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16171.

Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match (nytimes.com)

81 points by dsr12 on Apr 21, 2018 | 84 comments

16172.

Japan Fights Crowds of Crows (2008) (nytimes.com)

81 points by DyslexicAtheist on Jun 1, 2018 | 83 comments

16173.

Alphabet shareholders reject diversity proposal backed by employees (reuters.com)

81 points by carapace on Jun 7, 2018 | 81 comments

16174.

Benzodiazepines: Our Other Prescription Drug Problem (journalistsresource.org)

81 points by pratheekrebala on Aug 20, 2018 | 81 comments

16175.

Apple in 2017: Report Card (sixcolors.com)

81 points by mpweiher on Jan 26, 2018 | 79 comments

16176.

The Gluten Project: A Search Engine for 35K Certified Gluten-Free Products (glutenproject.com)

81 points by dpflan on Feb 18, 2018 | 79 comments

16177.

What an Audacious Hoax Reveals About Academia (theatlantic.com)

81 points by zwieback on Oct 5, 2018 | 79 comments

16178.

Windows 10: Microsoft is looking to force people to use its Edge browser (theguardian.com)

81 points by oneeyedpigeon on Mar 19, 2018 | 78 comments

16179.

Bombing forest fires sounds ridiculous, but is grounded in physics (popularmechanics.com)

81 points by raleighm on Aug 11, 2018 | 78 comments

16180.

The perils of microtask work (arstechnica.com)

81 points by okket on Sep 23, 2018 | 78 comments

16181.

What is Money? (1913) (moslereconomics.com)

81 points by hapnin on Mar 8, 2018 | 77 comments

16182.

Footsteps, Pressure Sensors, and AI: The Next Step in Airport Security (eetimes.com)

81 points by rbanffy on May 31, 2018 | 77 comments

16183.

Astranis emerges from stealth with new satellite tech for connecting the world (techcrunch.com)

81 points by sethbannon on Mar 1, 2018 | 76 comments

16184.

'Space graffiti': astronomers angry over launch of fake star into sky (theguardian.com)

81 points by gooseus on Jan 26, 2018 | 74 comments

16185.

South Korean law to punish boosters passes in the National Assembly (dotesports.com)

81 points by walterbell on Dec 10, 2018 | 72 comments

16186.

The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant (2005) (nickbostrom.com)

81 points by AdeptusAquinas on Apr 28, 2018 | 71 comments

16187.

Things an architect should know (readingdesign.org)

81 points by bookofjoe on Oct 23, 2018 | 71 comments

16188.

The Predictions of Robert A. Heinlein, from the Cold War to the Waterbed (rossdawson.com)

81 points by Hard_Space on Nov 20, 2018 | 71 comments

16189.

Apple tells Congress it found no signs of hacking attack (reuters.com)

81 points by okket on Oct 8, 2018 | 70 comments

16190.

Write dumb code (matthewrocklin.com)

81 points by luord on Jan 29, 2018 | 66 comments

16191.

Chat is Google's next big fix for Android's messaging mess (theverge.com)

81 points by OberstKrueger on Apr 20, 2018 | 66 comments

16192.

Two Generals and Time Machines (mwhittaker.github.io)

81 points by networked on Jul 14, 2018 | 66 comments

16193.

Ask HN: Why are cheaper hosting services like OVH not very popular?

81 points by rgun on Sep 16, 2018 | 66 comments

16194.

FAA Issues Boeing 737 AOA Directive After Lion Air Crash (aviationtoday.com)

81 points by hef19898 on Nov 8, 2018 | 66 comments

16195.

A Tale of Two Columbia Classes (heterodoxacademy.org)

81 points by jseliger on Feb 2, 2018 | 65 comments

16196.

Everyone Has an Accent (nytimes.com)

81 points by kilovoltaire on Jul 16, 2018 | 65 comments

16197.

Show HN: Mission Emission – Calculate the emissions a vehicle produces (missionemission.co)