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31.		Do Low-Level Optimizations Matter? (2020) (cantrip.org)
		134 points by signa11 on July 17, 2021 \| 62 comments
32.		How George Saunders Is Making Sense of the World (esquire.com)
		37 points by lermontov on July 16, 2021 \| 9 comments
33.		Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD (checkyourlist.app)
		282 points by Swalden123 on July 18, 2021 \| 200 comments
34.		“We're Shutting Down Our 3G Network” (benergize.com)
		142 points by spcebar on July 18, 2021 \| 141 comments
35.		Show HN: Work with CSV files using SQL. For data scientists and engineers (superintendent.app)
		99 points by tanin on July 18, 2021 \| 61 comments
36.		React's UI State Model vs. Vanilla JavaScript (arihantverma.com)
		99 points by gdad-s-river on July 18, 2021 \| 168 comments
37.		Cannabis first domesticated 12,000 years ago (phys.org)
		140 points by dnetesn on July 18, 2021 \| 66 comments
38.		Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first time ever in Q2 2021 (canalys.com)
		140 points by thunderbong on July 18, 2021 \| 173 comments
39.		Physically Based Rendering Book (pbr-book.org)
		119 points by jasim on July 16, 2021 \| 44 comments
40.		Parliaments of the Earth (logicmag.io)
		39 points by bryanrasmussen on July 16, 2021 \| 12 comments
41.		The new ProtonMail has passed its independent security audit (protonmail.com)
		183 points by beermonster on July 18, 2021 \| 72 comments
42.		Feedgnuplot – plotting standard input in the shell (github.com/dkogan)
		57 points by dima55 on July 18, 2021 \| 6 comments
43.		Matplotlib Gallery (matplotlib.org)
		83 points by belter on July 18, 2021 \| 26 comments
44.		A reporter’s fight to expose Epstein’s crimes, and earn a living (nytimes.com)
		133 points by dsr12 on July 18, 2021 \| 69 comments
45.		NYC Mesh Community Internet (nytimes.com)
		148 points by eu on July 18, 2021 \| 81 comments
46.		GNU Binutlis 2.37 has been released (sourceware.org)
		85 points by edelsohn on July 18, 2021 \| 32 comments
47.		Greenland bans all oil exploration (cbc.ca)
		222 points by elorant on July 18, 2021 \| 52 comments
48.		GitHub Copilot: First Impressions (vladiliescu.net)
		125 points by vladiliescu on July 18, 2021 \| 98 comments
49.		About Godot4, Vulkan, GLES3 and GLES2 (godotengine.org)
		88 points by Tomte on July 18, 2021 \| 43 comments
50.		Learn Something Old Every Day, Part II (os2museum.com)
		40 points by kencausey on July 17, 2021 \| 1 comment
51.		Canonical turned a profit, back above 500 employees (phoronix.com)
		143 points by marcodiego on July 18, 2021 \| 60 comments
52.		Soviet scientific calculator gives up its Cold War-era secrets (hackaday.com)
		70 points by thunderbong on July 18, 2021 \| 21 comments
53.		Temeraire: Hugepage-Aware Allocator (google.github.io)
		31 points by g0xA52A2A on July 17, 2021 \| 2 comments
54.		Racket v8.2 (racket-lang.org)
		114 points by todsacerdoti on July 18, 2021 \| 20 comments
55.		Derbyshire cave house identified as ninth-century home to exiled king (theguardian.com)
		22 points by benbreen on July 17, 2021 \| 1 comment
56.		Toxoplasmosis: An important risk factor for acquiring SARS-CoV-2 infection (medrxiv.org)
		91 points by walterbell on July 18, 2021 \| 77 comments
57.		The Fundamental Mechanism of Scaling (brooker.co.za)
		32 points by yagizdegirmenci on July 17, 2021 \| 4 comments
58.		Ask HN: Did anybody apply for UK Global Talent visa? How did it go?
		80 points by boghy8823 on July 18, 2021 \| 70 comments
59.		Tesla is offering a $1500 upgrade for early cars to support “full self-driving” (electrek.co)
		127 points by watchdogtimer on July 18, 2021 \| 132 comments
60.		[dupe] Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Killed More Than One Billion Sea Creatures (scientificamerican.com)
		68 points by Bender on July 18, 2021 \| 58 comments
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