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1.		Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water (joshdata.me)
		1669 points by raldi on Feb 20, 2021 \| 171 comments
2.		United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet separates from engine (avherald.com)
		723 points by haunter on Feb 20, 2021 \| 464 comments
3.		New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with near-perfect efficiency (academictimes.com)
		428 points by ColinWright on Feb 20, 2021 \| 265 comments
4.		How to Destroy the Earth (2006) (qntm.org)
		293 points by NateEag on Feb 20, 2021 \| 155 comments
5.		How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) (thorstenball.com)
		552 points by _zhqs on Feb 20, 2021 \| 357 comments
6.		Researchers looking for mRNA were ridiculed by colleagues (macleans.ca)
		439 points by fortran77 on Feb 19, 2021 \| 193 comments
7.		We live in an age of distractions, dealing with constant mental stimulus (lostbookofsales.com)
		406 points by _uoud on Feb 20, 2021 \| 151 comments
8.		Mars landing: Photo shows Perseverance rover during landing (bbc.co.uk)
		259 points by jfk13 on Feb 19, 2021 \| 44 comments
9.		0 A.D. Alpha 24: Xšayāršā (play0ad.com)
		375 points by shakow on Feb 20, 2021 \| 89 comments
10.		M1 Macs have another hidden boot mode (eclecticlight.co)
		348 points by giuliomagnifico on Feb 20, 2021 \| 231 comments
11.		Adversarial.io – Fighting mass image recognition (adversarial.io)
		249 points by petecooper on Feb 20, 2021 \| 63 comments
12.		My Life in E-Ink (rgoswami.me)
		282 points by HaoZeke on Feb 20, 2021 \| 155 comments
13.		Show HN: Split Keyboards Gallery (aposymbiont.github.io)
		249 points by Symbiote on Feb 18, 2021 \| 155 comments
14.		I don't know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility (2007) (qntm.org)
		401 points by pdkl95 on Feb 20, 2021 \| 158 comments
15.		Show HN: Vellum – An interactive list of nonfiction books reviewed by academics (tachy.org)
		140 points by pizzicato on Feb 20, 2021 \| 35 comments
16.		Debian Packages That Need Lovin' (debian.net)
		201 points by spyc on Feb 20, 2021 \| 146 comments
17.		F’: Flight Software and Embedded Systems Framework (nasa.github.io)
		189 points by zeristor on Feb 19, 2021 \| 37 comments
18.		Turbo Pascal Compiler in JavaScript (github.com/lkesteloot)
		148 points by mariuz on Feb 20, 2021 \| 72 comments
19.		Why Birds Don’t Get Cold Feet (medium.com/i-wanna-know)
		207 points by pmontra on Feb 19, 2021 \| 108 comments
20.		Teardown of a quartz crystal oscillator and the tiny IC inside (righto.com)
		136 points by picture on Feb 20, 2021 \| 35 comments
21.		Cranelift, Part 2: Compiler Efficiency, CFGs, and a Branch Peephole Optimizer (cfallin.org)
		141 points by lukastyrychtr on Feb 20, 2021 \| 18 comments
22.		A request for Pinboard old-timers (prettyfwd.com)
		268 points by Alex3917 on Feb 19, 2021 \| 172 comments
23.		Little is a statically typed, C-like scripting language (little-lang.org)
		192 points by Thedarkb on Feb 20, 2021 \| 129 comments
24.		Handheld two-way radios for preppers and other curious folks (coredump.cx)
		131 points by wglb on Feb 18, 2021 \| 149 comments
25.		Squad: Forth on Chip-8 (internet-janitor.itch.io)
		82 points by RodgerTheGreat on Feb 19, 2021 \| 12 comments
26.		Raiders of the Lost Ark as a Black-and-White Silent Film (2014) (extension765.com)
		104 points by keiferski on Feb 19, 2021 \| 49 comments
27.		The Object-Oriented Amiga Exec (1991) (archive.org)
		72 points by mpweiher on Feb 18, 2021 \| 18 comments
28.		NSan: a floating-point numerical sanitizer (acm.org)
		86 points by Katydid on Feb 20, 2021 \| 21 comments
29.		New malware found on 30k Macs has security pros stumped (arstechnica.com)
		368 points by furcyd on Feb 20, 2021 \| 195 comments
30.		Highest rates of teen bullying are between friends and friends-of-friends: study (ucdavis.edu)
		208 points by thereare5lights on Feb 20, 2021 \| 304 comments
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