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31.
A swarm of drones flying through heavy forest–while staying in formation (sciencemag.org)
139 points by giuliomagnifico on Dec 18, 2020 | 131 comments
32.
Original Dartmouth College BASIC manual (1964) [pdf] (bitsavers.org)
97 points by incanus77 on Dec 17, 2020 | 33 comments
33.
Conditional JavaScript: Only download when it is appropriate (umaar.com)
75 points by umaar on Dec 16, 2020 | 48 comments
34.
John Carmack: Career Advice (twitter.com/id_aa_carmack)
274 points by tosh on Dec 18, 2020 | 169 comments
35.
When important components become scarce: CPUs, GPUs (igorslab.de)
123 points by monkeydust on Dec 18, 2020 | 95 comments
36.
Tech giants will block Kazakhstan’s web surveillance efforts again (engadget.com)
134 points by alexrustic on Dec 18, 2020 | 113 comments
37.
Physicists Create Time-Reversed Waves of Optical Light (sciencealert.com)
119 points by bookofjoe on Dec 17, 2020 | 45 comments
38.
Big Sur bug prevents upgrades to the next version (micromdm.io)
132 points by groobongithub on Dec 18, 2020 | 40 comments
39.
Seuss-Star Trek mashup crashes and burns at Ninth Circuit (courthousenews.com)
102 points by anigbrowl on Dec 18, 2020 | 87 comments
40.
Rust 2021 Roadmap (github.com/rust-lang)
178 points by praveenperera on Dec 18, 2020 | 81 comments
41.
Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught (politico.com)
295 points by plankers on Dec 18, 2020 | 211 comments
42.
I prepared for a decade to graduate in CS in three months (miguelrochefort.com)
425 points by miguelrochefort on Dec 18, 2020 | 374 comments
43.
Scale is a fantastic book on the hidden order of complex systems (thinkthinkthink.substack.com)
100 points by dbaboci on Dec 16, 2020 | 17 comments
44.
I Bought Apple Silicon (honzajavorek.cz)
196 points by honzajavorek on Dec 18, 2020 | 290 comments
45.
API-diff: a tool for side-by-side evaluations of JSON APIs (radar.io)
107 points by blackmad on Dec 18, 2020 | 7 comments
46.
Brian Chesky on Ron Conway (airbnb.com)
117 points by simonebrunozzi on Dec 18, 2020 | 28 comments
47.
Show HN: StumblingOn – Randomly find indie websites – recreating StumbleUpon (stumblingon.com)
138 points by ALittleLight on Dec 17, 2020 | 61 comments
48.
Teardown: Identifying Apple M1's distinct circuit blocks (eetasia.com)
64 points by giuliomagnifico on Dec 17, 2020 | 26 comments
49.
How to let go of a lifelong dream (psyche.co)
102 points by known on Dec 17, 2020 | 60 comments
50.
Show HN: Cimbar – File transfer via color barcodes and the Android camera (github.com/sz3)
87 points by sz3 on Dec 17, 2020 | 26 comments
51.
The Photographer Who Set Out to Watch Herself Age (newyorker.com)
51 points by fortran77 on Dec 18, 2020 | 23 comments
52.
Show HN: How to make full colour PCB art (curious.supplies)
79 points by tjclement on Dec 18, 2020 | 12 comments
53.
Networking at the Speed of Light: Understanding Fiber Optics (2019) (sikich.com)
40 points by doener on Dec 17, 2020 | 9 comments
54.
The opioid effects of gluten exorphins: asymptomatic celiac disease (2015) (nih.gov)
66 points by kennethh on Dec 18, 2020 | 46 comments
55.
Two Hundred Different Misspellings of Schwarzenegger (watercoolertrivia.com)
59 points by cowllin on Dec 18, 2020 | 51 comments
56.
Toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes (latimes.com)
170 points by clumsysmurf on Dec 17, 2020 | 121 comments
57.
On Design Patterns in C++ (fluentcpp.com)
79 points by mnouquet on Dec 18, 2020 | 67 comments
58.
 [dupe] Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems (reuters.com)
194 points by alacombe on Dec 18, 2020 | 155 comments
59.
Microsoft Designing Its Own Chips for Servers, Surface PCs (bloomberg.com)
133 points by slyall on Dec 18, 2020 | 129 comments
60.
Show HN: Juicebox – Quickly create beautiful, interactive data presentations (juiceanalytics.com)
63 points by gemignani-zach on Dec 18, 2020 | 21 comments

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