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31.		Downsides to planting trillions of trees (vox.com)
		127 points by mrpopo on Oct 2, 2021 \| 130 comments
32.		So you want to go to grad school (in the academic humanities)? (acoup.blog)
		85 points by dustintrex on Oct 2, 2021 \| 70 comments
33.		WebGoat is a deliberately insecure application (github.com/webgoat)
		114 points by graderjs on Oct 2, 2021 \| 15 comments
34.		Lightning Network Flaws (github.com/davidshares)
		75 points by skybrian on Oct 1, 2021 \| 47 comments
35.		Show HN: AirSS is a web-based feed reader that put your privacy first (roastidio.us)
		48 points by derekzhouzhen on Oct 2, 2021 \| 19 comments
36.		Common Lisp (lisp-lang.org)
		172 points by astdb on Oct 2, 2021 \| 61 comments
37.		IPv6 Fundamentals: A Straightforward Approach to Understanding IPv6, 2nd Edition (ciscopress.com)
		53 points by teleforce on Sept 30, 2021 \| 62 comments
38.		Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most polluted fruit and veg products (theguardian.com)
		125 points by sva_ on Oct 2, 2021 \| 91 comments
39.		Brain-cleaning sleeping cap gets US Army funding (newatlas.com)
		112 points by sahin on Oct 2, 2021 \| 69 comments
40.		Completely different languages tend to group colors in roughly the same way (hearingreview.com)
		55 points by nelsondev on Oct 2, 2021 \| 23 comments
41.		Black mamba venom is 'better painkiller' than morphine (2012) (bbc.com)
		90 points by ScottMann on Oct 2, 2021 \| 86 comments
42.		Why do we tune in 5ths? (violinist.com)
		83 points by ofou on Oct 1, 2021 \| 108 comments
43.		Details of some 100M visitors to Thailand exposed online (scmp.com)
		92 points by lxm on Oct 2, 2021 \| 48 comments
44.		As a whistleblower prepares to speak out, what can be done to rein in Facebook? (theguardian.com)
		101 points by SmkyMt on Oct 2, 2021 \| 119 comments
45.		Clubhouse needs creators, but creators need cash (theverge.com)
		54 points by 0xedb on Oct 2, 2021 \| 24 comments
46.		Alexa, Ring, and Astro: Where's My Privacy, Amazon? (zdnet.com)
		74 points by Bender on Oct 2, 2021 \| 38 comments
47.		Maker of ATM bombing tutorials blew himself up – European authorities (theregister.com)
		70 points by samizdis on Oct 2, 2021 \| 84 comments
48.		Windows 11 review: An unnecessary replacement for Windows 10 (pcworld.com)
		159 points by dantondwa on Oct 2, 2021 \| 183 comments
49.		What Happened to Treehouse? (medium.com/treehouse.insider)
		156 points by ChrisArchitect on Oct 2, 2021 \| 108 comments
50.		After 3.5M-year hiatus, largest comet ever discovered is headed our way (livescience.com)
		61 points by fortran77 on Oct 2, 2021 \| 23 comments
51.		Google Is Scrapping Its Plan to Offer Bank Accounts to Users (wsj.com)
		71 points by elsewhen on Oct 2, 2021 \| 45 comments
52.		Honda prepping AI robots electric air travel and lunar technology for 2030 (zdnet.com)
		30 points by geox on Oct 2, 2021 \| 6 comments
53.		Turn On, Tune In, Fight Back (historytoday.com)
		15 points by tintinnabula on Oct 2, 2021 \| 8 comments
54.		Two Weeks Later: Finding and Eliminating Long Tail Latencies (cloudflare.com)
		37 points by zackbloom on Oct 2, 2021
55.		In America’s Next War, Machines Will Do the Thinking (bloombergquint.com)
		31 points by jonbaer on Oct 2, 2021 \| 58 comments
56.		Review: The End Is Always Near (acesounderglass.com)
		14 points by luu on Sept 30, 2021 \| 7 comments
57.		Babies are full of microplastics, new research shows (euronews.com)
		59 points by underscore_ku on Oct 2, 2021 \| 61 comments
58.		Show HN: The Billboard, a fully decentralised billboard stored in Ethereum (thebillboard.vercel.app)
		43 points by dbuidl on Oct 2, 2021 \| 41 comments
59.		Amazon-backed EV maker Rivian discloses nearly $1B losses in IPO filing (yahoo.com)
		39 points by evo_9 on Oct 2, 2021 \| 50 comments
60.		Wave of US labor unrest could see tens of thousands on strike within weeks (theguardian.com)
		56 points by paulpauper on Oct 2, 2021 \| 91 comments
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