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Pfizer vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants (cbc.ca)
661 points by awnird on Jan 9, 2021 | 231 comments
2.
Why mmap is faster than system calls (2019) (sasha-f.medium.com)
382 points by vinnyglennon on Jan 9, 2021 | 203 comments
3.
When Amazon Switched from Sun to Linux (twitter.com/danrose999)
499 points by fanf2 on Jan 9, 2021 | 178 comments
4.
Best of show – abuse of libc (ioccc.org)
361 points by mooreds on Jan 8, 2021 | 77 comments
5.
NASA's Curiosity rover: 3k days on Mars (bbc.com)
279 points by ystad on Jan 9, 2021 | 79 comments
6.
You've Been Referred Here Because You're Wrong About Section 230 of the CDA (techdirt.com)
439 points by tony101 on Jan 9, 2021 | 292 comments
7.
Ruby 3, Concurrency and the Ecosystem (kirshatrov.com)
237 points by ksec on Jan 8, 2021 | 59 comments
8.
AVIF support enabled by default in Firefox 86 (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
373 points by doener on Jan 9, 2021 | 149 comments
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Pesticide believed to kill bees is authorised for use in England (theguardian.com)
352 points by montalbano on Jan 9, 2021 | 128 comments
10.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design (umd.edu)
303 points by Tomte on Jan 9, 2021 | 119 comments
11.
Ray Tracing in pure CMake (64.github.io)
292 points by networked on Jan 9, 2021 | 166 comments
12.
Advice from a 104-year-old PhD student [video] (bbc.com)
235 points by hmart on Jan 9, 2021 | 143 comments
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Twitter suspends Sci-Hub account amid Indian court case (twitter.com/verge)
251 points by 1cvmask on Jan 9, 2021 | 58 comments
14.
Writing a Kubernetes CRD Controller in Rust (technosophos.com)
166 points by lukastyrychtr on Jan 9, 2021 | 74 comments
15.
Party Like It's 1925 on Public Domain Day (npr.org)
160 points by apollinaire on Jan 9, 2021 | 39 comments
16.
The Semantic Web, Syllogism, and Worldview (2003) (karmak.org)
84 points by cratermoon on Jan 8, 2021 | 11 comments
17.
'Exercised' Explains Why It Can Be Hard to Commit to Working Out (npr.org)
207 points by Hooke on Jan 8, 2021 | 209 comments
18.
Identical twins are not so identical, study suggests (theguardian.com)
100 points by YeGoblynQueenne on Jan 8, 2021 | 101 comments
19.
Signal gaining popularity in India after WhatsApp policy changes (indiatimes.com)
328 points by curmudgeon22 on Jan 9, 2021 | 111 comments
20.
Microprocessors Running on Air? (erik-engheim.medium.com)
134 points by nnx on Jan 9, 2021 | 55 comments
21.
Raymarching Distance Fields (2008-2020 compilation) (iquilezles.org)
134 points by itronitron on Jan 9, 2021 | 23 comments
22.
Next Gen Static Blogging (inoads.com)
227 points by mmackh on Jan 9, 2021 | 175 comments
23.
SARS-CoV-2 induced remission of Hodgkin lymphoma (wiley.com)
154 points by lnyan on Jan 9, 2021 | 35 comments
24.
How Not to Deal with Murder in Space (2020) (slate.com)
126 points by Hooke on Jan 8, 2021 | 67 comments
25.
Research team demonstrates world’s fastest optical neuromorphic processor (swinburne.edu.au)
103 points by sizzle on Jan 8, 2021 | 20 comments
26.
LenPEG (2017) (dangermouse.net)
78 points by tosh on Jan 9, 2021 | 44 comments
27.
What Writers and Editors Do (theparisreview.org)
102 points by samclemens on Jan 8, 2021 | 22 comments
28.
TinyTV DIY Kit (tinycircuits.com)
93 points by giuliomagnifico on Jan 8, 2021 | 23 comments
29.
Funky Fantasy IV: A Machine-Translated Video Game Experiment (legendsoflocalization.com)
74 points by ecliptik on Jan 8, 2021 | 29 comments
30.
Show HN: Convier.me – A Calendar Service for Developers (convier.me)
116 points by mikaelcarlavan on Jan 9, 2021 | 84 comments

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