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ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper (remarkable.com)
1410 points by punnerud on Aug 27, 2020 | 685 comments
2.
Scrollbar Blindness (svenkadak.com)
877 points by _maye on Aug 27, 2020 | 563 comments
3.
Does Facebook pay Apple 30% of revenue derived from ads made within its iOS app? (twitter.com/spencerdailey)
697 points by spenvo on Aug 27, 2020 | 321 comments
4.
Why Johnny Won't Upgrade (jacquesmattheij.com)
537 points by janvdberg on Aug 26, 2020 | 571 comments
5.
The potentially revolutionary Celera 500L aircraft (thedrive.com)
490 points by tomohawk on Aug 27, 2020 | 246 comments
6.
The Lounge – Modern web IRC client designed for self-hosting (github.com/thelounge)
223 points by Naac on Aug 27, 2020 | 76 comments
7.
Facebook apologizes to users for Apple’s monstrous efforts to protect privacy (theregister.com)
611 points by kiyanwang on Aug 27, 2020 | 244 comments
8.
D3 6.0 (github.com/d3)
330 points by coldsnap427 on Aug 26, 2020 | 86 comments
9.
An Archive of a Different Type (archive.org)
206 points by josephscott on Aug 26, 2020 | 35 comments
10.
A Short Guide to Minimal Web Development (2018) (meiert.com)
277 points by uberswe on Aug 27, 2020 | 83 comments
11.
Hunting the Nearly-Invisible Personal Website (cheapskatesguide.org)
244 points by sT370ma2 on Aug 27, 2020 | 78 comments
12.
Band-Limiting Procedural Textures (iquilezles.org)
205 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 27, 2020 | 31 comments
13.
Rust 1.46 (rust-lang.org)
391 points by pietroalbini on Aug 27, 2020 | 150 comments
14.
Hard work vs. Long work (2011) (seths.blog)
208 points by arto on Aug 27, 2020 | 59 comments
15.
When Asbestos Was a Gift Fit for a King (jstor.org)
193 points by onychomys on Aug 27, 2020 | 99 comments
16.
Show HN: Olaf – Acoustic Fingerprinting on the ESP32 and in the Browser (0110.be)
166 points by joren- on Aug 27, 2020 | 30 comments
17.
Discovery of scholar's notes shine light on race to decipher Rosetta Stone (theguardian.com)
53 points by mikhailfranco on Aug 26, 2020 | 18 comments
18.
Show HN: Muse – Tool for Thought on iPad (museapp.com)
266 points by adamwiggins on Aug 27, 2020 | 188 comments
19.
Rare plants that ‘bleed’ nickel (bbc.com)
113 points by pseudolus on Aug 26, 2020 | 34 comments
20.
Blanked-out spots on China's maps helped us uncover Xinjiang's camps (buzzfeednews.com)
487 points by danso on Aug 27, 2020 | 294 comments
21.
Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK government (carbonbrief.org)
350 points by open-source-ux on Aug 27, 2020 | 370 comments
22.
Nitrokey (nitrokey.com)
131 points by simonpure on Aug 27, 2020 | 97 comments
23.
A leap of faith: Committing to open source (github.com/readme)
175 points by 0xedb on Aug 27, 2020 | 49 comments
24.
Andy Matuschak's Notes (andymatuschak.org)
166 points by telotortium on Aug 26, 2020 | 49 comments
25.
The time it takes to run a paid newsletter (simonowens.substack.com)
92 points by exolymph on Aug 27, 2020 | 36 comments
26.
How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astronomy images (nature.com)
182 points by SiempreViernes on Aug 27, 2020 | 384 comments
27.
Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part II (krebsonsecurity.com)
81 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 27, 2020 | 42 comments
28.
Interview with Zig language creator Andrew Kelley [video] (youtube.com)
200 points by _urga on Aug 27, 2020 | 203 comments
29.
TSMC and Graphcore Prepare for AI Acceleration on 3nm (anandtech.com)
144 points by rbanffy on Aug 27, 2020 | 133 comments
30.
Show HN: Vim-Like Layer for Xorg and Wayland (cedaei.com)
148 points by ceda_ei on Aug 26, 2020 | 62 comments

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