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1.		The most copied StackOverflow snippet of all time is flawed (2019) (programming.guide)
		706 points by vinnyglennon on June 16, 2021 \| 334 comments
2.		Wayfinder – a relaxing 'art game' in the browser (nfb.ca)
		677 points by vnglst on June 16, 2021 \| 126 comments
3.		Apple's iCloud+ “VPN” (metzdowd.com)
		898 points by n1000 on June 16, 2021 \| 398 comments
4.		4-day workweek boosted workers' productivity by 40%, Microsoft Japan says (npr.org)
		587 points by evo_9 on June 16, 2021 \| 199 comments
5.		GitHub – nushell/nushell: A new type of shell (github.com/nushell)
		763 points by axiomdata316 on June 16, 2021 \| 398 comments
6.		Cryptanalysis of GPRS Encryption Algorithms GEA-1 suggest intentional weakness (iacr.org)
		487 points by anonymfus on June 16, 2021 \| 107 comments
7.		Bear plus snowflake equals polar bear (andysalerno.com)
		384 points by soopurman on June 16, 2021 \| 122 comments
8.		Kids need freedom, too (persuasion.community)
		394 points by jseliger on June 16, 2021 \| 371 comments
9.		Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads (sciencemag.org)
		300 points by lnyan on June 16, 2021 \| 313 comments
10.		Advanced console.log Tips and Tricks (2020) (medium.com/nmc-techblog)
		260 points by sidcool on June 14, 2021 \| 72 comments
11.		PyWhat: Identify Anything (github.com/bee-san)
		290 points by trueduke on June 16, 2021 \| 38 comments
12.		How does one get hired by a top cybercrime gang? (krebsonsecurity.com)
		236 points by wyldfire on June 16, 2021 \| 139 comments
13.		When pop history bombs: a response to Malcolm Gladwell (lareviewofbooks.org)
		242 points by diodorus on June 14, 2021 \| 210 comments
14.		Zero-downtime schema migrations in Postgres using views (fabianlindfors.se)
		181 points by fabianlindfors on June 16, 2021 \| 54 comments
15.		Execute Docker Containers as QEMU MicroVMs (mergeboard.com)
		178 points by DarkPlayer on June 16, 2021 \| 63 comments
16.		Operation Midnight Climax: How the CIA Dosed S.F. Citizens with LSD (2012) (sfweekly.com)
		198 points by pmoriarty on June 15, 2021 \| 95 comments
17.		Fsspec: Filesystem Interfaces for Python (filesystem-spec.readthedocs.io)
		129 points by gilad on June 16, 2021 \| 28 comments
18.		Launch HN: Svix (YC W21) – Webhooks as a Service
		117 points by tasn on June 16, 2021 \| 63 comments
19.		EFF Browser Tracker Simulator (firstpartysimulator.org)
		169 points by anigbrowl on June 16, 2021 \| 80 comments
20.		If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how bad it was in 1999 (columbia.edu)
		275 points by ruaraidh on June 16, 2021 \| 228 comments
21.		Unreliability at Scale (dshr.org)
		175 points by mooreds on June 16, 2021 \| 48 comments
22.		DuckDuckGo’s quest to prove online privacy is possible (wired.com)
		231 points by giuliomagnifico on June 16, 2021 \| 137 comments
23.		Representing SHA-256 Hashes as Avatars (francoisbest.com)
		143 points by flurly on June 16, 2021 \| 47 comments
24.		Ask HN: How to get back in employment market after working on side projects?
		251 points by logicallee on June 14, 2021 \| 180 comments
25.		My EC2 Wishlist (daemonology.net)
		132 points by cperciva on June 16, 2021 \| 48 comments
26.		New browser signal could make cookie banners obsolete (dataprotectioncontrol.org)
		270 points by chdlr on June 16, 2021 \| 261 comments
27.		Pacific islanders likely found Antarctica first: study (phys.org)
		102 points by pseudolus on June 14, 2021 \| 78 comments
28.		Thinking Like Transformers (arxiv.org)
		161 points by ArtWomb on June 16, 2021 \| 42 comments
29.		Code in ARM Assembly: Registers Explained (eclecticlight.co)
		108 points by ingve on June 16, 2021 \| 53 comments
30.		A Visualization of Galactic Settlement (centauri-dreams.org)
		175 points by the-mitr on June 16, 2021 \| 125 comments
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