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1. Photocatalyst splits water into H and O2 at quantum efficiency near 100% (fuelcellsworks.com)
570 points by bookofjoe on Dec 26, 2020 | 284 comments
2. Print this file, your printer will jam (2008) (nedbatchelder.com)
492 points by segfaultbuserr on Dec 26, 2020 | 208 comments
3. 1937 film explains how a car differential works (roadandtrack.com)
498 points by oedmarap on Dec 26, 2020 | 144 comments
4. Fun with IP address parsing (dave.tf)
505 points by mr_tyzic on Dec 26, 2020 | 146 comments
5. I reverse engineered Google Docs to play back any document's keystrokes (2014) (jsomers.net)
413 points by flurly on Dec 26, 2020 | 140 comments
6. A Complete Guide to LLVM for Programming Language Creators (mukulrathi.co.uk)
402 points by mseri on Dec 25, 2020 | 44 comments
7. ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville (tennessean.com)
419 points by SpaceInvader on Dec 25, 2020 | 483 comments
8. Show HN: Simple-graph – a graph database in SQLite (github.com/dpapathanasiou)
237 points by dpapathanasiou on Dec 26, 2020 | 42 comments
9. Salmon spawning in the upper Columbia River, first in 80 years (spokesman.com)
236 points by shartshooter on Dec 25, 2020 | 69 comments
10. Christmas Is Bird-Counting Season (2016) (fivethirtyeight.com)
61 points by adrian_mrd on Dec 24, 2020 | 5 comments
11. Give your Mac imaginary unlimited storage thanks to Disk Utility’s bug (eclecticlight.co)
96 points by giuliomagnifico on Dec 26, 2020 | 62 comments
12. Executable PNGs (djharper.dev)
236 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 26, 2020 | 39 comments
13. Show HN: CodeSwing – A CodePen-like interactive playground, built into VS Code (github.com/codespaces-contrib)
159 points by lostintangent on Dec 26, 2020 | 24 comments
14. How much math you need for programming (2014) (lispmachine.wordpress.com)
212 points by mayureshkathe on Dec 26, 2020 | 178 comments
15. Anticipatory Procastrination [pdf] (wisc.edu)
171 points by dedalus on Dec 24, 2020 | 36 comments
16. Dev-C++ Is a Low Memory Windows Native C++ IDE Built in Delphi (embarcadero.com)
154 points by xeeeeeeeeeeenu on Dec 26, 2020 | 80 comments
17. Life Dashboard: Heads-up display for everyday life (github.com/davidhampgonsalves)
199 points by lemonspat on Dec 24, 2020 | 38 comments
18. Kit FUI – User interfaces found in films (saji8k.com)
124 points by ChrisArchitect on Dec 26, 2020 | 26 comments
19. Backdoor in Zyxel Products (eyecontrol.nl)
184 points by ta988 on Dec 25, 2020 | 52 comments
20. Learning to Play the Chaos Game (hardmath123.github.io)
149 points by hardmath123 on Dec 25, 2020 | 9 comments
21. Someone is stealing unpublished book manuscripts in a phishing scam (nytimes.com)
147 points by ruddct on Dec 24, 2020 | 94 comments
22. New setup for 2020 (changelog.com)
117 points by fagnerbrack on Dec 26, 2020 | 57 comments
23. Vacietis, a C compiler targeting Common Lisp (github.com/vsedach)
97 points by reikonomusha on Dec 24, 2020 | 27 comments
24. Getting rid of NPM scripts (uidrafter.com)
79 points by efortis on Dec 26, 2020 | 57 comments
25. Adopting Ruby 3 types with RBS (evilmartians.com)
88 points by progapandist on Dec 25, 2020 | 33 comments
26. Making a digital clock in Google Sheets (therobinlord.com)
88 points by DamnInteresting on Dec 24, 2020 | 13 comments
27. Show HN: System for Private Data Management (github.com/volmarg)
132 points by dariuszW on Dec 26, 2020 | 44 comments
28. A family with no fingerprints (bbc.co.uk)
121 points by lnguyen on Dec 26, 2020 | 60 comments
29. Manga Guide to Lisp (bugyo.tk)
137 points by _zhqs on Dec 26, 2020 | 14 comments
30. Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?
326 points by alienlid on Dec 26, 2020 | 248 comments

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