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1.
Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2017) (english.stackexchange.com)
1220 points by flexagoon 8 months ago | 289 comments
2.
US developers can offer non-app store purchasing, Apple still collect commission (macrumors.com)
911 points by virgildotcodes 8 months ago | 1300 comments
3.
Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling (sitinshade.com)
963 points by Amithv 8 months ago | 210 comments
4.
AlphaGeometry: An Olympiad-level AI system for geometry (deepmind.google)
545 points by FlawedReformer 8 months ago | 170 comments
5.
K/simple: a tiny K interpreter for educational purposes by Arthur Whitney (github.com/kparc)
236 points by todsacerdoti 8 months ago | 86 comments
6.
Fluorite lenses: Corrective capabilities beyond ordinary optical glass (global.canon)
334 points by neilv 8 months ago | 117 comments
7.
Willow Protocol (willowprotocol.org)
429 points by todsacerdoti 8 months ago | 121 comments
8.
Apple built iCloud to store billions of databases (engineerscodex.com)
497 points by gempir 8 months ago | 190 comments
9.
John Lasseter drew the BSD daemon logo (jacobelder.com)
440 points by jelder 8 months ago | 96 comments
10.
Flowblade: Open-source video editor for Linux (jliljebl.github.io)
288 points by ponsfrilus 8 months ago | 91 comments
11.
BBC BASIC raytracer in 432 characters (mastodon.me.uk)
194 points by neffo 8 months ago | 91 comments
12.
Show HN: Shadeup – A language that makes WebGPU easier (shadeup.dev)
179 points by jrmydev 8 months ago | 56 comments
13.
Computer Engineering for Babies (2021) (computerengineeringforbabies.com)
207 points by varjag 8 months ago | 63 comments
14.
Some memories of Niklaus Wirth (odersky.github.io)
209 points by gautamcgoel 8 months ago | 61 comments
15.
Show HN: Htmldocs – Typeset and generate pdfs with HTML/CSS (htmldocs.com)
226 points by kelvinzhang 8 months ago | 89 comments
16.
"Amazonian dark earth" was the work of ancient humans (bbc.com)
174 points by billybuckwheat 8 months ago | 112 comments
17.
PixieFail: Nine Vulnerabilities UEFI Implementations (quarkslab.com)
152 points by weinzierl 8 months ago | 98 comments
18.
'A mouse for your mouth': New device allows users to scroll with their tongues (nbcnews.com)
147 points by cannibalXxx 8 months ago | 70 comments
19.
Hacking into an insurance company by exploiting their premium calculator (eaton-works.com)
459 points by EatonZ 8 months ago | 101 comments
20.
Z – Jump around (github.com/rupa)
139 points by lovestaco 8 months ago | 75 comments
21.
ALOHA robot learns from humans to cook, clean, do laundry (venturebeat.com)
125 points by walterbell 8 months ago | 90 comments
22.
Judge blocks JetBlue from acquiring Spirit Airlines (nytimes.com)
149 points by i0exception 8 months ago | 115 comments
23.
Machine embroidery of light-emitting textiles with electroluminescent threads (science.org)
108 points by PaulHoule 8 months ago | 21 comments
24.
From Vexing Uncertainty to Intellectual Humility (oup.com)
107 points by agronaut 8 months ago | 20 comments
25.
Apple's bad faith 27% tax on web purchases (twitter.com/timsweeneyepic)
419 points by sdepablos 8 months ago | 364 comments
26.
FAQ on Leaving Google (clawhammer.net)
462 points by mrled 8 months ago | 326 comments
27.
OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pentagon (semafor.com)
371 points by mfiguiere 8 months ago | 472 comments
28.
Browsh: The modern text-based web browser (brow.sh)
202 points by theycallhermax 8 months ago | 34 comments
29.
Quake on an FPGA (MRISC32 CPU) [video] (vimeo.com)
113 points by mbitsnbites 8 months ago | 104 comments
30.
Patrick McKenzie (patio11) on navigating complex systems (conversationswithtyler.com)
124 points by kulor 8 months ago | 90 comments

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