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61.		Mosh's tolerance for high packet loss helps a guy escape from an elevator (mosh.org)
		145 points by kumarharsh on Aug 12, 2021 \| 34 comments
62.		Monday was my 46th birthday and likely my last (2013) (archive.org)
		150 points by ca98am79 on Aug 12, 2021 \| 138 comments
63.		A Framework for the Metaverse (matthewball.vc)
		32 points by conanxin on Aug 12, 2021 \| 46 comments
64.		Balena Etcher Pro – Fast write to multiple cards or USB disks at once (balena.io)
		85 points by cf100clunk on Aug 12, 2021 \| 111 comments
65.		Gazing at the Mother Tongue: Analyzing Twitter’s Image Cropping Algorithm (medium.com/taraaz)
		24 points by benbreen on Aug 10, 2021 \| 10 comments
66.		Annual reminder of Uber missing this goal (twitter.com/emilmichael)
		91 points by farmerstan on Aug 12, 2021 \| 94 comments
67.		[dupe] Xsolla lays off 150 after an algorithm ruled staff 'unengaged and unproductive' (gamasutra.com)
		119 points by Audiophilip on Aug 12, 2021 \| 69 comments
68.		The Metal Age of Thailand and Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage (sciencedirect.com)
		27 points by benbreen on Aug 10, 2021 \| 8 comments
69.		Leaked voting machine BIOS passwords may implicate Q-friendly county clerk (arstechnica.com)
		94 points by codezero on Aug 12, 2021 \| 157 comments
70.		Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to afford a one-bedroom (cont) (theguardian.com)
		80 points by whack on Aug 12, 2021 \| 129 comments
71.		I'm the guy who bought 259684 BTC for under $3000 yesterday (2011) (archive.org)
		88 points by ca98am79 on Aug 12, 2021 \| 80 comments
72.		What if a deadly heatwave hit India? (economist.com)
		73 points by Abishek_Muthian on Aug 12, 2021 \| 85 comments
73.		Demonstrating the Fundamentals of Quantum Error Correction (googleblog.com)
		22 points by atg_abhishek on Aug 12, 2021
74.		Adidas ends Reebok era with $2.5B sale to Authentic Brands (reuters.com)
		70 points by keiferski on Aug 12, 2021 \| 67 comments
75.		‘A Form of Brainwashing’: China Remakes Hong Kong (nytimes.com)
		99 points by v77 on Aug 12, 2021 \| 60 comments
76.		Moderna Vaccine Significantly More Effective Against Delta Variant Than Pfizer (medrxiv.org)
		113 points by mitchbob on Aug 11, 2021 \| 92 comments
77.		[flagged] Germany arrests British diplomat suspected of spying for Russia (bbc.co.uk)
		59 points by baybal2 on Aug 12, 2021 \| 33 comments
78.		EU looking into new possible side-effects of mRNA Covid-19 shots (reuters.com)
		78 points by Overton-Window on Aug 12, 2021 \| 99 comments
79.		Mike Lindell's “packet captures” are garbage data provided by serial con-man (washingtontimes.com)
		73 points by lurkshark on Aug 12, 2021 \| 101 comments
80.		A Limitlessly Scalable Transaction System (arxiv.org)
		30 points by belter on Aug 12, 2021 \| 25 comments
81.		Srcset and Sizes (2014) (ericportis.com)
		10 points by Tomte on Aug 11, 2021 \| 1 comment
82.		We’re All Investors Now (2013) (lackingambition.com)
		49 points by amin on Aug 12, 2021 \| 46 comments
83.		Show HN: Grok (VSCode Extension) Code-Centric Documentation in the IDE (trygrok.com)
		37 points by jamescwu on Aug 12, 2021 \| 8 comments
84.		[flagged] Major Outage on Reddit (redditstatus.com)
		47 points by neurostimulant on Aug 12, 2021 \| 29 comments
85.		Climate change: Curbing methane emissions will 'buy us time' (bbc.co.uk)
		35 points by vijayr02 on Aug 12, 2021 \| 70 comments
86.		Police Misuse of Facial Recognition – Three Wrongful Arrests and Counting (skynettoday.com)
		51 points by andreyk on Aug 12, 2021 \| 16 comments
87.		Ask HN: It's 2021 and QuickTime still doesn't export MP4. What is going on?
		61 points by reimertz on Aug 12, 2021 \| 69 comments
88.		[flagged] The Texas Power Grid Is Hanging on by Its Fingernails (gizmodo.com)
		48 points by rbanffy on Aug 12, 2021 \| 52 comments
89.		The future of long-haul trucking in Europe is electric (transportenvironment.org)
		36 points by doener on Aug 12, 2021 \| 39 comments
90.		Mailchimp Is Exploring a Sale at $10B-Plus Valuation (bloomberg.com)
		40 points by docdeek on Aug 12, 2021 \| 31 comments
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