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1.		Signal is having technical difficulties (signal.org)
		907 points by tonymet on Jan 15, 2021 \| 720 comments
2.		Thanks HN: You helped save a company that now helps thousands make a living
		1364 points by callmevlad on Jan 15, 2021 \| 182 comments
3.		Be My Eyes (bemyeyes.com)
		533 points by EndXA on Jan 15, 2021 \| 112 comments
4.		Escaping VirtualBox 6.1: Part 1 (secret.club)
		324 points by lima on Jan 15, 2021 \| 46 comments
5.		Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one week (2016) (news.ycombinator.com)
		318 points by notional on Jan 15, 2021 \| 257 comments
6.		WhatsApp delays privacy changes following backlash (dw.com)
		436 points by tchalla on Jan 15, 2021 \| 385 comments
7.		Why cancer cells waste so much energy (news.mit.edu)
		341 points by chmaynard on Jan 15, 2021 \| 189 comments
8.		Apple M1 Assembly Language Hello World (smist08.wordpress.com)
		372 points by _zhqs on Jan 15, 2021 \| 111 comments
9.		Fast Commits for Ext4 (lwn.net)
		164 points by lukastyrychtr on Jan 15, 2021 \| 52 comments
10.		Zoom improvements requested by music schools (yale.edu)
		270 points by chat on Jan 14, 2021 \| 244 comments
11.		Establishment of a closed artificial ecosystem to ensure human survival on moon (biorxiv.org)
		123 points by phreeza on Jan 15, 2021 \| 74 comments
12.		How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state (detectify.com)
		295 points by Berg0X00 on Jan 15, 2021 \| 62 comments
13.		Graphics Programming Black Book (1997) (github.com/jagregory)
		157 points by nucatus on Jan 15, 2021 \| 42 comments
14.		My preferred .NET console stack (devlead.se)
		199 points by devlead on Jan 15, 2021 \| 110 comments
15.		Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login
		618 points by poxobloc on Jan 15, 2021 \| 384 comments
16.		Encoding Data in Dubstep Drops (benjojo.co.uk)
		179 points by albertzeyer on Jan 15, 2021 \| 90 comments
17.		Show HN: Vmctl/Vmcli – Easily Run Linux VMs on M1 Macs (github.com/gyf304)
		198 points by gyf304 on Jan 15, 2021 \| 28 comments
18.		Show HN: Forgo.js – a 4kb React alternative based on plain JS and DOM APIs (forgojs.org)
		110 points by jeswin on Jan 15, 2021 \| 119 comments
19.		The State of VR on Linux (boilingsteam.com)
		128 points by ekianjo on Jan 15, 2021 \| 66 comments
20.		Oberon OS Walkthrough (2009) (ignorethecode.net)
		168 points by jaytaylor on Jan 15, 2021 \| 59 comments
21.		Akiyoshi's Illusion Pages (ritsumei.ac.jp)
		180 points by mxfh on Jan 15, 2021 \| 17 comments
22.		New MacBook Pro models to feature magsafe, no touch bar and more ports: analyst (macrumors.com)
		499 points by Heliosmaster on Jan 15, 2021 \| 460 comments
23.		Bugtraq: BugTraq Shutdown (seclists.org)
		111 points by todsacerdoti on Jan 15, 2021 \| 16 comments
24.		Microsoft Space Simulator (Or, Charles Guy’s Galaxy in a Box) (filfre.net)
		114 points by doppp on Jan 15, 2021 \| 26 comments
25.		Why Zig when there is already C++, D, and Rust? (ziglang.org)
		276 points by mardiyah on Jan 15, 2021 \| 259 comments
26.		The Newton hypothesis: Is science done by a small elite? (nintil.com)
		121 points by barry-cotter on Jan 15, 2021 \| 94 comments
27.		The Spoon Theory (2003) (butyoudontlooksick.com)
		223 points by Eugeleo on Jan 15, 2021 \| 128 comments
28.		StimulusReflex, or LiveView for Rails (stimulusreflex.com)
		198 points by nanna on Jan 15, 2021 \| 85 comments
29.		Our Dumb Security Questionnaire (hangar.tech)
		149 points by zdw on Jan 15, 2021 \| 88 comments
30.		Why can't I write code inside my browser? (tomcritchlow.com)
		145 points by null_object on Jan 15, 2021 \| 604 comments
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