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1.		How percentile approximation works and why it's more useful than averages (timescale.com)
		687 points by od0 on Sept 14, 2021 \| 163 comments
2.		Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up space debris in orbit (independent.co.uk)
		804 points by notRobot on Sept 14, 2021 \| 250 comments
3.		Bespoke Synth 1.0 – open-source software modular synthesizer (bespokesynth.com)
		745 points by paulshen on Sept 14, 2021 \| 242 comments
4.		Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company documents show (wsj.com)
		1069 points by jmsflknr on Sept 14, 2021 \| 638 comments
5.		Intel is reducing server chip pricing in attempt to stem the AMD tide (tomshardware.com)
		400 points by rbanffy on Sept 14, 2021 \| 330 comments
6.		Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? (bmj.com)
		463 points by peteradio on Sept 14, 2021 \| 1568 comments
7.		Scientists create matter from pure light, proving the Breit-Wheeler effect (bnl.gov)
		399 points by was_a_dev on Sept 14, 2021 \| 204 comments
8.		Effect size is significantly more important than statistical significance (argmin.net)
		376 points by stochastician on Sept 14, 2021 \| 159 comments
9.		Social media influencer/model created from AI lands 100 sponsorships (allkpop.com)
		471 points by amin on Sept 14, 2021 \| 305 comments
10.		Stripe banned us for payment disputes but we never had a single dispute (justuseapp.com)
		693 points by hienyimba on Sept 14, 2021 \| 285 comments
11.		14kb WASM game written in D (skoppe.github.io)
		329 points by Shadonototra on Sept 14, 2021 \| 107 comments
12.		Q1K3 - An homage to Quake in 13kb of JavaScript (js13kgames.com)
		328 points by ecliptik on Sept 14, 2021 \| 77 comments
13.		Indian researchers create a Raspberry-Pi-based device to monitor health (ieee.org)
		207 points by sebastianvoelkl on Sept 14, 2021 \| 54 comments
14.		Software should convey a sense of calm (patrickjuchli.com)
		236 points by pajuc on Sept 13, 2021 \| 87 comments
15.		Spectrum OS: a declarative, reproducible, compartmentalized Linux (spectrum-os.org)
		192 points by SkyMarshal on Sept 14, 2021 \| 134 comments
16.		Five Minute Journal – Daily Journal Techniques and Tips (briansunter.com)
		233 points by bribri on Sept 14, 2021 \| 30 comments
17.		The Frustration with Productivity Culture (newyorker.com)
		191 points by x43b on Sept 14, 2021 \| 101 comments
18.		Tianwen-1 attitude in Mars orbit (destevez.net)
		147 points by picture on Sept 14, 2021 \| 21 comments
19.		Norm Macdonald has died (deadline.com)
		701 points by coloneltcb on Sept 14, 2021 \| 165 comments
20.		S.Korea fines Google $177M for blocking Android customisation (reuters.com)
		267 points by quasisphere on Sept 14, 2021 \| 91 comments
21.		U.S. Treasury Data Lab (usaspending.gov)
		145 points by accountinhn on Sept 14, 2021 \| 76 comments
22.		Scikit-Learn Version 1.0 (scikit-learn.org)
		260 points by m3at on Sept 14, 2021 \| 102 comments
23.		Simple mathematical law predicts movement in cities around the world (scientificamerican.com)
		120 points by iamwil on Sept 14, 2021 \| 33 comments
24.		The KDL Document Language (kdl.dev)
		162 points by ingve on Sept 13, 2021 \| 62 comments
25.		Functional programming is not popular because it is weird (2016) (probablydance.com)
		223 points by l5870uoo9y on Sept 13, 2021 \| 508 comments
26.		Rainbow Six Vegas, SWAT 4 unplayable due to disabled ad server (twitter.com/_eezstreet_)
		293 points by danso on Sept 14, 2021 \| 117 comments
27.		How factories were made safe (rootsofprogress.org)
		133 points by jasoncrawford on Sept 12, 2021 \| 111 comments
28.		Firefox Browser: best for a free web (mozilla.org)
		398 points by Borlands on Sept 13, 2021 \| 228 comments
29.		Ask HN: Do you still miss your RIM BlackBerry?
		190 points by jaytaylor on Sept 13, 2021 \| 261 comments
30.		Linux-Router (github.com/garywill)
		146 points by marcodiego on Sept 13, 2021 \| 28 comments
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