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1.		We Chat, They Watch (citizenlab.ca)
		1417 points by hardmaru on May 8, 2020 \| 512 comments
2.		Show HN: Twitch Roulette – Find and chat with streamers who are streaming alone (twitchroulette.net)
		732 points by mumphster on May 8, 2020 \| 202 comments
3.		Rebuilding our tech stack for the new facebook.com (fb.com)
		655 points by alexvoica on May 8, 2020 \| 470 comments
4.		Intel accused by workers of prioritizing chip output over safety (bloomberg.com)
		313 points by fortran77 on May 8, 2020 \| 181 comments
5.		The Original Cookie specification from 1997 was GDPR compliant (2019) (baekdal.com)
		502 points by todsacerdoti on May 8, 2020 \| 181 comments
6.		U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating any Covid-19 patients (npr.org)
		344 points by hhs on May 8, 2020 \| 526 comments
7.		4D Toys: how objects bounce and roll in 4D – paper accepted to SIGGRAPH 2020 (marctenbosch.com)
		429 points by doppp on May 8, 2020 \| 97 comments
8.		OpenCV in the browser using WebAssembly and web workers (aralroca.com)
		316 points by aralroca on May 8, 2020 \| 38 comments
9.		Orca: an esolang for audio-visual live coding (sr.ht)
		307 points by kick on May 8, 2020 \| 74 comments
10.		Show HN: Interface for all digital aspects of my life (beepb00p.xyz)
		478 points by karlicoss on May 7, 2020 \| 93 comments
11.		How does Chrome decide what to highlight when you double-click Japanese text? (stackoverflow.com)
		269 points by polm23 on May 8, 2020 \| 117 comments
12.		Oil crash busted broker’s computers and inflicted big losses (bloomberg.com)
		204 points by wclax04 on May 8, 2020 \| 176 comments
13.		Fast or Slow (fastorslow.com)
		359 points by uptown on May 8, 2020 \| 121 comments
14.		Researchers unveil a pruning algorithm to shrink deep learning models (news.mit.edu)
		208 points by headalgorithm on May 7, 2020 \| 59 comments
15.		Perovskite Neural Trees (nature.com)
		122 points by headalgorithm on May 7, 2020 \| 27 comments
16.		How to Serve over 100K Web Pages a Day on a Slower Home Internet Connection (cheapskatesguide.org)
		311 points by sT370ma2 on May 7, 2020 \| 165 comments
17.		There is one, and only one strain of SARS-CoV-2 (virology.ws)
		368 points by aberoham on May 8, 2020 \| 208 comments
18.		How Roam Research analyzes product design and team building (thetwentyminutevc.com)
		99 points by jeffmorrisjr on May 8, 2020 \| 39 comments
19.		Miniature 1959 IBM 1401 Console handmade polystyrene scratch build (imgur.com)
		117 points by chromaton on May 7, 2020 \| 32 comments
20.		Welcome to Auroville (auroville.org)
		125 points by maremmano on May 8, 2020 \| 78 comments
21.		Show HN: Micro-mitten – Research language with compile-time memory management (github.com/doctorn)
		236 points by doctor_n_ on May 8, 2020 \| 62 comments
22.		Async-GraphQL: A GraphQL server framework (github.com/async-graphql)
		134 points by unignorant on May 8, 2020 \| 37 comments
23.		We are not mostly empty space (medium.com/starts-with-a-bang)
		98 points by yusufk on May 8, 2020 \| 102 comments
24.		In-person DEF CON 28 cancelled (defcon.org)
		179 points by tptacek on May 8, 2020 \| 86 comments
25.		Goircd: Minimalistic simple IRC server written on Go (cypherpunks.ru)
		124 points by stargrave on May 8, 2020 \| 66 comments
26.		Noise, Cognitive Function, and Worker Productivity [pdf] (joshuatdean.com)
		123 points by ingve on May 8, 2020 \| 28 comments
27.		Ask HN: Do you ever go back and admire a piece of code you wrote?
		257 points by grimwall on May 7, 2020 \| 259 comments
28.		0xF Rules (fabiensanglard.net)
		158 points by ingve on May 8, 2020 \| 106 comments
29.		Stack Overflow reduces global workforce by approximately 15% (stackoverflow.blog)
		245 points by nsoonhui on May 8, 2020 \| 187 comments
30.		A passwordless server run by NSO Group sparks contact-tracing privacy concerns (techcrunch.com)
		60 points by jbegley on May 8, 2020 \| 15 comments
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