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31.
The story of the first “computer bug” is a pile of lies (lunduke.substack.com)
189 points by funOtter on Aug 19, 2022 | 117 comments
32.
The Affair Rekindled: Dreyfus and the effect it had on a young Marcel Proust (theamericanscholar.org)
54 points by Thevet on Aug 18, 2022 | 24 comments
33.
Show HN: Modifying Clang for a Safer, More Explicit C++ (github.com/compiler-devel)
76 points by compiler-devel on Aug 17, 2022 | 87 comments
34.
FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing exculpatory evidence (katv.com)
299 points by codefreeordie on Aug 19, 2022 | 290 comments
35.
Why were medieval monks so susceptible to intestinal worms? (smithsonianmag.com)
97 points by Hooke on Aug 19, 2022 | 103 comments
36.
It's easier to manage four people than one (staysaasy.com)
210 points by _njuy on Aug 18, 2022 | 102 comments
37.
What I learned working with a senior engineer as a new grad (tanishqkancharla.dev)
160 points by antidnan on Aug 19, 2022 | 193 comments
38.
The World Has Passed ‘Peak Agricultural Land’ (singularityhub.com)
113 points by cheinyeanlim on Aug 19, 2022 | 167 comments
39.
Possible breakthrough to destroy PFAS using sodium hydroxide (science.org)
95 points by intunderflow on Aug 19, 2022 | 33 comments
40.
Smoking, alcohol and high BMI are leading risk factors for global cancer deaths (theguardian.com)
170 points by rzk on Aug 19, 2022 | 204 comments
41.
Best Practices for Using Webhooks (stripe.com)
125 points by l1n on Aug 19, 2022 | 18 comments
42.
Micromobility: The Obligatory Origin Story (micromobility.io)
44 points by simonpure on Aug 18, 2022 | 33 comments
43.
Fiction Is History: A journey through Joseph Conrad’s life at sea (laphamsquarterly.org)
54 points by benbreen on Aug 19, 2022 | 7 comments
44.
Apple M2 vs. AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U Performance in Nearly 200 Benchmarks (phoronix.com)
155 points by TangerineDream on Aug 19, 2022 | 253 comments
45.
Contrastive Representation Learning (lilianweng.github.io)
87 points by gk1 on Aug 19, 2022 | 10 comments
46.
The Shell Hater's Handbook (2010) [video] (youtube.com)
87 points by samlambert on Aug 19, 2022 | 26 comments
47.
U.S. Ship Sunk by Germans in 1917 Is Found Off English Coast (nytimes.com)
53 points by apollinaire on Aug 18, 2022 | 82 comments
48.
Love, Death and Music: The Poetry of W.H. Auden (wsj.com)
32 points by apollinaire on Aug 16, 2022 | 4 comments
49.
FDIC issues cease and desist letter to FTX US [pdf] (fdic.gov)
116 points by vishnugupta on Aug 19, 2022 | 70 comments
50.
Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price resigns (seattletimes.com)
126 points by rmason on Aug 19, 2022 | 158 comments
51.
The ABI status of ELF hash tables (lwn.net)
74 points by chmaynard on Aug 19, 2022 | 47 comments
52.
Thoughts on why sometimes programming/software engineering discussions suck (trolololo.xyz)
65 points by retpoline1 on Aug 19, 2022 | 32 comments
53.
US Mortgage Lenders Are Starting to Go Broke (bloomberg.com)
147 points by shaburn on Aug 19, 2022 | 159 comments
54.
Philip K. Dick’s dystopia (unherd.com)
112 points by miobrien on Aug 19, 2022 | 89 comments
55.
The James Webb Space Telescope Runs JavaScript, Apparently (theverge.com)
115 points by andrew_ on Aug 19, 2022 | 85 comments
56.
Integrating variants in 42k autism cases identifies mutations in new genes (nature.com)
63 points by bookofjoe on Aug 19, 2022 | 115 comments
57.
Imgator: Compress, convert, edit and resize your images (imagator.co)
47 points by memorable on Aug 17, 2022 | 22 comments
58.
Managarm: August 2022 Update (managarm.org)
25 points by snvzz on Aug 18, 2022 | 3 comments
59.
Digger – Back and Digitally Remastered (1998) (digger.org)
27 points by susam on Aug 19, 2022 | 11 comments
60.
W4 plans to monetize the Godot engine using Red Hat’s open-source playbook (techcrunch.com)
102 points by ibobev on Aug 19, 2022 | 21 comments

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