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1.		GitHub Codespaces (github.com/features)
		1769 points by CraftThatBlock on May 6, 2020 \| 601 comments
2.		No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU data protection body (techcrunch.com)
		1108 points by sohkamyung on May 6, 2020 \| 974 comments
3.		Florian Schneider has died (bbc.co.uk)
		542 points by arethuza on May 6, 2020 \| 151 comments
4.		Facebook iOS SDK Remotely Crashing Spotify, TikTok, Pinterest, Winno and More (github.com/facebook)
		824 points by MCKapur on May 6, 2020 \| 356 comments
5.		Buttplug: An open-source software suite for teledildonics (buttplug.io)
		770 points by vopi on May 6, 2020 \| 249 comments
6.		Uber is laying off 3,700, as rides plummet due to Covid-19 (techcrunch.com)
		500 points by kkcorps on May 6, 2020 \| 533 comments
7.		Bayesian Data Analysis, Third Edition [pdf] (aalto.fi)
		466 points by malshe on May 6, 2020 \| 48 comments
8.		GitHub Codescanning (github.com/features)
		390 points by jedisct1 on May 6, 2020 \| 73 comments
9.		Facebook uses 1.5B Reddit posts to create chatbot (bbc.com)
		345 points by elorant on May 6, 2020 \| 218 comments
10.		Firefox for Mobile now supports NoScript, PrivacyBadger, HTTPS Everywhere (blog.mozilla.org)
		437 points by kibwen on May 5, 2020 \| 179 comments
11.		Using human brain tissue in lab, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s (statnews.com)
		255 points by vo2maxer on May 6, 2020 \| 121 comments
12.		Circle – A C++ compiler with compile-time imperative metaprogramming (github.com/seanbaxter)
		214 points by orbifold on May 5, 2020 \| 139 comments
13.		Sparks: A typeface for creating sparklines in text without code (github.com/aftertheflood)
		203 points by boredgamer2 on May 6, 2020 \| 32 comments
14.		Scientists find life in dead brain cells (forgetoday.com)
		140 points by laurex on May 4, 2020 \| 69 comments
15.		WinUI – The modern native UI platform of Windows (microsoft.github.io)
		328 points by pjmlp on May 6, 2020 \| 426 comments
16.		Take care editing bash scripts (2019) (thomask.sdf.org)
		405 points by cxr on May 6, 2020 \| 114 comments
17.		Show HN: Axiom – No-code Browser Automation (axiom.ai)
		270 points by yaseer on May 6, 2020 \| 129 comments
18.		Show HN: FrappeBooks – Free and Open Source, Modern Desktop Accounting for SMB (frappebooks.com)
		243 points by rushabh on May 6, 2020 \| 42 comments
19.		Reviving a 16-year-old Mac App (tumult.com)
		235 points by tumultco on May 5, 2020 \| 102 comments
20.		Onfim (wikipedia.org)
		322 points by simonebrunozzi on May 6, 2020 \| 49 comments
21.		ESO Instrument Finds Closest Black Hole to Earth (eso.org)
		131 points by origgm on May 6, 2020 \| 46 comments
22.		Dissecting an SSL Certificate (2017) (jvns.ca)
		135 points by asamant on May 6, 2020 \| 29 comments
23.		Retrofuturism (wikipedia.org)
		171 points by ccozan on May 5, 2020 \| 78 comments
24.		Covariant.ai and applying deep learning to robotics (indexventures.com)
		86 points by wojtczyk on May 6, 2020 \| 30 comments
25.		Ask HN: Any good FOSS alternative to Google's reCAPTCHA?
		241 points by bocytron on May 6, 2020 \| 133 comments
26.		Show HN: This Fursona Does Not Exist (thisfursonadoesnotexist.com)
		207 points by arfafax on May 6, 2020 \| 155 comments
27.		I was tricked into thinking I had “grit” (secondbreakfast.co)
		370 points by secondbreakfast on May 6, 2020 \| 210 comments
28.		Inkscape 1.0 (inkscape.org)
		533 points by dragonsh on May 6, 2020 \| 123 comments
29.		The Framing of the Developer (svese.de)
		175 points by KingOfCoders on May 5, 2020 \| 65 comments
30.		Textile Hub: databases, storage, and remote IPFS for app builders (textile.io)
		97 points by andrewxhill on May 5, 2020 \| 16 comments
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