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1. The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020) (cable.co.uk)
712 points by vanilla-almond on Aug 22, 2020 | 399 comments
2. Persisting as a solo founder (vishnu.tech)
699 points by vishnumohandas on Aug 23, 2020 | 257 comments
3. Build Your Own FPGA (2012) (notdot.net)
216 points by hinzundcode on Aug 23, 2020 | 15 comments
4. Simultaneous AP and Client Mode Wi-Fi on Raspberry Pi Zero W (github.com/lukicdarkoo)
252 points by lukicdarkoo on Aug 23, 2020 | 90 comments
5. Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production of crops and power (wiley.com)
218 points by rch on Aug 23, 2020 | 223 comments
6. The $8M Heist from the Carnegie Library (smithsonianmag.com)
140 points by Vigier on Aug 22, 2020 | 47 comments
7. Debian Janitor: 60k Lintian Issues Automatically Fixed (jelmer.uk)
149 points by zdw on Aug 22, 2020 | 20 comments
8. Two Way Mirror Improves Video Conferencing (hackaday.com)
193 points by nsaje on Aug 22, 2020 | 88 comments
9. Show HN: Using Rust to write shell-script like tasks (github.com/rust-shell-script)
231 points by rustshellscript on Aug 23, 2020 | 80 comments
10. Chrome, Firefox extension that blocks NSFW images using TensorFlow JS (github.com/nsfw-filter)
150 points by bishalb on Aug 23, 2020 | 157 comments
11. MGA Entertainment: A privately-owned toy company doing billions in revenue (julieyoung.substack.com)
152 points by dsr12 on Aug 21, 2020 | 100 comments
12. Development of Warajevo: ZX Spectrum Emulator Made During the Bosnian War (worldofspectrum.net)
113 points by krige on Aug 21, 2020 | 17 comments
13. A step towards new nitrogen products (yale.edu)
123 points by apsec112 on Aug 23, 2020 | 43 comments
14. Songwhip – Share a music link to every platform (songwhip.com)
153 points by styfle on Aug 23, 2020 | 46 comments
15. Finding vulnerable Twitter accounts with expired domains (zainamro.com)
196 points by zainamro on Aug 23, 2020 | 125 comments
16. PHP Built-In Web Server (php.net)
141 points by ZnZirconium on Aug 23, 2020 | 85 comments
17. YTS torrent tracker part of new anti-piracy scheme (torrentfreak.com)
191 points by stiray on Aug 23, 2020 | 94 comments
18. Bliss: A language for systems programming (1971) [pdf] (arizona.edu)
65 points by tjalfi on Aug 23, 2020 | 34 comments
19. Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny (go.com)
332 points by seigando on Aug 23, 2020 | 402 comments
20. Fallen Boulder Reveals 313M-Year-Old Fossil Footprints at Grand Canyon (npr.org)
113 points by palo3 on Aug 22, 2020 | 18 comments
21. All about Woad (woad.org.uk)
55 points by brudgers on Aug 23, 2020 | 13 comments
22. The demise of the second-hand bookshop (thecritic.co.uk)
167 points by pseudolus on Aug 23, 2020 | 153 comments
23. Implement an emulator for a fantasy CPU in JavaScript (dev.to)
86 points by codeguppy on Aug 22, 2020 | 33 comments
24. Launch HN: Depict.ai (YC S20) – Product recommendations for any e-commerce store
126 points by antonoo on Aug 23, 2020 | 57 comments
25. Python Hash Tables: understanding dictionaries (thepythoncorner.com)
83 points by mastro35 on Aug 21, 2020 | 37 comments
26. Bare Metal Rust Generics (ecorax.net)
207 points by cube00 on Aug 23, 2020 | 57 comments
27. Searx instances (searx.space)
79 points by troydavis on Aug 22, 2020 | 27 comments
28. Natural language benchmarks don’t measure AI models’ general knowledge well (venturebeat.com)
65 points by optimalsolver on Aug 23, 2020 | 69 comments
29. US Border Patrol says they can create central repository of traveler emails (viewfromthewing.com)
406 points by hispanic on Aug 23, 2020 | 364 comments
30. Paragon submits 27k-line NTFS driver to Linux kernel (theregister.com)
203 points by kiyanwang on Aug 23, 2020 | 149 comments

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