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31. “The following surprisingly difficult problem was given to my son's Math Circle” (plus.google.com)
90 points by thepoet on Oct 21, 2014 | 89 comments
32. The anarchic experimental schools of the 1970s (bbc.co.uk)
92 points by wldlyinaccurate on Oct 21, 2014 | 66 comments
33. Introducing Consul Template (hashicorp.com)
101 points by Perceptes on Oct 21, 2014 | 16 comments
34. [dupe] Sweet Alert for Bootstrap – Blends nicely with any Bootstrap based project (lipis.github.io)
95 points by lipis on Oct 21, 2014 | 36 comments
35. Synaptic – Architecture-free neural network library for Node.js and the browser (juancazala.com)
82 points by chirola on Oct 21, 2014 | 6 comments
36. Martin Gardner, puzzle master extraordinaire (bbc.co.uk)
76 points by Bzomak on Oct 21, 2014 | 12 comments
37. Redis Sentinel properties and fail scenarios (antirez.com)
75 points by mmastrac on Oct 21, 2014 | 6 comments
38. Neural Turing Machines [pdf] (arxiv.org)
75 points by neurologic on Oct 21, 2014 | 11 comments
39. Hoverboard? Still in the Future (nytimes.com)
74 points by declan on Oct 21, 2014 | 40 comments
40. Tracking Planes with RTL-SDR and Dump1090 (satsignal.eu)
72 points by acdanger on Oct 21, 2014 | 13 comments
41. The Lyme Wars (2013) (newyorker.com)
76 points by gwern on Oct 21, 2014 | 50 comments
42. Checkboxes that kill your product (limi.net)
58 points by coppolaemilio on Oct 21, 2014 | 56 comments
43. Privilege Escalation on Windows 8/UEFI Systems (mitre.org)
55 points by chopin on Oct 21, 2014 | 10 comments
44. Governor Snyder signs a law to ban Tesla direct sales in Michigan (wxyz.com)
63 points by infinitebattery on Oct 21, 2014 | 55 comments
45. Paul Dirac: The Quiet Genius Died 30 Years Ago (lindau-nobel.org)
54 points by MaysonL on Oct 21, 2014 | 14 comments
46. Ask HN: Gaming with one arm
51 points by chrissyb on Oct 21, 2014 | 50 comments
47. Why the World Is Too Optimistic About China's Economic Future (qz.com)
64 points by jeffreyrogers on Oct 21, 2014 | 44 comments
48. VimSwitch: Use Your Vim Settings Everwhere (priomsrb.github.io)
48 points by whollopfiend on Oct 21, 2014 | 14 comments
49. Lockheed Martin’s Claims on Fusion Energy Meet with Skepticism (technologyreview.com)
47 points by ghosh on Oct 21, 2014 | 46 comments
50. Does evolutionary theory need a rethink? (nature.com)
46 points by benbreen on Oct 21, 2014 | 32 comments
51. In Oakland, a Sign of Some Very High Times (techcrunch.com)
47 points by ot on Oct 21, 2014 | 52 comments
52. Hendo Hoverboards (kickstarter.com)
41 points by ynotgiant on Oct 21, 2014 | 4 comments
53. What Every C Programmer Should Know About Undefined Behavior Part 1 (2011) (llvm.org)
38 points by adamnemecek on Oct 21, 2014 | 18 comments
54. Hervé This: The world's weirdest chef, building food molecule by molecule (prospectmagazine.co.uk)
37 points by gwern on Oct 21, 2014 | 2 comments
55. Martin Gardner's best mathematical puzzles (theguardian.com)
34 points by CarolineW on Oct 21, 2014 | 6 comments
56. Did the “Man with No Name” Feel Insecure? (googleprojectzero.blogspot.com)
32 points by DiabloD3 on Oct 21, 2014 | 8 comments
57. [dupe] Google Acquires Firebase to Help Developers Build Better Real-Time Apps (techcrunch.com)
32 points by uptown on Oct 21, 2014 | 1 comment
58. Basic Aspects of Squeak and the Smalltalk-80 Programming Language (1998) (canterbury.ac.nz)
30 points by shawndumas on Oct 21, 2014 | 2 comments
59. Mathematics in the Age of the Turing Machine (2013) (arxiv.org)
30 points by gwern on Oct 21, 2014 | 1 comment
60. Plants Can “Hear” Pests Attack (agweb.com)
30 points by mikeleeorg on Oct 21, 2014 | 4 comments

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