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1.		Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies (blog.mozilla.org)
		1569 points by todsacerdoti on Jan 26, 2021 \| 760 comments
2.		Time-lapse of a single cell transforming into a salamander (2019) (nationalgeographic.com)
		911 points by smusamashah on Jan 25, 2021 \| 292 comments
3.		Nq – A simple Unix job queue system (github.com/leahneukirchen)
		419 points by _pvxk on Jan 26, 2021 \| 132 comments
4.		FDA approves first monthly injectable to treat HIV infection (statnews.com)
		356 points by apsec112 on Jan 25, 2021 \| 203 comments
5.		Postgres scaling advice (cybertec-postgresql.com)
		392 points by BrentOzar on Jan 26, 2021 \| 200 comments
6.		Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus (ashleyblewer.com)
		480 points by gammarator on Jan 26, 2021 \| 173 comments
7.		Introducing Open Web Docs (opencollective.com)
		323 points by kylealden on Jan 25, 2021 \| 73 comments
8.		Gitlab is moving to a three-tier product subscription model (about.gitlab.com)
		317 points by alexrustic on Jan 26, 2021 \| 292 comments
9.		Claude Shannon Demonstrates Machine Learning (1952) (att.com)
		209 points by jchallis on Jan 26, 2021 \| 51 comments
10.		Dinosaur unearthed in Argentina could be largest land animal ever (smithsonianmag.com)
		217 points by gmays on Jan 25, 2021 \| 69 comments
11.		Show HN: I made an alarm clock (stavros.io)
		271 points by stavros on Jan 25, 2021 \| 192 comments
12.		Making is show business now (2020) (alexdanco.com)
		209 points by hgarg on Jan 25, 2021 \| 51 comments
13.		Heap-based buffer overflow in Sudo (qualys.com)
		400 points by ptype on Jan 26, 2021 \| 317 comments
14.		Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces (mitjafelicijan.com)
		222 points by mitjafelicijan on Jan 25, 2021 \| 196 comments
15.		Collapse OS – bootstrap post-collapse technology (collapseos.org)
		213 points by rewir on Jan 25, 2021 \| 116 comments
16.		What does the night sky look like on Mars? (skyatnightmagazine.com)
		175 points by ohjeez on Jan 26, 2021 \| 82 comments
17.		Firefox 85 (mozilla.org)
		488 points by amake on Jan 26, 2021 \| 291 comments
18.		System separation in the Continental Europe Synchronous Area on 8 January 2021 (entsoe.eu)
		269 points by andreasley on Jan 26, 2021 \| 131 comments
19.		Our Journey to PostgreSQL 12 (coffeemeetsbagel.com)
		215 points by tommyzli on Jan 25, 2021 \| 114 comments
20.		Launch HN: Airbyte (YC W20) – Open-Source ELT (Fivetran/Stitch Alternative)
		178 points by mtricot on Jan 26, 2021 \| 87 comments
21.		Evcxr: A Rust REPL and Jupyter Kernel (github.com/google)
		170 points by batterylow on Jan 26, 2021 \| 27 comments
22.		Data Visualization and the Modern Imagination (stanford.edu)
		227 points by rasmi on Jan 26, 2021 \| 20 comments
23.		Octave Compass (octavecompass.com)
		134 points by leephillips on Jan 24, 2021 \| 41 comments
24.		New campaign targeting security researchers (blog.google)
		235 points by el_duderino on Jan 26, 2021 \| 87 comments
25.		Future Plans for Autotools (lists.gnu.org)
		160 points by edward on Jan 25, 2021 \| 214 comments
26.		Python's Type Checking Renaissance (dafoster.net)
		150 points by davidfstr on Jan 26, 2021 \| 180 comments
27.		JerryScript: lightweight JS engine for IoT (github.com/jerryscript-project)
		87 points by galfarragem on Jan 23, 2021 \| 35 comments
28.		UPS sells trucking unit (themiddlemarket.com)
		151 points by cwwc on Jan 26, 2021 \| 66 comments
29.		Twitter acquires Revue (blog.twitter.com)
		227 points by camillovisini on Jan 26, 2021 \| 259 comments
30.		Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2020 (backblaze.com)
		335 points by TangerineDream on Jan 26, 2021 \| 175 comments
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