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1.		[dupe] Facebook-owned sites were down (facebook.com)
		2589 points by nabeards on Oct 4, 2021 \| 1283 comments
2.		Apple execs describe a “unique arrangement” with Netflix (2018) (twitter.com/techemails)
		602 points by osynavets on Oct 4, 2021 \| 274 comments
3.		Brave and Firefox to intercept links that force-open in Microsoft Edge (ctrl.blog)
		571 points by gbil on Oct 4, 2021 \| 181 comments
4.		Every device with FB app is now DDoSing recursive DNS resolvers (twitter.com/blazejkrajnak)
		460 points by doener on Oct 4, 2021 \| 109 comments
5.		Shaded Relief Maps in Blender (github.com/joewdavies)
		224 points by mooreds on Oct 4, 2021 \| 26 comments
6.		Android and iOS data collection (tomsguide.com)
		418 points by ColinWright on Oct 3, 2021 \| 223 comments
7.		Facebook whistleblower says she wants to fix company, not harm it (wsj.com)
		369 points by mudil on Oct 3, 2021 \| 566 comments
8.		It takes a PhD to develop that (royalsloth.eu)
		623 points by kaeruct on Oct 4, 2021 \| 411 comments
9.		What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp? (krebsonsecurity.com)
		584 points by happyopossum on Oct 4, 2021 \| 311 comments
10.		What is BGP? – BGP routing explained (cloudflare.com)
		315 points by franl on Oct 4, 2021 \| 18 comments
11.		Ask HN: Is HN having problem keeping up today?
		371 points by suyash on Oct 4, 2021 \| 152 comments
12.		Why obsessively following successful people online is dangerous (durmonski.com)
		285 points by durmonski on Oct 4, 2021 \| 134 comments
13.		Web Scrapers Claim to Sell Personal Data on Facebook Users on a Hacker Forum (privacyaffairs.com)
		527 points by comprev on Oct 4, 2021 \| 144 comments
14.		The big alcohol study that didn't happen (dynomight.net)
		280 points by Amorymeltzer on Oct 4, 2021 \| 210 comments
15.		McKinsey never told the FDA it was working for both the FDA and opioid makers (propublica.org)
		410 points by danso on Oct 4, 2021 \| 125 comments
16.		DeepMind AI predicts incoming rainfall with high accuracy (newatlas.com)
		189 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB on Oct 4, 2021 \| 112 comments
17.		Solar Shed Summary: My Off Grid Office (sevarg.net)
		198 points by sylvain_kerkour on Oct 3, 2021 \| 67 comments
18.		BepiColombo’s First Views of Mercury (esa.int)
		184 points by adolph on Oct 4, 2021 \| 64 comments
19.		Metastable Failures in Distributed Systems [pdf] (sigops.org)
		161 points by zekrioca on Oct 4, 2021 \| 12 comments
20.		Databases, Types, and the Relational Model: The Third Manifesto [pdf] (warwick.ac.uk)
		178 points by fipar on Oct 4, 2021 \| 93 comments
21.		Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 (nobelprize.org)
		213 points by OrangeTux on Oct 4, 2021 \| 110 comments
22.		Security Best Practices for Fintech Application Development (marqeta.com)
		113 points by ricardo_navarro on Oct 4, 2021 \| 16 comments
23.		Things Go needs more than generics (betterprogramming.pub)
		183 points by ngaut on Oct 4, 2021 \| 248 comments
24.		John Carpenter’s “Planaria”: Or, the New Individualism (rifters.com)
		118 points by saeranv on Oct 3, 2021 \| 32 comments
25.		Whistleblower says Facebook is misleading the public (cbsnews.com)
		329 points by cratermoon on Oct 4, 2021 \| 3 comments
26.		Facebook employees badges aren't working, unable to enter buildings (twitter.com/sheeraf)
		432 points by tantalor on Oct 4, 2021 \| 231 comments
27.		Watering and draining planets – math and data (ahstat.github.io)
		60 points by mikro2nd on Oct 3, 2021 \| 18 comments
28.		New USB-C logos make picking USB cables, chargers less confusing (pcworld.com)
		173 points by isaacfrond on Oct 1, 2021 \| 268 comments
29.		Hyper – Sell Memberships to Discord and Telegram (yetanotherstartup.com)
		80 points by melvinmt on Oct 4, 2021 \| 28 comments
30.		The Apple A15 SoC Performance Review: Faster and More Efficient (anandtech.com)
		191 points by vanburen on Oct 4, 2021 \| 193 comments
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