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31.		Military intelligence buys location data instead of getting warrants (arstechnica.com)
		225 points by lazycrazyowl on Jan 24, 2021 \| 109 comments
32.		Is it better to use cat, dd, pv or another procedure to copy a CD/DVD? (2015) (unix.stackexchange.com)
		134 points by polm23 on Jan 23, 2021 \| 154 comments
33.		An experiment in teaching a language without relying on translation (drdru.github.io)
		74 points by _solr on Jan 24, 2021 \| 80 comments
34.		Incompatible Timesharing System (github.com/pdp-10)
		71 points by rbanffy on Jan 22, 2021 \| 27 comments
35.		Could giant SPACs be next? (techcrunch.com)
		63 points by Iwontgo on Jan 23, 2021 \| 67 comments
36.		AXPbox Alpha Emulator (github.com/lenticularis39)
		55 points by zdw on Jan 23, 2021 \| 23 comments
37.		Visual Sentence Composer for Japanese (japanesecomplete.com)
		35 points by sova on Jan 24, 2021 \| 19 comments
38.		Interview with Christine Darden – NASA engineer who’s a mathematician at heart (quantamagazine.org)
		72 points by happy-go-lucky on Jan 24, 2021
39.		Uber, after buying Postmates, lays off more than 180 employees (nytimes.com)
		131 points by marketingtech on Jan 24, 2021 \| 91 comments
40.		Ghost cities and abandoned areas with a declining population (theguardian.com)
		175 points by haakonhr on Jan 24, 2021 \| 135 comments
41.		Our infrastructure is being built based on past climate data (vice.com)
		107 points by gumby on Jan 24, 2021 \| 44 comments
42.		In southeastern Colorado, robots disarm WWII-era chemical weapons (2017) (arstechnica.com)
		54 points by Tomte on Jan 24, 2021 \| 2 comments
43.		MouSTer Brings USB to Retro Computers (hackaday.com)
		55 points by rcarmo on Jan 24, 2021 \| 39 comments
44.		Why am I wasting time on EndBASIC? (jmmv.dev)
		57 points by todsacerdoti on Jan 23, 2021 \| 45 comments
45.		Hush: Noiseless Browsing for Safari (daringfireball.net)
		164 points by ggoo on Jan 24, 2021 \| 86 comments
46.		Czech trainers teach dogs to sniff out Covid: 95-percent success rate (france24.com)
		165 points by respinal on Jan 24, 2021 \| 73 comments
47.		Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA (weforum.org)
		205 points by yk on Jan 24, 2021 \| 252 comments
48.		How Homogeneous Is Japan? (noahpinion.substack.com)
		105 points by grzm on Jan 23, 2021 \| 220 comments
49.		SpaceX: World record number of satellites launched (bbc.co.uk)
		135 points by edward on Jan 24, 2021 \| 51 comments
50.		I wouldn't invest in open-source companies, even though I ran one (linkedin.com)
		165 points by wolframhempel on Jan 24, 2021 \| 176 comments
51.		The Michael Scott Theory of Social Class (danco.substack.com)
		231 points by jger15 on Jan 24, 2021 \| 158 comments
52.		My Apple IIE: Nearly 30 Years Later (2012) (leucht.com)
		42 points by AlexeyBrin on Jan 24, 2021 \| 19 comments
53.		The Art of the Reverse Knit (nytimes.com)
		22 points by saint-loup on Jan 23, 2021 \| 1 comment
54.		Experienced well-being rises with income, even above $75,000 per year (pnas.org)
		126 points by paulpauper on Jan 24, 2021 \| 157 comments
55.		A new newsletter on database engines, streaming systems, query planning (scattered-thoughts.net)
		47 points by jamii on Jan 24, 2021 \| 8 comments
56.		A 10B Pixel Scan of Vermeer’s Masterpiece (micro-pano.com)
		114 points by parisianka on Jan 24, 2021 \| 46 comments
57.		Show HN: RevoGrid – Spreadsheet data table for all frameworks (github.com/revolist)
		100 points by kumakint on Jan 24, 2021 \| 19 comments
58.		Godiva Chocolates to close all 128 North American stores due to Covid pandemic (abc13.com)
		67 points by maydemir on Jan 24, 2021 \| 31 comments
59.		Magnetic waves explain mystery of Sun's outer layer (phys.org)
		41 points by dnetesn on Jan 24, 2021 \| 4 comments
60.		Turning desalination waste into a useful resource (news.mit.edu)
		44 points by thereare5lights on Jan 24, 2021 \| 45 comments
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