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1.		“Play-to-Earn” and Bullshit Jobs (paulbutler.org)
		1222 points by paulgb on Dec 28, 2021 \| 670 comments
2.		Prince of Persia in JavaScript (princejs.com)
		887 points by colinprince on Dec 28, 2021 \| 225 comments
3.		Takeaways from looking for a new senior role in tech (philcalcado.com)
		431 points by braza on Dec 27, 2021 \| 355 comments
4.		Gobolinux : Redefining Linux filesystem hierarchy (gobolinux.org)
		329 points by cassepipe on Dec 28, 2021 \| 216 comments
5.		Japan's Paper Culture (jetpens.com)
		360 points by thomas on Dec 28, 2021 \| 152 comments
6.		Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects (drewdevault.com)
		606 points by Tomte on Dec 28, 2021 \| 460 comments
7.		No one is certain what Roman bronze dodecahedrons were used for (2018) (mentalfloss.com)
		217 points by evo_9 on Dec 28, 2021 \| 207 comments
8.		Grok {Shan, Shui}*: Advent of understanding the generative art (zverok.github.io)
		227 points by abetusk on Dec 28, 2021 \| 22 comments
9.		The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013) (archive.org)
		307 points by marcodiego on Dec 28, 2021 \| 268 comments
10.		LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised (bleepingcomputer.com)
		559 points by markplindsay on Dec 28, 2021 \| 316 comments
11.		Want to be an actuary? Odds are, you’ll fail the test (wsj.com)
		154 points by pondsider on Dec 28, 2021 \| 338 comments
12.		Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child (twitter.com/klivdahl)
		644 points by lwansbrough on Dec 28, 2021 \| 534 comments
13.		Tardigrades walk like insects 500k times their size (arstechnica.com)
		160 points by _Microft on Dec 28, 2021 \| 74 comments
14.		Should you contribute open data to OpenStreetMap? (ctrl.blog)
		240 points by nathan_phoenix on Dec 28, 2021 \| 217 comments
15.		A Zimbabwean archaeologist reimagines the story of an African civilisation (economist.com)
		196 points by selimthegrim on Dec 28, 2021 \| 135 comments
16.		Down the Rabbit Hole: The world of estranged parents' forums (2015) (issendai.com)
		253 points by jasonhansel on Dec 28, 2021 \| 201 comments
17.		The Beverly Clock (wikipedia.org)
		177 points by ColinWright on Dec 27, 2021 \| 49 comments
18.		C Is Not a Low-level Language (2018) (acm.org)
		204 points by goranmoomin on Dec 27, 2021 \| 192 comments
19.		‘Hard’ skills from PhDs remain relevant beyond academia (nature.com)
		178 points by nabla9 on Dec 28, 2021 \| 171 comments
20.		Superhighway84 – a Usenet-inspired decentralized internet discussion system (xn--gckvb8fzb.com)
		175 points by d99kris on Dec 27, 2021 \| 78 comments
21.		LuaTeX Comes of Age (2017) (lwn.net)
		134 points by goranmoomin on Dec 28, 2021 \| 41 comments
22.		DIY Mail (computer.rip)
		173 points by zdw on Dec 27, 2021 \| 75 comments
23.		France's Jean Zay supercomputer now has an integrated photonic coprocessor (techradar.com)
		209 points by mardiyah on Dec 27, 2021 \| 103 comments
24.		Ask HN: How to find a job in 2021 if I dislike remote?
		266 points by throwawayfrmt on Dec 28, 2021 \| 261 comments
25.		How to Think: The Skill You’ve Never Been Taught (fs.blog)
		277 points by rowanajmarshall on Dec 28, 2021 \| 132 comments
26.		MIT Scheme on Apple Silicon (kennethfriedman.org)
		145 points by kennethfriedman on Dec 27, 2021 \| 82 comments
27.		GnuPG used to ask for your support to help protect online privacy (gnupg.org)
		241 points by elvis70 on Dec 28, 2021 \| 144 comments
28.		Redo: A recursive, general-purpose build system (redo.readthedocs.io)
		113 points by jstearns on Dec 28, 2021 \| 92 comments
29.		Mocking Bird – Realtime Voice Clone for Chinese (github.com/babysor)
		163 points by axiomdata316 on Dec 28, 2021 \| 64 comments
30.		Systems Software Research is Irrelevant (2000) [pdf] (herpolhode.com)
		128 points by feross on Dec 28, 2021 \| 68 comments
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