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1. Why I rewrote my Rust keyboard firmware in Zig: consistency, mastery, and fun (kevinlynagh.com)
743 points by iansinnott on March 7, 2021 | 387 comments
2. We may soon have city-spanning 900 MHz mesh networks (cheapskatesguide.org)
296 points by RiderOfGiraffes on March 7, 2021 | 186 comments
3. Switzerland votes against electronic ID system provided by private companies (swissinfo.ch)
619 points by bontoJR on March 7, 2021 | 401 comments
4. NFTs Are a Dangerous Trap (seths.blog)
772 points by josephscott on March 7, 2021 | 752 comments
5. The Kilobyte’s Gambit (vole.wtf)
518 points by msszczep2 on March 7, 2021 | 147 comments
6. Raspberry Pi for Kill Mosquitoes by Laser (preprints.org)
343 points by ColinWright on March 7, 2021 | 250 comments
7. Popular YouTubers who are building their own sites (bbc.com)
457 points by mikesabbagh on March 7, 2021 | 411 comments
8. Procrastination is flight, deadline is fight, freeze is staring at the screen (pmigdal.medium.com)
463 points by stared on March 7, 2021 | 113 comments
9. UC’s termination of Elsevier contract has had limited negative impact (2020) (dailybruin.com)
262 points by ColinWright on March 7, 2021 | 90 comments
10. Donate Unrestricted (paulgraham.com)
289 points by razin on March 7, 2021 | 284 comments
11. Someone is hacking the hackers (gizmodo.com)
295 points by fortran77 on March 7, 2021 | 160 comments
12. Nodes.io – A new way to create with code (nodes.io)
365 points by triptych on March 7, 2021 | 92 comments
13. Let's Encrypt's performance is currently degraded due to a DDoS attack (status.io)
268 points by sorcix on March 7, 2021 | 115 comments
14. Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics (counter.dev)
153 points by ihucos on March 7, 2021 | 77 comments
15. Why winter exercise can be especially hard on the lungs (cbc.ca)
204 points by curmudgeon22 on March 7, 2021 | 118 comments
16. I Bought a Business for $0 (every.to/superorganizers)
280 points by catchmeifyoucan on March 7, 2021 | 121 comments
17. Cactus Comments: Federated web comments based on Matrix protocol (cactus.chat)
164 points by decrypt on March 7, 2021 | 52 comments
18. Qubes-Lite with KVM and Wayland (roscidus.com)
141 points by todsacerdoti on March 7, 2021 | 48 comments
19. Review: The Book of Why (tachy.org)
148 points by pizzicato on March 7, 2021 | 37 comments
20. A truck driver uncovers secrets about the first nuclear bombs (newyorker.com)
132 points by 3eto on March 6, 2021 | 36 comments
21. Simple and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytic (github.com/plausible)
175 points by rajeshrajappan on March 7, 2021 | 87 comments
22. What Happens Inside a 100-Hop IPv6 Wireless Mesh Network? (thingsquare.com)
137 points by tdrnd on March 7, 2021 | 24 comments
23. The ZX81 Turns 40 (theregister.com)
156 points by ggambetta on March 7, 2021 | 81 comments
24. The blissful political incorrectness of Soviet comedies (thecritic.co.uk)
153 points by hyperrail on March 7, 2021 | 131 comments
25. A Second Conversation with Werner Vogels (acm.org)
120 points by mpweiher on March 6, 2021 | 13 comments
26. YouTuber Builds Working 3D-Printed Turbojet Engine and Tests It in His Attic (thedrive.com)
171 points by clouddrover on March 6, 2021 | 57 comments
27. Launch HN: PingPong (YC W21) – Video messaging for remote teams
90 points by jeffwhitlock on March 7, 2021 | 68 comments
28. 507 Mechanical Movements (1868) (507movements.com)
159 points by Naracion on March 7, 2021 | 30 comments
29. Build Your Machine Today (vention.io)
129 points by alex_hirner on March 6, 2021 | 25 comments
30. Reality Is Perplexing Enough: An Interview with Jorge Luis Borges (1968) (commonwealmagazine.org)
102 points by keiferski on March 5, 2021 | 10 comments

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