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1. NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on previous hacking attempts (citizenlab.ca)
1062 points by giuliomagnifico on Oct 24, 2021 | 310 comments
2. Despite having just 5.8% sales, over 38% of bug reports come from Linux (reddit.com)
1292 points by otreblan on Oct 24, 2021 | 255 comments
3. Microsoft no longer signs Windows drivers for Process Hacker (borncity.com)
650 points by XzetaU8 on Oct 24, 2021 | 518 comments
4. Google has a secret deal with FB called “Jedi Blue” that they knew was illegal (twitter.com/fasterthanlime)
1417 points by ColinWright on Oct 24, 2021 | 405 comments
5. Google digital advertising antitrust litigation [pdf] (courtlistener.com)
718 points by pg_bot on Oct 24, 2021 | 258 comments
6. RFC 3339 vs. ISO 8601 (ijmacd.github.io)
514 points by rdpintqogeogsaa on Oct 24, 2021 | 172 comments
7. The Financial Times’ 404 page (ft.com)
609 points by ColinWright on Oct 24, 2021 | 90 comments
8. To learn a new language, read its standard library (patshaughnessy.net)
402 points by sferik on Oct 24, 2021 | 236 comments
9. 5 side projects in 6 years, earning $0 (kwcodes.com)
472 points by kw_dev on Oct 24, 2021 | 198 comments
10. Google had a plan called “Project NERA” to turn the web into a walled garden (twitter.com/fasterthanlime)
653 points by vord1080 on Oct 24, 2021 | 318 comments
11. Proton wins appeal in Swiss court over surveillance laws (swissinfo.ch)
420 points by dane-pgp on Oct 24, 2021 | 69 comments
12. New language features since Java 8 to 17 (advancedweb.hu)
345 points by dmitryminkovsky on Oct 24, 2021 | 351 comments
13. Scientists have found a way to harden wood to make a knife that rivals steel (cbc.ca)
238 points by curmudgeon22 on Oct 24, 2021 | 162 comments
14. Deadly infection linked to contaminated room spray sold at Walmart (statnews.com)
280 points by vanilla-almond on Oct 24, 2021 | 214 comments
15. Barcelona’s Bicibús: hundreds of families biking to school together (npr.org)
274 points by crousto on Oct 24, 2021 | 179 comments
16. How to build a universe that doesn’t fall apart two days later (1978) (urbigenous.net)
203 points by okareaman on Oct 23, 2021 | 51 comments
17. New Brunswick’s Mystery Disease (thewalrus.ca)
165 points by Geekette on Oct 24, 2021 | 90 comments
18. Polyhedra Viewer: Visualize relationships between convex regular-faced polyhedra (tessera.li)
133 points by lioeters on Oct 24, 2021 | 13 comments
19. Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine (1989) (longnow.org)
161 points by rl3 on Oct 24, 2021 | 49 comments
20. Gunship “Tech Noir” Breakdown (synthctrl.com)
220 points by ecliptik on Oct 24, 2021 | 76 comments
21. 230 people living communally on 175 acre eco village [video] (youtube.com)
180 points by NoRagrets on Oct 24, 2021 | 215 comments
22. Idiomatic Clojure without sacrificing performance (bsless.github.io)
150 points by ceronman on Oct 22, 2021 | 79 comments
23. Community Banking and Fintech (kalzumeus.com)
120 points by Ozzie_osman on Oct 23, 2021 | 42 comments
24. Interview with Frank Herbert and His Wife Beverly Herbert (1969) (sinanvural.com)
117 points by Hooke on Oct 22, 2021 | 32 comments
25. Ask HN: Is the Great Resignation in tech real? If so, why?
325 points by noobhacker on Oct 24, 2021 | 259 comments
26. Trapped in amber: Fossilized dinosaur-era crab bridges evolutionary gap (arstechnica.com)
87 points by Petiver on Oct 22, 2021 | 2 comments
27. Go the F to Sleep (aplus.rs)
104 points by ingve on Oct 23, 2021 | 31 comments
28. NSA's Key Role in Major Developments in Computer Science [pdf] (defense.gov)
111 points by graderjs on Oct 24, 2021 | 21 comments
29. Goodnight Dune (2011) (goodnightdune.com)
172 points by sebg on Oct 24, 2021 | 23 comments
30. A cautionary tale from the streets of San Francisco (economist.com)
185 points by CPAhem on Oct 24, 2021 | 354 comments

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