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31.		Adobe is dropping PostScript Type 1 font support (macworld.com)
		99 points by ingve on May 18, 2021 \| 46 comments
32.		Uber Engineering Tricks of the Trade: Tuning JVM Memory for Large-Scale Services (uber.com)
		133 points by commandlinefan on May 18, 2021 \| 50 comments
33.		Metric Display Standards. Best practices for presenting numbers (medium.com/salesforce-ux)
		76 points by kiyanwang on May 16, 2021 \| 6 comments
34.		The Graphics Gremlin – An Open Source Retro ISA Video Card (github.com/schlae)
		130 points by zdw on May 16, 2021 \| 29 comments
35.		Ask HN: Are you satisfied with Elixir or do you regret choosing Elixir?
		387 points by sdiw on May 18, 2021 \| 287 comments
36.		1Password for Linux (1password.com)
		392 points by grappler on May 18, 2021 \| 272 comments
37.		Building Products at Stripe (bringthedonuts.com)
		151 points by herbertl on May 18, 2021 \| 24 comments
38.		Map-like use of Earth’s magnetic field in sharks (cell.com)
		47 points by hheikinh on May 18, 2021 \| 4 comments
39.		Civilization Is Older Than We Thought (palladiummag.com)
		153 points by throwkeep on May 17, 2021 \| 79 comments
40.		NetBSD 9.2 (netbsd.org)
		126 points by vermaden on May 18, 2021 \| 60 comments
41.		Bit-sync: synchronizing arbitrary data using rsync algorithm in pure JavaScript (github.com/claytongulick)
		105 points by ingve on May 16, 2021 \| 17 comments
42.		Nearly 200K Medical Records of US Military Veterans Leaked (securethoughts.com)
		145 points by avibu on May 18, 2021 \| 79 comments
43.		Launch HN: Thryft (YC W21) – Shopify for Instagram Sellers
		55 points by caprilynn on May 18, 2021 \| 32 comments
44.		Forced Entrepreneurs (ssrn.com)
		127 points by yarapavan on May 18, 2021 \| 90 comments
45.		Spin-torque oscillators for WiFi band transmission and energy harvesting (nature.com)
		83 points by giuliomagnifico on May 18, 2021 \| 62 comments
46.		It's time for a data-first front end revolution (kea.js.org)
		93 points by feross on May 18, 2021 \| 64 comments
47.		Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about $9B (businessinsider.com)
		199 points by pseudolus on May 18, 2021 \| 246 comments
48.		Galapagos Islands: Erosion fells Darwin’s Arch (bbc.com)
		62 points by janpot on May 18, 2021 \| 12 comments
49.		[dupe] 40-core Mac Pro reportedly in development by Apple (9to5mac.com)
		183 points by ed25519FUUU on May 18, 2021 \| 4 comments
50.		[dupe] Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes (businessinsider.com)
		172 points by bitshifta on May 18, 2021 \| 159 comments
51.		Ad block shouldn't break your checkout (ilakovac.com)
		193 points by infomiho on May 18, 2021 \| 201 comments
52.		Circuit Synthesis for Analog Computing (sigplan.org)
		57 points by matt_d on May 18, 2021 \| 3 comments
53.		[flagged] The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its Owner Would Get Paid (jalopnik.com)
		130 points by zdw on May 18, 2021 \| 101 comments
54.		Sacred Monster (drb.ie)
		24 points by prismatic on May 16, 2021 \| 3 comments
55.		Converting stroked primitives to filled primitives (2020) (w3.impa.br)
		64 points by vg_head on May 18, 2021 \| 7 comments
56.		Renewable Energy Boomed In 2020 (statista.com)
		52 points by williamsharris on May 18, 2021 \| 52 comments
57.		Chad Strings – The Chad way to handle strings in C (github.com/skullchap)
		235 points by dmart on May 18, 2021 \| 95 comments
58.		Ask HN: Desperately need “sales for nerds” advice
		171 points by c1sc0 on May 18, 2021 \| 152 comments
59.		Mac the Knife (mameworld.info)
		85 points by ingve on May 16, 2021 \| 19 comments
60.		Kickstarting AI for Code: Introducing IBM’s Project CodeNet (ibm.com)
		48 points by T-A on May 17, 2021 \| 27 comments
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