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1.		NDA expired, let’s spill the beans on a weird startup (shkspr.mobi)
		1328 points by pimterry on July 9, 2021 \| 447 comments
2.		SpriteStack Voxel Editor (spritestack.io)
		315 points by myth_drannon on July 9, 2021 \| 68 comments
3.		Protect student privacy: ban eproctoring (baneproctoring.com)
		524 points by giuliomagnifico on July 9, 2021 \| 313 comments
4.		Show HN: Earthly – Better Builds (earthly.dev)
		223 points by adamgordonbell on July 9, 2021 \| 82 comments
5.		Google Internal Comics (goomics.net)
		549 points by interlocutor on July 8, 2021 \| 212 comments
6.		New ‘mirror’ fabric can cool wearers by nearly 5°C (sciencemag.org)
		367 points by jnord on July 9, 2021 \| 206 comments
7.		California exodus is a myth, UC research project finds (sfgate.com)
		254 points by MilnerRoute on July 8, 2021 \| 335 comments
8.		How JavaScript Works: deep dive into call, apply, and bind (sessionstack.com)
		210 points by zlatkov on July 8, 2021 \| 121 comments
9.		Generate a Git repository with 2^28 commits—one for every 7-character shorthash (github.com/not-an-aardvark)
		232 points by breck on July 9, 2021 \| 69 comments
10.		What does 100% mean in CSS? (2020) (wattenberger.com)
		325 points by feross on July 8, 2021 \| 68 comments
11.		A small town in Sweden fights to preserve Elfdalian, a dying forest language (pri.org)
		191 points by hashmush on July 9, 2021 \| 269 comments
12.		Reconstructing Roman Industrial Engineering (arstechnica.com)
		103 points by samizdis on July 8, 2021 \| 38 comments
13.		Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement (bbc.com)
		477 points by gcoguiec on July 9, 2021 \| 162 comments
14.		A better business model for video folks (streambus.com)
		284 points by messo on July 8, 2021 \| 120 comments
15.		Uber and Lyft surge pricing drives SF customers back to taxis (sfexaminer.com)
		225 points by edward on July 9, 2021 \| 240 comments
16.		Programmers, teach non-geeks the true cost of interruptions (2014) (daedtech.com)
		293 points by davikrr on July 9, 2021 \| 242 comments
17.		Functools – The Power of Higher-Order Functions in Python (martinheinz.dev)
		229 points by gilad on July 8, 2021 \| 164 comments
18.		How The Chronicle is trying to malign Sci-Hub (engineuring.wordpress.com)
		407 points by boramalper on July 9, 2021 \| 167 comments
19.		Barry Diller: The movie business as before is finished and will never come back (npr.org)
		249 points by danso on July 9, 2021 \| 479 comments
20.		Controlling Marantz amplifier using Arduino via “Remote” socket (smallhacks.wordpress.com)
		72 points by zdw on July 7, 2021 \| 24 comments
21.		I made a mistake with Terraform and Azure made it worse (craigstuntz.com)
		170 points by todsacerdoti on July 8, 2021 \| 110 comments
22.		Passive radiative cooling below ambient airtemperature under direct sun (2014) [pdf] (stanford.edu)
		145 points by _Microft on July 9, 2021 \| 66 comments
23.		Cauliflower and Chaos, Fractals in Every Floret (nytimes.com)
		55 points by gumby on July 8, 2021 \| 12 comments
24.		Automating programming: AI is transforming the coding of computer programs (economist.com)
		118 points by edward on July 9, 2021 \| 173 comments
25.		Easy Listening Acid Trip: An elevator ride through Sixties psychedelic pop (dangerousminds.net)
		126 points by tintinnabula on July 7, 2021 \| 43 comments
26.		CMake Part 1 – The Dark Arts (feabhas.com)
		99 points by baydonFlyer on July 9, 2021 \| 69 comments
27.		Rules of Storytelling for Fundraising (nfx.com)
		116 points by domrdy on July 8, 2021 \| 7 comments
28.		Launch HN: Pabio (YC S21) – Interior design and furniture rental as a service
		112 points by anandchowdhary on July 9, 2021 \| 103 comments
29.		Do patents kill innovation? The US patent office is asking (eenewseurope.com)
		389 points by giuliomagnifico on July 9, 2021 \| 282 comments
30.		Camera Repair Course (2019) (learncamerarepair.com)
		117 points by brudgers on July 7, 2021 \| 38 comments
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