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31.
Water-based circuit concept switches much faster than semiconductors (newatlas.com)
130 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB on Dec 16, 2022 | 57 comments
32.
The Golden Age of BASIC (2014) (ieee.org)
69 points by susam on Dec 17, 2022 | 85 comments
33.
Carp – a statically typed, non-GC Lisp language (github.com/carp-lang)
135 points by sph on Dec 17, 2022 | 62 comments
34.
The empty list (tfeb.org)
90 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 17, 2022 | 105 comments
35.
As unions decline, inequality rises (epi.org)
327 points by vivekmgeorge on Dec 17, 2022 | 458 comments
36.
Capture the flag using OSINT techniques (2019) (netwatchglobal.com)
76 points by kelseyfrog on Dec 17, 2022 | 5 comments
37.
Hot Wheels are one of the most inflation-proof toys in American history (npr.org)
94 points by pseudolus on Dec 16, 2022 | 76 comments
38.
‘Nasty’ geometry breaks decades-old tiling conjecture (quantamagazine.org)
81 points by isaacfrond on Dec 16, 2022 | 24 comments
39.
W3C’s transfer from MIT to non-profit going poorly (twitter.com/robinberjon)
159 points by andruby on Dec 17, 2022 | 69 comments
40.
Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail on the web (bleepingcomputer.com)
213 points by amadeuspagel on Dec 17, 2022 | 125 comments
41.
Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing (techspot.com)
75 points by alok-g on Dec 16, 2022 | 28 comments
42.
Solar panels open crop lands to farming energy (ieee.org)
66 points by mfiguiere on Dec 16, 2022 | 65 comments
43.
Fallacies about RISC-V (eetimes.com)
83 points by JoachimS on Dec 16, 2022 | 48 comments
44.
AVR-GCC Compiler Makes Questionable Code (bigmessowires.com)
73 points by zdw on Dec 17, 2022 | 55 comments
45.
UWaterloo Steam Tunnels (2016) (hashman.ca)
70 points by luu on Dec 16, 2022 | 32 comments
46.
When paper beats the screen (economist.com)
81 points by edward on Dec 17, 2022 | 110 comments
47.
Strg.snek (toulou.itch.io)
69 points by colinprince on Dec 17, 2022 | 15 comments
48.
TikTok’s Secret Sauce (knightcolumbia.org)
106 points by sebg on Dec 15, 2022 | 91 comments
49.
Show HN: Write an email to Santa Claus (ok, ok GTP-3) (hohoho.click)
56 points by meehow on Dec 17, 2022 | 12 comments
50.
I Asked ChatGPT to Explain Some Jokes to Me (susam.net)
192 points by susam on Dec 17, 2022 | 205 comments
51.
Tell HN: Google is correlating location data to your IP
172 points by wereallterrrist on Dec 17, 2022 | 126 comments
52.
French accounting firm Mazars is pausing all its work with crypto firms (yahoo.com)
124 points by firstSpeaker on Dec 17, 2022 | 47 comments
53.
John Carmack's Resignation Letter (facebook.com)
192 points by breck on Dec 17, 2022 | 2 comments
54.
Human ancestors may have evolved to walk upright in trees (smithsonianmag.com)
31 points by Hooke on Dec 16, 2022 | 11 comments
55.
WebAssembly and its platform targets (snarky.ca)
57 points by ingve on Dec 17, 2022 | 15 comments
56.
Atari Cosmos: A portable holographic video game machine (scroll a bit) (2013) (ataricompendium.com)
43 points by reaperducer on Dec 17, 2022 | 5 comments
57.
So, what can you do with a process ID? (will-keleher.com)
90 points by gcmeplz on Dec 16, 2022 | 25 comments
58.
Courtly Love Can Be Deadly (nytimes.com)
29 points by pepys on Dec 15, 2022 | 6 comments
59.
Aristocrat Inc (thebeliever.net)
37 points by kawera on Dec 16, 2022 | 8 comments
60.
Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? (2019) (resilience.org)
32 points by xvilka on Dec 17, 2022 | 56 comments

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