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1. Swift for TensorFlow Shuts Down (github.com/tensorflow)
502 points by high_derivative on Feb 12, 2021 | 420 comments
2. “I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure” (twitter.com/lucabongiorni)
1168 points by fireball_blaze on Feb 12, 2021 | 455 comments
3. Chick Corea has died (chickcorea.com)
704 points by rock_artist on Feb 12, 2021 | 191 comments
4. Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine (michaelyingling.com)
477 points by bookofjoe on Feb 12, 2021 | 163 comments
5. Microbial ecosystems in the mouth and gut are linked to many ills (economist.com)
304 points by aluket on Feb 12, 2021 | 233 comments
6. Mathematician Solves Sensitivity Conjecture in Two Pages (2019) (quantamagazine.org)
285 points by kjhughes on Feb 12, 2021 | 100 comments
7. Svgrepo: Browse SVG vectors and icons (svgrepo.com)
264 points by marcodiego on Feb 12, 2021 | 28 comments
8. America's 1% Has Taken $50T From the Bottom 90% (time.com)
870 points by paulpauper on Feb 11, 2021 | 917 comments
9. Goodbye YC (aaronkharris.com)
284 points by awaxman11 on Feb 12, 2021 | 40 comments
10. Linux Memory Management FAQ (landley.net)
188 points by janselman on Feb 12, 2021 | 71 comments
11. Comparison of Rust async and Linux thread context switch time and memory use (github.com/jimblandy)
347 points by viraptor on Feb 12, 2021 | 196 comments
12. Self-organising textures from cellular automata (distill.pub)
418 points by fenomas on Feb 12, 2021 | 59 comments
13. Apple redirects Google Safe Browsing traffic through proxy servers in iOS 14.5 (the8-bit.com)
391 points by CharlesW on Feb 12, 2021 | 264 comments
14. AWS Babelfish: The Elephant in the PostgreSQL Room? (postgresql.fund)
197 points by ahachete on Feb 12, 2021 | 162 comments
15. How .NET container images are maintained (microsoft.com)
141 points by alexis2b on Feb 12, 2021 | 41 comments
16. The Miyawaki Method: A Better Way to Build Forests? (2019) (jstor.org)
166 points by nkurz on Feb 12, 2021 | 62 comments
17. Flameshot – Superb Screenshot Tool (github.com/flameshot-org)
335 points by avhception on Feb 12, 2021 | 83 comments
18. SVG: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (eisfunke.com)
220 points by davebloggt on Feb 12, 2021 | 219 comments
19. Uncovering a 24-year-old bug in the Linux Kernel (skroutz.gr)
497 points by greenonion on Feb 11, 2021 | 41 comments
20. Short fat engineers are undervalued (nested.substack.com)
369 points by atticusberg on Feb 12, 2021 | 257 comments
21. Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (systemsapproach.org)
254 points by Ballu on Feb 12, 2021 | 23 comments
22. Ask HN: Why aren't you coding?
221 points by boffinism on Feb 12, 2021 | 296 comments
23. Foldable Words (bit-player.org)
206 points by Veen on Feb 10, 2021 | 20 comments
24. U.S. Postage Stamp Will Honor the 'First Lady of Physics' (smithsonianmag.com)
156 points by indogooner on Feb 12, 2021 | 63 comments
25. Show HN: Real-time multiplayer games with cubes. Early feedback on dev docs? (particubes.com)
149 points by aduermael on Feb 11, 2021 | 46 comments
26. External boot disks still don’t work properly with M1 Macs (eclecticlight.co)
200 points by zdw on Feb 10, 2021 | 177 comments
27. More evidence that Neanderthals were ‘absorbed’ by humans, not wiped out (gizmodo.com)
121 points by Hooke on Feb 11, 2021 | 134 comments
28. What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on peasants (laphamsquarterly.org)
181 points by diodorus on Feb 11, 2021 | 195 comments
29. Killer Whales: 'Transient' Orcas Are Thriving (theatlantic.com)
74 points by ColinWright on Feb 12, 2021 | 71 comments
30. IMF researchers: digital footprint yields better credit assessment (imf.org)
110 points by da_big_ghey on Feb 12, 2021 | 165 comments

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