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1. Introducing Guesstimate, a Spreadsheet for Things That Aren’t Certain (medium.com/guesstimate-blog)
559 points by freefrancisco on Dec 31, 2015 | 94 comments
2. Reverse Engineering for Beginners (beginners.re)
340 points by ingve on Dec 30, 2015 | 34 comments
3. Concepts for Your Cognitive Toolkit (mcntyr.com)
240 points by cryoshon on Dec 31, 2015 | 44 comments
4. Flat Tree Dependency Resolution in Npm v3 (npmjs.com)
113 points by funerr on Dec 31, 2015 | 119 comments
5. Swift: Commonly Rejected Changes (github.com/apple)
221 points by ingve on Dec 31, 2015 | 87 comments
6. Joyce K. Reynolds, co-editor of RFCs, has died (ietf.org)
186 points by hydragit on Dec 31, 2015 | 9 comments
7. Do the math on your stock options (jvns.ca)
445 points by jackgavigan on Dec 30, 2015 | 247 comments
8. Reverse engineering the ARM1, ancestor of the iPhone's processor (righto.com)
126 points by reportingsjr on Dec 31, 2015 | 44 comments
9. React Router 2.0.0 (github.com/rackt)
119 points by tilt on Dec 30, 2015 | 67 comments
10. The Irresistible Psychology of Fairy Tales (newrepublic.com)
57 points by jimsojim on Dec 30, 2015 | 4 comments
11. Findings from 15 years of the International Space Station (theconversation.com)
77 points by evo_9 on Dec 31, 2015 | 33 comments
12. Teach Yourself Logic 2016: A Study Guide [pdf] (academia.edu)
100 points by rfreytag on Dec 31, 2015 | 15 comments
13. NSA Cheerleaders Discover Value of Privacy Only When Their Own Is Violated (theintercept.com)
597 points by bainsfather on Dec 31, 2015 | 119 comments
14. Twitter’s updated Mac app wasn’t made by Twitter (theverge.com)
155 points by coloneltcb on Dec 30, 2015 | 87 comments
15. The “Chad” bug (plus.google.com)
220 points by mrb on Dec 31, 2015 | 153 comments
16. Amiga OS Kickstart and Workbench source coded leaked (commodore.ninja)
99 points by Audiophilip on Dec 30, 2015 | 59 comments
17. WebSockets: caution required (samsaffron.com)
216 points by strzalek on Dec 30, 2015 | 110 comments
18. Dolphin Emulator Wiimote can speak now (dolphin-emu.org)
67 points by dEnigma on Dec 30, 2015 | 10 comments
19. Make a Doom level, part 2: design (eev.ee)
113 points by fcambus on Dec 31, 2015 | 11 comments
20. Mega ships bring benefits and challenges to ports of L.A. and Long Beach (latimes.com)
51 points by adventured on Dec 31, 2015 | 17 comments
21. How software developers helped end the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone (theguardian.com)
76 points by danso on Dec 30, 2015 | 19 comments
22. A Requiem for Ian Murdock (ebb.org)
411 points by hepha1979 on Dec 31, 2015 | 122 comments
23. Incorporating and accessing binary data into a C program (smackerelofopinion.blogspot.com)
110 points by signa11 on Dec 31, 2015 | 34 comments
24. Why Go Still Foils the Computers (wsj.com)
40 points by lxm on Dec 31, 2015 | 30 comments
25. Making a dual typed / untyped Racket library (unitscale.com)
44 points by Tomte on Dec 31, 2015
26. Engineers demo first processor that uses light for ultrafast communications (news.berkeley.edu)
120 points by signa11 on Dec 31, 2015 | 24 comments
27. Mark Zuckerberg's Free Basics argument doesn't address conflicts of interest (techinasia.com)
173 points by williswee on Dec 31, 2015 | 152 comments
28. Governments deterring businessmen and tourists with cumbersome visa requirements (economist.com)
69 points by e15ctr0n on Dec 30, 2015 | 59 comments
29. How Will Consumers Use Faster Internet Speeds? (freedom-to-tinker.com)
43 points by simoncion on Dec 30, 2015 | 68 comments
30. British Library to put George III's map collection online (theartnewspaper.com)
59 points by Amanjeev on Dec 31, 2015 | 7 comments

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