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1. Tauri: An Electron alternative written in Rust (tauri.studio)
1113 points by metalwhale on Feb 19, 2021 | 417 comments
2. Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows (twitter.com/mikko)
1185 points by fireball_blaze on Feb 19, 2021 | 283 comments
3. Monolith First (2015) (martinfowler.com)
820 points by asyrafql on Feb 19, 2021 | 340 comments
4. The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports (dreambank.net)
258 points by herbertl on Feb 19, 2021 | 163 comments
5. WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash (reuters.com)
615 points by sidcool on Feb 19, 2021 | 291 comments
6. Facebook reported fake numbers to advertisers (yahoo.com)
618 points by elorant on Feb 19, 2021 | 213 comments
7. Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for servers (cockpit-project.org)
347 points by gilad on Feb 19, 2021 | 126 comments
8. 12 requests per second: A realistic look at Python web frameworks (suade.org)
503 points by gilad on Feb 19, 2021 | 237 comments
9. Why is it so hard to see code from 5 minutes ago? (utk.edu)
523 points by azhenley on Feb 19, 2021 | 408 comments
10. Brave Browser leaks your Tor / Onion service requests through DNS (ramble.pw)
362 points by todsacerdoti on Feb 19, 2021 | 86 comments
11. Ultima VIII – How to destroy a gaming franchise in one easy step (filfre.net)
324 points by doppp on Feb 19, 2021 | 215 comments
12. How Antidepressants Work, at Last? (blogs.sciencemag.org)
252 points by eightysixfour on Feb 19, 2021 | 170 comments
13. I Miss My Bar (imissmybar.com)
435 points by interweb on Feb 19, 2021 | 448 comments
14. Cleaner parallel curves with Euler spirals (raphlinus.github.io)
137 points by raphlinus on Feb 19, 2021 | 12 comments
15. BTC Endgame (github.com/mikekelly)
288 points by jbegley on Feb 19, 2021 | 271 comments
16. OpenStreetMap charts a controversial new direction (bloomberg.com)
207 points by maxerickson on Feb 19, 2021 | 181 comments
17. The MetaHumans: High-fidelity digital humans in minutes (unrealengine.com)
162 points by danboarder on Feb 19, 2021 | 83 comments
18. Wayland on Wine: A First Update (collabora.com)
149 points by todsacerdoti on Feb 19, 2021 | 103 comments
19. Radio Amateur Copies Signal from Mars-Orbiting Satellite (arrl.org)
173 points by wglb on Feb 19, 2021 | 37 comments
20. Launch HN: MindsDB (YC W20) – Machine Learning Inside Your Database
176 points by adam_carrigan on Feb 19, 2021 | 60 comments
21. Things you should do now (2011) (phabricator.com)
199 points by bshanks on Feb 19, 2021 | 110 comments
22. Launch HN: HiGeorge (YC W21) – Real-time data visualizations for public datasets
89 points by saigal on Feb 19, 2021 | 44 comments
23. Uber drivers are workers not self employed, Supreme Court rules (bbc.co.uk)
403 points by BellLabradors on Feb 19, 2021 | 378 comments
24. Designing a RISC-V CPU, Part 1: Learning hardware design as a software engineer (mcla.ug)
150 points by lochsh on Feb 17, 2021 | 31 comments
25. Checked C (github.com/microsoft)
175 points by tosh on Feb 19, 2021 | 133 comments
26. Margaret Mitchell fired from Google (axios.com)
302 points by gkanai on Feb 19, 2021 | 801 comments
27. Where Everything Went Wrong: Error Handling and Error Messages in Rust (2020) (msirringhaus.github.io)
154 points by lukastyrychtr on Feb 19, 2021 | 199 comments
28. The Adams Event (unsw.edu.au)
90 points by layer8 on Feb 19, 2021 | 21 comments
29. Reflections on Using Haskell for My Startup (alistairb.dev)
129 points by _query on Feb 18, 2021 | 101 comments
30. California State Legislator Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Psychedelics (maps.org)
329 points by sep_field on Feb 18, 2021 | 144 comments

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