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15451.
Destruction of large numbers of jobs by robots unlikely, says new OECD Study (robotenomics.com)
75 points by Robotenomics on May 19, 2016 | 114 comments
15452.
“Smartphone” is the wrong name (loup-vaillant.fr)
75 points by loup-vaillant on Feb 22, 2016 | 112 comments
15453.
Fancy Dorms Aren’t the Main Reason Tuition Is Skyrocketing (fivethirtyeight.com)
75 points by curtis on Sep 14, 2016 | 112 comments
15454.
Content is dead (veekaybee.github.io)
75 points by vkb on Apr 7, 2016 | 109 comments
15455.
Trent Reznor says YouTube is “built on the backs of free, stolen content” (factmag.com)
75 points by dismal2 on Jun 15, 2016 | 103 comments
15456.
The stuff we need is getting more expensive, other stuff is getting cheaper (washingtonpost.com)
75 points by jseliger on Aug 19, 2016 | 102 comments
15457.
The American Economy Is in a Funk, But Not for the Reasons We Think (freakonomics.com)
75 points by Teckla on Mar 20, 2016 | 99 comments
15458.
New research suggests that social mobility in America may be more limited (washingtonpost.com)
75 points by mondaine on Oct 8, 2016 | 92 comments
15459.
Portable systemd services (lwn.net)
75 points by cheiVia0 on Nov 17, 2016 | 89 comments
15460.
Why Are New York City’s Streets Always Under Construction? (nytimes.com)
75 points by dankohn1 on Aug 18, 2016 | 88 comments
15461.
Liberal, Moderate or Conservative? See How Facebook Labels You (nytimes.com)
75 points by eplanit on Aug 24, 2016 | 87 comments
15462.
Doctors issue warning about effects of LED streetlights on health (theconversation.com)
75 points by cauterized on Jun 28, 2016 | 86 comments
15463.
The way ahead (economist.com)
75 points by blahi on Oct 6, 2016 | 85 comments
15464.
A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is pushing it (electrek.co)
75 points by acusticthoughts on Aug 29, 2016 | 84 comments
15465.
Liquid assets: how the business of bottled water went mad (theguardian.com)
75 points by thoughtfox on Oct 7, 2016 | 83 comments
15466.
Could Cats and Dogs Feel the Same Emotions We Do? (nautil.us)
75 points by dnetesn on Apr 29, 2016 | 79 comments
15467.
Global Markets, Initially Shaken, Edge Higher After Trump Victory (nytimes.com)
75 points by samsolomon on Nov 9, 2016 | 77 comments
15468.
North Korea Sentences U.S. Student to 15 Years Hard Labor (bloomberg.com)
75 points by huac on Mar 16, 2016 | 75 comments
15469.
Ask HN: How do you manage you money?
75 points by ehudla on Jul 3, 2016 | 73 comments
15470.
Tower for Windows (git-tower.com)
75 points by speter on Oct 10, 2016 | 73 comments
15471.
The Tunguska Event (slate.com)
75 points by bootload on Feb 23, 2016 | 71 comments
15472.
Are PhD Students Irrational? (lareviewofbooks.org)
75 points by jseliger on Aug 30, 2016 | 71 comments
15473.
Saving Canada's only desert (dw.com)
75 points by nkurz on Aug 14, 2016 | 69 comments
15474.
Shadows and Blur Effects in Modern UI Design (blogs.adobe.com)
75 points by babich on Nov 16, 2016 | 66 comments
15475.
Mozilla Firefox Add-On Signing Update (blog.mozilla.org)
75 points by e15ctr0n on Jan 23, 2016 | 65 comments
15476.
San Francisco tech worker: 'I don't want to see homeless riff-raff' (theguardian.com)
75 points by frostmatthew on Feb 18, 2016 | 65 comments
15477.
Pilot test of storing carbon dioxide in rocks (arstechnica.com)
75 points by jseliger on Jun 9, 2016 | 63 comments
15478.
Ask HN: Experience vs. Education?
75 points by gmemstr on Nov 2, 2016 | 63 comments
15479.
Leaving CMU (blog.smola.org)
75 points by taylorbuley on Jun 16, 2016 | 62 comments
15480.
Don't Blame a 'Skills Gap' for Lack of Hiring in Manufacturing (fivethirtyeight.com)
75 points by _delirium on Sep 8, 2016 | 62 comments