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1.
Zoom Acquires Keybase (keybase.io)
1879 points by vikram7 on May 7, 2020 | 712 comments
2.
Cross-signing and end-to-end encryption by default (matrix.org)
615 points by thanksforfish on May 7, 2020 | 186 comments
3.
Ask HN: Is your company sticking to on-premise servers? Why?
779 points by aspyct on May 6, 2020 | 755 comments
4.
Norsk Data (wikipedia.org)
301 points by scottlocklin on May 6, 2020 | 91 comments
5.
Making Emacs Popular Again (lwn.net)
544 points by todsacerdoti on May 7, 2020 | 761 comments
6.
Ask HN: Name one idea that changed your life
1084 points by yarapavan on May 6, 2020 | 815 comments
7.
Ask HN: Keybase Alternatives?
726 points by capableweb on May 7, 2020 | 228 comments
8.
Driving engineers to an arbitrary date is a value destroying mistake (iism.org)
404 points by signa11 on May 7, 2020 | 168 comments
9.
GeckoView for Android (mozilla.github.io)
406 points by selvan on May 7, 2020 | 127 comments
10.
The Cost of Free Doughnuts: 70 Years of Regret (npr.org)
397 points by leoh on May 7, 2020 | 306 comments
11.
Pentagon official: FCC decision on 5G threatens GPS, national security (thehill.com)
263 points by anigbrowl on May 7, 2020 | 214 comments
12.
GCC 10.1 Released (gcc.gnu.org)
323 points by nrgc on May 7, 2020 | 139 comments
13.
NHS open-sources contract tracing iOS and Android apps (github.com/nhsx)
342 points by orangepanda on May 7, 2020 | 131 comments
14.
Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto (bbc.com)
325 points by colinprince on May 7, 2020 | 367 comments
15.
Old box, dumb code, few thousand connections, no big deal (rachelbythebay.com)
395 points by ingve on May 7, 2020 | 280 comments
16.
Microsoft's GitHub account allegedly hacked, 500GB stolen (bleepingcomputer.com)
392 points by badRNG on May 7, 2020 | 114 comments
17.
Gig workers are organising in tech-savvy ways (economist.com)
203 points by edward on May 7, 2020 | 172 comments
18.
Zork source code, 1977 (github.com/mitddc)
207 points by braythwayt on May 7, 2020 | 79 comments
19.
Show HN: Beekeeper Studio – open-source, cross-platform SQL client (beekeeperstudio.io)
343 points by rathboma on May 6, 2020 | 132 comments
20.
Happiness is a freshly organized codebase (slack.engineering)
184 points by felixrieseberg on May 7, 2020 | 90 comments
21.
Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy (reuters.com)
201 points by hhs on May 7, 2020 | 270 comments
22.
A Gentle Introduction to the Nix Family (2019) (ebzzry.io)
175 points by gurjeet on May 6, 2020 | 33 comments
23.
When Parallel: Pull, Don't Push (nullprogram.com)
245 points by signa11 on May 6, 2020 | 61 comments
24.
Instant dev environments for cloud-native apps (okteto.com)
91 points by pchico83 on May 7, 2020 | 50 comments
25.
Hello, World – Zerodha, India's largest stock broker (zerodha.tech)
244 points by iamd3vil on May 7, 2020 | 77 comments
26.
Debt Collectors Are Transforming the Business of State Courts (pewtrusts.org)
141 points by burritofanatic on May 7, 2020 | 174 comments
27.
Jet propulsion by microwave air plasma in the atmosphere (arstechnica.com)
130 points by Egregore on May 6, 2020 | 51 comments
28.
New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mobile (anandtech.com)
286 points by awiesenhofer on May 7, 2020 | 345 comments
29.
The Patent Office is “adjusting” to a Supreme Court ruling by ignoring it (eff.org)
220 points by DiabloD3 on May 7, 2020 | 64 comments
30.
An introduction to virtual memory (internalpointers.com)
173 points by signa11 on May 6, 2020 | 17 comments

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