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31.
Playing Games on a 60s Computer [video] (youtube.com)
110 points by souterrain on May 12, 2020 | 31 comments
32.
Improved vacuum in PostgreSQL 13 (amitkapila16.blogspot.com)
185 points by amitkapila on May 12, 2020 | 62 comments
33.
The Secret Lives of Fungi (newyorker.com)
107 points by Hooke on May 12, 2020 | 36 comments
34.
Not quite a car, not quite a motorcycle: a vehicle built for one (thesunbest.com)
94 points by harambaebae69 on May 11, 2020 | 191 comments
35.
Using an iPad as the main display for a Mac Mini (lunadisplay.com)
159 points by tosh on May 12, 2020 | 98 comments
36.
Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q1 2020 (backblaze.com)
266 points by gnabgib on May 12, 2020 | 95 comments
37.
Ask HN: I've been promoted to Architect. What do I need to learn/do to excel?
373 points by dotdi on May 12, 2020 | 215 comments
38.
America’s ‘Fried Chicken War’ (bbc.com)
86 points by elorant on May 11, 2020 | 105 comments
39.
AI-Powered JavaScript Completions (kite.com)
141 points by csmajorfive on May 12, 2020 | 94 comments
40.
Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the hacker who stopped the WannaCry attack (wired.com)
294 points by superwayne on May 12, 2020 | 64 comments
41.
Names, Legal Names, and Fractally Deferred Responsibility (nora.codes)
58 points by zdw on May 11, 2020 | 28 comments
42.
Simulacra and Simulation (wikipedia.org)
135 points by vermilingua on May 12, 2020 | 79 comments
43.
Grubhub stock halted after report Uber is eyeing a takeover (cnbc.com)
190 points by uptown on May 12, 2020 | 249 comments
44.
UNIX Text Formatting Using the -ms Macros (1984) (hactrn.net)
55 points by tlcu on May 11, 2020 | 17 comments
45.
Update to L.A.'s stay-at-home orders (latimes.com)
211 points by CPLX on May 12, 2020 | 389 comments
46.
The 1-Bit Instrument (ucpress.edu)
69 points by todsacerdoti on May 11, 2020 | 38 comments
47.
Poka-Yoke is Not a Joke (2010) (hbr.org)
41 points by boredgamer2 on May 11, 2020 | 25 comments
48.
Rising CO2 levels may trigger cognitive impairment, says new study (sparkonit.com)
161 points by conse_lad on May 12, 2020 | 91 comments
49.
The coming disruption of colleges and universities (nymag.com)
85 points by jseliger on May 11, 2020 | 76 comments
50.
Show HN: ALMa – Active Learning Data Manager (lighttag.io)
36 points by talolard on May 11, 2020 | 3 comments
51.
Ginger milk curd (2014) (khymos.org)
139 points by polm23 on May 12, 2020 | 36 comments
52.
Interview with the Creator of Max/MSP and Pure Data (futureofcoding.org)
86 points by stevekrouse on May 12, 2020 | 24 comments
53.
Tell HN: Microsoft Skype Security Is Flawed
153 points by samnwa on May 12, 2020 | 41 comments
54.
Faster and more flexible pipelines with a Directed Acyclic Graph (about.gitlab.com)
73 points by caution on May 12, 2020 | 38 comments
55.
Self-Driving Cars with ROS and Autoware (apex.ai)
70 points by vladoh on May 12, 2020 | 8 comments
56.
Proxmox VE 6.2 (proxmox.com)
95 points by lysp on May 12, 2020 | 32 comments
57.
The Fed Will Buy Bond ETFs Now (bloomberg.com)
153 points by feross on May 12, 2020 | 196 comments
58.
Dithering and Open versus Free (stratechery.com)
65 points by Amorymeltzer on May 12, 2020 | 29 comments
59.
WeChat Surveillance Explained (citizenlab.ca)
176 points by simonpure on May 12, 2020 | 18 comments
60.
Comparing Ember Octane and React (pzuraq.com)
63 points by mokkol on May 12, 2020 | 53 comments

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