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1.
How bad is your Spotify? (pudding.cool)
974 points by feross on Dec 23, 2020 | 607 comments
2.
Tokio 1.0 – async runtime for Rust (tokio.rs)
769 points by carllerche on Dec 23, 2020 | 402 comments
3.
Comic Mono (dtinth.github.io)
643 points by thesephist on Dec 23, 2020 | 216 comments
4.
Windows 0day privilege escalation still not fixed (chromium.org)
410 points by zaltekk on Dec 23, 2020 | 192 comments
5.
Interview advice that got me offers (zainrizvi.io)
642 points by ZainRiz on Dec 23, 2020 | 359 comments
6.
No, Cellebrite Cannot “Break Signal Encryption” (signal.org)
645 points by hprotagonist on Dec 23, 2020 | 239 comments
7.
How to Favicon in 2021: Six files that fit most needs (evilmartians.com)
351 points by iskin on Dec 23, 2020 | 82 comments
8.
How a janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos (2017) (thehustle.co)
406 points by 80mph on Dec 22, 2020 | 261 comments
9.
Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back (telegra.ph)
548 points by monort on Dec 23, 2020 | 239 comments
10.
SEC charges Ripple and two executives (sec.gov)
356 points by tempsy on Dec 22, 2020 | 272 comments
11.
In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019) (crimereads.com)
256 points by autokill on Dec 22, 2020 | 219 comments
12.
Open Source Stash – Privacy-focused, powerful, secure open-source alternatives (opensourcestash.com)
263 points by adithyaba on Dec 23, 2020 | 64 comments
13.
Build a tiny certificate authority for your homelab (smallstep.com)
194 points by fanf2 on Dec 23, 2020 | 81 comments
14.
Things You're Allowed to Do (cvitkovic.net)
537 points by thesephist on Dec 23, 2020 | 416 comments
15.
Web Authentication Methods Compared (testdriven.io)
181 points by luord on Dec 23, 2020 | 102 comments
16.
Interactive C++ for Data Science (llvm.org)
157 points by Bootvis on Dec 23, 2020 | 56 comments
17.
‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked on the algorithm (2019) (thenextweb.com)
423 points by 3131s on Dec 23, 2020 | 352 comments
18.
Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers [pdf] (cepr.org)
303 points by partingshots on Dec 23, 2020 | 130 comments
19.
Visions of Alt-Berlin in “Man in the High Castle” (2017) (mitsap.medium.com)
108 points by tintinnabula on Dec 23, 2020 | 53 comments
20.
The beautiful Silent ThunderBolt-3 PC (fabiensanglard.net)
285 points by 0-_-0 on Dec 23, 2020 | 207 comments
21.
Jepsen: Scylla 4.2-rc3 (jepsen.io)
172 points by aphyr on Dec 23, 2020 | 31 comments
22.
The Quantum Ad-List contains domains used by ads, trackers, malware (gitlab.com/the_quantum_alpha)
158 points by URfejk on Dec 22, 2020 | 52 comments
23.
Facebook reveals 'SuperCell' tower to increase connectivity in rural areas (fb.com)
134 points by mostdefinite1 on Dec 22, 2020 | 95 comments
24.
PC DOS Reimagined (pcjs.org)
115 points by ingve on Dec 23, 2020 | 73 comments
25.
Xfce 4.16 (xfce.org)
351 points by KindOne on Dec 23, 2020 | 105 comments
26.
TerarkDB, ByteDance's RocksDB replacement (github.com/bytedance)
168 points by royguo1988 on Dec 23, 2020 | 78 comments
27.
MuZero: Mastering Go, chess, shogi and Atari without rules (deepmind.com)
197 points by johannesha on Dec 23, 2020 | 78 comments
28.
Anti-diarrhoea drug drives cancer cells to cell death (uni-frankfurt.de)
355 points by gmays on Dec 23, 2020 | 99 comments
29.
Git Koans (2013) (stevelosh.com)
197 points by mettler on Dec 23, 2020 | 65 comments
30.
IPv6 WireGuard Peering (fly.io)
141 points by wglb on Dec 23, 2020 | 49 comments

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