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211.

JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad (jingos.com)

435 points by throwaway888abc on Jan 17, 2021 | 274 comments

212.

Simulating the PIN cracking scene in Terminator 2 (bert.org)

435 points by fanf2 on Jan 6, 2021 | 115 comments

213.

Regular afternoon naps linked to improved cognitive function (sciencefocus.com)

434 points by prostoalex on Jan 30, 2021 | 151 comments

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Over 700k paintings from the Rijksmuseum online copyright free (ianvisits.co.uk)

434 points by edward on Jan 21, 2021 | 147 comments

215.

Facebook senior software engineer interview (daqo.medium.com)

432 points by hpux on Jan 6, 2021 | 504 comments

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Google has turned off access to sync features for Chromium (bodhi.fedoraproject.org)

430 points by stsewd on Jan 23, 2021 | 184 comments

217.

Running a fake power plant on the internet for a month (grimminck.medium.com)

430 points by tutfbhuf on Jan 16, 2021 | 102 comments

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Update: YouTube-dl reinstated thanks to EFF (2020) (assassinate-you.net)

430 points by ericdanielski on Jan 20, 2021 | 53 comments

219.

The values of Emacs, the Neovim revolution, and the VSCode gorilla (murilopereira.com)

429 points by mpereira on Jan 17, 2021 | 343 comments

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Unanswered user makes question their MS thesis and answers self 2 years later (stackoverflow.com)

429 points by apitman on Jan 3, 2021 | 97 comments

221.

That XOR Trick (2020) (florian.github.io)

428 points by wagslane on Jan 18, 2021 | 231 comments

222.

High Short Interest Stocks (highshortinterest.com)

427 points by vermilingua on Jan 28, 2021 | 279 comments

223.

Maximizing Developer Effectiveness (martinfowler.com)

427 points by edoloughlin on Jan 15, 2021 | 162 comments

224.

The State of State Machines (googleprojectzero.blogspot.com)

426 points by arkadiyt on Jan 19, 2021 | 66 comments

225.

The Buy Nothing Project (buynothingproject.org)

425 points by simonebrunozzi on Jan 17, 2021 | 259 comments

226.

Apple reportedly dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained (2020) (theverge.com)

425 points by samename on Jan 14, 2021 | 133 comments

227.

10 years-ish of Elixir (dashbit.co)

422 points by sph on Jan 14, 2021 | 120 comments

228.

GNU Units (gnu.org)

421 points by tosh on Jan 6, 2021 | 203 comments

229.

Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cloud providers (cnbc.com)

420 points by BlackPlot on Jan 18, 2021 | 906 comments

230.

YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel (businessinsider.com)

420 points by jimmy2020 on Jan 11, 2021 | 897 comments

231.

Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

420 points by notoriousarun on Jan 9, 2021 | 820 comments

232.

Atlassian Cloud ToS section 3.3(I) prohibits discussing performance issues (atlassian.com)

419 points by dmitriid on Jan 2, 2021 | 293 comments

233.

Julian Assange extradition to US blocked by UK court (bbc.com)

419 points by layer8 on Jan 4, 2021 | 133 comments

234.

Nq – A simple Unix job queue system (github.com)

419 points by unhammer on Jan 26, 2021 | 132 comments

235.

How to Turn an IKEA Coffee Table into a DIY Server Rack (wiki.eth0.nl)

414 points by thejokersthief on Jan 31, 2021 | 196 comments

236.

Larry King has died (twitter.com)

413 points by Anon84 on Jan 23, 2021 | 314 comments

237.

JaaS: The team that builds Jitsi can now also run it for you (jitsi.org)

410 points by buovjaga on Jan 28, 2021 | 117 comments

238.

Show HN: Virtual breadboard in the browser, inspired by Ben Eater's 6502 (tejotron.com)