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1981.

Google Chrome Pages Refresh 28% Faster Because of Facebook (1reddrop.com)

39 points by ryan_j_naughton on Jan 28, 2017 | 25 comments

1982.

Bitcoin plunges as much as 20 percent as Chinese yuan soars (reuters.com)

39 points by artsandsci on Jan 5, 2017 | 21 comments

1983.

Simulations suggest Planet Nine may have been a rogue (phys.org)

39 points by dnetesn on Jan 13, 2017 | 21 comments

1984.

Intel to Acquire 15 Percent Ownership of Here (newsroom.intel.com)

39 points by dbosch on Jan 4, 2017 | 20 comments

1985.

The UBI already exists for the 1% (medium.com)

39 points by Parbeyjr on Jan 4, 2017 | 17 comments

1986.

RedHat Ansible High-Risk Vulnerability (lwn.net)

39 points by fapjacks on Jan 20, 2017 | 10 comments

1987.

Postscript: Time Goes On (2014) (learnyousomeerlang.com)

39 points by tosh on Jan 3, 2017 | 9 comments

1988.

The Elaborate Wig-Snatching Schemes of the 18th Century (atlasobscura.com)

39 points by pepys on Jan 10, 2017 | 6 comments

1989.

Anthropologists Uncover Art by (Really) Old Masters–38,000 Year-Old Engravings (nyu.edu)

39 points by baalcat on Jan 27, 2017 | 6 comments

1990.

Q&A with YC Partners at Startup School [video] (blog.ycombinator.com)

39 points by craigcannon on Jan 2, 2017 | 4 comments

1991.

Placebo effects in cognitive training [pdf] (pnas.org)

39 points by lainon on Jan 22, 2017 | 4 comments

1992.

EFF Is Proud to Stand Beside Techdirt in Its First Amendment Fight for Its Life (eff.org)

39 points by DiabloD3 on Jan 13, 2017 | 3 comments

1993.

OpenSSH 6.8-6.9 PTY local privilege escalation exploit (CVE-2015-6565) (openwall.com)

39 points by emilburzo on Jan 27, 2017 | 3 comments

1994.

A Woman Was Killed by a Superbug Resistant to All 26 American Antibiotics (theatlantic.com)

39 points by dsego on Jan 13, 2017 | 1 comments

1995.

Fleeced by Israeli binary options firm, Canadian man dies by suicide (timesofisrael.com)

39 points by t0mas88 on Jan 22, 2017 | 1 comments

1996.

Show HN: awslambdaproxy an AWS Lambda powered HTTP(s) web proxy (github.com)

39 points by danvittegleo on Jan 2, 2017 | 0 comments

1997.

Rake’s Progress: A Look at the Well-Traveled Casanova (nytimes.com)

39 points by Thevet on Jan 7, 2017 | 0 comments

1998.

Universal Basic Income (igmchicago.org)

38 points by oli5679 on Jan 3, 2017 | 74 comments

1999.

Ask HN: Should I invest in a desktop PC in 2017?

38 points by terminalcommand on Jan 16, 2017 | 69 comments

2000.

‘Where Does Cloud Storage Really Reside? And Is It Secure?’ (nytimes.com)

38 points by dnetesn on Jan 23, 2017 | 60 comments

2001.

India’s Call-Center Talents Put to a Criminal Use: Swindling Americans (nytimes.com)

38 points by flippyhead on Jan 4, 2017 | 52 comments

2002.

Fleet of 12 Nuclear Submarines in Line for Pentagon Approval (bloomberg.com)

38 points by JumpCrisscross on Jan 5, 2017 | 50 comments

2003.

Is there an alternative to Stack Overflow?

38 points by Madcatm2 on Jan 26, 2017 | 42 comments

2004.

Questionable “Young Blood” Transfusions Offered in U.S. As Anti-Aging Remedy (technologyreview.com)

38 points by bootload on Jan 13, 2017 | 41 comments

2005.

Ask HN: How did you escape your 9 to 5 job?

38 points by alharbi on Jan 30, 2017 | 24 comments

2006.

Gartner Says 2016 Marked Fifth Consecutive Year of Worldwide PC Shipment Decline (gartner.com)

38 points by danieldk on Jan 12, 2017 | 22 comments

2007.

Orthogonality and CSS in JS (benmccormick.org)

38 points by ben336 on Jan 4, 2017 | 18 comments

2008.

Internet Archive’s Trump Archive Launches Today (blog.archive.org)

38 points by bane on Jan 6, 2017 | 17 comments

2009.

Ask HN: What's the best path to learn JavaScript as a beginner?

38 points by applecrazy on Jan 6, 2017 | 15 comments

2010.

Top 50 Vendors by Total Number of Distinct Vulnerabilities in 2016 (cvedetails.com)

38 points by inian on Jan 1, 2017 | 13 comments