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1. Signal is having technical difficulties (signal.org)
907 points by tonymet on Jan 15, 2021 | 720 comments
2. Thanks HN: You helped save a company that now helps thousands make a living
1364 points by callmevlad on Jan 15, 2021 | 182 comments
3. Be My Eyes (bemyeyes.com)
533 points by EndXA on Jan 15, 2021 | 112 comments
4. Escaping VirtualBox 6.1: Part 1 (secret.club)
324 points by lima on Jan 15, 2021 | 46 comments
5. Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one week (2016) (news.ycombinator.com)
318 points by notional on Jan 15, 2021 | 257 comments
6. WhatsApp delays privacy changes following backlash (dw.com)
436 points by tchalla on Jan 15, 2021 | 385 comments
7. Why cancer cells waste so much energy (news.mit.edu)
341 points by chmaynard on Jan 15, 2021 | 189 comments
8. Apple M1 Assembly Language Hello World (smist08.wordpress.com)
372 points by _zhqs on Jan 15, 2021 | 111 comments
9. Fast Commits for Ext4 (lwn.net)
164 points by lukastyrychtr on Jan 15, 2021 | 52 comments
10. Zoom improvements requested by music schools (yale.edu)
270 points by chat on Jan 14, 2021 | 244 comments
11. Establishment of a closed artificial ecosystem to ensure human survival on moon (biorxiv.org)
123 points by phreeza on Jan 15, 2021 | 74 comments
12. How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state (detectify.com)
295 points by Berg0X00 on Jan 15, 2021 | 62 comments
13. Graphics Programming Black Book (1997) (github.com/jagregory)
157 points by nucatus on Jan 15, 2021 | 42 comments
14. My preferred .NET console stack (devlead.se)
199 points by devlead on Jan 15, 2021 | 110 comments
15. Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login
618 points by poxobloc on Jan 15, 2021 | 384 comments
16. Encoding Data in Dubstep Drops (benjojo.co.uk)
179 points by albertzeyer on Jan 15, 2021 | 90 comments
17. Show HN: Vmctl/Vmcli – Easily Run Linux VMs on M1 Macs (github.com/gyf304)
198 points by gyf304 on Jan 15, 2021 | 28 comments
18. Show HN: Forgo.js – a 4kb React alternative based on plain JS and DOM APIs (forgojs.org)
110 points by jeswin on Jan 15, 2021 | 119 comments
19. The State of VR on Linux (boilingsteam.com)
128 points by ekianjo on Jan 15, 2021 | 66 comments
20. Oberon OS Walkthrough (2009) (ignorethecode.net)
168 points by jaytaylor on Jan 15, 2021 | 59 comments
21. Akiyoshi's Illusion Pages (ritsumei.ac.jp)
180 points by mxfh on Jan 15, 2021 | 17 comments
22. New MacBook Pro models to feature magsafe, no touch bar and more ports: analyst (macrumors.com)
499 points by Heliosmaster on Jan 15, 2021 | 460 comments
23. Bugtraq: BugTraq Shutdown (seclists.org)
111 points by todsacerdoti on Jan 15, 2021 | 16 comments
24. Microsoft Space Simulator (Or, Charles Guy’s Galaxy in a Box) (filfre.net)
114 points by doppp on Jan 15, 2021 | 26 comments
25. Why Zig when there is already C++, D, and Rust? (ziglang.org)
276 points by mardiyah on Jan 15, 2021 | 259 comments
26. The Newton hypothesis: Is science done by a small elite? (nintil.com)
121 points by barry-cotter on Jan 15, 2021 | 94 comments
27. The Spoon Theory (2003) (butyoudontlooksick.com)
223 points by Eugeleo on Jan 15, 2021 | 128 comments
28. StimulusReflex, or LiveView for Rails (stimulusreflex.com)
198 points by nanna on Jan 15, 2021 | 85 comments
29. Our Dumb Security Questionnaire (hangar.tech)
149 points by zdw on Jan 15, 2021 | 88 comments
30. Why can't I write code inside my browser? (tomcritchlow.com)
145 points by null_object on Jan 15, 2021 | 604 comments

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