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1.		New in Git: switch and restore (banterly.net)
		872 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 1, 2021 \| 543 comments
2.		Cloudflare's inaccessible browser contradicts the company's mission (mwcampbell.github.io)
		751 points by mwcampbell on July 30, 2021 \| 388 comments
3.		My tiny side project has had more impact than my decade in the software industry (zwobble.org)
		701 points by mwilliamson on Aug 1, 2021 \| 189 comments
4.		Extracting Objects Recursively with Jq (simonwillison.net)
		268 points by edward on Aug 1, 2021 \| 71 comments
5.		Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020) (bbc.com)
		306 points by jsploit on Aug 1, 2021 \| 221 comments
6.		Square to acquire Afterpay for $29B (squareup.com)
		283 points by sanmak on Aug 1, 2021 \| 350 comments
7.		Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (2010) (raptitude.com)
		350 points by tacon on July 31, 2021 \| 247 comments
8.		The Pleasures of Tsundoku: How I learned to stop worrying and love book piles (lithub.com)
		140 points by pepys on July 30, 2021 \| 60 comments
9.		Employers bow to tech workers in hottest job market since the dot-com era (latimes.com)
		487 points by belter on Aug 1, 2021 \| 575 comments
10.		Learning that you can use unions in C for grouping things into namespaces (utcc.utoronto.ca)
		167 points by deafcalculus on Aug 1, 2021 \| 147 comments
11.		MacType: Better Font Rendering for Windows (github.com/snowie2000)
		142 points by tinbucket on Aug 1, 2021 \| 124 comments
12.		Show HN: Python Source Code Refactoring Toolkit via AST (github.com/isidentical)
		110 points by treesciencebot on Aug 1, 2021 \| 33 comments
13.		How hard is it to get counting right? (desystemize.substack.com)
		79 points by luu on July 31, 2021 \| 14 comments
14.		Blizzard's reputation collapsed in just three years (pcgamer.com)
		377 points by azalemeth on July 31, 2021 \| 223 comments
15.		Air – Live reload when developing with Go (github.com/cosmtrek)
		117 points by justinclift on July 31, 2021 \| 45 comments
16.		I built a business that lets me live on the beach full time (expatsoftware.com)
		306 points by Jbrus on Aug 1, 2021 \| 125 comments
17.		The Poincaré Conjecture, Explained (privatdozent.co)
		133 points by privatdozent on July 31, 2021 \| 28 comments
18.		Org-roam-UI – graphical front end for exploring your org-roam Zettelkasten (github.com/org-roam)
		134 points by coldblues on Aug 1, 2021 \| 44 comments
19.		GoAccess – Visual Web Log Analyzer (goaccess.io)
		152 points by tambourine_man on July 30, 2021 \| 19 comments
20.		ASCII Play (ertdfgcvb.xyz)
		158 points by bpierre on July 30, 2021 \| 20 comments
21.		The future of deep learning is photonic (ieee.org)
		103 points by pcaversaccio on July 31, 2021 \| 26 comments
22.		Dysregulated oxalate metabolism is a therapeutic target in atherosclerosis (cell.com)
		81 points by voisin on Aug 1, 2021 \| 19 comments
23.		CO2 battery could make wind and solar dispatchable at a lower price (rechargenews.com)
		174 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB on Aug 1, 2021 \| 87 comments
24.		I was a teacher for 17 years, but couldn't read or write (bbc.co.uk)
		225 points by ptr2voidStar on Aug 1, 2021 \| 157 comments
25.		Police can get your data – even if you aren’t suspected of a crime (vox.com)
		174 points by arkadiyt on Aug 1, 2021 \| 103 comments
26.		Creating a DOOM-inspired aesthetic with PlayCanvas (omarshehata.me)
		80 points by OmarShehata on Aug 1, 2021 \| 14 comments
27.		Todo apps are meant for robots (frantic.im)
		272 points by frant1c on Aug 1, 2021 \| 201 comments
28.		Clusterboard A64 Insidious Reset Problem: Solved (ericdraken.com)
		81 points by nreilly on Aug 1, 2021 \| 7 comments
29.		How Google quietly funds Europe’s leading tech policy institutes (newstatesman.com)
		158 points by hhs on Aug 1, 2021 \| 55 comments
30.		Six corporations control 90% of America media (techstartups.com)
		299 points by mgh2 on July 31, 2021 \| 176 comments
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