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22021.

A Sloppy Land Surveyor Almost Caused a War Between Missouri and Iowa (atlasobscura.com)

48 points by samclemens on Mar 27, 2017 | 20 comments

22022.

Return to abort() – Using code introspection to prevent stack-smashing (github.com)

48 points by cjd on Jul 10, 2017 | 20 comments

22023.

They Write the Right Stuff (1996) (fastcompany.com)

48 points by fawce on Feb 16, 2017 | 19 comments

22024.

Organizing the world of fonts with AI (medium.com)

48 points by brudgers on Apr 28, 2017 | 19 comments

22025.

Ask HN: Anybody do maths as a hobby?

48 points by examcoffee on Apr 29, 2017 | 19 comments

22026.

Amazon stock reported at -87.24% on Google Finance (google.com)

48 points by ulcica on Jul 3, 2017 | 19 comments

22027.

How to build a wireless street lighting system (thingsquare.com)

48 points by adunk on Nov 4, 2017 | 19 comments

22028.

Show HN: Tool for visualizing GitHub profiles (github.com)

48 points by Wronskia on Dec 21, 2017 | 19 comments

22029.

Vitamin B6 and B12 Supplements Appear to Cause Cancer in Men (theatlantic.com)

48 points by helloworld on Aug 25, 2017 | 18 comments

22030.

The Binary System Was Created Before Leibniz (m.cacm.acm.org)

48 points by rayascott on Oct 15, 2017 | 18 comments

22031.

Superhuman AI in heads-up no-limit poker: Libratus beats top professionals [pdf] (science.sciencemag.org)

48 points by fmihaila on Dec 21, 2017 | 18 comments

22032.

Summary of My Meeting with Google AMP Team (alexkras.com)

48 points by akras14 on Jan 27, 2017 | 17 comments

22033.

A Bee Mogul Confronts the Crisis in His Field (nytimes.com)

48 points by iamjeff on Feb 20, 2017 | 17 comments

22034.

Can We Have Form Objects in Elixir? (blog.lelonek.me)

48 points by squixy on Mar 28, 2017 | 17 comments

22035.

How do you tag a jellyfish? (futureoftheocean.wordpress.com)

48 points by Tomte on Aug 4, 2017 | 17 comments

22036.

U.S. Bribery Case Sheds Light on Mysterious Chinese Company (nytimes.com)

48 points by thisisit on Nov 22, 2017 | 17 comments

22037.

Using predictive analytics to spot students in danger of dropping out (mobile.nytimes.com)

48 points by mooreds on Feb 8, 2017 | 16 comments

22038.

A judicial no-man's land in the Idaho part of Yellowstone (2016) (vice.com)

48 points by Tomte on Feb 23, 2017 | 16 comments

22039.

The negative Flynn Effect: A systematic literature review [pdf] (gwern.net)

48 points by gwern on Feb 24, 2017 | 16 comments

22040.

Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression (dcdave.com)

48 points by bootload on Apr 7, 2017 | 16 comments

22041.

Findings about schizophrenia rekindle old questions about genes, identity (2016) (newyorker.com)

48 points by benbreen on Apr 30, 2017 | 16 comments

22042.

Show HN: EuroKeks, a stock exchange parody for memes (35.000 orders processed) (eurokeks.com)

48 points by logicien on May 9, 2017 | 16 comments

22043.

Zip code better predictor of health than genetic code (hsph.harvard.edu)

48 points by mnkc on Jul 11, 2017 | 16 comments

22044.

Many of the best Scrabble players are Thais who don't speak English (2014) (thestar.com.my)

48 points by Tomte on Jul 21, 2017 | 16 comments

22045.

How to avoid cognitive biases when you get paid to think (invertedpassion.com)

48 points by paraschopra on Dec 14, 2017 | 16 comments

22046.

New fake SegWit2X: premining millions (github.com)

48 points by jasonjmcghee on Dec 27, 2017 | 16 comments

22047.

Apple has ruined its podcasts app (slate.com)

48 points by protomyth on Dec 9, 2017 | 15 comments

22048.

Ask HN: Best Intro to Accounting/QuickBooks?

48 points by kogir on Feb 18, 2017 | 15 comments

22049.

Russia Bans LinkedIn (themoscowtimes.com)

48 points by michalu on Apr 15, 2017 | 15 comments

22050.

How GitLab Abandoned the Unix Philosophy (redmonk.com)

48 points by MilnerRoute on Jun 25, 2017 | 15 comments