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1.		Linus Torvalds' good taste argument for linked lists, explained (github.com/mkirchner)
		717 points by mkirchner on Dec 6, 2020 \| 326 comments
2.		Every Model Learned by Gradient Descent Is Approximately a Kernel Machine (arxiv.org)
		406 points by scottlocklin on Dec 5, 2020 \| 107 comments
3.		EmacsConf 2020 Talks (emacsconf.org)
		386 points by AlexeyBrin on Dec 6, 2020 \| 83 comments
4.		72% of smart TVs and 46% of game consoles hardcode DNS settings (labzilla.io)
		546 points by boramalper on Dec 5, 2020 \| 650 comments
5.		A tool for recovering passwords from pixelized screenshots (github.com/beurtschipper)
		449 points by maydemir on Dec 6, 2020 \| 124 comments
6.		The Grenfell Tower inquiry is uncovering a major corporate scandal (spectator.co.uk)
		464 points by VieEnCode on Dec 6, 2020 \| 261 comments
7.		How I Collected a Debt from an Unscrupulous Merchant (mtlynch.io)
		473 points by notadog on Dec 6, 2020 \| 259 comments
8.		LinkedIn’s Alternate Universe (divinations.substack.com)
		613 points by dshipper on Dec 6, 2020 \| 277 comments
9.		InstaHide Disappointingly Wins Bell Labs Prize, 2nd Place (carlini.com)
		487 points by z3t111 on Dec 6, 2020 \| 44 comments
10.		The Tragic Tale of DEC, the Computing Giant That Died Too Soon (digital.com)
		289 points by mooreds on Dec 5, 2020 \| 210 comments
11.		The Economics of Christmas Trees (thehustle.co)
		213 points by Anon84 on Dec 6, 2020 \| 161 comments
12.		Monopoly Technology Platforms Are Colonizing Education (instituteforpubliceducation.org)
		207 points by partingshots on Dec 6, 2020 \| 124 comments
13.		Winning back the Internet by building our own (roarmag.org)
		178 points by sanqui on Dec 6, 2020 \| 149 comments
14.		Diem – A rebrand of Facebook’s Libra (diem.com)
		235 points by obilgic on Dec 6, 2020 \| 405 comments
15.		The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and Extreme Behavior (wsj.com)
		297 points by harambae on Dec 6, 2020 \| 296 comments
16.		A technique from human archaeology could help restore sea otter populations (nytimes.com)
		46 points by Thevet on Dec 6, 2020 \| 2 comments
17.		Hardware-Accelerated TensorFlow and TensorFlow Addons for macOS 11.0 (github.com/apple)
		183 points by sandGorgon on Dec 6, 2020 \| 92 comments
18.		Let’s Encrypt moving to new CA root (infoq.com)
		152 points by alblue on Dec 6, 2020 \| 36 comments
19.		Lambda: Turn Excel formulas into custom functions (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
		223 points by lelf on Dec 5, 2020 \| 135 comments
20.		Cashew of Pirangi (wikipedia.org)
		177 points by tcgv on Dec 4, 2020 \| 38 comments
21.		YARA – The pattern matching swiss knife (github.com/virustotal)
		117 points by peter_d_sherman on Dec 6, 2020 \| 14 comments
22.		Asteroid capsule located in Australian desert (bbc.co.uk)
		156 points by ColinWright on Dec 5, 2020 \| 61 comments
23.		Scroll Back: The Theory and Practice of Cameras in Side-Scrollers (docs.google.com)
		127 points by ibobev on Dec 5, 2020 \| 9 comments
24.		Between two Lisps (ane.github.io)
		142 points by galfarragem on Dec 5, 2020 \| 100 comments
25.		Docker's Second Death (tariqislam.com)
		302 points by alexellisuk on Dec 6, 2020 \| 272 comments
26.		'Havana syndrome' likely caused by directed microwaves – US report (bbc.com)
		219 points by kpetermeni on Dec 6, 2020 \| 158 comments
27.		My Procedurally Generated Music Is Awful (groovelet.com)
		120 points by mproud on Dec 6, 2020 \| 111 comments
28.		Benefits of Walking (klimy.co)
		225 points by KlimYadrintsev on Dec 5, 2020 \| 108 comments
29.		Fixing a 3 year old bug in Nvidia GeForce Experience (details-of-note.blogspot.com)
		229 points by dsafonov on Dec 6, 2020 \| 56 comments
30.		Skybolt: A C++ planetary environment rendering engine with Python bindings (github.com/piraxus)
		147 points by matt128 on Dec 6, 2020 \| 11 comments
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