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1.A Minimum Viable Computer, or Linux for $15 (bbenchoff.github.io)
813 points by kotaKat on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 391 comments [ext]
2.AirPods don't “just work” (philip.design)
927 points by knowingathing on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 937 comments [ext]
3.Washington state shuts down Amazon price-fixing program nationwide (wa.gov)
686 points by ilamont on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 323 comments [ext]
4. The crypto scheme where auditors told on the promoters (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 333 days ago | hide | 88 comments
4.Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a car (fullstackeconomics.com)
491 points by exolymph on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 484 comments [ext]
5.Two weeks later David Bennett is alive, his pig’s heart beating soundly (irishtimes.com)
458 points by otoolep on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 491 comments [ext]
6.Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web? [ext]
569 points by dusted on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 316 comments [ext]
7. Asymmetric leverage how Iran holds twenty percent of global oil supply hostage (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 22 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
7.UBS Acquires Wealthfront for $1.4B (reuters.com)
322 points by blobbers on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 319 comments [ext]
8.Zim – A Desktop Wiki (zim-wiki.org)
363 points by martinlaz on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 165 comments [ext]
9.To my surprise and elation, the Webb Space Telescope is going to work (arstechnica.com)
429 points by wglb on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 213 comments [ext]
10. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 23 hours ago | hide | 47 comments
10.Google rewrites many page titles (zyppy.com)
547 points by cyrusshepard on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 250 comments [ext]
11.Nature Neuroscience offers open access publishing for $11k per article (nature.com)
341 points by galoisscobi on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 205 comments [ext]
12.Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only make it worse (on.substack.com)
413 points by jashkenas on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 576 comments [ext]
13. Why Most Marketplace Network Effects Are Surprisingly Easy to Replicate ()
257 points by pen4647 497 days ago | hide | 50 comments
13.Hacking the Apple Webcam (Again) (ryanpickren.com)
371 points by sync on Jan 25, 2022 [ext] | 73 comments [ext]
14.Show HN: Electric Tables – an experiment in personal databases (tomcritchlow.com)
231 points by topcat31 on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
15.Stop Brainstorming (matthewstrom.com)
258 points by burticlies on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 95 comments [ext]
16. Bots as Antitrust: Letting Code Negotiate on Your Behalf (continuations.com)
215 points by doz2675 594 days ago | hide | 76 comments
16.How the Soviets put a lander on Venus (asianometry.substack.com)
274 points by picture on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 82 comments [ext]
17.Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates (ntdca.com)
400 points by alexrustic on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 1209 comments [ext]
18.Run Ordinary Rails Apps Globally (2021) (fly.io)
269 points by goranmoomin on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 113 comments [ext]
19. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
19.Why does the "chart increasing" emoji show in red? (emojipedia.org)
234 points by adius on Jan 25, 2022 [ext] | 118 comments [ext]
20.The Internals of PostgreSQL (interdb.jp)
328 points by kklisura on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
21.Guide to Using YubiKey for GPG and SSH (github.com/drduh)
274 points by simonpure on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 92 comments [ext]
22. Why Whoever Reaches AGI First Won't Actually Own Intelligence ()
215 points by fik8005 56 days ago | hide | 155 comments
22.About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.2 (support.apple.com)
200 points by ingve on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 107 comments [ext]
23.A prisoner who worked out how to input Chinese characters into a machine (wired.com)
154 points by dangerman on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 72 comments [ext]
24.Elsevier embeds a hash in the PDF metadata that is unique for each download (twitter.com/json_dirs)
343 points by sohkamyung on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 140 comments [ext]
25. The carriage maker's dilemma: Why imminent disruption requires drastic current effort (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 2 days ago | hide | 127 comments
25.Worst practices are viral for the wrong reasons (2014) (haskellforall.com)
122 points by throwaway81523 on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 59 comments [ext]
26.The Polygons of Éric's Chahi Another World (fabiensanglard.net)
161 points by zaiste on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
27.Gemini is a little gem (andregarzia.com)
192 points by soapdog on Jan 25, 2022 [ext] | 122 comments [ext]
28. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 85 days ago | hide | 14 comments
28.Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs (economist.com)
139 points by blopeur on Jan 25, 2022 [ext] | 302 comments [ext]
29.Ask HN: How do you get out of a rut? [ext]
264 points by abecedarian on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 168 comments [ext]
30.How Claude Shannon helped kick-start machine learning (ieee.org)
142 points by pseudolus on Jan 26, 2022 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
31. The Venture Drug: How $20M Seeds Kill Founder Optionality ()
491 points by nrx2341 119 days ago | hide | 105 comments

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