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1.
Sci-Hub statistics and database (sci-hub.ru)
547 points by bluish29 on Feb 12, 2022 | 128 comments
2.
Server-Sent Events: an alternative to WebSockets (germano.dev)
540 points by tyrion on Feb 12, 2022 | 263 comments
3.
Growing a mango tree from seed – one year time lapse [video] (youtube.com)
489 points by bookofjoe on Feb 12, 2022 | 215 comments
4.
Discord is a black hole for information (knockout.chat)
570 points by Prestoon on Feb 12, 2022 | 381 comments
5.
CAD files for the external shell (surface topology) of Steam Deck (steamos.cloud)
317 points by sohkamyung on Feb 12, 2022 | 130 comments
6.
FPGA Interchange format to enable interoperable FPGA tooling (googleblog.com)
259 points by teleforce on Feb 12, 2022 | 53 comments
7.
Nearly a third of TV ads play to empty rooms (cornell.edu)
278 points by caaqil on Feb 12, 2022 | 344 comments
8.
Still-active phreak numbers, all safe and free (stormrider.io)
256 points by billwear on Feb 12, 2022 | 88 comments
9.
Easily handle CLI operation via Python instead of regular Bash programs (github.com/cz-nic)
198 points by EntICOnc on Feb 11, 2022 | 62 comments
10.
Running macOS in a Virtual Machine on Apple Silicon Macs (developer.apple.com)
275 points by tambourine_man on Feb 12, 2022 | 181 comments
11.
Building an Intelligent Emacs (ianyepan.github.io)
253 points by spudlyo on Feb 11, 2022 | 96 comments
12.
Joke written by an AI: “A basic program walked into a bar ”
309 points by dane-pgp on Feb 12, 2022 | 136 comments
13.
Core War (wikipedia.org)
236 points by optimalsolver on Feb 11, 2022 | 50 comments
14.
The Kobayashi Maru of comparing dates with times (zachholman.com)
132 points by holman on Feb 12, 2022 | 117 comments
15.
Dino 0.3: Video calls and conferences – encrypted and peer-to-peer (dino.im)
186 points by larma on Feb 12, 2022 | 74 comments
16.
A nice story about Unix processes “infecting” each other (rachelbythebay.com)
164 points by zoidb on Feb 10, 2022 | 42 comments
17.
Forbidden Emacs Lisp Knowledge: Block Comments (emacsninja.com)
109 points by hprotagonist on Feb 12, 2022 | 8 comments
18.
Putting Ideas into Words (paulgraham.com)
209 points by prtkgpt on Feb 12, 2022 | 75 comments
19.
Microsoft's Small Step to Disable Macros Is a Win for Security (wired.com)
127 points by valprop1 on Feb 11, 2022 | 63 comments
20.
Lingua-Go, the most accurate language detection for Go (github.com/pemistahl)
112 points by acrophobic on Feb 12, 2022 | 24 comments
21.
Language homogenization at Harvard (inteoryx.com)
105 points by inteoryx on Feb 11, 2022 | 81 comments
22.
Recycled silicon used in 19.7% efficient PERC solar cells (pv-magazine-usa.com)
87 points by taubek on Feb 12, 2022 | 34 comments
23.
Adobe XD, where did it go wrong? (goodlookingdesign.co.uk)
166 points by achow on Feb 12, 2022 | 189 comments
24.
What have we got to lose? (1998) (douglasadams.com)
184 points by colinprince on Feb 12, 2022 | 138 comments
25.
Brainwashing is sorcery (overcomingbias.com)
101 points by cinquemb on Feb 12, 2022 | 124 comments
26.
When Postgres blocks: tips for dealing with locks (citusdata.com)
97 points by saisrirampur on Feb 12, 2022 | 10 comments
27.
Show HN: The BLAKE3 hash function running on a 6502 microprocessor (github.com/oconnor663)
91 points by oconnor663 on Feb 11, 2022 | 21 comments
28.
The complete idiot's guide to OpenBSD on the Pinebook Pro (sig7.se)
124 points by senzilla on Feb 12, 2022 | 65 comments
29.
Marijuana accelerates growth of HPV-related head and neck cancer (2020) (ucsd.edu)
169 points by xyzwave on Feb 12, 2022 | 135 comments
30.
Plost – a deceptively simple plotting library (github.com/tvst)
80 points by grogu88 on Feb 12, 2022 | 22 comments

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