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1.		We will be retiring Alexa.com (alexa.com)
		667 points by dlackty on Dec 8, 2021 \| 241 comments
2.		Improving GitHub Code Search (github.blog)
		505 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 8, 2021 \| 213 comments
3.		Rust support in the Linux kernel (lkml.org)
		550 points by SEJeff on Dec 8, 2021 \| 418 comments
4.		Amazon packages pile up after AWS outage spawns delivery havoc (detroitnews.com)
		419 points by HiroProtagonist on Dec 8, 2021 \| 198 comments
5.		Groups never admit failure (nav.al)
		485 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 8, 2021 \| 346 comments
6.		Player of Games (arxiv.org)
		364 points by vatueil on Dec 8, 2021 \| 231 comments
7.		The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe (nature.com)
		353 points by infodocket on Dec 8, 2021 \| 280 comments
8.		Building a PS1 style retro 3D renderer (david-colson.com)
		376 points by bwidlar on Dec 8, 2021 \| 82 comments
9.		How to write idempotent Bash scripts (2019) (arslan.io)
		330 points by gautamsomani on Dec 8, 2021 \| 101 comments
10.		Show HN: I rebuilt the Flash app “Scale of the Universe” in WebGL (htwins.net)
		276 points by mattmar96 on Dec 8, 2021 \| 79 comments
11.		Why do antibiotics exist? (asm.org)
		143 points by maxerickson on Dec 8, 2021 \| 95 comments
12.		Controlled indoor cultivation of black morel (thedanishmorelproject.com)
		175 points by wy35 on Dec 8, 2021 \| 82 comments
13.		Show HN: P2P remote desktop – an alternative to TeamViewer / AnyDesk (github.com/miroslavpejic85)
		156 points by mp85 on Dec 7, 2021 \| 95 comments
14.		Gopher – A 280B parameter language model (deepmind.com)
		181 points by kevin_hu on Dec 8, 2021 \| 117 comments
15.		Mu: A Human-Scale Computer (github.com/akkartik)
		152 points by finite_jest on Dec 8, 2021 \| 55 comments
16.		Type Stability in Julia: Avoiding Performance Pathologies in JIT Compilation (arxiv.org)
		123 points by leephillips on Dec 8, 2021 \| 39 comments
17.		Digging into Linux namespaces – part 1 (quarkslab.com)
		141 points by pcw888 on Dec 6, 2021 \| 10 comments
18.		MicroStudio now supports microScript, Python, JavaScript and Lua (microstudio.dev)
		224 points by seyhajin on Dec 8, 2021 \| 44 comments
19.		Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial (patriotone.substack.com)
		453 points by Jimmc414 on Dec 8, 2021 \| 340 comments
20.		Gravitational waves should permanently distort space-time (quantamagazine.org)
		160 points by theafh on Dec 8, 2021 \| 123 comments
21.		The RNA World Hypothesis (nih.gov)
		146 points by PaulHoule on Dec 8, 2021 \| 34 comments
22.		Intel updates mysterious ‘software-defined silicon’ code in the Linux kernel (theregister.com)
		210 points by flipbrad on Dec 8, 2021 \| 205 comments
23.		Latest Earthquakes (usgs.gov)
		83 points by DyslexicAtheist on Dec 8, 2021 \| 61 comments
24.		Show HN: git-history, for analyzing scraped data collected using Git and SQLite (simonwillison.net)
		108 points by simonw on Dec 7, 2021 \| 19 comments
25.		Protected Content, Delete by Date, Device Management and more (telegram.org)
		224 points by yannoninator on Dec 8, 2021 \| 326 comments
26.		Faster remainders when divisor is a constant: beating compilers and libdivide (lemire.me)
		101 points by marcodiego on Dec 8, 2021 \| 16 comments
27.		Hacking the Go compiler to add a new keyword (avi.im)
		134 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 8, 2021 \| 49 comments
28.		Open Dynamic Robot Initiative (2020) (open-dynamic-robot-initiative.github.io)
		83 points by sysbot on Dec 7, 2021 \| 52 comments
29.		Colour-changing magnifying glass gives clear view of infrared light (cam.ac.uk)
		145 points by rustoo on Dec 5, 2021 \| 48 comments
30.		Essential security for Linux servers (2013) (sollove.com)
		199 points by jcgoette on Dec 8, 2021 \| 146 comments
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