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1981.

Vector tiles to GeoJSON (github.com)

62 points by app4soft on May 23, 2021 | 2 comments

1982.

Instruction level just-in-time programming (blog.asrpo.com)

62 points by todsacerdoti on May 6, 2021 | 0 comments

1983.

In big tech’s dystopia, cat videos earn millions while real artists beg for tips (theguardian.com)

61 points by hardmaru on May 31, 2021 | 89 comments

1984.

As a longtime BSD user, I have my doubts about our future (reddit.com)

61 points by protomyth on May 15, 2021 | 85 comments

1985.

In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Students Gifted at Math (reason.com)

61 points by mhb on May 4, 2021 | 50 comments

1986.

The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel (2007) (idlewords.com)

61 points by yellowyacht on May 2, 2021 | 40 comments

1987.

A Historical Perspective on COBOL (2020) (logicmag.io)

61 points by omrjml on May 5, 2021 | 38 comments

1988.

Tani Adewumi is now a chess master (nytimes.com)

61 points by Dangeranger on May 8, 2021 | 32 comments

1989.

Human Antibodies Target Many Parts of Coronavirus Spike Protein (directorsblog.nih.gov)

61 points by danboarder on May 21, 2021 | 23 comments

1990.

Politics and the English Language (1946) (orwellfoundation.com)

61 points by agomez314 on May 6, 2021 | 20 comments

1991.

Amygdala hijack (en.wikipedia.org)

61 points by clockworksoul on May 11, 2021 | 20 comments

1992.

One man’s journey to the center of the bowling ball (wired.com)

61 points by voisin on May 29, 2021 | 14 comments

1993.

Commodore’s Assemblers: Overview (pagetable.com)

61 points by ingve on May 9, 2021 | 8 comments

1994.

Chicago Police Started Secret Drone Program Using Untraceable Cash: Report (gizmodo.com)

61 points by notRobot on May 12, 2021 | 4 comments

1995.

Nuclear reactions at Chernobyl are spiking in an inaccessible chamber (newscientist.com)

61 points by nradov on May 16, 2021 | 2 comments

1996.

Facebook Ordered to Stop Collecting German WhatsApp Data (bloomberg.com)

61 points by tareqak on May 11, 2021 | 1 comments

1997.

Ask HN: What’s the Next Big Thing?

60 points by somid3 on May 5, 2021 | 96 comments

1998.

No Flutter on Linux desktop (news.itsfoss.com)

60 points by stsewd on May 9, 2021 | 79 comments

1999.

The Hume paradox: how great philosophy leads to dismal politics (prospectmagazine.co.uk)

60 points by Petiver on May 8, 2021 | 56 comments

2000.

The Dark Side of Congo’s Cobalt Rush (newyorker.com)

60 points by GranularRecipe on May 25, 2021 | 48 comments

2001.

Returns to Scale in Broken Windows (fantasticanachronism.com)

60 points by apophatic on May 30, 2021 | 46 comments

2002.

Babel has no money because someone took a $130K salary and didn't work (twitter.com)

60 points by yagizdegirmenci on May 11, 2021 | 42 comments

2003.

Show HN: IPster – Peer-to-peer simple job notifications (ipster.io)

60 points by ipster_io on May 4, 2021 | 36 comments

2004.

GADTs for Dummies (wiki.haskell.org)

60 points by g0xA52A2A on May 16, 2021 | 30 comments

2005.

Technocratic Plimsoll Line (lesswrong.com)

60 points by CapitalistCartr on May 17, 2021 | 23 comments

2006.

Sen. Warren wants to bar members of Congress from trading individual stocks (businessinsider.com)

60 points by ArkanExplorer on May 24, 2021 | 23 comments

2007.

FreeSurfer: Open-source software for processing and analyzing brain MRI images (surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu)

60 points by XzetaU8 on May 3, 2021 | 20 comments

2008.

Peak Web Has Passed (datagubbe.se)

60 points by tannhaeuser on May 8, 2021 | 10 comments

2009.

Preventing Crypto Mining Abuse on Gitlab.com SaaS (about.gitlab.com)

60 points by TangerineDream on May 17, 2021 | 10 comments

2010.

The Historic Russian Recipe That Turns Apples into Marshmallows (atlasobscura.com)

60 points by beefman on May 29, 2021 | 9 comments