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1.		The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020) (cable.co.uk)
		712 points by vanilla-almond on Aug 22, 2020 \| 399 comments
2.		Persisting as a solo founder (vishnu.tech)
		699 points by vishnumohandas on Aug 23, 2020 \| 257 comments
3.		Build Your Own FPGA (2012) (notdot.net)
		216 points by hinzundcode on Aug 23, 2020 \| 15 comments
4.		Simultaneous AP and Client Mode Wi-Fi on Raspberry Pi Zero W (github.com/lukicdarkoo)
		252 points by lukicdarkoo on Aug 23, 2020 \| 90 comments
5.		Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production of crops and power (wiley.com)
		218 points by rch on Aug 23, 2020 \| 223 comments
6.		The $8M Heist from the Carnegie Library (smithsonianmag.com)
		140 points by Vigier on Aug 22, 2020 \| 47 comments
7.		Debian Janitor: 60k Lintian Issues Automatically Fixed (jelmer.uk)
		149 points by zdw on Aug 22, 2020 \| 20 comments
8.		Two Way Mirror Improves Video Conferencing (hackaday.com)
		193 points by nsaje on Aug 22, 2020 \| 88 comments
9.		Show HN: Using Rust to write shell-script like tasks (github.com/rust-shell-script)
		231 points by rustshellscript on Aug 23, 2020 \| 80 comments
10.		Chrome, Firefox extension that blocks NSFW images using TensorFlow JS (github.com/nsfw-filter)
		150 points by bishalb on Aug 23, 2020 \| 157 comments
11.		MGA Entertainment: A privately-owned toy company doing billions in revenue (julieyoung.substack.com)
		152 points by dsr12 on Aug 21, 2020 \| 100 comments
12.		Development of Warajevo: ZX Spectrum Emulator Made During the Bosnian War (worldofspectrum.net)
		113 points by krige on Aug 21, 2020 \| 17 comments
13.		A step towards new nitrogen products (yale.edu)
		123 points by apsec112 on Aug 23, 2020 \| 43 comments
14.		Songwhip – Share a music link to every platform (songwhip.com)
		153 points by styfle on Aug 23, 2020 \| 46 comments
15.		Finding vulnerable Twitter accounts with expired domains (zainamro.com)
		196 points by zainamro on Aug 23, 2020 \| 125 comments
16.		PHP Built-In Web Server (php.net)
		141 points by ZnZirconium on Aug 23, 2020 \| 85 comments
17.		YTS torrent tracker part of new anti-piracy scheme (torrentfreak.com)
		191 points by stiray on Aug 23, 2020 \| 94 comments
18.		Bliss: A language for systems programming (1971) [pdf] (arizona.edu)
		65 points by tjalfi on Aug 23, 2020 \| 34 comments
19.		Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny (abcnews.go.com)
		332 points by seigando on Aug 23, 2020 \| 402 comments
20.		Fallen Boulder Reveals 313M-Year-Old Fossil Footprints at Grand Canyon (npr.org)
		113 points by palo3 on Aug 22, 2020 \| 18 comments
21.		All about Woad (woad.org.uk)
		55 points by brudgers on Aug 23, 2020 \| 13 comments
22.		The demise of the second-hand bookshop (thecritic.co.uk)
		167 points by pseudolus on Aug 23, 2020 \| 153 comments
23.		Implement an emulator for a fantasy CPU in JavaScript (dev.to)
		86 points by codeguppy on Aug 22, 2020 \| 33 comments
24.		Launch HN: Depict.ai (YC S20) – Product recommendations for any e-commerce store
		126 points by antonoo on Aug 23, 2020 \| 57 comments
25.		Python Hash Tables: understanding dictionaries (thepythoncorner.com)
		83 points by mastro35 on Aug 21, 2020 \| 37 comments
26.		Bare Metal Rust Generics (ecorax.net)
		207 points by cube00 on Aug 23, 2020 \| 57 comments
27.		Searx instances (searx.space)
		79 points by troydavis on Aug 22, 2020 \| 27 comments
28.		Natural language benchmarks don’t measure AI models’ general knowledge well (venturebeat.com)
		65 points by optimalsolver on Aug 23, 2020 \| 69 comments
29.		US Border Patrol says they can create central repository of traveler emails (viewfromthewing.com)
		406 points by hispanic on Aug 23, 2020 \| 364 comments
30.		Paragon submits 27k-line NTFS driver to Linux kernel (theregister.com)
		203 points by kiyanwang on Aug 23, 2020 \| 149 comments
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