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31.		New scalable, fault-tolerant, and efficient open-source MQTT broker (github.com/thingsboard)
		116 points by ashvayka on Dec 18, 2023 \| 77 comments
32.		A medieval map that made cartography into a science (newscientist.com)
		56 points by bryanrasmussen on Dec 17, 2023 \| 12 comments
33.		Small offline large language model – TinyChatEngine from MIT (graphthinking.blogspot.com)
		117 points by physicsgraph on Dec 18, 2023 \| 24 comments
34.		Using Zig to Unit Test a C Application (mtlynch.io)
		160 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 18, 2023 \| 52 comments
35.		New PFAS discovered with novel testing method (unc.edu)
		184 points by adomasm3 on Dec 18, 2023 \| 86 comments
36.		"I just bought a 2024 Chevy Tahoe for $1" (twitter.com/chrisjbakke)
		432 points by isp on Dec 18, 2023 \| 381 comments
37.		Tree of Life Explorer (evogeneao.com)
		106 points by n42 on Dec 17, 2023 \| 17 comments
38.		Desalination can beat batteries for excess energy (ieee.org)
		112 points by Brajeshwar on Dec 18, 2023 \| 130 comments
39.		Figgie: Simulate stock trading with a deck of cards (figgie.com)
		122 points by Kortaggio on Dec 18, 2023 \| 24 comments
40.		Games in the GPU Shaders (2021) (arugl.medium.com)
		52 points by generichuman on Dec 17, 2023 \| 12 comments
41.		VW is putting buttons back in cars (thedrive.com)
		378 points by sklargh on Dec 18, 2023 \| 225 comments
42.		Fly Kubernetes (fly.io)
		272 points by ferriswil on Dec 18, 2023 \| 168 comments
43.		AMD MI300X 30% higher performance than Nvidia H100, even with optimized stack (tomshardware.com)
		169 points by g42gregory on Dec 18, 2023 \| 94 comments
44.		Autonomous subs use AI to wayfind without GPS (ieee.org)
		50 points by Brajeshwar on Dec 18, 2023 \| 45 comments
45.		Beeper vs. Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ investigation (androidauthority.com)
		168 points by mendyberger on Dec 18, 2023 \| 318 comments
46.		Church vs. Curry Types (ericnormand.me)
		105 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 18, 2023 \| 45 comments
47.		Nikola founder to be sentenced for federal fraud charges (cnbc.com)
		204 points by geox on Dec 18, 2023 \| 182 comments
48.		3Blue1Brown Calculus Blog Series (3blue1brown.com)
		319 points by Tomte on Dec 18, 2023 \| 51 comments
49.		US Steel, once the largest corporation, agrees to sell to Nippon Steel (cnn.com)
		205 points by ryzvonusef on Dec 18, 2023 \| 196 comments
50.		Ruby 3.3's YJIT: Faster While Using Less Memory (railsatscale.com)
		193 points by ksec on Dec 18, 2023 \| 55 comments
51.		[flagged] Fritzbox: AVM is threatened with a sales ban due to violations of Huawei patents (aroged.com)
		97 points by peterfication on Dec 18, 2023 \| 58 comments
52.		XLights – open source light sequencer and show scheduler (xlights.org)
		89 points by danboarder on Dec 16, 2023 \| 16 comments
53.		To be great, be good, repeatably (2019) (stephsmith.io)
		157 points by arjun_krishna1 on Dec 18, 2023 \| 56 comments
54.		Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real (404media.co)
		254 points by ugjka on Dec 18, 2023 \| 304 comments
55.		Send Me to Heaven (wikipedia.org)
		136 points by wds on Dec 18, 2023 \| 62 comments
56.		ViewStats – YouTube Channel Statistics (viewstats.com)
		110 points by ahmedatia on Dec 18, 2023 \| 90 comments
57.		EU opens proceedings against X over efforts to combat information manipulation (reuters.com)
		174 points by layer8 on Dec 18, 2023 \| 325 comments
58.		Pilots hide mental health problems so they don't lose their licenses (washingtonpost.com)
		166 points by lisper on Dec 18, 2023 \| 166 comments
59.		Greyhound bus stops are valuable assets (cnn.com)
		84 points by mooreds on Dec 18, 2023 \| 100 comments
60.		The teenager who lives like it's the 1940s (bbc.com)
		232 points by pepys on Dec 18, 2023 \| 242 comments
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