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1. It Can Happen to You (mattkeeter.com)
1683 points by mooreds on March 4, 2021 | 403 comments
2. HTTPWTF (httptoolkit.tech)
845 points by pimterry on March 4, 2021 | 138 comments
3. Git's list of banned C functions (github.com/git)
876 points by muds on March 4, 2021 | 613 comments
4. Apple now lets you transfer your iCloud Photos to Google Photos (support.apple.com)
558 points by brunoluiz on March 4, 2021 | 348 comments
5. Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea (eff.org)
604 points by wyldfire on March 4, 2021 | 349 comments
6. “User engagement” is code for “addiction” (medium.com/swlh)
711 points by rbanffy on March 4, 2021 | 266 comments
7. Nuclear power must be well regulated, not ditched (economist.com)
396 points by mpweiher on March 4, 2021 | 463 comments
8. M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari's experimental WebGPU (jott.live)
433 points by brrrrrm on March 3, 2021 | 470 comments
9. An Introduction to Lockless Algorithms (lwn.net)
226 points by signa11 on March 4, 2021 | 39 comments
10. Understanding deep learning requires rethinking generalization (acm.org)
165 points by tmfi on March 4, 2021 | 40 comments
11. DuckDuckGo – two non-JavaScript versions of search results (duckduckgo.com)
414 points by URfejk on March 4, 2021 | 97 comments
12. 100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say (arstechnica.com)
447 points by caution on March 4, 2021 | 238 comments
13. Apache Age: A Graph Extension for PostgreSQL (apache.org)
215 points by based2 on March 4, 2021 | 45 comments
14. Tintern 'secret' medieval tunnel system found by accident (bbc.co.uk)
191 points by goodcanadian on March 4, 2021 | 111 comments
15. Cbonsai: Grow bonsai trees in your terminal (gitlab.com/jallbrit)
361 points by throwaway888abc on March 3, 2021 | 63 comments
16. Multimodal Neurons in Artificial Neural Networks (openai.com)
161 points by todsacerdoti on March 4, 2021 | 69 comments
17. Lion: A formally verified, 5-stage pipeline RISC-V core (github.com/standardsemiconductor)
241 points by varbhat on March 4, 2021 | 81 comments
18. Female Founder Secrets: Fertility (femfosec.com)
476 points by femfosec on March 4, 2021 | 732 comments
19. Godot maintainer removes controversial satirical piece from documentation (github.com/godotengine)
386 points by phreack on March 3, 2021 | 493 comments
20. Turntable.fm is back from the dead – and now there are two (theverge.com)
162 points by jbredeche on March 4, 2021 | 34 comments
21. Goat Ops (goatops.com)
255 points by Something1234 on March 4, 2021 | 80 comments
22. Myths about how the brain works (nautil.us)
284 points by dnetesn on March 4, 2021 | 123 comments
23. Accidentally quadratic: When Python is faster than C++ (arxiv.org)
218 points by mehrdadn on March 4, 2021 | 213 comments
24. Twin sisters worth millions thanks to female gamers (bbc.com)
172 points by alexanderdmitri on March 4, 2021 | 165 comments
25. Iceberg simulator – draw an iceberg and see how it floats and melts (engaging-data.com)
164 points by engagingdata on March 4, 2021 | 33 comments
26. Bitsquatting Windows.com (remyhax.xyz)
258 points by vikrum on March 4, 2021 | 79 comments
27. How to Operate an Airport in Antarctica (flightradar24.com)
299 points by Arnt on March 4, 2021 | 68 comments
28. US Senators call on FCC to raise broadband definition to 100Mbs down and up (theverge.com)
540 points by fireball_blaze on March 4, 2021 | 249 comments
29. Launch HN: Lendflow (YC W21) – Infrastructure for embedded lending services
62 points by jon-fry on March 4, 2021 | 35 comments
30. TSMC at the head of history’s tide: two high walls and one sharp knife (docs.google.com)
199 points by avoidboringppl on March 4, 2021 | 112 comments

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