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1. Zero-click, wormable, cross-platform remote code execution in Microsoft Teams (github.com/oskarsve)
1307 points by Tomte on Dec 7, 2020 | 317 comments
2. With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work on Linux (protondb.com)
938 points by OJFord on Dec 7, 2020 | 544 comments
3. A Modern JavaScript Tutorial (javascript.info)
893 points by ivanche on Dec 7, 2020 | 292 comments
4. Show HN: Boltstream – Self-hosted full end-to-end live video streaming platform (github.com/benwilber)
510 points by benwilber0 on Dec 7, 2020 | 93 comments
5. Gitter now speaks Matrix (matrix.org)
443 points by Arathorn on Dec 7, 2020 | 114 comments
6. Travis CI is no longer providing CI minutes for open source projects
523 points by jameshilliard on Dec 7, 2020 | 187 comments
7. 14 nations commit to protect oceans (nationalgeographic.co.uk)
357 points by hassanahmad on Dec 7, 2020 | 121 comments
8. Uber sells self-driving unit in deal that will push Aurora’s valuation to $10B (techcrunch.com)
347 points by seaucre on Dec 7, 2020 | 360 comments
9. Analog TV Station on ESP8266 (github.com/cnlohr)
365 points by dvfjsdhgfv on Dec 7, 2020 | 73 comments
10. Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley's supremacy (businessinsider.com)
383 points by jacksonpollock on Dec 7, 2020 | 948 comments
11. Falling Out of Love with Apple, Part 3: Content and Censorship (hardware.substack.com)
321 points by zherbert on Dec 7, 2020 | 289 comments
12. How to Make Your Code Reviewer Fall in Love with You (mtlynch.io)
472 points by kiyanwang on Dec 7, 2020 | 169 comments
13. Raft Visualization (thesecretlivesofdata.com)
238 points by dedalus on Dec 6, 2020 | 35 comments
14. Where Did Combinators Come From? Hunting the Story of Moses Schönfinkel (stephenwolfram.com)
173 points by abiboudis on Dec 7, 2020 | 52 comments
15. Rewriting LaTeX in Pure Rust (github.com/crlf0710)
248 points by xvilka on Dec 7, 2020 | 138 comments
16. A container ship lost a record 1,800 containers (one-apus-container-incident.com)
274 points by sdan on Dec 7, 2020 | 303 comments
17. Google removes some IAC browser extensions for 'policy violations' (reuters.com)
141 points by pseudolus on Dec 7, 2020 | 58 comments
18. Librem 5 Evergreen vs. Pinephone (thatgeoguy.ca)
176 points by ThatGeoGuy on Dec 7, 2020 | 121 comments
19. New Sauerbraten 2020 Edition Released (sauerworld.org)
161 points by silentmars on Dec 6, 2020 | 45 comments
20. FuzzOS – an operating system which is designed specifically for fuzzing (gamozolabs.github.io)
122 points by URfejk on Dec 7, 2020 | 21 comments
21. Toledo Zoo first to record biofluorescence in Tasmanian Devils (wtol.com)
102 points by DenverCode on Dec 6, 2020 | 32 comments
22. Areweyet (wiki.mozilla.org)
127 points by URfejk on Dec 6, 2020 | 42 comments
23. Why Programming Is Hard to Fundamentally Improve (2017) (aidancunniffe.com)
197 points by mpweiher on Dec 6, 2020 | 172 comments
24. Show HN: Exophysics – WebGL2 particle simulator (exophysics.net)
80 points by hut0 on Dec 5, 2020 | 25 comments
25. A man who posted himself to Australia (2015) (bbc.com)
145 points by stevekemp on Dec 6, 2020 | 69 comments
26. How Payment Transaction Processing Works (privacy.com)
201 points by mooreds on Dec 7, 2020 | 79 comments
27. Understanding the role of individual units in a deep neural network (pnas.org)
99 points by Anon84 on Dec 6, 2020 | 5 comments
28. Show HN: Squiggle – A Sketch library for making low-fidelity wireframes (ui8.net)
59 points by spking on Dec 6, 2020 | 12 comments
29. Steve Wozniak launches Efforce, a blockchain-based energy-saving platform (efforce.io)
227 points by howlgarnish on Dec 7, 2020 | 285 comments
30. From LEGOs to Ziploc: The Science of the Snap Fit (insidescience.org)
76 points by vo2maxer on Dec 6, 2020 | 23 comments

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