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31.SolarWinds’ shares drop 22 per cent. But what’s this? $286M in stock sales (theregister.com)
192 points by wglb on Dec 17, 2020 | 74 comments
32.Facebook Takes Out Newspaper Ads to Attack Apple's Strengthening iOS Privacy (daringfireball.net)
325 points by laktak on Dec 17, 2020 | 185 comments
33.Research in Programming Languages (2012) (tagide.com)
66 points by swyx on Dec 16, 2020 | 40 comments
34.Reverse engineering the Nest home/away API (emilburzo.com)
80 points by emilburzo on Dec 17, 2020 | 20 comments
35.Ultra-processed foods and the corporate capture of nutrition (bmj.com)
193 points by CapitalistCartr on Dec 17, 2020 | 337 comments
36.Why CockroachDB and PostgreSQL Are Compatible (cockroachlabs.com)
160 points by gesaint on Dec 16, 2020 | 57 comments
37.Lessons from building and growing an open source SaaS (plausible.io)
173 points by markosaric on Dec 17, 2020 | 41 comments
38.Building a $400 at-home DIY spin bike for Peloton and Apple Fitness+ (montemagno.com)
122 points by rchaudhary on Dec 16, 2020 | 89 comments
39.Zstandard v1.4.7 (github.com/facebook)
211 points by varbhat on Dec 17, 2020 | 73 comments
40.17 USC 1201, DMCA Exemptions and Software Freedom (sfconservancy.org)
70 points by pabs3 on Dec 17, 2020 | 16 comments
41.MindGeek: The owner of Pornhub and RedTube (arstechnica.com)
191 points by feross on Dec 17, 2020 | 166 comments
42.Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, smartphones and more (reuters.com)
184 points by neogodless on Dec 17, 2020 | 139 comments
43.'What's that Skip?' Researchers say kangaroos can communicate with people (theguardian.com)
43 points by MaxBarraclough on Dec 16, 2020 | 30 comments
44.Philosophy of the GNU Project (2018) (gnu.org)
138 points by crazypython on Dec 17, 2020 | 113 comments
45.NASA's Through-Hole Workmanship Req (2002) (nasa.gov)
93 points by mv9 on Dec 16, 2020 | 59 comments
46.Ebiten in 2020 (ebiten.org)
58 points by dcu on Dec 15, 2020 | 9 comments
47.Cloudflare Pages: the best way to build JAMstack websites (cloudflare.com)
265 points by adspedia on Dec 17, 2020 | 88 comments
48.Build a Solar Battery Charger for Ni-MH Batteries (allaboutcircuits.com)
38 points by whereistimbo on Dec 16, 2020 | 7 comments
49.Emails show Navy's 'UFO' patents went through significant internal review (thedrive.com)
155 points by weare138 on Dec 17, 2020 | 164 comments
50.More information on the plant disturbance at Olkiluoto 2 (tvo.fi)
88 points by ericdanielski on Dec 17, 2020 | 33 comments
51.January 1, 2021 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1925 are open to all (duke.edu)
125 points by samizdis on Dec 16, 2020 | 55 comments
52.Larry David and the Game Theory of Anonymous Donations (nautil.us)
64 points by dnetesn on Dec 16, 2020 | 85 comments
53.A New Satellite Can Peer Inside Buildings, Day or Night (futurism.com)
194 points by sbuttgereit on Dec 17, 2020 | 89 comments
54.Tensions in Google's ethical AI group increase as it sends demands to CEO (cnn.com)
169 points by throwawaysea on Dec 17, 2020 | 405 comments
55.Advanced Persistent Threat Compromise of Government Agencies (cisa.gov)
132 points by GrumpyNl on Dec 17, 2020 | 46 comments
56.Show HN: Deep learning tool that repairs damaged/faded photos (hotpot.ai)
83 points by panabee on Dec 17, 2020 | 23 comments
57.When free software isn't practically superior (2015) (gnu.org)
83 points by henning on Dec 17, 2020 | 107 comments
58.React's UseRef Deep Dive (giovannibenussi.com)
70 points by giovannibenussi on Dec 17, 2020 | 85 comments
59.Trump Is Considering Clemency for Silk Road Founder (thedailybeast.com)
200 points by danso on Dec 17, 2020 | 155 comments
60.Commits are shapshots, not diffs (github.blog)
136 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 17, 2020 | 150 comments

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