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1.		CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative (calyxos.org)
		1010 points by ssklash on Aug 6, 2021 \| 477 comments
2.		The Problem with Perceptual Hashes (rentafounder.com)
		705 points by rivo on Aug 6, 2021 \| 418 comments
3.		An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology (appleprivacyletter.com)
		1187 points by nomoretime on Aug 6, 2021 \| 670 comments
4.		New UUID Formats – IETF Draft (ietf.org)
		525 points by anuragsoni on Aug 6, 2021 \| 245 comments
5.		Surveys show Americans want more walkable cities (governing.com)
		553 points by jseliger on Aug 6, 2021 \| 356 comments
6.		Apple’s new abuse prevention system: an antritust/competition point of view (quintarelli.it)
		451 points by simonebrunozzi on Aug 6, 2021 \| 287 comments
7.		On Apple’s “Expanded Protections for Children” – A Personal Story (areoform.wordpress.com)
		961 points by areoform on Aug 6, 2021 \| 522 comments
8.		Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthier and smarter (sciencemag.org)
		476 points by sohkamyung on Aug 6, 2021 \| 445 comments
9.		U.S. FTC says Facebook misused privacy decree to shut down ad research (reuters.com)
		438 points by ceejayoz on Aug 6, 2021 \| 112 comments
10.		Dating in Delhi when you're poor (reuters.com)
		358 points by hidden-spyder on Aug 6, 2021 \| 268 comments
11.		LÖVR – An open source framework for rapidly building immersive 3D experiences (lovr.org)
		385 points by wsc981 on Aug 6, 2021 \| 122 comments
12.		Launch HN: BlackOakTV (YC S21) – Netflix for black people
		377 points by Uzo0312 on Aug 6, 2021 \| 741 comments
13.		Atlantic Ocean currents weaken, signalling big weather changes: study (reuters.com)
		262 points by gmays on Aug 6, 2021 \| 157 comments
14.		Reflections on 10k Hours of Programming (matt-rickard.com)
		421 points by herbertl on Aug 6, 2021 \| 215 comments
15.		HTTP/2-exclusive threats caused by implementation flaws and RFC imperfections (portswigger.net)
		393 points by Berg0X00 on Aug 5, 2021 \| 112 comments
16.		Learning APL (xpqz.github.io)
		199 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 6, 2021 \| 102 comments
17.		Bones hoarded by hyenas over thousands of years (smithsonianmag.com)
		145 points by pseudolus on Aug 6, 2021 \| 38 comments
18.		Show HN: Open-source A/B testing framework (github.com/growthbook)
		199 points by cheeseblubber on Aug 6, 2021 \| 37 comments
19.		The Drunken Bishop Algorithm (jfurness.uk)
		168 points by palsecam on Aug 5, 2021 \| 41 comments
20.		Letter from Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection to Facebook (ftc.gov)
		186 points by donohoe on Aug 6, 2021 \| 44 comments
21.		Postgres.app (postgresapp.com)
		325 points by simonebrunozzi on Aug 6, 2021 \| 154 comments
22.		Driving engineers to an arbitrary date is a value destroying mistake (2020) (iism.org)
		290 points by vimes656 on Aug 6, 2021 \| 200 comments
23.		Whistleblowers expose corruption in EPA Chemical Safety Office (theintercept.com)
		253 points by voisin on Aug 6, 2021 \| 62 comments
24.		A cocktail of pesticides, parasites and hunger leaves bees down and out (nature.com)
		227 points by lnyan on Aug 6, 2021 \| 102 comments
25.		Apophenia: How the Internet Transforms the Individual into a Conspiracy of One (edwardsnowden.substack.com)
		164 points by mcone on Aug 5, 2021 \| 30 comments
26.		Stanford AIMI releases free open-source repository of medical datasets (stanford.edu)
		103 points by panabee on Aug 5, 2021 \| 17 comments
27.		The Emacs Lock-In Effect or the Emacs Sunk Cost Fallacy (karl-voit.at)
		175 points by fipar on Aug 6, 2021 \| 265 comments
28.		Launch HN: Arengu (YC S21) – Frictionless Signup Flows
		84 points by jacobovidal on Aug 6, 2021 \| 36 comments
29.		“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsApp. The answer is no.” (twitter.com/wcathcart)
		298 points by amadeuspagel on Aug 6, 2021 \| 181 comments
30.		Years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western megafires of today (theconversation.com)
		232 points by onychomys on Aug 5, 2021 \| 175 comments
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