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1. J.C.R. Licklider on the History of Personal Workstations (1986) [video] (youtube.com)
154 points by dang on Feb 6, 2016 | 28 comments
2. GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart (businessinsider.com)
808 points by easyd on Feb 6, 2016 | 973 comments
3. iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party repairs (theguardian.com)
438 points by noobie on Feb 6, 2016 | 341 comments
4. Amgen publishes failures to replicate high-profile science (nature.com)
193 points by chriskanan on Feb 6, 2016 | 14 comments
5. PayPal Starts Banning VPN and SmartDNS Services (torrentfreak.com)
296 points by fernandotakai on Feb 6, 2016 | 193 comments
6. Docker Official Images Are Moving to Alpine Linux (brianchristner.io)
246 points by infodroid on Feb 5, 2016 | 124 comments
7. Widest Roman Prime (soff.es)
104 points by kellysutton on Feb 6, 2016 | 28 comments
8. So you still don't understand Hindley-Milner? (2013) (akgupta.ca)
202 points by mpgirro on Feb 6, 2016 | 9 comments
9. Judicial combat between a man and a dog in 1361 (thebookofdays.com)
113 points by networked on Feb 6, 2016 | 28 comments
10. Edgar D. Mitchell, Sixth Moonwalking Astronaut, Dies at 85 (nytimes.com)
94 points by NaOH on Feb 6, 2016 | 33 comments
11. Watson for President (watson2016.com)
304 points by derEitel on Feb 6, 2016 | 212 comments
12. No such thing as “real programming” (2015) (brightball.com)
113 points by yumaikas on Feb 5, 2016 | 104 comments
13. Encrypted libraries leak lots of information in Seafile (github.com/haiwen)
79 points by networked on Feb 6, 2016 | 11 comments
14. Sydney's fun police have put out the light of the nightlife (theguardian.com)
176 points by nness on Feb 6, 2016 | 152 comments
15. Google shuts down Amazon unionization website (thestranger.com)
195 points by ftfb on Feb 6, 2016 | 64 comments
16. Why the Assholes Are Winning: Money Trumps All (wiley.com)
193 points by rbanffy on Feb 6, 2016 | 177 comments
17. Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes (2009) (abajournal.com)
23 points by networked on Feb 6, 2016 | 1 comment
18. The Chipophone – A homemade 8-bit synthesizer (2010) (linusakesson.net)
89 points by jamescgrant on Feb 6, 2016 | 12 comments
19. Knuth 3:16 (2002) (denenberg.com)
68 points by stepvhen on Feb 6, 2016 | 20 comments
20. TempleOS V4.02 Released (templeos.org)
205 points by TerryADavis on Feb 6, 2016 | 53 comments
21. Show HN: What parts of your code are not original
104 points by nunobrito on Feb 6, 2016 | 36 comments
22. Ask HN: Best way to learn HTML and CSS for web design?
156 points by dpapathanasiou on Feb 6, 2016 | 65 comments
23. “Screw it, I'll make my own” – The story of a new programming language (breuleux.net)
139 points by chrismonsanto on Feb 6, 2016 | 68 comments
24. Re-Creating WarGames with Tableau and Mapbox (allanwalkerit.tumblr.com)
50 points by vinnyglennon on Feb 6, 2016 | 5 comments
25. DNA evidence uncovers major upheaval in Europe near end of last Ice Age (phys.org)
44 points by JacobAldridge on Feb 4, 2016 | 2 comments
26. How to Fix Tech’s H-1B Problem (techcrunch.com)
65 points by Garbage on Feb 6, 2016 | 146 comments
27. 90s Cursor Effects (github.com/tholman)
60 points by plurby on Feb 6, 2016 | 24 comments
28. The removal of road markings is to be celebrated. We are safer without them (theguardian.com)
92 points by ranit on Feb 6, 2016 | 90 comments
29. Japanese Insect Literature (japantimes.co.jp)
41 points by acsillag on Feb 6, 2016 | 6 comments
30. The "Tourist" Investors Flooding Silicon Valley With Money Will Go Home One Day (buzzfeed.com)
62 points by robk on Feb 6, 2016 | 23 comments

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