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1.		Curves and Surfaces (ciechanow.ski)
		876 points by todsacerdoti on Nov 2, 2021 \| 66 comments
2.		Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation (2019) (danslimmon.com)
		804 points by jabo on Nov 2, 2021 \| 230 comments
3.		Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89 (brown.edu)
		811 points by adharmad on Nov 2, 2021 \| 315 comments
4.		Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB” video now public (youtube.com)
		1130 points by raldi on Nov 2, 2021 \| 513 comments
5.		The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft (clivethompson.medium.com)
		567 points by Tomte on Nov 2, 2021 \| 364 comments
6.		Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)
		614 points by capableweb on Nov 1, 2021 \| 841 comments
7.		Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lays off 25% of staff (marketwatch.com)
		589 points by swatkat on Nov 2, 2021 \| 458 comments
8.		Backblaze IPO (sec.gov)
		428 points by hippich on Nov 2, 2021 \| 285 comments
9.		How learned helplessness happens in engineering teams (okayhq.com)
		474 points by tomasrb on Oct 31, 2021 \| 216 comments
10.		Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed (bombich.com)
		451 points by concinds on Nov 2, 2021 \| 403 comments
11.		Suspected head of $21B crime syndicate may be world’s most innovative drug lord (torontolife.com)
		377 points by Geekette on Nov 2, 2021 \| 245 comments
12.		People prefer friendliness, trustworthiness in teammates over skill competency (binghamton.edu)
		510 points by rustoo on Nov 2, 2021 \| 303 comments
13.		Mysorean Rockets (wikipedia.org)
		196 points by Thevet on Nov 2, 2021 \| 103 comments
14.		Core scheduling lands in Linux 5.14 (lwn.net)
		375 points by phab on Nov 2, 2021 \| 72 comments
15.		SPARCbook 3000ST: The coolest 90s laptop (2019) (jasoneckert.github.io)
		291 points by marcodiego on Nov 2, 2021 \| 111 comments
16.		Toxiproxy is a framework for simulating network conditions (github.com/shopify)
		213 points by taf2 on Nov 2, 2021 \| 30 comments
17.		How to build a low-tech website? (2018) (lowtechmagazine.com)
		379 points by okasaki on Nov 1, 2021 \| 216 comments
18.		Anatomy of a Terminal Emulator (poor.dev)
		304 points by imsnif on Nov 2, 2021 \| 70 comments
19.		Culture shock (siddhesh.substack.com)
		335 points by bkudria on Nov 1, 2021 \| 251 comments
20.		The story behind Flexport founder's supply chain tweets (yahoo.com)
		142 points by robbybaron on Nov 2, 2021 \| 189 comments
21.		Show HN: Motor Admin – No-code admin panel (getmotoradmin.com)
		217 points by petems on Nov 2, 2021 \| 77 comments
22.		Townscaper’s Rendering Style in WebGL (reindernijhoff.net)
		177 points by winkywooster on Nov 1, 2021 \| 18 comments
23.		How to Read “Gilgamesh” (2019) (newyorker.com)
		179 points by perihelions on Nov 2, 2021 \| 118 comments
24.		Zillow seeks to sell 7k homes for $2.8B after flipping halt (bloomberg.com)
		301 points by lxm on Nov 2, 2021 \| 616 comments
25.		[dupe] Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code (joinmastodon.org)
		512 points by nanna on Nov 2, 2021 \| 505 comments
26.		The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) in 2021 (raymii.org)
		149 points by indigodaddy on Nov 2, 2021 \| 186 comments
27.		Bringing back Cartoon Modern, a rare animation artbook (animationobsessive.substack.com)
		157 points by ani_obsessive on Nov 2, 2021 \| 24 comments
28.		Zoom adding advertisements to the free tier of its service (zoom.us)
		342 points by JumpCrisscross on Nov 2, 2021 \| 220 comments
29.		Show HN: Privacy-first, minimal, fast blogging/newsletter platform (papyrus.so)
		173 points by colinarms on Nov 2, 2021 \| 75 comments
30.		Etaoin Shrdlu (wikipedia.org)
		116 points by tosh on Nov 1, 2021 \| 33 comments
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