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1. Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering (googleblog.com)
1167 points by lewisjoe on May 12, 2021 | 930 comments
2. Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C (github.com/eduard-permyakov)
1102 points by epermyakov on May 12, 2021 | 262 comments
3. Neural implant lets paralyzed person type by imagining writing (arstechnica.com)
540 points by Engineering-MD on May 12, 2021 | 183 comments
4. Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over privacy concerns (euronews.com)
709 points by giuliomagnifico on May 11, 2021 | 185 comments
5. Emulating AirTags to upload arbitrary data via Apple's FindMy network (positive.security)
490 points by kerm1t on May 12, 2021 | 129 comments
6. Erlang/OTP 24 highlights (erlang.org)
454 points by nifoc on May 12, 2021 | 100 comments
7. Enhancing Photorealism Enhancement (intel-isl.github.io)
522 points by lnyan on May 12, 2021 | 144 comments
8. Benchmarking division and libdivide on Apple M1 and Intel AVX512 (ridiculousfish.com)
278 points by ridiculous_fish on May 12, 2021 | 177 comments
9. Instagram, Twitter blame glitches for deleting Palestinian posts (reuters.com)
438 points by tareqak on May 12, 2021 | 218 comments
10. Haiku OS ported and running on RISC-V (haiku-os.org)
304 points by highspeedmobile on May 12, 2021 | 86 comments
11. Show HN: Mmm.page – Drag and drop personal website creator (mmm.page)
591 points by xhfloz on May 12, 2021 | 150 comments
12. CSS Houdini (developer.mozilla.org)
315 points by mvolfik on May 12, 2021 | 134 comments
13. Reverse Engineering an Unknown Microcontroller (dmitry.gr)
326 points by dmitrygr on May 12, 2021 | 52 comments
14. AirGradient: DIY Air Quality Monitoring with Open-Source Hardware & Firmware (airgradient.com)
323 points by walterbell on May 11, 2021 | 74 comments
15. Show HN: A 64-step drum sequencer I built using React and Redux (sequencer64.com)
327 points by drumnickydrum on May 11, 2021 | 122 comments
16. Kobra – visual programming language for machine learning (kobra.dev)
235 points by amrrs on May 12, 2021 | 30 comments
17. Diffusion Models Beat GANs on Image Synthesis (arxiv.org)
209 points by lnyan on May 12, 2021 | 50 comments
18. The Importance of Humility in Software Development (2020) (humbletoolsmith.com)
289 points by raptorraver on May 12, 2021 | 216 comments
19. My multi-decade quest for rural broadband (madned.substack.com)
241 points by mad_ned on May 12, 2021 | 168 comments
20. Writing a Programming Book in 2021 (jmtirado.net)
186 points by wilsonfiifi on May 12, 2021 | 64 comments
21. Building a Space-Based ISP (stackoverflow.blog)
144 points by dinosaurs on May 12, 2021 | 55 comments
22. Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. police records (apnews.com)
162 points by danso on May 12, 2021 | 216 comments
23. One of the World’s Longest-Running Experiments Sends Up Sprouts (nytimes.com)
108 points by elijahparker on May 12, 2021 | 64 comments
24. CP/M for OS X (github.com/tomharte)
128 points by bilegeek on May 12, 2021 | 46 comments
25. How image search works at Dropbox (dropbox.tech)
189 points by hyzyla on May 12, 2021 | 103 comments
26. Welcome to Visualizing Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (visualizingsep.com)
128 points by nabla9 on May 11, 2021 | 17 comments
27. Deno 1.10 Release Notes (deno.com)
274 points by caspervonb on May 12, 2021 | 147 comments
28. The disappearance of a Soviet skiing party in 1959 (newyorker.com)
121 points by lermontov on May 10, 2021 | 38 comments
29. Vesuvius ancient eruption rescuer identified at Herculaneum, says expert (bbc.com)
83 points by harscoat on May 12, 2021 | 30 comments
30. A Somewhat Comprehensive History of U.S. Senators Who Have Died in Duels (defector.com)
73 points by samclemens on May 10, 2021 | 59 comments

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