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31.		Parler's home page is back online, but app still not in stores (reuters.com)
		155 points by pseudolus on Jan 17, 2021 \| 430 comments
32.		Enter Sandbox: Google is building an internet without cookies (pressgazette.co.uk)
		157 points by wolverine876 on Jan 17, 2021 \| 165 comments
33.		The Great Filter – Are We Almost Past It? (1998) (gmu.edu)
		109 points by DyslexicAtheist on Jan 17, 2021 \| 174 comments
34.		The Dark Past of Algorithms That Associate Appearance and Criminality (americanscientist.org)
		78 points by nkurz on Jan 16, 2021 \| 12 comments
35.		Sailor’s Chanties (1906) [pdf] (jstor.org)
		61 points by brudgers on Jan 17, 2021 \| 41 comments
36.		“Tencent QQ caught scraping all browser history on Windows” (twitter.com/codecolorist)
		304 points by DyslexicAtheist on Jan 17, 2021 \| 111 comments
37.		Ask HN: Is frugality underrated in startups?
		151 points by malavwarke on Jan 17, 2021 \| 197 comments
38.		Ask HN: Which are the best Go repositories to read to learn the language?
		199 points by Kreotiko on Jan 17, 2021 \| 49 comments
39.		GCP Outpaces Azure, AWS in the 2021 Cloud Report (cockroachlabs.com)
		266 points by mohangk on Jan 17, 2021 \| 181 comments
40.		Knot Theory and its Applications [pdf] (ed.ac.uk)
		80 points by jpcooper on Jan 17, 2021 \| 14 comments
41.		Everything About React Server Components (vercel.com)
		45 points by reimertz on Jan 16, 2021 \| 28 comments
42.		[dupe] Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2°C (2018) (nature.com)
		279 points by aburan28 on Jan 17, 2021 \| 13 comments
43.		An Economic Analysis of Ethereum (lynalden.com)
		137 points by jger15 on Jan 17, 2021 \| 111 comments
44.		Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones (tampabay.com)
		269 points by chha on Jan 17, 2021 \| 205 comments
45.		US Navy – Tic Tac UFO – High frequency gravitational wave generator (patents.google.com)
		102 points by ubertoop on Jan 17, 2021 \| 90 comments
46.		After a decade, NASA’s big rocket fails its first real test (arstechnica.com)
		116 points by Liron on Jan 17, 2021 \| 151 comments
47.		The Tragedy of Gemini (maya.land)
		62 points by panic on Jan 17, 2021 \| 28 comments
48.		PBRT in Rust (github.com/wahn)
		141 points by signa11 on Jan 17, 2021 \| 30 comments
49.		Deno in 2020 (deno.land)
		127 points by 0xedb on Jan 16, 2021 \| 31 comments
50.		Software Distributions and Their Roles Today (nixers.net)
		32 points by nwotnagrom on Jan 17, 2021 \| 8 comments
51.		Touchable Bokeh – 3D Printed Wet Plates [video] (youtube.com)
		32 points by brudgers on Jan 16, 2021 \| 12 comments
52.		Virgin Orbit confirms that LauncherOne has reached orbit (twitter.com/virgin_orbit)
		108 points by _Microft on Jan 17, 2021 \| 35 comments
53.		When parties reverse their stance, supporters immediately switch their opinions (thespeakernewsjournal.com)
		191 points by nabla9 on Jan 17, 2021 \| 200 comments
54.		js;dr = JavaScript required; Didn’t Read. (tantek.com)
		230 points by ezist on Jan 17, 2021 \| 215 comments
55.		We can do better than Signal (icyphox.sh)
		175 points by icy on Jan 17, 2021 \| 286 comments
56.		Fun with conversion-operator name lookup (quuxplusone.github.io)
		46 points by mmastrac on Jan 17, 2021
57.		Republic of Indian Stream (wikipedia.org)
		22 points by samclemens on Jan 17, 2021 \| 5 comments
58.		The Man Who Invented the Drug Memoir (2016) (newyorker.com)
		14 points by Vigier on Jan 15, 2021 \| 1 comment
59.		Rare Earth: The Summer of Larry [video] (youtube.com)
		11 points by gus_massa on Jan 15, 2021 \| 3 comments
60.		A holistic vision of open source beyond 2021 (monetize.substack.com)
		25 points by bibryam on Jan 17, 2021 \| 27 comments
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