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31. Military intelligence buys location data instead of getting warrants (arstechnica.com)
225 points by lazycrazyowl on Jan 24, 2021 | 109 comments
32. Is it better to use cat, dd, pv or another procedure to copy a CD/DVD? (2015) (unix.stackexchange.com)
134 points by polm23 on Jan 23, 2021 | 154 comments
33. An experiment in teaching a language without relying on translation (drdru.github.io)
74 points by _solr on Jan 24, 2021 | 80 comments
34. Incompatible Timesharing System (github.com/pdp-10)
71 points by rbanffy on Jan 22, 2021 | 27 comments
35. Could giant SPACs be next? (techcrunch.com)
63 points by Iwontgo on Jan 23, 2021 | 67 comments
36. AXPbox Alpha Emulator (github.com/lenticularis39)
55 points by zdw on Jan 23, 2021 | 23 comments
37. Visual Sentence Composer for Japanese (japanesecomplete.com)
35 points by sova on Jan 24, 2021 | 19 comments
38. Interview with Christine Darden – NASA engineer who’s a mathematician at heart (quantamagazine.org)
72 points by happy-go-lucky on Jan 24, 2021
39. Uber, after buying Postmates, lays off more than 180 employees (nytimes.com)
131 points by marketingtech on Jan 24, 2021 | 91 comments
40. Ghost cities and abandoned areas with a declining population (theguardian.com)
175 points by haakonhr on Jan 24, 2021 | 135 comments
41. Our infrastructure is being built based on past climate data (vice.com)
107 points by gumby on Jan 24, 2021 | 44 comments
42. In southeastern Colorado, robots disarm WWII-era chemical weapons (2017) (arstechnica.com)
54 points by Tomte on Jan 24, 2021 | 2 comments
43. MouSTer Brings USB to Retro Computers (hackaday.com)
55 points by rcarmo on Jan 24, 2021 | 39 comments
44. Why am I wasting time on EndBASIC? (jmmv.dev)
57 points by todsacerdoti on Jan 23, 2021 | 45 comments
45. Hush: Noiseless Browsing for Safari (daringfireball.net)
164 points by ggoo on Jan 24, 2021 | 86 comments
46. Czech trainers teach dogs to sniff out Covid: 95-percent success rate (france24.com)
165 points by respinal on Jan 24, 2021 | 73 comments
47. Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA (weforum.org)
205 points by yk on Jan 24, 2021 | 252 comments
48. How Homogeneous Is Japan? (noahpinion.substack.com)
105 points by grzm on Jan 23, 2021 | 220 comments
49. SpaceX: World record number of satellites launched (bbc.co.uk)
135 points by edward on Jan 24, 2021 | 51 comments
50. I wouldn't invest in open-source companies, even though I ran one (linkedin.com)
165 points by wolframhempel on Jan 24, 2021 | 176 comments
51. The Michael Scott Theory of Social Class (danco.substack.com)
231 points by jger15 on Jan 24, 2021 | 158 comments
52. My Apple IIE: Nearly 30 Years Later (2012) (leucht.com)
42 points by AlexeyBrin on Jan 24, 2021 | 19 comments
53. The Art of the Reverse Knit (nytimes.com)
22 points by saint-loup on Jan 23, 2021 | 1 comment
54. Experienced well-being rises with income, even above $75,000 per year (pnas.org)
126 points by paulpauper on Jan 24, 2021 | 157 comments
55. A new newsletter on database engines, streaming systems, query planning (scattered-thoughts.net)
47 points by jamii on Jan 24, 2021 | 8 comments
56. A 10B Pixel Scan of Vermeer’s Masterpiece (micro-pano.com)
114 points by parisianka on Jan 24, 2021 | 46 comments
57. Show HN: RevoGrid – Spreadsheet data table for all frameworks (github.com/revolist)
100 points by kumakint on Jan 24, 2021 | 19 comments
58. Godiva Chocolates to close all 128 North American stores due to Covid pandemic (abc13.com)
67 points by maydemir on Jan 24, 2021 | 31 comments
59. Magnetic waves explain mystery of Sun's outer layer (phys.org)
41 points by dnetesn on Jan 24, 2021 | 4 comments
60. Turning desalination waste into a useful resource (news.mit.edu)
44 points by thereare5lights on Jan 24, 2021 | 45 comments

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