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1.		Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge (ethereum.org)
		1661 points by vishnu_ks on May 18, 2021 \| 1690 comments
2.		Project Starline: Feel like you're there, together (blog.google)
		1339 points by ra7 on May 18, 2021 \| 513 comments
3.		The tools and tech I use to run a one-woman hardware company (thea.codes)
		925 points by todsacerdoti on May 18, 2021 \| 130 comments
4.		Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 and 3070 cards (bleepingcomputer.com)
		629 points by wglb on May 18, 2021 \| 791 comments
5.		A police dog who cried drugs at every traffic stop (reason.com)
		539 points by pessimizer on May 17, 2021 \| 411 comments
6.		Site Isolation in Firefox (blog.mozilla.org)
		473 points by arthuredelstein on May 18, 2021 \| 115 comments
7.		Hyundai Nexo sets new world record 887.5 km travelled on single tank of hydrogen (h2-view.com)
		306 points by teleforce on May 18, 2021 \| 412 comments
8.		Fierce Nerds (paulgraham.com)
		441 points by prtkgpt on May 18, 2021 \| 452 comments
9.		AMP pages no longer get preferential treatment in Google search (plausible.io)
		719 points by ColinWright on May 18, 2021 \| 172 comments
10.		Hydras suggest that sleep evolved before brains (quantamagazine.org)
		298 points by theafh on May 18, 2021 \| 135 comments
11.		LaMDA: Google's New Conversation Technology (blog.google)
		282 points by rnd2 on May 18, 2021 \| 149 comments
12.		Boosting upload speed and improving Windows' TCP stack (dropbox.tech)
		261 points by el_duderino on May 18, 2021 \| 115 comments
13.		Can't Unsee (cantunsee.space)
		393 points by rajlego on May 17, 2021 \| 126 comments
14.		The data model behind Notion's flexibility (notion.so)
		338 points by pspeter3 on May 18, 2021 \| 120 comments
15.		Show HN: Apply for a job through SSH, $ ssh jobs.hackclub.com (hackclub.com)
		251 points by zachlatta on May 17, 2021 \| 109 comments
16.		The overfitted brain: Dreams evolved to assist generalization (cell.com)
		178 points by hheikinh on May 18, 2021 \| 76 comments
17.		Flat Data (octo.github.com)
		290 points by idan on May 18, 2021 \| 60 comments
18.		Home Gardening (cornell.edu)
		257 points by blewboarwastake on May 17, 2021 \| 81 comments
19.		Terms and Conditions Game (termsandconditions.game)
		534 points by Clewza313 on May 18, 2021 \| 110 comments
20.		Unveiling our new Quantum AI campus (blog.google)
		141 points by asparagui on May 18, 2021 \| 74 comments
21.		First Public Working Drafts: WebGPU and WebGPU Shading Language (w3.org)
		163 points by bpierre on May 18, 2021 \| 117 comments
22.		Companies may be punished for paying ransoms to sanctioned hackers (reuters.com)
		287 points by ryan_j_naughton on May 18, 2021 \| 251 comments
23.		Microsoft Authenticator Chrome Extention is not from MS and is phishing (chrome.google.com)
		469 points by cheph on May 18, 2021 \| 212 comments
24.		Minoan language Linear A linked to Linear B in new research (greekreporter.com)
		200 points by qsi on May 18, 2021 \| 50 comments
25.		Halide for iPad (lux.camera)
		218 points by uptown on May 18, 2021 \| 82 comments
26.		PlanetScale – Database for Developers (planetscale.com)
		279 points by samlambert on May 18, 2021 \| 128 comments
27.		Map of the Internet (halcyonmaps.com)
		127 points by eatox on May 16, 2021 \| 27 comments
28.		Identify a Facebook user by his phone number despite privacy settings set (ysamm.com)
		149 points by throwaway888abc on May 17, 2021 \| 26 comments
29.		Saying the Difficult Things (katzenberg.co.uk)
		154 points by ethangk on May 17, 2021 \| 106 comments
30.		Brood X Periodical Cicadas FAQ (nps.gov)
		95 points by ag8 on May 17, 2021 \| 42 comments
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