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31.
Cyberpunk in the Nineties (1998) (streettech.com)
122 points by gnoll_of_gozag on Aug 24, 2023 | 116 comments
32.
A scalar triple product identity (realtimecollisiondetection.net)
39 points by luu on Aug 25, 2023 | 28 comments
33.
A place where no humans will tread for 100k years (bbc.com)
165 points by Vigier on Aug 25, 2023 | 212 comments
34.
A new futex API (lwn.net)
92 points by signa11 on Aug 25, 2023 | 49 comments
35.
Hydra: Column-Oriented Postgres (hydra.so)
116 points by hankchinaski on Aug 24, 2023 | 73 comments
36.
Visualizing Neural Networks (photonlines.substack.com)
100 points by photon_lines on Aug 24, 2023 | 14 comments
37.
Leaked Wipeout source code leads to near-total rewrite and remaster (arstechnica.com)
250 points by isaacfrond on Aug 25, 2023 | 76 comments
38.
The Notetaking Cold War (2020) (every.to/superorganizers)
69 points by Tomte on Aug 25, 2023 | 29 comments
39.
Winner’s Curse: Negotiation Mistakes to Avoid (pon.harvard.edu)
105 points by andsoitis on Aug 24, 2023 | 66 comments
40.
The GRUB MBR (2008) (pcministry.com)
58 points by susam on Aug 24, 2023 | 17 comments
41.
Implementing Interactive Languages (scattered-thoughts.net)
80 points by luu on Aug 25, 2023 | 54 comments
42.
DC Grids (fraunhofer.de)
81 points by Gravityloss on Aug 24, 2023 | 89 comments
43.
Compiling Functional Languages (2002) [pdf] (xavierleroy.org)
78 points by perihelions on Aug 24, 2023 | 14 comments
44.
LuaJIT uses rolling releases (freelists.org)
93 points by P_qRs on Aug 25, 2023 | 55 comments
45.
50TB IBM tape drive more than doubles LTO-9 capacity (blocksandfiles.com)
143 points by voxadam on Aug 25, 2023 | 173 comments
46.
UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water (ubc.ca)
194 points by Brajeshwar on Aug 25, 2023 | 112 comments
47.
Easy-ISLisp: ISLisp interpreter/compiler (github.com/sasagawa888)
45 points by rcarmo on Aug 24, 2023 | 7 comments
48.
Just 23% of Americans Know the US Has Failed to Pass an Internet-Era Privacy Law (techdirt.com)
181 points by rntn on Aug 25, 2023 | 90 comments
49.
Helicopter Footage Reveals State Trooper Surveillance Capabilities (unicornriot.ninja)
163 points by colinprince on Aug 25, 2023 | 138 comments
50.
Distributed Consensus (shachaf.net)
59 points by luu on Aug 24, 2023 | 5 comments
51.
Why does all() return True if the iterable is empty? (carlmjohnson.net)
134 points by vikrum on Aug 25, 2023 | 194 comments
52.
America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers (economist.com)
139 points by danboarder on Aug 25, 2023 | 273 comments
53.
Abacuysnth – A synthesizer inspired by an abacus (2022) [video] (youtube.com)
38 points by Bondi_Blue on Aug 24, 2023 | 3 comments
54.
Show HN: PlotAI – Create Plots in Python and Matplotlib with LLM (github.com/mljar)
51 points by pplonski86 on Aug 25, 2023 | 13 comments
55.
Making NetBSD Multiboot-Compatible (2007) (jmmv.dev)
54 points by jmmv on Aug 25, 2023 | 19 comments
56.
Note-taking apps are designed for storage, not insight – can AI change that? (theverge.com)
102 points by isaacfrond on Aug 25, 2023 | 87 comments
57.
Record low sea ice led to catastrophic breeding failure of emperor penguins (nature.com)
164 points by maximinus_thrax on Aug 25, 2023 | 186 comments
58.
Old English names: Cæd, bæd and dangerous to know (historytoday.com)
41 points by tintinnabula on Aug 24, 2023 | 13 comments
59.
The real cost of a preventive health scan goes well beyond the price tag (wsj.com)
80 points by lxm on Aug 25, 2023 | 261 comments
60.
Paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals more often than plastic straws do (nbcnews.com)
128 points by housemusicfan on Aug 25, 2023 | 92 comments

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