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31. Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood (2014) (jakevdp.github.io)
142 points by bshanks on July 7, 2016 | 77 comments
32. An Erlang WAT-story about guards and guards (medium.com/elbrujohalcon)
52 points by elbrujohalcon on July 5, 2016 | 10 comments
33. Why and How I Switched from Python to Erlang (ourway.ir)
118 points by rodmena on July 6, 2016 | 65 comments
34. How to add a million bugs to a program, and why you might want to (moyix.blogspot.com)
40 points by moyix on July 7, 2016 | 24 comments
35. Visually Indicated Sounds (csail.mit.edu)
50 points by markhkim on July 6, 2016 | 8 comments
36. The history of R's predecessor, S, from co-creator Rick Becker [video] (revolutionanalytics.com)
47 points by sndean on July 7, 2016 | 9 comments
37. Apex memmove – fast memcpy/memmove on x86/x64 (codeproject.com)
77 points by Tatyanazaxarova on July 7, 2016 | 42 comments
38. Few Small Businesses Take Advantage of Mini-IPOs (wsj.com)
35 points by petethomas on July 6, 2016 | 2 comments
39. Organizing programs without classes (1991) [pdf] (au.dk)
41 points by adamnemecek on July 7, 2016 | 9 comments
40. The TRIBES Engine Networking Model (2009) [pdf] (gamedevs.org)
91 points by sosuke on July 7, 2016 | 66 comments
41. Kidlington's mystery tourist influx continues to baffle locals (bbc.co.uk)
60 points by sjclemmy on July 7, 2016 | 44 comments
42. A Comparison of Approaches to Advertising Measurement at Facebook [pdf] (northwestern.edu)
35 points by gwern on July 6, 2016 | 1 comment
43. May 2, 2016 Security Release Post-Mortem (about.gitlab.com)
43 points by sytse on July 7, 2016 | 9 comments
44. The tyranny of messaging and notifications (theverge.com)
90 points by Osiris30 on July 7, 2016 | 104 comments
45. Web DRM moves to next phase, Defective by Design to continue opposition (defectivebydesign.org)
90 points by jrepin on July 7, 2016 | 51 comments
46. Autopsy reveals Debian founder committed suicide (theregister.co.uk)
154 points by peterkshultz on July 7, 2016 | 100 comments
47. EU regulations on algorithmic decision-making and a “right to explanation” (arxiv.org)
104 points by pmlnr on July 7, 2016 | 120 comments
48. Which came first: the butterfly or the flower? (theguardian.com)
25 points by urumcsi on July 4, 2016 | 13 comments
49. The Strange Story of a Murdered Banker in Puerto Rico (bloomberg.com)
49 points by rl3 on July 7, 2016 | 8 comments
50. Longest Polar Bear Swim Recorded (2011) (nationalgeographic.com)
36 points by secondary on July 7, 2016 | 9 comments
51. Scrapely: The brains behind Portia, our visual web scraping tool (scrapinghub.com)
102 points by unsettledtck on July 7, 2016 | 14 comments
52. Avast acquires rival AVG for $1.3B to create a security software giant (venturebeat.com)
70 points by davidiach on July 7, 2016 | 34 comments
53. Silent Circle is in the midst of a troubled period (forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster)
49 points by ilarum on July 7, 2016 | 49 comments
54. Russia’s Creaky, Old Aircraft Carrier Is Up to Something Strange (warisboring.com)
59 points by _of on July 6, 2016 | 49 comments
55. Refraction – JS library to make modules independent, testable and re-usable (github.com/mbasso)
36 points by mbasso on July 7, 2016 | 18 comments
56. Welcome to the CRISPR Zoo (nature.com)
48 points by gwern on July 7, 2016 | 9 comments
57. Clash Rules Everything Around Me (reallifemag.com)
44 points by Hooke on July 6, 2016 | 29 comments
58. Growing Unease as British Mutual Funds Block the Exit Doors (nytimes.com)
99 points by jstreebin on July 7, 2016 | 104 comments
59. Facial Performance Sensing Head-Mounted Display [pdf] (hao-li.com)
17 points by MichaelAO on July 7, 2016 | 4 comments
60. Brian Eno Plays the Universe (nautil.us)
36 points by dnetesn on July 7, 2016 | 8 comments

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