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1.		A New Coefficient of Correlation (arxiv.org)
		682 points by malshe on Dec 25, 2021 \| 158 comments
2.		Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed] (github.com/microsoft)
		1326 points by mkdirp on Dec 25, 2021 \| 538 comments
3.		Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
		1193 points by Jaruzel on Dec 25, 2021 \| 313 comments
4.		25-Dec. Shout-out to everyone else at work
		872 points by sandworm101 on Dec 25, 2021 \| 202 comments
5.		All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020) (twitter.com/id_aa_carmack)
		580 points by tosh on Dec 24, 2021 \| 188 comments
6.		Ruby 3.1 (ruby-lang.org)
		501 points by sebiw on Dec 25, 2021 \| 70 comments
7.		ADHD Accommodations Guide (add.org)
		440 points by osivertsson on Dec 24, 2021 \| 349 comments
8.		James Webb Space Telescope launch [video] (youtube.com)
		487 points by marcodiego on Dec 25, 2021 \| 240 comments
9.		Reverse-engineering a tiny 1980s chip that plays Christmas tunes (righto.com)
		310 points by picture on Dec 25, 2021 \| 64 comments
10.		New York City bans natural gas in new buildings (reuters.com)
		306 points by mortonstreet on Dec 25, 2021 \| 676 comments
11.		What the Hell Is This Company the 76ers Just Partnered With? (defector.com)
		361 points by bryanrasmussen on Dec 25, 2021 \| 97 comments
12.		“Autism is a spectrum” doesn’t mean what you think (2019) (neuroclastic.com)
		336 points by stared on Dec 25, 2021 \| 388 comments
13.		Cool, but Obscure X11 Tools (dabamos.de)
		269 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 25, 2021 \| 128 comments
14.		OBS and Streamlabs Commit to Long-Term Collaboration (obsproject.com)
		258 points by haunter on Dec 25, 2021 \| 50 comments
15.		JavaScript for Impatient Programmers (exploringjs.com)
		284 points by arkj on Dec 24, 2021 \| 103 comments
16.		Great engineering teams focus on milestones instead of projects (rubick.com)
		264 points by tyroh on Dec 24, 2021 \| 89 comments
17.		A man who accidentally started an assassin hiring website (theguardian.com)
		236 points by 4ndrewl on Dec 24, 2021 \| 90 comments
18.		Introduction to the Sam Text Editor (matthewdmiller.net)
		102 points by naetius on Dec 24, 2021 \| 14 comments
19.		Selling my own GPL software, part 1: a lot of hurdles (raymii.org)
		147 points by jandeboevrie on Dec 25, 2021 \| 76 comments
20.		Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of reverse logic (timharford.com)
		216 points by MaysonL on Dec 25, 2021 \| 278 comments
21.		Steam has been banned in China (thegamer.com)
		380 points by meibo on Dec 25, 2021 \| 486 comments
22.		Canada's public health agency admits it tracked mobile devices during lockdown (nationalpost.com)
		242 points by diequik on Dec 25, 2021 \| 143 comments
23.		The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior (themarginalian.org)
		210 points by mizzao on Dec 25, 2021 \| 68 comments
24.		Trade-Offs in Automatic Differentiation: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Jax, and Julia (stochasticlifestyle.com)
		234 points by ChrisRackauckas on Dec 25, 2021 \| 73 comments
25.		A Python Guide for the Ages (gto76.github.io)
		243 points by zombiemama on Dec 25, 2021 \| 57 comments
26.		The USS William D. Porter: The Unluckiest Ship in WWII (usna63.org)
		161 points by hubraumhugo on Dec 25, 2021 \| 41 comments
27.		Christmas shopping the IBM way: computerized gift selection in 1962 (righto.com)
		115 points by picture on Dec 25, 2021 \| 15 comments
28.		Fix the unit test and open a giant hole everywhere (rachelbythebay.com)
		179 points by zdw on Dec 25, 2021 \| 157 comments
29.		Ansiwave BBS, a modern BBS with ANSI art and MIDI music (ansiwave.net)
		153 points by sekao on Dec 24, 2021 \| 74 comments
30.		We Fund Public Interest Tech (prototypefund.de)
		155 points by doener on Dec 25, 2021 \| 41 comments
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