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1.		Faster CRDTs: An Adventure in Optimization (josephg.com)
		686 points by xnx on July 31, 2021 \| 151 comments
2.		Past Performance is Not Indicative of Future Results (2020) (locusmag.com)
		415 points by olvy0 on July 31, 2021 \| 270 comments
3.		We Still Don’t Get Things Done (wired.com)
		425 points by gk1 on July 30, 2021 \| 176 comments
4.		The recycling myth: A plastic waste solution littered with failure (reuters.com)
		346 points by laurex on July 31, 2021 \| 333 comments
5.		Hosting SQLite Databases on GitHub Pages (phiresky.netlify.app)
		567 points by isnotchicago on July 31, 2021 \| 77 comments
6.		Ssheven: A modern SSH client for Mac OS 7-9 (github.com/cy384)
		339 points by Aloha on July 31, 2021 \| 132 comments
7.		Lang Jam: create a programming language in a weekend (github.com/langjam)
		272 points by ingve on July 31, 2021 \| 130 comments
8.		Download a CSV of your Amazon purchases (amazon.com)
		238 points by daenz on July 31, 2021 \| 96 comments
9.		Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded electronic equipment (cosmosmagazine.com)
		301 points by MichaelMoser123 on July 31, 2021 \| 153 comments
10.		The Retrocomputing Archive (retroarchive.org)
		128 points by elvis70 on July 31, 2021 \| 22 comments
11.		Where has all the productivity gone? (johndcook.com)
		236 points by wellpast on July 31, 2021 \| 211 comments
12.		Restaurant prices in the 19th and 20th centuries (2009) (restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com)
		129 points by benbreen on July 31, 2021 \| 112 comments
13.		Sorbet Compiler: An experimental, ahead-of-time compiler for Ruby (sorbet.org)
		264 points by jez on July 30, 2021 \| 83 comments
14.		Typos, tricks and misprints (aeon.co)
		84 points by erehweb on July 31, 2021 \| 34 comments
15.		Show HN: Micro HTTP server in 22 lines of C (twitter.com/ilyakurdyukov)
		223 points by jpegqs on July 31, 2021 \| 100 comments
16.		Txiki.js: Tiny JavaScript runtime built with QuickJS and libuv (github.com/saghul)
		96 points by juancampa on July 31, 2021 \| 27 comments
17.		I, Token: The untold story of the hole in Bitcoin's heart (brettscott.substack.com)
		105 points by SirLJ on July 31, 2021 \| 155 comments
18.		As lockdowns lift, media firms brace for an “attention recession” (economist.com)
		159 points by elsewhen on July 31, 2021 \| 197 comments
19.		The dark side of entrepreneurship (aom.org)
		181 points by rustoo on July 30, 2021 \| 82 comments
20.		TheBoard: Collaborative Whiteboard powered by matrix protocol and infrastucture (github.com/toger5)
		128 points by ingve on July 31, 2021 \| 21 comments
21.		Lumen: Alternative BEAM implementation, designed for WebAssembly (github.com/lumen)
		148 points by brainless on July 31, 2021 \| 19 comments
22.		One-Thousand Year-Old Plants (nytimes.com)
		74 points by SubiculumCode on July 31, 2021 \| 20 comments
23.		Has the lead-crime hypothesis been debunked? (jabberwocking.com)
		127 points by monort on July 31, 2021 \| 173 comments
24.		Ask HN: Do you have a process or a framework to learn specific skills quickly?
		247 points by hypnotist on July 31, 2021 \| 114 comments
25.		Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone? (bbc.co.uk)
		213 points by gixo on July 31, 2021 \| 495 comments
26.		Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap (2011) (gingerybookstore.com)
		154 points by Tomte on July 31, 2021 \| 57 comments
27.		Unix – The Hole Hawg of Operating Systems (1999) (team.net)
		106 points by walterbell on July 31, 2021 \| 85 comments
28.		Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX (arstechnica.com)
		245 points by _Microft on July 31, 2021 \| 236 comments
29.		London’s Crossrail Is a $21B Test of Virtual Modeling (2016) (ieee.org)
		78 points by edward on July 31, 2021 \| 56 comments
30.		PM orders internet blocked for anyone spreading info that might frighten people (chiangmaione.com)
		209 points by troydavis on July 31, 2021 \| 107 comments
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