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1.		NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on previous hacking attempts (citizenlab.ca)
		1062 points by giuliomagnifico on Oct 24, 2021 \| 310 comments
2.		Despite having just 5.8% sales, over 38% of bug reports come from Linux (reddit.com)
		1292 points by otreblan on Oct 24, 2021 \| 255 comments
3.		Microsoft no longer signs Windows drivers for Process Hacker (borncity.com)
		650 points by XzetaU8 on Oct 24, 2021 \| 518 comments
4.		Google has a secret deal with FB called “Jedi Blue” that they knew was illegal (twitter.com/fasterthanlime)
		1417 points by ColinWright on Oct 24, 2021 \| 405 comments
5.		Google digital advertising antitrust litigation [pdf] (courtlistener.com)
		718 points by pg_bot on Oct 24, 2021 \| 258 comments
6.		RFC 3339 vs. ISO 8601 (ijmacd.github.io)
		514 points by rdpintqogeogsaa on Oct 24, 2021 \| 172 comments
7.		The Financial Times’ 404 page (ft.com)
		609 points by ColinWright on Oct 24, 2021 \| 90 comments
8.		To learn a new language, read its standard library (patshaughnessy.net)
		402 points by sferik on Oct 24, 2021 \| 236 comments
9.		5 side projects in 6 years, earning $0 (kwcodes.com)
		472 points by kw_dev on Oct 24, 2021 \| 198 comments
10.		Google had a plan called “Project NERA” to turn the web into a walled garden (twitter.com/fasterthanlime)
		653 points by vord1080 on Oct 24, 2021 \| 318 comments
11.		Proton wins appeal in Swiss court over surveillance laws (swissinfo.ch)
		420 points by dane-pgp on Oct 24, 2021 \| 69 comments
12.		New language features since Java 8 to 17 (advancedweb.hu)
		345 points by dmitryminkovsky on Oct 24, 2021 \| 351 comments
13.		Scientists have found a way to harden wood to make a knife that rivals steel (cbc.ca)
		238 points by curmudgeon22 on Oct 24, 2021 \| 162 comments
14.		Deadly infection linked to contaminated room spray sold at Walmart (statnews.com)
		280 points by vanilla-almond on Oct 24, 2021 \| 214 comments
15.		Barcelona’s Bicibús: hundreds of families biking to school together (npr.org)
		274 points by crousto on Oct 24, 2021 \| 179 comments
16.		How to build a universe that doesn’t fall apart two days later (1978) (urbigenous.net)
		203 points by okareaman on Oct 23, 2021 \| 51 comments
17.		New Brunswick’s Mystery Disease (thewalrus.ca)
		165 points by Geekette on Oct 24, 2021 \| 90 comments
18.		Polyhedra Viewer: Visualize relationships between convex regular-faced polyhedra (tessera.li)
		133 points by lioeters on Oct 24, 2021 \| 13 comments
19.		Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine (1989) (longnow.org)
		161 points by rl3 on Oct 24, 2021 \| 49 comments
20.		Gunship “Tech Noir” Breakdown (synthctrl.com)
		220 points by ecliptik on Oct 24, 2021 \| 76 comments
21.		230 people living communally on 175 acre eco village [video] (youtube.com)
		180 points by NoRagrets on Oct 24, 2021 \| 215 comments
22.		Idiomatic Clojure without sacrificing performance (bsless.github.io)
		150 points by ceronman on Oct 22, 2021 \| 79 comments
23.		Community Banking and Fintech (kalzumeus.com)
		120 points by Ozzie_osman on Oct 23, 2021 \| 42 comments
24.		Interview with Frank Herbert and His Wife Beverly Herbert (1969) (sinanvural.com)
		117 points by Hooke on Oct 22, 2021 \| 32 comments
25.		Ask HN: Is the Great Resignation in tech real? If so, why?
		325 points by noobhacker on Oct 24, 2021 \| 259 comments
26.		Trapped in amber: Fossilized dinosaur-era crab bridges evolutionary gap (arstechnica.com)
		87 points by Petiver on Oct 22, 2021 \| 2 comments
27.		Go the F to Sleep (aplus.rs)
		104 points by ingve on Oct 23, 2021 \| 31 comments
28.		NSA's Key Role in Major Developments in Computer Science [pdf] (defense.gov)
		111 points by graderjs on Oct 24, 2021 \| 21 comments
29.		Goodnight Dune (2011) (goodnightdune.com)
		172 points by sebg on Oct 24, 2021 \| 23 comments
30.		A cautionary tale from the streets of San Francisco (economist.com)
		185 points by CPAhem on Oct 24, 2021 \| 354 comments
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