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5401.

Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still be using in 2017?

212 points by _of on Jan 3, 2017 | 493 comments

5402.

Airbnb dominated by professional landlords (dw.com)

212 points by frgtpsswrdlame on Aug 6, 2017 | 348 comments

5403.

Ask HN: Why does visual programming suck?

212 points by dvdhsu on Jun 4, 2017 | 315 comments

5404.

The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends” (newyorker.com)

212 points by zonotope on Sep 28, 2017 | 266 comments

5405.

Why Ageism Never Gets Old (newyorker.com)

212 points by eludwig on Nov 16, 2017 | 262 comments

5406.

Is There Any Point to Protesting? (newyorker.com)

212 points by rafaelc on Aug 26, 2017 | 252 comments

5407.

How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live in our own country? (blogs.harvard.edu)

212 points by wslh on Oct 24, 2017 | 243 comments

5408.

Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the iPhone (cnbc.com)

212 points by pestkranker on Aug 14, 2017 | 235 comments

5409.

Problems I Have with Python (darkf.github.io)

212 points by ploggingdev on Jan 25, 2017 | 231 comments

5410.

“Last Mile” Barriers to Removing Legacy BIOS [pdf] (uefi.org)

212 points by okket on Nov 18, 2017 | 229 comments

5411.

Netflix confirms it is blocking rooted/unlocked Android devices (androidpolice.com)

212 points by msq on May 14, 2017 | 219 comments

5412.

Why many developers still prefer Objective-C to Swift (hackingwithswift.com)

212 points by Udo_Schmitz on Oct 6, 2017 | 212 comments

5413.

Is Amazon getting too big? (washingtonpost.com)

212 points by artsandsci on Jul 28, 2017 | 197 comments

5414.

French election: Macron defeats Le Pen (bbc.com)

212 points by galvin on May 7, 2017 | 189 comments

5415.

Changing San Francisco is foreseen as a haven for wealthy and childless (1981) (nytimes.com)

212 points by rotskoff on Jan 23, 2017 | 177 comments

5416.

Key differences between Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x (2014) (sebastianraschka.com)

212 points by Tomte on May 7, 2017 | 168 comments

5417.

Improving startup time in Atom with V8 snapshots (blog.atom.io)

212 points by io on Apr 18, 2017 | 162 comments

5418.

Ultimate Linux on the Desktop (blog.jessfraz.com)

212 points by uggedal on Jan 20, 2017 | 157 comments

5419.

Amazon sues former AWS VP over non-compete deal (geekwire.com)

212 points by mindhash on Jun 12, 2017 | 155 comments

5420.

Authoritarians Distract Rather Than Debate (marginalrevolution.com)

212 points by jseliger on Jan 17, 2017 | 151 comments

5421.

China Forces Norway to Adhere to ‘One China’ Policy (sentinel.tw)

212 points by whatyoucantsay on Oct 5, 2017 | 147 comments

5422.

Comcast says it will not sell customer browsing histories (reuters.com)

212 points by jgrahamc on Mar 31, 2017 | 146 comments

5423.

CVS Is Said to Agree to Buy Aetna (nytimes.com)

212 points by jdpedrie on Dec 3, 2017 | 144 comments

5424.

To treat back pain, look to the brain not the spine (aeon.co)

212 points by kawera on Sep 16, 2017 | 140 comments

5425.

Why Wikipedia cannot claim the earth is not flat (en.wikipedia.org)

212 points by 0xb0 on Nov 20, 2017 | 121 comments

5426.

AWS Single Sign-On (aws.amazon.com)

212 points by yeukhon on Dec 13, 2017 | 117 comments

5427.

Awless: A Mighty CLI for AWS (github.com)

212 points by dcu on Feb 16, 2017 | 112 comments

5428.

Facebook Faces a New World as Officials Rein in a Wild Web (nytimes.com)

212 points by ALee on Sep 19, 2017 | 104 comments

5429.

Oculus Research to Present Focal Surface Display Discovery at SIGGRAPH (oculus.com)

212 points by srinathrajaram on May 17, 2017 | 101 comments

5430.

Jackie Chan’s Plan to Keep Kicking Forever (gq.com)

212 points by wallflower on Oct 27, 2017 | 99 comments