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61.		[dupe] Baron Samedit: Heap-based buffer overflow in Sudo (CVE-2021-3156) (openwall.com)
		120 points by jwilk on Jan 26, 2021 \| 2 comments
62.		Todo List for Vim (vimhelp.org)
		70 points by jhoechtl on Jan 26, 2021 \| 53 comments
63.		RadixSpline: A Single-Pass Learned Index (github.com/learnedsystems)
		47 points by byteshift on Jan 25, 2021 \| 3 comments
64.		The Battle Inside Signal (platformer.news)
		100 points by tchalla on Jan 26, 2021 \| 143 comments
65.		PfSense Is Closed Source (github.com/rapi3)
		259 points by zdw on Jan 24, 2021 \| 72 comments
66.		The Endless Browser Wars (lwn.net)
		92 points by lazycrazyowl on Jan 26, 2021 \| 93 comments
67.		Mother's blood test predicts a sub-type of autism (nature.com)
		66 points by mleonhard on Jan 26, 2021 \| 79 comments
68.		Facebook is bombarding rightwing users with combat gear ads. See for yourself (theguardian.com)
		119 points by ciconia on Jan 26, 2021 \| 98 comments
69.		Beyond Identity Offers Free Version of Its Passwordless Technology (darkreading.com)
		44 points by dpelevator on Jan 26, 2021 \| 27 comments
70.		Facebook restores service to socialist pages, claiming “automation error” (wsws.org)
		77 points by jessaustin on Jan 26, 2021 \| 83 comments
71.		[dupe] Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Sudo (qualys.com)
		94 points by lima on Jan 26, 2021 \| 2 comments
72.		Spectrum2_signald: An XMPP/Signal gateway (pre-alpha version) (gitlab.com/nicocool84)
		28 points by upofadown on Jan 26, 2021 \| 9 comments
73.		MasterCard to push up fees for UK purchases from EU due to Brexit (bbc.com)
		77 points by giuliomagnifico on Jan 26, 2021 \| 163 comments
74.		Google won't donate to members of Congress who voted against election results (axios.com)
		88 points by reddotX on Jan 26, 2021 \| 172 comments
75.		100 years later, the dystopian origin of the word ‘robot’ still rings true (qz.com)
		35 points by smoyer on Jan 26, 2021 \| 33 comments
76.		Plex Arcade (plex.tv)
		58 points by uptown on Jan 26, 2021 \| 73 comments
77.		Covariant Electrodynamics the Easy Way (michaelallenwarner.github.io)
		21 points by E-Reverance on Jan 25, 2021 \| 8 comments
78.		Evaluating JavaScript in the browser for a low code product (appsmith.com)
		19 points by arey_abhishek on Jan 26, 2021 \| 11 comments
79.		What Happened When Henry James and Oscar Wilde Met (2015) (newrepublic.com)
		15 points by samclemens on Jan 25, 2021
80.		“The Big Shift”: Internal Facebook Memo Tells Employees to Do Better on Privacy (bigtechnology.substack.com)
		54 points by freediver on Jan 26, 2021 \| 55 comments
81.		The Serval WS from System76: A Linux Workstation Running PopOS (boilingsteam.com)
		44 points by ekianjo on Jan 26, 2021 \| 60 comments
82.		[dupe] Revue Is Joining Twitter (getrevue.co/profile/the_week_in_newslett...)
		54 points by jrnkntl on Jan 26, 2021 \| 1 comment
83.		84% of Waterloo Software Engineering undergrads move to the US upon graduation (twitter.com/danluu)
		88 points by gabbo on Jan 26, 2021 \| 90 comments
84.		How the spread of sheds threatens cities (economist.com)
		27 points by known on Jan 25, 2021 \| 36 comments
85.		Against “Relevance” in Art (harpers.org)
		11 points by schooloflife22 on Jan 24, 2021 \| 1 comment
86.		The Epic, Absurdly Complex Battle Between a Zombie Maker and Its Victim (scientificamerican.com)
		6 points by WoodenChair on Jan 26, 2021 \| 3 comments
87.		The Chromatic Effects of Late Nineteenth-Century London Fog (2016) (literarylondon.org)
		10 points by Hooke on Jan 26, 2021 \| 4 comments
88.		The styled-components happy path (joshwcomeau.com)
		34 points by joshwcomeau on Jan 25, 2021 \| 1 comment
89.		[flagged] Timing matters when correcting fake news (pnas.org)
		20 points by samizdis on Jan 26, 2021 \| 13 comments
90.		[flagged] Assessing Mandatory Lockdowns and Business Closure Effects on Spread of Covid-19 (wiley.com)
		28 points by disgrunt on Jan 26, 2021 \| 28 comments
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