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1.		Simple, solar-powered water desalination (2020) (news.mit.edu)
		591 points by drran on July 2, 2021 \| 227 comments
2.		Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments (twitter.com/mitsuhiko)
		1280 points by bencollier49 on July 2, 2021 \| 640 comments
3.		Brickit – scans your Lego bricks and helps you build new creations (twitter.com/alexandernl)
		646 points by ChrisArchitect on June 30, 2021 \| 119 comments
4.		Another 0-day looms for many Western Digital users (krebsonsecurity.com)
		400 points by danso on July 2, 2021 \| 226 comments
5.		Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits lying (medialens.org)
		1110 points by k1m on July 2, 2021 \| 637 comments
6.		Check If Email Exists (github.com/reacherhq)
		479 points by kilodeca on July 1, 2021 \| 250 comments
7.		Purelymail – cheap, no-nonsense email (purelymail.com)
		606 points by rnkn on July 2, 2021 \| 307 comments
8.		The risky bat-virus engineering that links America to Wuhan (technologyreview.com)
		274 points by apsec112 on July 2, 2021 \| 255 comments
9.		Architecture of Lisp Machines (2008) [pdf] (utah.edu)
		150 points by todsacerdoti on July 2, 2021 \| 57 comments
10.		A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy (2003) (archive.org)
		193 points by NetOpWibby on July 2, 2021 \| 61 comments
11.		Image unshredding using a TSP solver (github.com/robinhouston)
		216 points by ingve on July 2, 2021 \| 87 comments
12.		Migadu – No-nonsense multi-domain email at a flat price (migadu.com)
		275 points by tsujp on July 2, 2021 \| 168 comments
13.		“Space age electronics”: Inside a GE thin-film paperweight from the 1960s (righto.com)
		151 points by picture on July 2, 2021 \| 33 comments
14.		Neovim v0.5 (github.com/neovim)
		449 points by todsacerdoti on July 2, 2021 \| 208 comments
15.		The Yoghurt Mafia (rnz.co.nz)
		183 points by casca on July 2, 2021 \| 79 comments
16.		Alien Dreams: An Emerging Art Scene (ml.berkeley.edu)
		300 points by panic on July 1, 2021 \| 104 comments
17.		Mise-en-place for knowledge workers (fortelabs.co)
		294 points by ingve on July 2, 2021 \| 82 comments
18.		Protecting reserved roles with PostgreSQL Hooks (supabase.io)
		100 points by steve-chavez on July 2, 2021 \| 15 comments
19.		An Oral History of the L0pht (2018) (duo.com)
		130 points by whiteyford on July 2, 2021 \| 10 comments
20.		Installing Linux into a 286 laptop from the year 1989 (befinitiv.wordpress.com)
		137 points by sam345 on July 1, 2021 \| 93 comments
21.		‘Dragon Man’ may be an elusive Denisovan (science.sciencemag.org)
		76 points by etiam on July 2, 2021 \| 48 comments
22.		Getting to know logical clocks by implementing them (brunocalza.me)
		81 points by brunoac on July 2, 2021 \| 19 comments
23.		When Orcs Were Real (treeofwoe.substack.com)
		201 points by zimbu668 on July 2, 2021 \| 219 comments
24.		Pen, a GPL Copilot for Emacs (github.com/semiosis)
		162 points by mullikine on July 2, 2021 \| 45 comments
25.		Leaky pipes can be better for moving water (nature.com)
		179 points by rehto21 on July 2, 2021 \| 57 comments
26.		Show HN: VentScape – Minimalistic site to vent, chat and see others do the same (ventscape.life)
		102 points by GabeK0 on July 1, 2021 \| 50 comments
27.		Micron to Sell 3D XPoint Fab to Texas Instruments for $900M (tomshardware.com)
		98 points by rbanffy on July 1, 2021 \| 35 comments
28.		Kerouac and Ginsberg Letters (granta.com)
		48 points by brudgers on July 1, 2021 \| 21 comments
29.		First Look: macOS Monterey Public Beta (sixcolors.com)
		165 points by todsacerdoti on July 2, 2021 \| 274 comments
30.		Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, shut down (vice.com)
		331 points by watchdogtimer on July 2, 2021 \| 301 comments
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