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1. Show HN: My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-name app to prepare (nomdebebe.app)
1077 points by hamaluik on Nov 5, 2021 | 372 comments
2. Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 85% (fiercebiotech.com)
872 points by jeremylevy on Nov 5, 2021 | 1128 comments
3. Helion (samaltman.com)
514 points by sixhobbits on Nov 5, 2021 | 250 comments
4. Why is Excalidraw so good? (offbyone.us)
738 points by zekenie on Nov 4, 2021 | 267 comments
5. Never update anything (kronis.dev)
319 points by cesarb on Nov 4, 2021 | 281 comments
6. Pdfsandwich (tobias-elze.de)
354 points by blacksqr on Nov 5, 2021 | 63 comments
7. Orca – esoteric programming language, designed to create procedural sequencers (100r.co)
249 points by profstasiak on Nov 5, 2021 | 38 comments
8. Scrape like the big boys (incolumitas.com)
374 points by incolumitas on Nov 5, 2021 | 189 comments
9. Does having prime neighbors make you more composite? (bit-player.org)
147 points by another on Nov 5, 2021 | 43 comments
10. How to learn compilers: LLVM Edition (lowlevelbits.org)
221 points by AlexDenisov on Nov 4, 2021 | 26 comments
11. Embedded malware in RC (NPM package) (github.com/advisories)
140 points by hjek on Nov 5, 2021 | 114 comments
12. Show HN: WebFrame: F# framework for rapid prototyping with ASP.NET Core (github.com/russbaz)
147 points by RussBaz on Nov 5, 2021 | 37 comments
13. M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Performance (eclecticlight.co)
219 points by ingve on Nov 4, 2021 | 232 comments
14. The secret lives of cells – as never seen before (nature.com)
113 points by panabee on Nov 5, 2021 | 16 comments
15. Space Companies at Y Combinator (spacedotbiz.substack.com)
157 points by ianvorbach on Nov 4, 2021 | 82 comments
16. The promise and paradox of decentralization (thediff.co)
138 points by yosoyubik on Nov 5, 2021 | 95 comments
17. The Soviet 1801VM2 LSI-11 Processor (cpushack.com)
145 points by picture on Nov 5, 2021 | 92 comments
18. LXQt 1.0.0 (github.com/lxqt)
193 points by jlpcsl on Nov 5, 2021 | 95 comments
19. In C, how do you know if the dynamic allocation succeeded? (lemire.me)
188 points by ibobev on Nov 5, 2021 | 193 comments
20. RFC: Make NPM install scripts opt-in (github.com/npm)
130 points by tolmasky on Nov 5, 2021 | 72 comments
21. The decline of baleen whales has led to a decline of krill, researchers find (stanford.edu)
151 points by gmays on Nov 5, 2021 | 89 comments
22. An Incremental Approach to Compiler Construction (2006) [pdf] (uchicago.edu)
66 points by ingve on Nov 5, 2021 | 10 comments
23. Why Co–Star Uses Haskell (costarastrology.com)
142 points by _query on Nov 5, 2021 | 263 comments
24. IAB Europe cookie consent pop-ups to be found in breach of GDPR (techcrunch.com)
269 points by youngtaff on Nov 5, 2021 | 258 comments
25. React Aria: A headless UI component library (adobe.com)
224 points by xyzzyrz on Nov 5, 2021 | 71 comments
26. Calm Technology (calmtech.com)
160 points by pabs3 on Nov 5, 2021 | 68 comments
27. Designs from Kimono Pattern Books (ca. 1902) (publicdomainreview.org)
86 points by prismatic on Nov 4, 2021 | 4 comments
28. World food prices reach new peak since July 2011 (fao.org)
136 points by infodocket on Nov 4, 2021 | 147 comments
29. Happy birthday Vim (2020) (groups.google.com)
326 points by lockjawh on Nov 4, 2021 | 118 comments
30. Launch HN: Terra (YC W21) – API to easily connect wearables to apps (tryterra.co)
75 points by kyriakosel on Nov 5, 2021 | 64 comments

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