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AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology (deepmind.com)
1398 points by momeara on Nov 30, 2020 | 660 comments
2.
A free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google’s Android user space (microg.org)
790 points by doener on Nov 30, 2020 | 187 comments
3.
I Made a Self-Quoting Tweet (oisinmoran.com)
622 points by OisinMoran on Nov 29, 2020 | 136 comments
4.
AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology (deepmind.com)
1473 points by felixr on Nov 30, 2020 | 1 comment
5.
Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast? (erik-engheim.medium.com)
768 points by socialdemocrat on Nov 30, 2020 | 629 comments
6.
No one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed severe Covid-19 (sciencemag.org)
450 points by jakozaur on Nov 30, 2020 | 393 comments
7.
Chess tactics explained (chesstactics.org)
583 points by kensai on Nov 28, 2020 | 264 comments
8.
OpenZFS 2.0 (github.com/openzfs)
364 points by ascom on Nov 30, 2020 | 148 comments
9.
Raytracing in One Weekend (2016) (raytracing.github.io)
316 points by fanf2 on Nov 29, 2020 | 80 comments
10.
BBC Basic Editor (bbcmic.ro)
255 points by mnem on Nov 30, 2020 | 50 comments
11.
Running a full desktop environment on a Kindle (2019) (nns.ee)
197 points by slondr on Nov 30, 2020 | 50 comments
12.
Apple Create ML: Creating an Image Classifier Model (developer.apple.com)
276 points by tosh on Nov 30, 2020 | 57 comments
13.
Legal Concepts for Founders (clerky.com)
212 points by sarathyweb on Nov 29, 2020 | 30 comments
14.
Writing Rust the Elixir Way (kutt.it)
278 points by bkolobara on Nov 30, 2020 | 128 comments
15.
 I Built My Own Shitty Static Site Generator (erikwinter.nl)
264 points by mpweiher on Nov 27, 2020 | 167 comments
16.
Advent of Code 2020 (adventofcode.com)
306 points by galaktor on Nov 29, 2020 | 83 comments
17.
Compound found in the hallucinogenic tea ayahuasca can grow new brain cells (nature.com)
279 points by talonx on Nov 29, 2020 | 145 comments
18.
The Tech Monopolies Go Vertical (mule.substack.com)
280 points by DenverCode on Nov 30, 2020 | 142 comments
19.
H. G. Wells reviews "Metropolis" (1927) (tsudao.com)
116 points by pmoriarty on Nov 30, 2020 | 63 comments
20.
Interpretability in Machine Learning: An Overview (thegradient.pub)
182 points by atg_abhishek on Nov 30, 2020 | 46 comments
21.
E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services (e.foundation)
320 points by lelf on Nov 30, 2020 | 133 comments
22.
Python Pip 20.3 Released with new resolver (pyfound.blogspot.com)
224 points by groodt on Nov 30, 2020 | 223 comments
23.
Violent, lively and brash, taverns were everywhere in early colonial America (aeon.co)
120 points by samclemens on Nov 30, 2020 | 93 comments
24.
Notation as a Tool of Thought (jsoftware.com)
203 points by mafaa on Nov 30, 2020 | 43 comments
25.
Guybrush Fact vs. Fiction (grumpygamer.com)
155 points by pmarin on Nov 29, 2020 | 54 comments
26.
Making Playstation 1 Modchips (2018) (kchung.co)
110 points by cwaffles on Nov 29, 2020 | 44 comments
27.
BiVector.net – Geometric Algebra for CGI, Vision and Engineering (bivector.net)
132 points by fanf2 on Nov 30, 2020 | 12 comments
28.
Add variables to Python traceback (github.com/andy-landy)
149 points by untech on Nov 27, 2020 | 27 comments
29.
The Gernsback Continuum by William Gibson (1981) (archive.org)
91 points by pmoriarty on Nov 30, 2020 | 50 comments
30.
GNU Octave 6.1.0 (gnu.org)
221 points by freddypaulo on Nov 30, 2020 | 98 comments

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