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1. Avoiding bot detection: How to scrape the web without getting blocked? (github.com/niespodd)
586 points by proszkinasenne2 on Oct 31, 2021 | 298 comments
2. CT Scan of a Pumpkin (homestead.com)
491 points by zdw on Oct 31, 2021 | 79 comments
3. Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open (robertheaton.com)
630 points by marginalia_nu on Oct 31, 2021 | 227 comments
4. Bash functions are better than I thought (cuddly-octo-palm-tree.com)
436 points by todsacerdoti on Oct 31, 2021 | 285 comments
5. Substantially more monarch butterflies have arrived in California to overwinter (goodnewsnetwork.org)
318 points by RickJWagner on Oct 31, 2021 | 48 comments
6. Fundamentals of Piano Practice (fundamentals-of-piano-practice.readthedo...)
358 points by delib on Oct 30, 2021 | 196 comments
7. A completely-from-scratch hobby operating system (github.com/klange)
297 points by tirrex on Oct 31, 2021 | 72 comments
8. Hexing the Technical Interview (2017) (aphyr.com)
268 points by jbredeche on Oct 29, 2021 | 41 comments
9. Oracle's JDK 17 – Free Again for Commercial Use (infoq.com)
248 points by sharjeelsayed on Oct 31, 2021 | 270 comments
10. A developer's guide to programatically overcome fear of failure (pagerduty.com)
292 points by kiyanwang on Oct 31, 2021 | 46 comments
11. Show HN: Use your iPhone's camera to see any photo on your wall (apps.apple.com)
255 points by hitmyapi on Oct 31, 2021 | 81 comments
12. Repeat Yourself, a Lot (tomtunguz.com)
235 points by kiyanwang on Oct 31, 2021 | 80 comments
13. Truths about video game stories (bottomfeeder.substack.com)
248 points by Tomte on Oct 31, 2021 | 323 comments
14. Get started making music (ableton.com)
441 points by RageoftheRobots on Oct 31, 2021 | 144 comments
15. Perfecting GLFW for Zig, and finding lurking undefined behavior that went unnot (hexops.com)
136 points by todsacerdoti on Oct 31, 2021 | 57 comments
16. Watermelons (seasonal.substack.com)
133 points by eliotpeper on Oct 31, 2021 | 57 comments
17. How long does it take ordinary people to get good at chess? (github.com/jcw024)
240 points by rococode on Oct 29, 2021 | 134 comments
18. How I motivate myself to write (pragmaticengineer.com)
238 points by gregdoesit on Oct 29, 2021 | 57 comments
19. Roblox has been down for days and it’s not because of Chipotle (theverge.com)
243 points by Terretta on Oct 31, 2021 | 169 comments
20. Sustainable Energy without the Hot Air (Revised, Community Edition) (lifeitself.us)
168 points by rufuspollock on Oct 31, 2021 | 133 comments
21. Explaining Ruby Fibers (noteflakes.com)
169 points by tekkertje on Oct 29, 2021 | 13 comments
22. Attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with AI, then talk back (hakaimagazine.com)
145 points by Vindl on Oct 31, 2021 | 129 comments
23. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative sunsetting science research platform meta.org (cziscience.medium.com)
174 points by nefitty on Oct 31, 2021 | 109 comments
24. Pentium on a 386 Motherboard (dependency-injection.com)
153 points by userbinator on Oct 30, 2021 | 50 comments
25. Mind Grenade (2019) (fourmilab.ch)
90 points by ggoo on Oct 31, 2021 | 8 comments
26. Hegel Today (aeon.co)
85 points by hooboy on Oct 29, 2021 | 49 comments
27. Apple’s privacy changes hurt Snap and Facebook but benefited Google (wsj.com)
155 points by lxm on Oct 29, 2021 | 110 comments
28. Encrypting Postgres Data at Rest in Kubernetes (crunchydata.com)
108 points by plaur782 on Oct 31, 2021 | 40 comments
29. Ithkuil IV Language FAQ (ithkuil.place)
74 points by xvilka on Oct 29, 2021 | 26 comments
30. All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected (world-nuclear-news.org)
284 points by DisjointedHunt on Oct 31, 2021 | 418 comments

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