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1.		Bottles: GUI front end to run Windows software on Linux (usebottles.com)
		604 points by sph on Dec 19, 2021 \| 237 comments
2.		An iframe from googlesyndication.com tries to access the camera and microphone (techsparx.com)
		562 points by authed on Dec 19, 2021 \| 271 comments
3.		Test your product on a crappy laptop (css-tricks.com)
		527 points by dredmorbius on Dec 19, 2021 \| 307 comments
4.		The Big DevOps Misunderstanding (wolfoliver.medium.com)
		529 points by WolfOliver on Dec 19, 2021 \| 314 comments
5.		I was part of a human subject research study without my consent (christine.website)
		434 points by snowytrees on Dec 19, 2021 \| 365 comments
6.		Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China (economist.com)
		583 points by baylearn on Dec 19, 2021 \| 673 comments
7.		Ask HN: How to optimize your career for happiness?
		423 points by __all__ on Dec 19, 2021 \| 321 comments
8.		Exa - A Modern Replacement for ls (exa.website)
		355 points by gilad on Dec 18, 2021 \| 149 comments
9.		The timing of evolutionary transitions suggests intelligent life is rare (liebertpub.com)
		148 points by beefman on Dec 19, 2021 \| 147 comments
10.		Wingman for Haskell (haskellwingman.dev)
		181 points by dunefox on Dec 18, 2021 \| 45 comments
11.		Nocom – 2b2t Minecraft server exploit using Monte-Carlo localization (github.com/nerdsinspace)
		208 points by cyber_kinetist on Dec 19, 2021 \| 80 comments
12.		Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job
		425 points by aristofun on Dec 19, 2021 \| 500 comments
13.		Fish sausages: Ugandan CEO taps into demand (howwemadeitinafrica.com)
		121 points by jkuria on Dec 19, 2021 \| 98 comments
14.		Move myself to inactive (github.com/ytdl-org)
		278 points by SturgeonsLaw on Dec 19, 2021 \| 140 comments
15.		Why Not Rust? (2020) (matklad.github.io)
		235 points by spekcular on Dec 18, 2021 \| 269 comments
16.		Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking (linkingmanifesto.org)
		106 points by 1123581321 on Dec 18, 2021 \| 20 comments
17.		Unix Shell Programming: The Next 50 Years (micahlerner.com)
		159 points by mlerner on Dec 19, 2021 \| 64 comments
18.		Thread Safety in C++ and Rust (reverberate.org)
		147 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 18, 2021 \| 72 comments
19.		Writing embedded firmware using Rust (anyleaf.org)
		151 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 19, 2021 \| 67 comments
20.		Show HN: IR stove thermometer, firmware in Rust (anyleaf.org)
		87 points by the__alchemist on Dec 19, 2021 \| 51 comments
21.		Connecting the iDOTs (2020) (hackerfactor.com)
		72 points by ErikCorry on Dec 19, 2021 \| 36 comments
22.		C Programming on System 6 – Implementing Multi-User Chat (jcs.org)
		135 points by tobr on Dec 18, 2021 \| 34 comments
23.		SciRate: An open source website to browse, save, and comment ArXiv articles (scirate.com)
		93 points by physicsgraph on Dec 19, 2021 \| 17 comments
24.		Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar (twitter.com/sega__jeanasis)
		335 points by kaycebasques on Dec 19, 2021 \| 361 comments
25.		Children born in the pandemic have significantly reduced cognitive performance [pdf] (medrxiv.org)
		269 points by kevin_hu on Dec 19, 2021 \| 313 comments
26.		4D Toys: Klein Bottles (marctenbosch.com)
		86 points by xfennec on Dec 17, 2021 \| 13 comments
27.		A Search for Analogs of Boyajian's Star: A Second List of Candidates (arxiv.org)
		57 points by choxi on Dec 19, 2021 \| 16 comments
28.		Windows: The next killer application on the internet (1994) [pdf] (sriramk.com)
		85 points by tosh on Dec 18, 2021 \| 63 comments
29.		Analyzing the public hostnames of Tailscale users (smitop.com)
		38 points by smitop on Dec 16, 2021 \| 31 comments
30.		Self-Organizing Teams (vadimkravcenko.com)
		88 points by bndr on Dec 18, 2021 \| 50 comments
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