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1081.

Alien life could thrive in ancient star clusters (nature.com)

84 points by philbo on Jan 7, 2016 | 91 comments

1082.

Why do we need a new OS? (3lproject.org)

84 points by thecombjelly on Jan 21, 2016 | 89 comments

1083.

The 'hidden' cost of using ZFS for your home NAS (louwrentius.com)

84 points by walterbell on Jan 12, 2016 | 83 comments

1084.

Golden rules for becoming a better programmer (codeshare.co.uk)

84 points by piess on Jan 26, 2016 | 78 comments

1085.

Nanomsg: Stepping Down (garrett.damore.org)

84 points by danieljh on Jan 6, 2016 | 61 comments

1086.

A Backyard Fight Club as an Alternative to Gun Violence (nytimes.com)

84 points by nadezhda18 on Jan 9, 2016 | 59 comments

1087.

Google paid $380M to buy Bebop, Diane Greene donating her $148M share (venturebeat.com)

84 points by chermanowicz on Jan 4, 2016 | 58 comments

1088.

Guide to Linear Regression (2015) (alexhwoods.com)

84 points by alexhwoods on Jan 21, 2016 | 28 comments

1089.

The Architecture of the Burroughs B-5000 (1982) (smecc.org)

84 points by rutenspitz on Jan 1, 2016 | 23 comments

1090.

IBM Acquires UStream, Forms New Cloud Video Unit (techcrunch.com)

84 points by carlsbaddev on Jan 21, 2016 | 23 comments

1091.

Let’s Start Tracking Misleading Press Releases About Scientific Findings (nymag.com)

84 points by tokenadult on Jan 16, 2016 | 19 comments

1092.

How jumbo jet engines are made [video] (youtube.com)

84 points by lisper on Jan 16, 2016 | 17 comments

1093.

Asyncssh – Python Asyncio Client/Server Implementation of SSHv2 Protocol (github.com)

84 points by joshbaptiste on Jan 23, 2016 | 12 comments

1094.

Input an image and get back astrometric calibration metadata (nova.astrometry.net)

84 points by davidbarker on Jan 14, 2016 | 3 comments

1095.

The 'bogus boss' email scam costing firms millions (bbc.com)

83 points by elthran on Jan 8, 2016 | 138 comments

1096.

What do economists say about inequality? (washingtonpost.com)

83 points by chwolfe on Jan 15, 2016 | 119 comments

1097.

When Philosophy Lost Its Way (opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)

83 points by yk on Jan 11, 2016 | 90 comments

1098.

The Apple Pencil; a lot of semiconductor content in something so small (chipworks.com)

83 points by ingve on Jan 4, 2016 | 47 comments

1099.

Bill Gates: The Billionaire Book Critic (nytimes.com)

83 points by ingve on Jan 2, 2016 | 45 comments

1100.

Reagan’s Impossible Dream: The X-30 National Aerospace Plane (thehighfrontier.wordpress.com)

83 points by high_frontier on Jan 11, 2016 | 44 comments

1101.

GCC: Improve on memory cost in coloring pass of register allocator (gcc.gnu.org)

83 points by vmorgulis on Jan 23, 2016 | 40 comments

1102.

Creolabs: Language, IDE and UI framework for building native apps (creolabs.com)

83 points by theraven on Jan 18, 2016 | 35 comments

1103.

Kudu as a More Flexible and Available Kafka-Style Queue (blog.rodeo.io)

83 points by frew on Jan 26, 2016 | 32 comments

1104.

Show HN: A Machine Learning Model for Salary Estimation (elaineou.com)

83 points by elaineo on Jan 8, 2016 | 31 comments

1105.

The Fire Last Time: The Bronze Age Apocalypse (thebreakingtime.typepad.com)

83 points by smacktoward on Jan 27, 2016 | 31 comments

1106.

DHCPwn: A DHCP exhaustion tool (github.com)

83 points by svenfaw on Jan 3, 2016 | 24 comments

1107.

WebGL Off the Main Thread (hacks.mozilla.org)

83 points by madflame991 on Jan 22, 2016 | 21 comments

1108.

Tenacity (avc.com)

83 points by worldvoyageur on Jan 14, 2016 | 19 comments

1109.

Linux 4.4 released (lkml.iu.edu)

83 points by doener on Jan 11, 2016 | 15 comments

1110.

Time for a Guaranteed Basic Income? (onpoint.wbur.org)

82 points by joeyespo on Jan 23, 2016 | 165 comments