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31.Research indicates that only about half of perceived friendships are mutual (nytimes.com)
150 points by hvo on Aug 8, 2016 | 151 comments
32.Emperor Akihito of Japan Raises Possibility of Leaving Throne (nytimes.com)
147 points by aaronbrethorst on Aug 8, 2016 | 181 comments
33.Dtrace Conf 2016 Event Videos (joyent.com)
76 points by solarengineer on Aug 7, 2016 | 10 comments
34.OpenBSD binpatches and package updates (mtier.org)
65 points by crasm on Aug 8, 2016 | 39 comments
35.AMA: We Are the Google Brain Team (reddit.com)
130 points by turing on Aug 8, 2016 | 4 comments
36.Meccano Differential Analyzer (hackaday.com)
47 points by l1n on Aug 8, 2016 | 8 comments
37.How to Give Rural America Broadband? Look to the Early 1900s (nytimes.com)
72 points by dredmorbius on Aug 8, 2016 | 74 comments
38.Version 11 of Mathematica (wolfram.com)
146 points by NoXReX on Aug 8, 2016 | 99 comments
39.Thousands of Delta passengers delayed by computer outage (bbc.co.uk)
115 points by 0xbadf00d on Aug 8, 2016 | 121 comments
40.America at the Atomic Crossroads (newyorker.com)
65 points by markmassie on Aug 8, 2016 | 16 comments
41.NSIS 3.0 ready (sourceforge.net)
73 points by networked on Aug 8, 2016 | 49 comments
42.Apocalypse 5: Pattern Matching (2006) (perl6.org)
45 points by _acme on Aug 8, 2016 | 3 comments
43.Purely Functional Linux with NixOS [video] (begriffs.com)
169 points by begriffs on Aug 8, 2016 | 142 comments
44.Kids can now learn to code with Pocky, the delicious Japanese snack (theverge.com)
87 points by _qik1 on Aug 8, 2016 | 63 comments
45.EU expands copyright to furniture and extends term by a century (privateinternetaccess.com)
105 points by mirceasoaica on Aug 8, 2016 | 53 comments
46.3 Human Chimeras That Already Exist (scientificamerican.com)
54 points by kungfudoi on Aug 8, 2016 | 5 comments
47.40-Thread Xeon PC Build for Less Than the Price of a Broadwell-E Core I7 (techspot.com)
99 points by Fjolsvith on Aug 8, 2016 | 32 comments
48.Foreign residential property buyers to be taxed at 15% in Vancouver (economist.com)
89 points by dotch on Aug 8, 2016 | 78 comments
49.Run instant authentication checks on any government issued ID (confirm.io)
72 points by willow9886 on Aug 8, 2016 | 89 comments
50.Finland: The early stage nation in need of late stage money (thenordicweb.com)
39 points by neilpeel on Aug 8, 2016 | 6 comments
51.Hackers Make the First-Ever Ransomware for Smart Thermostats (vice.com)
66 points by ProZsolt on Aug 8, 2016 | 42 comments
52.Dormant Earth germs could spring to life in a Martian puddle (wired.com)
54 points by _qik1 on Aug 8, 2016 | 48 comments
53.NeoWize (YC S16) Personalizes E-Commerce Sites to New Users (themacro.com)
33 points by stvnchn on Aug 8, 2016 | 19 comments
54.Bitcoin Bail-Ins and Yuan Bets (bloomberg.com)
48 points by kgwgk on Aug 8, 2016 | 56 comments
55.The Controversial First Role to Hire After Your “A Round” (bothsidesofthetable.com)
64 points by arash_milani on Aug 8, 2016 | 37 comments
56.‘No Empirical Evidence’ for Thomas Piketty’s Inequality Theory (wsj.com)
42 points by davidklemke on Aug 7, 2016 | 88 comments
57.Always Already Translated (publicbooks.org)
20 points by lermontov on Aug 7, 2016 | 6 comments
58.Cat People vs. Dog People (facebook.com)
91 points by geedzmo on Aug 8, 2016 | 85 comments
59.Destroy All Software relaunches (destroyallsoftware.com)
70 points by pg_bot on Aug 8, 2016 | 18 comments
60.Video of Valley Mogul Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times Could Send Him to Jail (thedailybeast.com)
94 points by nreece on Aug 8, 2016 | 73 comments

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