pal3183 593 days ago | hide | 193 comments
13.The Reality of Developer Burnout (kennethreitz.org)
340 points by kenneth_reitz on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 176 comments [ext]
14.105-Year-Old Cyclist Rides 14 Miles in an Hour En Route to a World Record (npr.org)
214 points by happy-go-lucky on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 109 comments [ext]
15.Facebook will lose 80% of users by 2017, say Princeton researchers (2014) (theguardian.com)
263 points by NicoJuicy on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 206 comments [ext]
16. A 27M-Parameter Model That Quietly Undermines Scaling Orthodoxy (dbreunig.com)
54 points by kem2154 261 days ago | hide | 150 comments
16.The Polyamorous Christian Socialist Utopia That Made Silverware (collectorsweekly.com)
158 points by samclemens on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 83 comments [ext]
17.A new generation of Chromebooks, designed to work with millions of apps (blog.google)
214 points by shankarvellal on Jan 4, 2017 [ext] | 220 comments [ext]
18.Wi-Fi TimeSync (wi-fi.org)
110 points by phr4ts on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
19. Bots as Antitrust: Letting Code Negotiate on Your Behalf (continuations.com)
215 points by doz2675 594 days ago | hide | 76 comments
19.Nvidia and Audi aim to bring a self-driving AI car to market by 2020 (techcrunch.com)
215 points by t23 on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 133 comments [ext]
20.Mermaid: Generate Diagrams and Flowcharts with Markdown Like Syntax (github.com/knsv)
292 points by shubhamjain on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 52 comments [ext]
21.Easy 6502 – How to get started writing 6502 assembly language (skilldrick.github.io)
207 points by sebg on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 84 comments [ext]
22. Private Equity's Denominator Effect Returns as Markets Crater (archive.ph)
344 points by aul1104 368 days ago | hide | 7 comments
22.Rumors of Cmd’s death have been greatly exaggerated (msdn.microsoft.com)
168 points by TiredOfLife on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 194 comments [ext]
23.Google Brain Residency Program – 7 months in and looking ahead (googleblog.com)
126 points by stablemap on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
24.Elixir v1.4.0 released (github.com/elixir-lang)
229 points by njade on Jan 4, 2017 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
25. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 230 days ago | hide | 180 comments
25.Taichi – Physically based Computer Graphics Library (taichi.graphics)
226 points by vt on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
26.Learning to code at 56 (freecodecamp.com)
296 points by sconxu on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 156 comments [ext]
27.How to Partition a Billion-Node Graph [pdf] (microsoft.com)
125 points by espeed on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
28. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 170 days ago | hide | 48 comments
28.Hands on with the First Open Source Microcontroller (hackaday.com)
138 points by 2bluesc on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
29.The Vertical Farm (newyorker.com)
90 points by karmel on Jan 4, 2017 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
30.Experimental Cancer Treatment That Terminates Rogue Cells Could Arrive in 2017 (seeker.com)
126 points by DrScump on Jan 5, 2017 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
31. The carriage maker's dilemma: Why imminent disruption requires drastic current effort (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 2 days ago | hide | 127 comments

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