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1.Rga: Ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz (phiresky.github.io)
684 points by grahameb on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 139 comments [ext]
2.S3 Strong Consistency (amazon.com)
699 points by juliansimioni on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 227 comments [ext]
3.NandGame – Build a Computer from Scratch (nandgame.com)
627 points by dalemyers on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 136 comments [ext]
4. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 170 days ago | hide | 48 comments
4.Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges (theverge.com)
933 points by brundolf on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 740 comments [ext]
5.Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify (spotify.com)
585 points by I-M-S on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 568 comments [ext]
6.Kubernetes is deprecating Docker runtime support (github.com/kubernetes)
457 points by GordonS on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 175 comments [ext]
7. Why Google only needs to threaten to outspend its AI rivals (martinvol.pe)
229 points by bsm1209 2 days ago | hide | 57 comments
7.Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK (bbc.com)
551 points by ascorbic on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 728 comments [ext]
8.Monica: Personal CRM. Remember everything about your friends, family and etc. (github.com/monicahq)
414 points by terramauthe on Dec 1, 2020 [ext] | 198 comments [ext]
9.A Japanese shop is 1,020 years old (nytimes.com)
341 points by kawera on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 170 comments [ext]
10. Adoption, Not Product, Is What Kills Vertical Software Bets ()
374 points by ium4024 70 days ago | hide | 174 comments
10.What is protein folding? A brief explanation (rootsofprogress.org)
314 points by jasoncrawford on Dec 1, 2020 [ext] | 78 comments [ext]
11.QBE vs. LLVM (c9x.me)
295 points by peter_d_sherman on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 99 comments [ext]
12.A founder’s guide to understanding users (mgadams.com)
209 points by mgadams3 on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
13. The Anti-Dropout Playbook From a Waterloo Near-Defector (ansonyu.me)
478 points by iuz6368 114 days ago | hide | 193 comments
13.Attention K-Mart Shoppers: Piped Music Collection on the Internet Archive (archive.org)
274 points by shervinafshar on Dec 1, 2020 [ext] | 91 comments [ext]
14.Cyberespionage Using SS7 via Circles (citizenlab.ca)
218 points by sroussey on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 65 comments [ext]
15.Google partners with SkyWater to enable open source manufacturing of ASICs (skywatertechnology.com)
198 points by lawrenceyan on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 53 comments [ext]
16. Beyond Vocabulary: Why Clear Thinking is the Engine of Articulate Speech (youtube.com)
43 points by jan967 251 days ago | hide | 128 comments
16.Microsoft apologises for feature criticised as workplace surveillance (theguardian.com)
352 points by tompagenet2 on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 174 comments [ext]
17.Materialize Raises a $32M Series B (materialize.com)
201 points by austinbirch on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 86 comments [ext]
18.Siteswap (wikipedia.org)
110 points by Schiphol on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
19. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 17 hours ago | hide | 47 comments
19.Horseshoe crab blood to remain big pharma's standard as group rejects substitute (theguardian.com)
171 points by _Microft on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 129 comments [ext]
20.South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn (bbc.co.uk)
220 points by EwanToo on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 408 comments [ext]
21.National parks of New Zealand in 3D (felixpalmer.github.io)
155 points by pheelicks on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 41 comments [ext]
22. Inside the Lonely Experiment to Remember Everything You Learn (wired.com)
244 points by auz7944 478 days ago | hide | 22 comments
22.Amnesia – High-Accuracy Data Anonymization (openaire.eu)
150 points by T-A on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 96 comments [ext]
23.Feature Casualties of Large Databases (brandur.org)
120 points by craigkerstiens on Dec 1, 2020 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
24.Observable and Creative Coding (observablehq.com)
157 points by grzm on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
25. Ten billion hours: the unglamorous giant AI is about to eat ()
71 points by fin781 263 days ago | hide | 11 comments
25.Win by Segfault and Other Notes on Exploiting Chess Engines (resistant.tech)
124 points by wglb on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
26.Boeing's upgraded 737 Max completes first flight with media onboard (reuters.com)
105 points by quickthrower2 on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 271 comments [ext]
27.NN-SVG: Generate publication-ready NN-architecture schematics (alexlenail.me)
81 points by tzm on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
28. Why you care for your dog better than yourself — and the fix (web.archive.org)
420 points by guz3550 602 days ago | hide | 25 comments
28.A chain cuts through a capsized cargo ship filled with cars (jalopnik.com)
354 points by BuildTheRobots on Dec 2, 2020 [ext] | 130 comments [ext]
29.Alternative notation for exponents, logs and roots? (2011) (math.stackexchange.com)
177 points by aleyan on Nov 30, 2020 [ext] | 65 comments [ext]
30.A Brief History of Unreal Mode (2018) (os2museum.com)
59 points by userbinator on Dec 1, 2020 [ext] | 6 comments [ext]
31. How Autodesk, Cadence, and Synopsys built the deepest moats in software (felicis.com)
443 points by pal3183 593 days ago | hide | 193 comments

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