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1.		QOI: Lossless Image Compression in O(n) Time (phoboslab.org)
		1057 points by Ragnarork on Nov 24, 2021 \| 293 comments
2.		Samsung plans $17B chip plant in Taylor, Texas (datacenterdynamics.com)
		587 points by kungfudoi on Nov 24, 2021 \| 428 comments
3.		Things I learned from building a production database (maheshba.bitbucket.io)
		551 points by dangoldin on Nov 23, 2021 \| 106 comments
4.		Apple will notify users about state-sponsored cybersecurity threats (support.apple.com)
		538 points by evercast on Nov 24, 2021 \| 148 comments
5.		Greening of the Earth Mitigates Surface Warming (2020) (nasa.gov)
		435 points by themantra514 on Nov 24, 2021 \| 285 comments
6.		An engineer's observations on Web3 and its possibilities (psl.com)
		324 points by treblig on Nov 23, 2021 \| 310 comments
7.		Low interest rates in advanced countries have pushed money into real estate (ft.com)
		362 points by 609venezia on Nov 22, 2021 \| 709 comments
8.		GC progress from JDK 8 to JDK 17 (kstefanj.github.io)
		318 points by carimura on Nov 24, 2021 \| 190 comments
9.		The unbearable fussiness of the smart home (staceyoniot.com)
		308 points by imartin2k on Nov 24, 2021 \| 366 comments
10.		The Joy of Cryptography (joyofcryptography.com)
		431 points by signa11 on Nov 23, 2021 \| 99 comments
11.		The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams (madned.substack.com)
		236 points by mad_ned on Nov 24, 2021 \| 181 comments
12.		Parrots will share currency to help their pals purchase food (2020) (smithsonianmag.com)
		243 points by rbanffy on Nov 24, 2021 \| 101 comments
13.		Overengineering can kill a product (mindtheproduct.com)
		332 points by iota8 on Nov 24, 2021 \| 204 comments
14.		Vestaboard – A smart display to connect and inspire (vestaboard.com)
		128 points by duck on Nov 24, 2021 \| 73 comments
15.		Is my cat Turing-complete? (belaycpp.com)
		286 points by zdyn5 on Nov 24, 2021 \| 88 comments
16.		The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Why Your Data Will Always Survive (2019) (vmwareblog.org)
		184 points by Apocryphon on Nov 24, 2021 \| 200 comments
17.		The sticky issue of consent in street photography (bulletin.com)
		220 points by LordAtlas on Nov 24, 2021 \| 272 comments
18.		New emails released in the McDonald’s ice cream machine lawsuit (wired.com)
		250 points by notacoward on Nov 24, 2021 \| 138 comments
19.		Processing and P5 got newbies into coding (clivethompson.medium.com)
		195 points by winkywooster on Nov 24, 2021 \| 45 comments
20.		Tree Sitter and the Complications of Parsing Languages (masteringemacs.org)
		225 points by podiki on Nov 24, 2021 \| 134 comments
21.		Ask HN: I’d like to hire a personal/executive assistant – any tips or advice?
		247 points by jw1224 on Nov 24, 2021 \| 230 comments
22.		Wall Street grudgingly allows remote work as bankers dig in (nytimes.com)
		213 points by arcanus on Nov 24, 2021 \| 234 comments
23.		As calls to ban books intensify, digital librarians offer perspective (archive.org)
		190 points by sohkamyung on Nov 24, 2021 \| 236 comments
24.		The curious tale of a Nintendo UK Hotliner during the console war era (nintendolife.com)
		133 points by adrian_mrd on Nov 21, 2021 \| 54 comments
25.		The Handwavy Technobabble Nothingburger of Crypto (stephendiehl.com)
		418 points by louwrentius on Nov 24, 2021 \| 680 comments
26.		IPv6-only subnets and EC2 instances (amazon.com)
		159 points by miyuru on Nov 24, 2021 \| 146 comments
27.		British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left on during launch (theaviationist.com)
		135 points by rwmj on Nov 24, 2021 \| 268 comments
28.		Hamilton teen embroiled in FBI probe, fingered in $46M cryptocurrency theft (thespec.com)
		126 points by x1ph0z on Nov 24, 2021 \| 178 comments
29.		The Secret History of ATAPI (os2museum.com)
		100 points by finite_jest on Nov 24, 2021 \| 38 comments
30.		My Favorite Math Problem (mapehe.github.io)
		125 points by gridentio on Nov 21, 2021 \| 80 comments
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