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1.		Undocumented Catalina file access change (lapcatsoftware.com)
		566 points by chmaynard on Dec 18, 2019 \| 275 comments
2.		Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop connectivity standard (apple.com)
		740 points by _quhg on Dec 18, 2019 \| 355 comments
3.		Linux 3.8 introduced unprivileged user namespaces [pdf] (man7.org)
		166 points by majke on Dec 17, 2019 \| 51 comments
4.		Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium (0x65.dev)
		483 points by nikbackm on Dec 18, 2019 \| 122 comments
5.		Ask HN: How Can I Learn Music Theory?
		673 points by deanstag on Dec 18, 2019 \| 239 comments
6.		Google claims copyright on employee side projects (twitter.com/marcan42)
		738 points by zoobab on Dec 18, 2019 \| 384 comments
7.		Samsung chair imprisoned and 24 others found guilty in union-busting case (arstechnica.com)
		390 points by AndrewDucker on Dec 18, 2019 \| 131 comments
8.		A Predictive Database (aito.ai)
		125 points by tlarkworthy on Dec 17, 2019 \| 34 comments
9.		Ask HN: How do you create a successful community from zero?
		441 points by rorocoeur on Dec 17, 2019 \| 94 comments
10.		Eller’s Algorithm (2012) (neocomputer.org)
		217 points by sanj on Dec 18, 2019 \| 27 comments
11.		German university issues 38k passwords by hand after malware infection (zdnet.com)
		137 points by kkm on Dec 18, 2019 \| 76 comments
12.		List of Statements Independent of ZFC (wikipedia.org)
		104 points by killlameme99 on Dec 18, 2019 \| 103 comments
13.		Show HN: Ordinary Puzzles – An open-source mobile puzzle game (github.com/mmazzarolo)
		116 points by mmazzarolo on Dec 17, 2019 \| 36 comments
14.		Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs – JavaScript Adaptation (nus.edu.sg)
		317 points by hwartig on Dec 18, 2019 \| 180 comments
15.		PIA open-sources and announces audit plans (privateinternetaccess.com)
		281 points by rasengan on Dec 17, 2019 \| 157 comments
16.		The top bug predictor is not technical, it's organizational complexity (augustl.com)
		388 points by keyP on Dec 18, 2019 \| 179 comments
17.		A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Untold Stories (2018) (hyperallergic.com)
		222 points by benbreen on Dec 18, 2019 \| 179 comments
18.		Silicon Valley IT Administrator and Friends Charged in Insider Trading Ring (sec.gov)
		169 points by chmaynard on Dec 17, 2019 \| 141 comments
19.		“Don’t Try”: The Philosophy of the Hardworking Charles Bukowski (openculture.com)
		151 points by vo2maxer on Dec 17, 2019 \| 111 comments
20.		Abe’s New Word Order (petertasker.asia)
		108 points by collate on Dec 16, 2019 \| 61 comments
21.		DoH Privacy Enhancement: Do Not Set the User-Agent Header for DoH Requests (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
		116 points by generalpass on Dec 17, 2019 \| 59 comments
22.		Judge dismisses Wikimedia case against NSA over Upstream surveillance (datacenterdynamics.com)
		230 points by abbe98 on Dec 18, 2019 \| 132 comments
23.		Thoughts on Forth Programming (call-with-current-continuation.org)
		151 points by andyjpb on Dec 17, 2019 \| 90 comments
24.		Memories Can Be Injected and Survive Amputation and Metamorphosis (nautil.us)
		128 points by howsilly on Dec 16, 2019 \| 44 comments
25.		Visual Regression Testing (baseweb.design)
		62 points by sandgraham on Dec 17, 2019 \| 12 comments
26.		Google's Monopoly-Based Foreign Policy (mattstoller.substack.com)
		336 points by DeusExMachina on Dec 18, 2019 \| 152 comments
27.		Reject Google Nest or Amazon Ring Corp Surveillance and a Dystopic Future (nbcnews.com)
		202 points by nreece on Dec 18, 2019 \| 91 comments
28.		Ask HN: CS, still a good career in 3-5 years?
		384 points by martinesko36 on Dec 17, 2019 \| 300 comments
29.		What does your car know about you? We hacked a Chevy to find out (washingtonpost.com)
		143 points by bookofjoe on Dec 17, 2019 \| 108 comments
30.		A hiring test I'd like to run (shkspr.mobi)
		172 points by edent on Dec 17, 2019 \| 197 comments
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