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1.		Why I rewrote my Rust keyboard firmware in Zig: consistency, mastery, and fun (kevinlynagh.com)
		743 points by iansinnott on March 7, 2021 \| 387 comments
2.		We may soon have city-spanning 900 MHz mesh networks (cheapskatesguide.org)
		296 points by RiderOfGiraffes on March 7, 2021 \| 186 comments
3.		Switzerland votes against electronic ID system provided by private companies (swissinfo.ch)
		619 points by bontoJR on March 7, 2021 \| 401 comments
4.		NFTs Are a Dangerous Trap (seths.blog)
		772 points by josephscott on March 7, 2021 \| 752 comments
5.		The Kilobyte’s Gambit (vole.wtf)
		518 points by msszczep2 on March 7, 2021 \| 147 comments
6.		Raspberry Pi for Kill Mosquitoes by Laser (preprints.org)
		343 points by ColinWright on March 7, 2021 \| 250 comments
7.		Popular YouTubers who are building their own sites (bbc.com)
		457 points by mikesabbagh on March 7, 2021 \| 411 comments
8.		Procrastination is flight, deadline is fight, freeze is staring at the screen (pmigdal.medium.com)
		463 points by stared on March 7, 2021 \| 113 comments
9.		UC’s termination of Elsevier contract has had limited negative impact (2020) (dailybruin.com)
		262 points by ColinWright on March 7, 2021 \| 90 comments
10.		Donate Unrestricted (paulgraham.com)
		289 points by razin on March 7, 2021 \| 284 comments
11.		Someone is hacking the hackers (gizmodo.com)
		295 points by fortran77 on March 7, 2021 \| 160 comments
12.		Nodes.io – A new way to create with code (nodes.io)
		365 points by triptych on March 7, 2021 \| 92 comments
13.		Let's Encrypt's performance is currently degraded due to a DDoS attack (status.io)
		268 points by sorcix on March 7, 2021 \| 115 comments
14.		Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics (counter.dev)
		153 points by ihucos on March 7, 2021 \| 77 comments
15.		Why winter exercise can be especially hard on the lungs (cbc.ca)
		204 points by curmudgeon22 on March 7, 2021 \| 118 comments
16.		I Bought a Business for $0 (every.to/superorganizers)
		280 points by catchmeifyoucan on March 7, 2021 \| 121 comments
17.		Cactus Comments: Federated web comments based on Matrix protocol (cactus.chat)
		164 points by decrypt on March 7, 2021 \| 52 comments
18.		Qubes-Lite with KVM and Wayland (roscidus.com)
		141 points by todsacerdoti on March 7, 2021 \| 48 comments
19.		Review: The Book of Why (tachy.org)
		148 points by pizzicato on March 7, 2021 \| 37 comments
20.		A truck driver uncovers secrets about the first nuclear bombs (newyorker.com)
		132 points by 3eto on March 6, 2021 \| 36 comments
21.		Simple and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytic (github.com/plausible)
		175 points by rajeshrajappan on March 7, 2021 \| 87 comments
22.		What Happens Inside a 100-Hop IPv6 Wireless Mesh Network? (thingsquare.com)
		137 points by tdrnd on March 7, 2021 \| 24 comments
23.		The ZX81 Turns 40 (theregister.com)
		156 points by ggambetta on March 7, 2021 \| 81 comments
24.		The blissful political incorrectness of Soviet comedies (thecritic.co.uk)
		153 points by hyperrail on March 7, 2021 \| 131 comments
25.		A Second Conversation with Werner Vogels (acm.org)
		120 points by mpweiher on March 6, 2021 \| 13 comments
26.		YouTuber Builds Working 3D-Printed Turbojet Engine and Tests It in His Attic (thedrive.com)
		171 points by clouddrover on March 6, 2021 \| 57 comments
27.		Launch HN: PingPong (YC W21) – Video messaging for remote teams
		90 points by jeffwhitlock on March 7, 2021 \| 68 comments
28.		507 Mechanical Movements (1868) (507movements.com)
		159 points by Naracion on March 7, 2021 \| 30 comments
29.		Build Your Machine Today (vention.io)
		129 points by alex_hirner on March 6, 2021 \| 25 comments
30.		Reality Is Perplexing Enough: An Interview with Jorge Luis Borges (1968) (commonwealmagazine.org)
		102 points by keiferski on March 5, 2021 \| 10 comments
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