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1. Unbricking a $2k bike with a $10 Raspberry Pi (ptx2.net)
967 points by ptx2 on Aug 1, 2020 | 230 comments
2. TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal – sources (reuters.com)
336 points by clashmeifyoucan on Aug 1, 2020 | 645 comments
3. A man who can read letters but not numbers exposes roots of consciousness (sciencemag.org)
430 points by gumby on July 31, 2020 | 213 comments
4. Hacking Portable Air Conditioners (pmarks.net)
344 points by p1mrx on Aug 1, 2020 | 241 comments
5. Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US operations (businessinsider.com)
293 points by sandGorgon on July 31, 2020 | 505 comments
6. What I learned from doing over 60 technical interviews in 30 days (meekg33k.dev)
408 points by bolajiayodeji on Aug 1, 2020 | 298 comments
7. WordSafety: Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages (wordsafety.com)
210 points by fn1 on July 31, 2020 | 149 comments
8. Microsoft Flight Simulator returned to the skies (theverge.com)
224 points by rbanffy on July 31, 2020 | 140 comments
9. JS1024 Results – 1k JavaScript Demos (js1024.fun)
195 points by KilledByAPixel on Aug 1, 2020 | 43 comments
10. IBM completes successful field trials on Fully Homomorphic Encryption (arstechnica.com)
247 points by Nitrolo on July 31, 2020 | 165 comments
11. Show HN: A platform for beginners to learn programming in Python (github.com/alexmojaki)
159 points by alexmojaki on Aug 1, 2020 | 90 comments
12. Derek Sivers and the Art of Enough (brendancahill.io)
182 points by Bcahill82 on Aug 1, 2020 | 78 comments
13. Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action (cnbc.com)
416 points by busymom0 on Aug 1, 2020 | 653 comments
14. One Byte to rule them all (googleprojectzero.blogspot.com)
206 points by cjbprime on July 30, 2020 | 31 comments
15. Show HN: JavaScript-free personal bio hosting (plumebio.com)
123 points by mrkn1 on Aug 1, 2020 | 72 comments
16. Why the Web Won't Be Nirvana (1995) (newsweek.com)
130 points by apsec112 on July 31, 2020 | 54 comments
17. Howland Will Forgery Trial (wikipedia.org)
66 points by Hooke on July 31, 2020 | 21 comments
18. Exactly-Once Initialization in Asynchronous Python (nullprogram.com)
104 points by ingve on July 31, 2020 | 58 comments
19. Perl7 is a fork of values (perl.org)
151 points by lizmat on Aug 1, 2020 | 141 comments
20. Designing a Physics Engine (winter.dev)
172 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 1, 2020 | 42 comments
21. PlayCanvas, the Web-first game engine (playcanvas.com)
136 points by wiradikusuma on Aug 1, 2020 | 45 comments
22. The Yoda of Silicon Valley (2018) (nytimes.com)
128 points by wglb on Aug 1, 2020 | 33 comments
23. Elite Disillusionment (saffronhuang.com)
106 points by apsec112 on July 30, 2020 | 71 comments
24. We’re a Lot Better at Fighting Cancer Than We Realized (nautil.us)
202 points by dnetesn on Aug 1, 2020 | 137 comments
25. Data isn't just being collected from your phone, it's being used to score you (chron.com)
209 points by eplanit on Aug 1, 2020 | 159 comments
26. Ask HN: I have $450K cash, what should I do to maximize my return?
409 points by plut0 on Aug 1, 2020 | 481 comments
27. AstraZeneca exempt from coronavirus vaccine liability claims in most countries (reuters.com)
109 points by ColanR on Aug 1, 2020 | 118 comments
28. Samsung to halt production at its last computer factory in China (reuters.com)
156 points by whalesalad on Aug 1, 2020 | 36 comments
29. The semver trick (2019) (github.com/dtolnay)
85 points by aazaa on Aug 1, 2020 | 43 comments
30. Ultra-rare kaon decay could lead to evidence of new physics (phys.org)
53 points by bookofjoe on July 30, 2020 | 5 comments

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