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1.		Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” (support.google.com)
		1330 points by temp8964 on July 16, 2021 \| 1520 comments
2.		Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swap appears to fix glitch (sciencemag.org)
		629 points by sohkamyung on July 16, 2021 \| 231 comments
3.		The Alexander: Why did you build such a long piano? (alexanderpiano.nz)
		884 points by kurthr on July 16, 2021 \| 186 comments
4.		Why we're blind to the color blue (calebkruse.com)
		575 points by goodway on July 16, 2021 \| 211 comments
5.		Intel in talks to buy GlobalFoundries for about $30B (reuters.com)
		604 points by hi5eyes on July 15, 2021 \| 170 comments
6.		The case for banning non-competes (slowboring.com)
		511 points by jseliger on July 16, 2021 \| 332 comments
7.		Open Insulin Foundation (openinsulin.org)
		567 points by hmmx3 on July 16, 2021 \| 243 comments
8.		Voice clone of Anthony Bourdain prompts synthetic media ethics questions (techpolicy.press)
		242 points by andreyk on July 16, 2021 \| 191 comments
9.		Classified Challenger tank specs leaked online for videogame (ukdefencejournal.org.uk)
		198 points by notmine1337 on July 16, 2021 \| 107 comments
10.		State Department to pay up to $10M for information on foreign cyberattacks (darkreading.com)
		151 points by WaitWaitWha on July 16, 2021 \| 54 comments
11.		We will win the war for general-purpose computing (cheapskatesguide.org)
		239 points by d_h_j on July 16, 2021 \| 178 comments
12.		What is the Axiom of Choice? (jaydaigle.net)
		182 points by luu on July 14, 2021 \| 167 comments
13.		Paxos vs. Raft: Have we reached consensus on distributed consensus? (charap.co)
		183 points by yagizdegirmenci on July 14, 2021 \| 48 comments
14.		Illinois first state to tell police they can't lie to minors in interrogations (npr.org)
		435 points by pseudolus on July 16, 2021 \| 303 comments
15.		New generation artificial heart implanted in patient (dukehealth.org)
		142 points by jacobrussell on July 16, 2021 \| 74 comments
16.		The Print Shop Club: Create Apple II Print Shop Printouts in the Browser (theprintshop.club)
		160 points by empressplay on July 16, 2021 \| 44 comments
17.		How Dangerous Are Solar Storms? (backreaction.blogspot.com)
		102 points by firebaze on July 16, 2021 \| 54 comments
18.		Show HN: I made an interactive anti-procrastination video course (deprocrastination.co)
		214 points by vitabenes on July 16, 2021 \| 155 comments
19.		Launch HN: MergeQueue (YC S21) – Automate rebasing and merging for your codebase
		122 points by spriha on July 16, 2021 \| 57 comments
20.		Hooking Candiru: Another mercenary spyware vendor comes into focus (citizenlab.ca)
		192 points by colinprince on July 16, 2021 \| 27 comments
21.		Linear Circuit Design Handbook (2008) (analog.com)
		101 points by mindcrime on July 16, 2021 \| 37 comments
22.		Is This Prime? (isthisprime.com)
		196 points by jordigh on July 15, 2021 \| 132 comments
23.		Learn Something Old Every Day (os2museum.com)
		94 points by kencausey on July 14, 2021 \| 7 comments
24.		Archaeologists “flabbergasted” to find Cerne Giant’s origins are medieval (arstechnica.com)
		86 points by diodorus on July 15, 2021 \| 47 comments
25.		The Elements of Product Design (jamiemill.com)
		80 points by edu on July 15, 2021 \| 4 comments
26.		ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox: open-source self-hosted web archiving (github.com/archivebox)
		201 points by rcarmo on July 15, 2021 \| 25 comments
27.		Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” XVI: What Is the “Dark Forest” Hypothesis? (universetoday.com)
		178 points by Hooke on July 15, 2021 \| 320 comments
28.		Facebook drops funding for interface that reads the brain (technologyreview.com)
		120 points by infodocket on July 14, 2021 \| 63 comments
29.		Public Suffix List (publicsuffix.org)
		76 points by aleyan on July 14, 2021 \| 44 comments
30.		A haunting new documentary about Anthony Bourdain (newyorker.com)
		125 points by mitchbob on July 16, 2021 \| 113 comments
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