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1. TextQL: Execute SQL Against CSV or TSV (github.com/dinedal)
658 points by TAForObvReasons on April 7, 2018 | 91 comments
2. The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user (jameshfisher.com)
1023 points by jamesfisher on April 7, 2018 | 506 comments
3. Hash-based Signatures: An illustrated Primer (cryptographyengineering.com)
228 points by chmaynard on April 7, 2018 | 25 comments
4. At 88, doctor pursues a long-ignored treatment for strokes, heart attacks (statnews.com)
226 points by helloworld on April 7, 2018 | 71 comments
5. Want to Be Happy? Think Like an Old Person (2017) (nytimes.com)
313 points by seventyhorses on April 6, 2018 | 170 comments
6. Immutable.rs: immutable data structures for Rust (immutable.rs)
291 points by tosh on April 6, 2018 | 63 comments
7. PostgreSQL Begins Adding LLVM JIT Support For Faster Performance (phoronix.com)
269 points by manigandham on April 7, 2018 | 28 comments
8. Confessions of an Unreal Engine 4 engineering firefighter (allarsblog.com)
388 points by lfowles on April 6, 2018 | 115 comments
9. Show HN: TerrainVer – Generate Worms-Style Cartoon Terrain in JavaScript (juliango202.com)
198 points by juliango on April 7, 2018 | 12 comments
10. Mailinator launches Disposable SMS (mailinator.blogspot.com)
257 points by zinxq on April 7, 2018 | 72 comments
11. “Close to tears, he left at the intermission”: how Kubrick upset Clarke (2017) (newstatesman.com)
227 points by martincmartin on April 7, 2018 | 164 comments
12. Are unsound type systems wrong? (frenchy64.github.io)
210 points by mpweiher on April 7, 2018 | 158 comments
13. I miss Windows Phone (theverge.com)
308 points by Ducki on April 7, 2018 | 355 comments
14. Socioeconomic sorting at the metropolitan level is making America more polarized (citylab.com)
148 points by clumsysmurf on April 6, 2018 | 56 comments
15. The Graphing Calculator Story (2004) (nucalc.com)
133 points by Nuance on April 7, 2018 | 21 comments
16. A Short History of the Executioner (2014) (theappendix.net)
44 points by lermontov on April 7, 2018 | 9 comments
17. Before cancer kills, it cheats (news.harvard.edu)
198 points by chmaynard on April 6, 2018 | 58 comments
18. A Food Shortage Revealed the Cause of Celiac Disease (atlasobscura.com)
132 points by DoreenMichele on April 7, 2018 | 67 comments
19. Brain connectivity reflects human aesthetic responses to music (2016) (oup.com)
127 points by miobrien on April 6, 2018 | 35 comments
20. Show HN: Fileshifter – Easily convert files and videos between different formats (fileshifter.io)
61 points by mtusman on April 7, 2018 | 36 comments
21. Molyneux's problem (wikipedia.org)
122 points by ph0rque on April 7, 2018 | 68 comments
22. Why Whales Got So Big (theatlantic.com)
144 points by ALee on April 6, 2018 | 46 comments
23. The Qualcomm 'Tax' Rebellion (2017) (bloomberg.com)
106 points by unyttigfjelltol on April 7, 2018 | 52 comments
24. ‘Big Brother’ in India Requires Fingerprint Scans for Food, Phones and Finances (nytimes.com)
163 points by vthallam on April 7, 2018 | 165 comments
25. The Barlow Knife (edge.org)
84 points by entwife on April 6, 2018 | 6 comments
26. Vial-Http – Simple HTTP REST Tool for Vim (github.com/baverman)
81 points by 0x54MUR41 on April 7, 2018 | 15 comments
27. Ancient Maya traded dogs for use in religious ceremonies, new study shows (arstechnica.com)
43 points by Thevet on April 6, 2018 | 2 comments
28. Why is everyone so busy? (2014) (economist.com)
198 points by asoli on April 7, 2018 | 142 comments
29. Children of The Cloud and Major Tom: Growing Up in the 80s Under the German Sky (catapult.co)
60 points by smacktoward on April 6, 2018 | 23 comments
30. Unclaimed Baggage Center: The Shop for Lost Luggage (2015) (thepointsguy.com)
35 points by apsec112 on April 6, 2018 | 31 comments

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