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10231.
Vitter's reservoir sampling algorithm D: randomly selecting unique items (getkerf.wordpress.com)
117 points by colinprince on Apr 4, 2016 | 74 comments
10232.
Why aren't PGP and SSH keys popular as a second factor for authentication? (security.stackexchange.com)
117 points by verandaguy on Jun 17, 2016 | 73 comments
10233.
Could an astronaut’s corpse bring new life to another world? (astronomy.com)
117 points by benbreen on Oct 26, 2016 | 73 comments
10234.
The Strange and Sudden Disappearance of a Coding Bootcamp Founder (inc.com)
117 points by drewsing on Oct 19, 2016 | 72 comments
10235.
Why Are Medical Ultrasound Systems So Inexpensive? (liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com)
117 points by skybrian on Dec 22, 2016 | 71 comments
10236.
Oracle deprecating Java applets in Java 9 (blogs.oracle.com)
117 points by nikanj on Jan 27, 2016 | 68 comments
10237.
How the New York Times critic writes the reviews that make and break restaurants (newyorker.com)
117 points by taylorbuley on Sep 12, 2016 | 66 comments
10238.
WHO Cancer Agency Asked Experts to Withhold Weed-Killer Documents (scientificamerican.com)
117 points by okket on Oct 26, 2016 | 63 comments
10239.
An unexpected journey, a Postgres DBA's tale (engineering.semantics3.com)
117 points by mirceasoaica on Aug 2, 2016 | 59 comments
10240.
The Frozen Banana Republic (2014) (modernfarmer.com)
117 points by JumpCrisscross on Nov 29, 2016 | 59 comments
10241.
Headphone and Amp Impedance (2011) (nwavguy.blogspot.com)
117 points by pmoriarty on Jan 23, 2016 | 57 comments
10242.
Sony agrees to pay millions to gamers to settle PS3 Linux debacle (arstechnica.com)
117 points by bpierre on Jun 21, 2016 | 57 comments
10243.
Microsoft Readies Azure GPUs (virtualizationpractice.com)
117 points by kungfudoi on Aug 11, 2016 | 57 comments
10244.
Crocker's rules (wiki.lesswrong.com)
117 points by Tomte on Nov 5, 2016 | 54 comments
10245.
A hunt for the government's oldest computer (muckrock.com)
117 points by mrweasel on Feb 26, 2016 | 51 comments
10246.
What If I Don't Actually Like My Users? (2008) (ozlabs.org)
117 points by JoshTriplett on Jun 2, 2016 | 51 comments
10247.
When A.I. Matures, It May Call Jürgen Schmidhuber ‘Dad’ (nytimes.com)
117 points by bcaulfield on Nov 29, 2016 | 50 comments
10248.
Not Every Drop of a Person’s Blood Is the Same, a Study Says (nytimes.com)
117 points by hampelm on Feb 24, 2016 | 47 comments
10249.
Tor Users Might Soon Have a Way to Avoid Those Annoying CAPTCHAs (motherboard.vice.com)
117 points by walterbell on Oct 1, 2016 | 47 comments
10250.
A 25-Year-Old Turning a Profit Selling Pencils (bloomberg.com)
117 points by ca98am79 on Apr 13, 2016 | 46 comments
10251.
Thank You and Goodbye, the CyanogenMod Team (plus.google.com)
117 points by IvarTheHomeless on Dec 27, 2016 | 46 comments
10252.
Accounting in 2016 – Still a manual and tedious process (bjoernkw.com)
117 points by BjoernKW on Apr 3, 2016 | 45 comments
10253.
​72 Hours of Pwnage: A Paranoid N00b Goes to Def Con (motherboard.vice.com)
117 points by pieter1976 on Aug 19, 2016 | 45 comments
10254.
It’s a-me: How Super Mario became a global cultural icon (economist.com)
117 points by brandur on Dec 28, 2016 | 45 comments
10255.
Updating Torrents via DHT Mutable Items (bittorrent.org)
117 points by sktrdie on Aug 9, 2016 | 44 comments
10256.
A practical guide for learning meditation through the art of gaming (qz.com)
117 points by prostoalex on Dec 2, 2016 | 42 comments
10257.
How to Set Up and Deploy to a 1000-Node Docker Swarm (blog.nimbleci.com)
117 points by emmetogrady on Aug 17, 2016 | 41 comments
10258.
Rebol vs. Lisp Macros (blog.hostilefork.com)
117 points by vanderZwan on Apr 28, 2016 | 38 comments
10259.
How a Pillar of German Banking Lost Its Way (spiegel.de)
117 points by fforflo on Nov 26, 2016 | 38 comments
10260.
How Scams Worked in the 1800s (npr.org)
117 points by brahmwg on Apr 10, 2016 | 37 comments