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1. “Play-to-Earn” and Bullshit Jobs (paulbutler.org)
1222 points by paulgb on Dec 28, 2021 | 670 comments
2. Prince of Persia in JavaScript (princejs.com)
887 points by colinprince on Dec 28, 2021 | 225 comments
3. Takeaways from looking for a new senior role in tech (philcalcado.com)
431 points by braza on Dec 27, 2021 | 355 comments
4. Gobolinux : Redefining Linux filesystem hierarchy (gobolinux.org)
329 points by cassepipe on Dec 28, 2021 | 216 comments
5. Japan's Paper Culture (jetpens.com)
360 points by thomas on Dec 28, 2021 | 152 comments
6. Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects (drewdevault.com)
606 points by Tomte on Dec 28, 2021 | 460 comments
7. No one is certain what Roman bronze dodecahedrons were used for (2018) (mentalfloss.com)
217 points by evo_9 on Dec 28, 2021 | 207 comments
8. Grok {Shan, Shui}*: Advent of understanding the generative art (zverok.github.io)
227 points by abetusk on Dec 28, 2021 | 22 comments
9. The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013) (archive.org)
307 points by marcodiego on Dec 28, 2021 | 268 comments
10. LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised (bleepingcomputer.com)
559 points by markplindsay on Dec 28, 2021 | 316 comments
11. Want to be an actuary? Odds are, you’ll fail the test (wsj.com)
154 points by pondsider on Dec 28, 2021 | 338 comments
12. Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child (twitter.com/klivdahl)
644 points by lwansbrough on Dec 28, 2021 | 534 comments
13. Tardigrades walk like insects 500k times their size (arstechnica.com)
160 points by _Microft on Dec 28, 2021 | 74 comments
14. Should you contribute open data to OpenStreetMap? (ctrl.blog)
240 points by nathan_phoenix on Dec 28, 2021 | 217 comments
15. A Zimbabwean archaeologist reimagines the story of an African civilisation (economist.com)
196 points by selimthegrim on Dec 28, 2021 | 135 comments
16. Down the Rabbit Hole: The world of estranged parents' forums (2015) (issendai.com)
253 points by jasonhansel on Dec 28, 2021 | 201 comments
17. The Beverly Clock (wikipedia.org)
177 points by ColinWright on Dec 27, 2021 | 49 comments
18. C Is Not a Low-level Language (2018) (acm.org)
204 points by goranmoomin on Dec 27, 2021 | 192 comments
19. ‘Hard’ skills from PhDs remain relevant beyond academia (nature.com)
178 points by nabla9 on Dec 28, 2021 | 171 comments
20. Superhighway84 – a Usenet-inspired decentralized internet discussion system (xn--gckvb8fzb.com)
175 points by d99kris on Dec 27, 2021 | 78 comments
21. LuaTeX Comes of Age (2017) (lwn.net)
134 points by goranmoomin on Dec 28, 2021 | 41 comments
22. DIY Mail (computer.rip)
173 points by zdw on Dec 27, 2021 | 75 comments
23. France's Jean Zay supercomputer now has an integrated photonic coprocessor (techradar.com)
209 points by mardiyah on Dec 27, 2021 | 103 comments
24. Ask HN: How to find a job in 2021 if I dislike remote?
266 points by throwawayfrmt on Dec 28, 2021 | 261 comments
25. How to Think: The Skill You’ve Never Been Taught (fs.blog)
277 points by rowanajmarshall on Dec 28, 2021 | 132 comments
26. MIT Scheme on Apple Silicon (kennethfriedman.org)
145 points by kennethfriedman on Dec 27, 2021 | 82 comments
27. GnuPG used to ask for your support to help protect online privacy (gnupg.org)
241 points by elvis70 on Dec 28, 2021 | 144 comments
28. Redo: A recursive, general-purpose build system (redo.readthedocs.io)
113 points by jstearns on Dec 28, 2021 | 92 comments
29. Mocking Bird – Realtime Voice Clone for Chinese (github.com/babysor)
163 points by axiomdata316 on Dec 28, 2021 | 64 comments
30. Systems Software Research is Irrelevant (2000) [pdf] (herpolhode.com)
128 points by feross on Dec 28, 2021 | 68 comments

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