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1. Appleseed – open-source physically-based rendering engine (appleseedhq.net)
359 points by generic_user on Feb 4, 2017 | 80 comments
2. The FCC is stopping 9 companies from providing subsidized Internet to the poor (washingtonpost.com)
224 points by ncw96 on Feb 3, 2017 | 105 comments
3. Network programming with Go (2012) (gitbooks.io)
258 points by amzans on Feb 4, 2017 | 41 comments
4. Using logistic regression to predict parking difficulty (googleblog.com)
170 points by cing on Feb 3, 2017 | 34 comments
5. Smallpt: Global Illumination in 99 lines of C++ (kevinbeason.com)
238 points by Ivoah on Feb 4, 2017 | 57 comments
6. Foolproof HTML (pumpula.net)
186 points by voctor on Feb 4, 2017 | 105 comments
7. Use of Ad-Blocking Software Rises by 30% Worldwide (nytimes.com)
274 points by t23 on Feb 3, 2017 | 321 comments
8. An Even Easier Introduction to CUDA (nvidia.com)
247 points by jonbaer on Feb 4, 2017 | 59 comments
9. Vancouver house prices are falling (qz.com)
183 points by lxm on Feb 4, 2017 | 239 comments
10. Software vendor argues that it has copyright in output of its CAD software (maw-law.com)
149 points by macmac on Feb 4, 2017 | 110 comments
11. More than one million requests per second in Node.js (github.com/uwebsockets)
255 points by _e3th on Feb 4, 2017 | 86 comments
12. Defeating Quantum Algorithms with Hash Functions (kudelskisecurity.com)
74 points by signa11 on Feb 3, 2017 | 19 comments
13. Supersonic passenger jets might make a comeback (latimes.com)
151 points by lxm on Feb 4, 2017 | 165 comments
14. React Tetris (github.com/chvin)
210 points by alifaziz on Feb 4, 2017 | 48 comments
15. Type Driven Domain Modelling, Part 2: Evolving Models with F# (lucasmreis.github.io)
86 points by lucasmreis on Feb 4, 2017 | 65 comments
16. Understanding deep learning requires rethinking generalization (arxiv.org)
131 points by visionscaper on Feb 4, 2017 | 18 comments
17. A Forth to Scratch compiler (scratch.mit.edu)
71 points by CarolineW on Feb 4, 2017 | 7 comments
18. Tempted to Abandon React Native for Native Android (kelvinpompey.me)
88 points by silkodyssey on Feb 4, 2017 | 61 comments
19. Librem 13 coreboot report: It’s Alive (puri.sm)
93 points by sscarduzio on Feb 4, 2017 | 23 comments
20. Bosch and Bruegel review – more gripping than a thriller (theguardian.com)
43 points by prismatic on Feb 1, 2017
21. Beringei: A high-performance time series storage engine (facebook.com)
149 points by gricardo99 on Feb 4, 2017 | 54 comments
22. A Bitter Ending (chronicle.com)
142 points by Hooke on Feb 3, 2017 | 37 comments
23. Scaling Git, and some back story (microsoft.com)
143 points by dstaheli on Feb 3, 2017 | 17 comments
24. Facebook is terrifying (medium.com/jitbit)
468 points by jitbit on Feb 4, 2017 | 281 comments
25. China Gains on the U.S. In the Artificial Intelligence Arms Race (nytimes.com)
106 points by aaronjg on Feb 4, 2017 | 45 comments
26. Trust in Automation (breandan.net)
79 points by bmc7505 on Feb 4, 2017 | 14 comments
27. Automata in the Ancient World (2007) (cabinet-of-wonders.blogspot.com)
53 points by Hooke on Feb 1, 2017 | 1 comment
28. Games of Coding – A curated list of games that teach you a programming language (github.com/michelpereira)
206 points by michelpereira on Feb 4, 2017 | 45 comments
29. “Health benefits” of moderate drinking disappear when controlling for wealth (theconversation.com)
197 points by happy-go-lucky on Feb 4, 2017 | 129 comments
30. New data show that joining the 1% remains unsettlingly hereditary (economist.com)
131 points by Futurebot on Feb 3, 2017 | 204 comments

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