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31.		War stories: how Crash Bandicoot hacked the original Playstation (2020) (arstechnica.com)
		159 points by vector_spaces on Dec 19, 2021 \| 42 comments
32.		Fixing memory leaks in popular Python libraries (paulsprogrammingnotes.com)
		128 points by postpawl on Dec 20, 2021 \| 35 comments
33.		ReactOS 0.4.14 (reactos.org)
		198 points by jeditobe on Dec 20, 2021 \| 84 comments
34.		Bugs are evolving to eat plastic (nationalobserver.com)
		266 points by gmays on Dec 20, 2021 \| 240 comments
35.		Annotated explanation of David Beazley's dataklasses (simonwillison.net)
		108 points by jonahbenton on Dec 20, 2021 \| 16 comments
36.		Forest data for 236 countries and territories in the period 1990-2020 (fao.org)
		81 points by open-source-ux on Dec 19, 2021 \| 20 comments
37.		Failed for the past 12 years as an tech entrepreneur
		257 points by start123 on Dec 20, 2021 \| 163 comments
38.		Example Domain (example.com)
		120 points by Allezxandre on Dec 20, 2021 \| 64 comments
39.		Elementary OS 6.1 (elementary.io)
		184 points by bryanmikaelian on Dec 20, 2021 \| 142 comments
40.		Ubisoft's unprecedented “exodus” of developers (axios.com)
		235 points by sofixa on Dec 20, 2021 \| 288 comments
41.		Why Architecture Oriented Programming Matters (2019) (metaobject.com)
		86 points by mpweiher on Dec 20, 2021 \| 54 comments
42.		Maryland hasn't updated Covid case data for 15 days due to a security incident (maryland.gov)
		112 points by zone411 on Dec 20, 2021 \| 56 comments
43.		A mental model for decentralization (jacobobryant.com)
		78 points by jacobobryant on Dec 19, 2021 \| 77 comments
44.		Alpha Fold promises to revolutionize biochemistry (medium.com/predict)
		64 points by evo_9 on Dec 17, 2021 \| 49 comments
45.		Show HN: Interpretable Text Classification and Clustering in the Browser (huggingface.co)
		45 points by Der_Einzige on Dec 20, 2021 \| 1 comment
46.		Opto-electronic voice transceiver for covert infra-red light communication (cryptomuseum.com)
		50 points by walterbell on Dec 20, 2021 \| 14 comments
47.		Honey bees, Varroa mites and unintended consequences (economist.com)
		40 points by axiomdata316 on Dec 20, 2021 \| 23 comments
48.		Designing a New PRNG (tom-kaitchuck.medium.com)
		77 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 19, 2021 \| 47 comments
49.		Aosta Valley Autonomus Region (wikipedia.org)
		64 points by Phithagoras on Dec 19, 2021 \| 35 comments
50.		The potential of transformers in reinforcement learning (lorenzopieri.com)
		70 points by beefman on Dec 19, 2021 \| 23 comments
51.		Ask HN: How can a non-techie mom regain access to her FB account?
		158 points by lsjfd on Dec 20, 2021 \| 105 comments
52.		Telling the time with computer vision (jinay.dev)
		47 points by jinay on Dec 18, 2021 \| 17 comments
53.		The AlohaNet: Surfing for Wireless Data (2009) [pdf] (hawaii.edu)
		34 points by tolerable on Dec 19, 2021 \| 2 comments
54.		Deduction Mechanics in Games (medium.com/inklestudios)
		58 points by sebg on Dec 20, 2021 \| 32 comments
55.		I built a web app inspired by the 4 Disciplines of Execution for goal completion (gridgoal.com)
		54 points by Saaasaab on Dec 20, 2021 \| 17 comments
56.		Blind Cricket (openthemagazine.com)
		47 points by abscond on Dec 19, 2021 \| 3 comments
57.		NeoPixel Christmas Tree Lights Controlled by a Raspberry Pi (shopmakergenix.blogspot.com)
		56 points by KamaluddinKhan on Dec 20, 2021 \| 17 comments
58.		The Stick of Jan Sloot (2004) (spronck.net)
		34 points by schnitzelstoat on Dec 20, 2021 \| 22 comments
59.		The death of feature engineering is greatly exaggerated (petewarden.com)
		60 points by agnosticmantis on Dec 20, 2021 \| 5 comments
60.		Ramp-Tao: Layering Atomic Transactions on Facebook’s Online Graph Data Store (micahlerner.com)
		31 points by mlerner on Dec 19, 2021
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