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31. Adobe is dropping PostScript Type 1 font support (macworld.com)
99 points by ingve on May 18, 2021 | 46 comments
32. Uber Engineering Tricks of the Trade: Tuning JVM Memory for Large-Scale Services (uber.com)
133 points by commandlinefan on May 18, 2021 | 50 comments
33. Metric Display Standards. Best practices for presenting numbers (medium.com/salesforce-ux)
76 points by kiyanwang on May 16, 2021 | 6 comments
34. The Graphics Gremlin – An Open Source Retro ISA Video Card (github.com/schlae)
130 points by zdw on May 16, 2021 | 29 comments
35. Ask HN: Are you satisfied with Elixir or do you regret choosing Elixir?
387 points by sdiw on May 18, 2021 | 287 comments
36. 1Password for Linux (1password.com)
392 points by grappler on May 18, 2021 | 272 comments
37. Building Products at Stripe (bringthedonuts.com)
151 points by herbertl on May 18, 2021 | 24 comments
38. Map-like use of Earth’s magnetic field in sharks (cell.com)
47 points by hheikinh on May 18, 2021 | 4 comments
39. Civilization Is Older Than We Thought (palladiummag.com)
153 points by throwkeep on May 17, 2021 | 79 comments
40. NetBSD 9.2 (netbsd.org)
126 points by vermaden on May 18, 2021 | 60 comments
41. Bit-sync: synchronizing arbitrary data using rsync algorithm in pure JavaScript (github.com/claytongulick)
105 points by ingve on May 16, 2021 | 17 comments
42. Nearly 200K Medical Records of US Military Veterans Leaked (securethoughts.com)
145 points by avibu on May 18, 2021 | 79 comments
43. Launch HN: Thryft (YC W21) – Shopify for Instagram Sellers
55 points by caprilynn on May 18, 2021 | 32 comments
44. Forced Entrepreneurs (ssrn.com)
127 points by yarapavan on May 18, 2021 | 90 comments
45. Spin-torque oscillators for WiFi band transmission and energy harvesting (nature.com)
83 points by giuliomagnifico on May 18, 2021 | 62 comments
46. It's time for a data-first front end revolution (kea.js.org)
93 points by feross on May 18, 2021 | 64 comments
47. Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about $9B (businessinsider.com)
199 points by pseudolus on May 18, 2021 | 246 comments
48. Galapagos Islands: Erosion fells Darwin’s Arch (bbc.com)
62 points by janpot on May 18, 2021 | 12 comments
49. [dupe] 40-core Mac Pro reportedly in development by Apple (9to5mac.com)
183 points by ed25519FUUU on May 18, 2021 | 4 comments
50. [dupe] Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes (businessinsider.com)
172 points by bitshifta on May 18, 2021 | 159 comments
51. Ad block shouldn't break your checkout (ilakovac.com)
193 points by infomiho on May 18, 2021 | 201 comments
52. Circuit Synthesis for Analog Computing (sigplan.org)
57 points by matt_d on May 18, 2021 | 3 comments
53. [flagged] The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its Owner Would Get Paid (jalopnik.com)
130 points by zdw on May 18, 2021 | 101 comments
54. Sacred Monster (drb.ie)
24 points by prismatic on May 16, 2021 | 3 comments
55. Converting stroked primitives to filled primitives (2020) (w3.impa.br)
64 points by vg_head on May 18, 2021 | 7 comments
56. Renewable Energy Boomed In 2020 (statista.com)
52 points by williamsharris on May 18, 2021 | 52 comments
57. Chad Strings – The Chad way to handle strings in C (github.com/skullchap)
235 points by dmart on May 18, 2021 | 95 comments
58. Ask HN: Desperately need “sales for nerds” advice
171 points by c1sc0 on May 18, 2021 | 152 comments
59. Mac the Knife (mameworld.info)
85 points by ingve on May 16, 2021 | 19 comments
60. Kickstarting AI for Code: Introducing IBM’s Project CodeNet (ibm.com)
48 points by T-A on May 17, 2021 | 27 comments

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