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1.How to get root on Ubuntu 20.04 by pretending nobody’s /home (securitylab.github.com)
876 points by generalizations on Nov 10, 2020 [ext] | 278 comments [ext]
2.An updated daily front page of The New York Times as artwork on your wall (alexanderklopping.medium.com)
783 points by knes on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 256 comments [ext]
3.Show HN: Self-hosted offline Internet from your browsing history (github.com/c9fe)
537 points by graderjs on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 158 comments [ext]
4. When Inside Information Meets Polymarket: The Venezuela Coup Trade (archive.ph)
298 points by can738 84 days ago | hide | 122 comments
4.Introduction to Linear Algebra for Applied Machine Learning with Python (pabloinsente.github.io)
425 points by Anon84 on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 52 comments [ext]
5.Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage in June 2021 (theverge.com)
664 points by mvgoogler on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 626 comments [ext]
6.Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004) (poignant.guide)
440 points by marcobambini on Nov 10, 2020 [ext] | 201 comments [ext]
7. A 27M-Parameter Model That Quietly Undermines Scaling Orthodoxy (dbreunig.com)
54 points by kem2154 261 days ago | hide | 150 comments
7.Postgres Observability (pgstats.dev)
420 points by fforflo on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
8.Notion Timeline View (notion.so)
311 points by AlphaWeaver on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 188 comments [ext]
9.Show HN: Etebase – An open source and end-to-end encrypted Firebase alternative (etebase.com)
308 points by tasn on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 80 comments [ext]
10. The power-strip life: picking work that plugs into everything (shaanpuri.com)
249 points by bom7529 398 days ago | hide | 12 comments
10.Notion.clone: open-source notes editor like in Notion (github.com/konstantinmuenster)
249 points by thesephist on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 50 comments [ext]
11.Apple's Shifting Differentiation (stratechery.com)
292 points by kaboro on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 317 comments [ext]
12.PySDR: A Guide to SDR and DSP Using Python (pysdr.org)
137 points by emptybits on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
13. Why Google only needs to threaten to outspend its AI rivals (martinvol.pe)
229 points by bsm1209 2 days ago | hide | 57 comments
13.Create your own smart baby monitor with a RaspberryPi and TensorFlow (towardsdatascience.com)
179 points by sebg on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 154 comments [ext]
14.Exploring PGO for the Rust Compiler (rust-lang.org)
170 points by ibraheemdev on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
15.Using Rust to Scale Elixir for 11M Concurrent Users (2019) (discord.com)
332 points by aloukissas on Nov 10, 2020 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
16. Polymarket Meets Your Mortgage: Betting on Home Prices (archive.ph)
187 points by jem4017 84 days ago | hide | 177 comments
16.$200k in sales from a $6k advertisement (wifidabba.com)
393 points by mildlyclassic on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 104 comments [ext]
17.Will R Work on Apple Silicon? (r-project.org)
259 points by nojito on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 224 comments [ext]
18.Insights from Adopting TypeScript at Scale (techatbloomberg.com)
180 points by robpalmer on Nov 10, 2020 [ext] | 105 comments [ext]
19. The Three Ingredients Behind Jitse Groen's Takeaway.com Conquest Of Europe (linkedin.com)
154 points by krz3514 373 days ago | hide | 13 comments
19.How we designed Dropbox’s ATF – an async task framework (dropbox.tech)
122 points by pimterry on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
20.Getting a biometric security key right (yubico.com)
130 points by tiziano88 on Nov 10, 2020 [ext] | 76 comments [ext]
21.Xilinx-Samsung SmartSSD Computational Storage Drive Launched (servethehome.com)
116 points by blopeur on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 84 comments [ext]
22. The crypto scheme where auditors told on the promoters (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 332 days ago | hide | 88 comments
22.Rolls Royce plans UK class of mini-nuclear plants (bbc.com)
195 points by EwanToo on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 246 comments [ext]
23.Building the Mathematical Library of the Future (quantamagazine.org)
146 points by misotaur on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
24.A new skimmer uses WebSockets and a fake credit card form (akamai.com)
96 points by gok on Nov 10, 2020 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
25. A Basket of Tiny Currencies Is Eating the Dollar's Reserve Share (wolfstreet.com)
488 points by gon322 113 days ago | hide | 68 comments
25.The Snood Bloober is an open-source reverse-engineered Sound Blaster 1.0 clone (github.com/schlae)
203 points by edward on Nov 8, 2020 [ext] | 63 comments [ext]
26.iFixit tools in Apple's lab (twitter.com/ifixit)
284 points by miles on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 101 comments [ext]
27.Swiss report reveals new details on CIA spying operation (washingtonpost.com)
234 points by tpurves on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 127 comments [ext]
28. The three fuels that turned farming villages into doomed empires (theguardian.com)
436 points by iik2616 251 days ago | hide | 170 comments
28.Ableton Live 11 (ableton.com)
198 points by alphadelphi on Nov 10, 2020 [ext] | 266 comments [ext]
29.The election of the doge (generalist.academy)
117 points by flannery on Nov 9, 2020 [ext] | 95 comments [ext]
30.Cell Signaling Technologies – Detailed 3D model of human cells (digizyme.com)
163 points by ozten on Nov 11, 2020 [ext] | 50 comments [ext]
31. A German philologist explains how dictatorship hides inside daily busyness (press.uchicago.edu)
129 points by bsk2489 210 days ago | hide | 32 comments

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