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31.		[dupe] Busiest hour ever in the history of Gov.uk 17M page requests just 21 5xx errors (twitter.com/therealnooshu)
		230 points by robtaylor on Jan 5, 2021 \| 103 comments
32.		Understanding Connections and Pools (sudhir.io)
		216 points by sudhirj on Jan 5, 2021 \| 73 comments
33.		How I learned to love and fear the Riemann Hypothesis (quantamagazine.org)
		195 points by pseudolus on Jan 5, 2021 \| 92 comments
34.		Evidence for entropy maximisation in human free choice behaviour (psyarxiv.com)
		103 points by Gaessaki on Jan 5, 2021 \| 25 comments
35.		Physics Without Probability (2015) [video] (youtube.com)
		56 points by sytelus on Jan 5, 2021 \| 68 comments
36.		The Evolution of a Haskell Programmer (2001) (willamette.edu)
		121 points by phonebucket on Jan 4, 2021 \| 34 comments
37.		Square’s federal comment letter regarding FinCEN’s proposed rulemaking (squareup.com)
		76 points by freerk on Jan 4, 2021 \| 14 comments
38.		U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings time permanent (congress.gov)
		345 points by mdm12 on Jan 5, 2021 \| 335 comments
39.		Descript – A collaborative audio/video editor that works like a doc (descript.com)
		216 points by zaroth on Jan 5, 2021 \| 79 comments
40.		An Incomplete Guide to Ethereum Rollups (vitalik.ca)
		117 points by KukiAirani on Jan 5, 2021 \| 22 comments
41.		Sci-Hub: Scientists, Academics, Teachers and Students Protest Blocking Lawsuit (torrentfreak.com)
		212 points by picture on Jan 5, 2021 \| 88 comments
42.		Who's at the Helm? (dlorenc.medium.com)
		111 points by dlor on Jan 5, 2021 \| 39 comments
43.		Danes Get 20-Year 0% Mortgages (bloombergquint.com)
		215 points by harambae on Jan 5, 2021 \| 322 comments
44.		Graphqurl: Curl for GraphQL, with Autocomplete and Subscriptions (github.com/hasura)
		127 points by jaredwiener on Jan 5, 2021 \| 8 comments
45.		PE Anatomist – Explore data structures in portable executable files (alidml.ru)
		72 points by URfejk on Jan 5, 2021 \| 15 comments
46.		Parable of Alien Chess (lukesmith.xyz)
		139 points by _mt3y on Jan 5, 2021 \| 170 comments
47.		Blocking Pinterest may reduce your data usage (ruky.me)
		157 points by rukshn on Jan 5, 2021 \| 148 comments
48.		Show HN: 3D-Parallax, labelfree 3D experience from a 2D image using parallax (github.com/vincentlefevre)
		52 points by crou68 on Jan 5, 2021 \| 34 comments
49.		FDA statement on following the authorized dosing schedules for Covid-19 vaccines (fda.gov)
		111 points by simonpure on Jan 5, 2021 \| 178 comments
50.		Geometric effects of certain system design choices (rachelbythebay.com)
		73 points by picture on Jan 5, 2021 \| 9 comments
51.		Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?
		224 points by notoriousarun on Jan 5, 2021 \| 275 comments
52.		Payment processor for Amazon India had leak of over 100M users (businessinsider.in)
		107 points by LordAtlas on Jan 5, 2021 \| 49 comments
53.		How to convert existing web extensions for Safari (developer.apple.com)
		81 points by BigBalli on Jan 5, 2021 \| 84 comments
54.		Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020 (theguardian.com)
		190 points by phonebucket on Jan 5, 2021 \| 275 comments
55.		Focal point (game theory) (wikipedia.org)
		65 points by apsec112 on Jan 5, 2021 \| 13 comments
56.		The Cole-Bar Hammer, a 7-year old Kickstarter that is still going (kickstarter.com)
		68 points by victorbojica on Jan 5, 2021 \| 105 comments
57.		Show HN: CheerpX – x86 Node.js/python3/Ruby REPL in browser via WebAssembly JIT (leaningtech.com)
		88 points by apignotti on Jan 5, 2021 \| 27 comments
58.		Learn Go in five minutes (gist.github.com)
		203 points by tate on Jan 5, 2021 \| 133 comments
59.		Space things happening in 2021 (arstechnica.com)
		131 points by feross on Jan 5, 2021 \| 40 comments
60.		A Brief History of Peanut Butter (smithsonianmag.com)
		56 points by collapse on Jan 5, 2021 \| 55 comments
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