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1.		Kosmonaut: web browser from scratch in Rust (github.com/twilco)
		721 points by adamnemecek on Aug 15, 2020 \| 447 comments
2.		The best way to exercise self-control is not to exercise it at all (psyche.co)
		346 points by MurizS on Aug 15, 2020 \| 272 comments
3.		Using machine learning to recreate photorealistic portraits of Roman Emperors (voshart.com)
		356 points by elorant on Aug 15, 2020 \| 128 comments
4.		Mozilla’s Uncertain Future (civilityandtruth.com)
		404 points by jonathankoren on Aug 15, 2020 \| 394 comments
5.		Fungus at Chernobyl absorbs nuclear radiation via radiosynthesis (technologynetworks.com)
		366 points by karimford on Aug 15, 2020 \| 104 comments
6.		Amazon's ML University is making its online courses available to the public (amazon.science)
		426 points by karxxm on Aug 15, 2020 \| 48 comments
7.		SEC Enforcement of Insider Trading Dropped to Lowest Point in Decades (npr.org)
		262 points by everybodyknows on Aug 15, 2020 \| 98 comments
8.		NTFS read-write GPL kernel driver (kernel.org)
		287 points by ButSpider on Aug 15, 2020 \| 112 comments
9.		My best SEO tactic so far (questinglog.com)
		240 points by AlchemistCamp on Aug 14, 2020 \| 62 comments
10.		Write Your Own Virtual Machine (justinmeiners.github.io)
		326 points by ChankeyPathak on Aug 15, 2020 \| 42 comments
11.		Paul Rand's NeXT Logo (2010) (logodesignlove.com)
		168 points by mmhsieh on Aug 15, 2020 \| 74 comments
12.		Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy Is Killing You (medium.com/steve.yegge)
		662 points by bigiain on Aug 15, 2020 \| 403 comments
13.		Isoflow – Infrastructure Diagrams (isoflow.io)
		313 points by willemlabu on Aug 15, 2020 \| 54 comments
14.		Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal (theregister.com)
		365 points by teraku on Aug 14, 2020 \| 325 comments
15.		Saliva-based Covid-19 test approved by FDA (yale.edu)
		164 points by jakozaur on Aug 15, 2020 \| 48 comments
16.		How the 8086 processor handles power and clock internally (righto.com)
		157 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 15, 2020 \| 38 comments
17.		People slept on grass beds 200k years ago (arstechnica.com)
		156 points by diodorus on Aug 14, 2020 \| 155 comments
18.		Scribd acquires SlideShare from LinkedIn (techcrunch.com)
		160 points by simonebrunozzi on Aug 15, 2020 \| 46 comments
19.		Buying a single character domain – and 3 character FQDN – for £15 (shkspr.mobi)
		260 points by edent on Aug 15, 2020 \| 118 comments
20.		MiniFB: Small cross platform library to create framebuffer to draw pixels in (github.com/emoon)
		102 points by ingve on Aug 15, 2020 \| 23 comments
21.		Russell Kirsch, inventor of the pixel, has died (petapixel.com)
		130 points by Yetanfou on Aug 15, 2020 \| 17 comments
22.		J Notation as a Tool of Thought (hillelwayne.com)
		160 points by janvdberg on Aug 15, 2020 \| 59 comments
23.		ATM Hackers Have Picked Up Some Clever New Tricks (wired.com)
		109 points by fortran77 on Aug 15, 2020 \| 50 comments
24.		The brilliance of All Gas No Brakes (bigtechnology.substack.com)
		245 points by Balgair on Aug 15, 2020 \| 113 comments
25.		PyIDM – Python open-source alternative to Internet Download Manager (github.com/pyidm)
		104 points by URfejk on Aug 13, 2020 \| 28 comments
26.		Mystery of superior Leeuwenhoek microscope solved after 350 years (2018) (phys.org)
		97 points by Bud on Aug 15, 2020 \| 16 comments
27.		We are a spectrum of jobs, not just one (rachelbythebay.com)
		158 points by zdw on Aug 15, 2020 \| 113 comments
28.		Kiruna, Forever Changing (placesjournal.org)
		54 points by Thevet on Aug 14, 2020 \| 5 comments
29.		Found: A Miniature Incan Llama at the Bottom of Lake Titicaca (atlasobscura.com)
		88 points by Petiver on Aug 13, 2020 \| 16 comments
30.		New type of taste cell discovered in taste buds (neurosciencenews.com)
		50 points by edward on Aug 15, 2020 \| 2 comments
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