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1.		Photocatalyst splits water into H and O2 at quantum efficiency near 100% (fuelcellsworks.com)
		570 points by bookofjoe on Dec 26, 2020 \| 284 comments
2.		Print this file, your printer will jam (2008) (nedbatchelder.com)
		492 points by segfaultbuserr on Dec 26, 2020 \| 208 comments
3.		1937 film explains how a car differential works (roadandtrack.com)
		498 points by oedmarap on Dec 26, 2020 \| 144 comments
4.		Fun with IP address parsing (dave.tf)
		505 points by mr_tyzik on Dec 26, 2020 \| 146 comments
5.		I reverse engineered Google Docs to play back any document's keystrokes (2014) (jsomers.net)
		413 points by flurly on Dec 26, 2020 \| 140 comments
6.		A Complete Guide to LLVM for Programming Language Creators (mukulrathi.co.uk)
		402 points by mseri on Dec 25, 2020 \| 44 comments
7.		ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville (tennessean.com)
		419 points by SpaceInvader on Dec 25, 2020 \| 483 comments
8.		Show HN: Simple-graph – a graph database in SQLite (github.com/dpapathanasiou)
		237 points by dpapathanasiou on Dec 26, 2020 \| 42 comments
9.		Salmon spawning in the upper Columbia River, first in 80 years (spokesman.com)
		236 points by shartshooter on Dec 25, 2020 \| 69 comments
10.		Christmas Is Bird-Counting Season (2016) (fivethirtyeight.com)
		61 points by adrian_mrd on Dec 24, 2020 \| 5 comments
11.		Give your Mac imaginary unlimited storage thanks to Disk Utility’s bug (eclecticlight.co)
		96 points by giuliomagnifico on Dec 26, 2020 \| 62 comments
12.		Executable PNGs (djharper.dev)
		236 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 26, 2020 \| 39 comments
13.		Show HN: CodeSwing – A CodePen-like interactive playground, built into VS Code (github.com/codespaces-contrib)
		159 points by lostintangent on Dec 26, 2020 \| 24 comments
14.		How much math you need for programming (2014) (lispmachine.wordpress.com)
		212 points by mayureshkathe on Dec 26, 2020 \| 178 comments
15.		Anticipatory Procastrination [pdf] (wisc.edu)
		171 points by dedalus on Dec 24, 2020 \| 36 comments
16.		Dev-C++ Is a Low Memory Windows Native C++ IDE Built in Delphi (embarcadero.com)
		154 points by xeeeeeeeeeeenu on Dec 26, 2020 \| 80 comments
17.		Life Dashboard: Heads-up display for everyday life (github.com/davidhampgonsalves)
		199 points by lemonspat on Dec 24, 2020 \| 38 comments
18.		Kit FUI – User interfaces found in films (saji8k.com)
		124 points by ChrisArchitect on Dec 26, 2020 \| 26 comments
19.		Backdoor in Zyxel Products (eyecontrol.nl)
		184 points by ta988 on Dec 25, 2020 \| 52 comments
20.		Learning to Play the Chaos Game (hardmath123.github.io)
		149 points by hardmath123 on Dec 25, 2020 \| 9 comments
21.		Someone is stealing unpublished book manuscripts in a phishing scam (nytimes.com)
		147 points by ruddct on Dec 24, 2020 \| 94 comments
22.		New setup for 2020 (changelog.com)
		117 points by fagnerbrack on Dec 26, 2020 \| 57 comments
23.		Vacietis, a C compiler targeting Common Lisp (github.com/vsedach)
		97 points by reikonomusha on Dec 24, 2020 \| 27 comments
24.		Getting rid of NPM scripts (uidrafter.com)
		79 points by efortis on Dec 26, 2020 \| 57 comments
25.		Adopting Ruby 3 types with RBS (evilmartians.com)
		88 points by progapandist on Dec 25, 2020 \| 33 comments
26.		Making a digital clock in Google Sheets (therobinlord.com)
		88 points by DamnInteresting on Dec 24, 2020 \| 13 comments
27.		Show HN: System for Private Data Management (github.com/volmarg)
		132 points by dariuszW on Dec 26, 2020 \| 44 comments
28.		A family with no fingerprints (bbc.co.uk)
		121 points by lnguyen on Dec 26, 2020 \| 60 comments
29.		Manga Guide to Lisp (bugyo.tk)
		137 points by _zhqs on Dec 26, 2020 \| 14 comments
30.		Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?
		326 points by alienlid on Dec 26, 2020 \| 248 comments
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