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31.		We identified a North Korean hacker who tried to get a job (kraken.com)
		380 points by 2bluesc on May 1, 2025 \| 290 comments
32.		Creating beautiful charts with JRuby and JFreeChart (headius.com)
		67 points by headius on April 30, 2025 \| 25 comments
33.		Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relying on trucks (fastcompany.com)
		130 points by JojoFatsani on May 1, 2025 \| 56 comments
34.		Running Qwen3 on your macbook, using MLX, to vibe code for free (localforge.dev)
		286 points by avetiszakharyan on May 1, 2025 \| 163 comments
35.		Stockhausen: Sounds in Space (stockhausenspace.blogspot.com)
		38 points by brudgers on May 1, 2025 \| 4 comments
36.		Mac app launches slowed by malware scan (2024) (lapcatsoftware.com)
		118 points by username223 on May 1, 2025 \| 32 comments
37.		The Brief Origins of May Day (iww.org)
		231 points by pera on May 1, 2025 \| 219 comments
38.		Fivetran to acquire Census (fivetran.com)
		82 points by njaremko on May 1, 2025 \| 50 comments
39.		Show HN: Convert Large CSV/XLSX to JSON or XML in Browser (csvforge.com)
		41 points by Botlabs on May 1, 2025 \| 13 comments
40.		Arizona laptop farmer pleads guilty for funneling $17M to Kim Jong Un (theregister.com)
		184 points by Bluestein on May 1, 2025 \| 84 comments
41.		Phi-4 Reasoning Models (azure.microsoft.com)
		131 points by meetpateltech on May 1, 2025 \| 26 comments
42.		Show HN: Hyperparam: OSS tools for exploring datasets locally in the browser (hyperparam.app)
		77 points by platypii on May 1, 2025 \| 21 comments
43.		The best – but not good – way to limit string length (adam-p.ca)
		49 points by adam-p on April 30, 2025 \| 44 comments
44.		The Gang Has a Mid-Life Crisis (chris-martin.org)
		285 points by dralley on May 1, 2025 \| 282 comments
45.		Wyze pays $255k of tariffs on $167k of floodlights (twitter.com/wyzecam)
		169 points by computer23 on May 1, 2025 \| 146 comments
46.		A competing theory to 'dark energy' suggests universe has different time zones (cbc.ca)
		73 points by wglb on May 1, 2025 \| 64 comments
47.		Hybrid AC/DC distribution system with a shared neutral (2020) (electrical-engineering-portal.com)
		29 points by 1970-01-01 on May 1, 2025 \| 46 comments
48.		Vanguard 50-year anniversary CEO letter (vanguard.com)
		168 points by telotortium on May 1, 2025 \| 218 comments
49.		The term "vegetative electron microscopy" keeps showing up in scientific papers (sciencealert.com)
		120 points by SCEtoAux on May 1, 2025 \| 32 comments
50.		Milwaukee police considering trading mugshots for facial recognition tech (jsonline.com)
		94 points by Teever on May 1, 2025 \| 23 comments
51.		Windows RDP lets you log-in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is ok with that (arstechnica.com)
		98 points by drpixie on April 30, 2025 \| 18 comments
52.		Game preservationists say Switch2 GameKey Cards are disheartening but inevitable (videogameschronicle.com)
		72 points by haunter on May 1, 2025 \| 129 comments
53.		The Art of Managing Skunks (maheshba.bitbucket.io)
		56 points by sebg on May 1, 2025 \| 10 comments
54.		Google Wallet launches new age and identity verification features (ZK proofs) (blog.google)
		110 points by bpierre on May 1, 2025 \| 97 comments
55.		Show HN: Robot Unlock – an open-ended programming game/zachlike (steampowered.com)
		43 points by adrianton3 on May 1, 2025 \| 11 comments
56.		How the Water System Works (thenewatlantis.com)
		67 points by SCEtoAux on May 1, 2025 \| 25 comments
57.		If you're in the market for a $1,900 color E Ink monitor, one of them exists now (arstechnica.com)
		67 points by rbanffy on May 1, 2025 \| 48 comments
58.		Are you the same person you used to be? (2022) (newyorker.com)
		84 points by rbanffy on May 1, 2025 \| 108 comments
59.		The cat that wouldn't die (aeon.co)
		26 points by Hooke on April 30, 2025 \| 18 comments
60.		All roses were once yellow (phys.org)
		48 points by gmays on May 1, 2025 \| 6 comments
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