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1981.

'Metaverse' was her Instagram handle. It disappeared last month (frontstory.io)

62 points by ValentineC on Dec 13, 2021 | 16 comments

1982.

Practicing Programming (2005) (sites.google.com)

62 points by sonabinu on Dec 26, 2021 | 12 comments

1983.

Global Sequencer (globalsequencer.com)

62 points by tnorthcutt on Dec 6, 2021 | 9 comments

1984.

Simple server alerts on a need-to-know basis (nbailey.ca)

62 points by yabones on Dec 25, 2021 | 9 comments

1985.

‘Your profit fuelled genocide’: Rohingya sue Facebook for £150bn (thetimes.co.uk)

62 points by Ice_cream_suit on Dec 7, 2021 | 6 comments

1986.

Auctions and bidding: A guide for computer scientists (2017) [video] (youtube.com)

62 points by SerCe on Dec 19, 2021 | 6 comments

1987.

Shardz (rakyll.org)

62 points by hyzyla on Dec 11, 2021 | 1 comments

1988.

What Problem Blockchains Solve (solutionspace.blog)

61 points by colinarms on Dec 22, 2021 | 137 comments

1989.

FAA Shows ‘Sample NOTAMs’ for Possible 5G Restrictions (avweb.com)

61 points by Stevvo on Dec 26, 2021 | 114 comments

1990.

Ask HN: Favorite Thing Built to Last?

61 points by speedcoder on Dec 10, 2021 | 109 comments

1991.

Overemployed – Work Two Remote Jobs (overemployed.com)

61 points by toomanyrichies on Dec 21, 2021 | 102 comments

1992.

A For-Profit Company Is Trying to Privatize as Many Public Libraries as They Can (fair.org)

61 points by lightlyused on Dec 23, 2021 | 75 comments

1993.

Alexa owners not using it after only two weeks (mashable.com)

61 points by synergy20 on Dec 25, 2021 | 66 comments

1994.

The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant (2005) (nickbostrom.com)

61 points by bobbiechen on Dec 5, 2021 | 63 comments

1995.

My challenge to the web performance community (philipwalton.com)

61 points by asicsp on Dec 6, 2021 | 54 comments

1996.

Revolutionaries at the Workplace (damnoptimist.substack.com)

61 points by spuriousfox on Dec 14, 2021 | 51 comments

1997.

Ask HN: I'm tired of intense code review cycles

61 points by krimbus on Dec 18, 2021 | 51 comments

1998.

Tesla owner blows up his Model S with dynamite over $22,000 battery replacement (electrek.co)

61 points by lando2319 on Dec 24, 2021 | 51 comments

1999.

Against Translation (libertiesjournal.com)

61 points by behoove on Dec 19, 2021 | 50 comments

2000.

U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Olympics (reuters.com)

61 points by 0xedb on Dec 6, 2021 | 46 comments

2001.

Async I/O for Dummies (2018) (alwaysrightinstitute.com)

61 points by mpweiher on Dec 5, 2021 | 27 comments

2002.

Gigantism is a never-ending temptation (spectrum.ieee.org)

61 points by seventyhorses on Dec 25, 2021 | 25 comments

2003.

Pelosi rejects stock-trading ban for members of Congress (businessinsider.com)

61 points by hncurious on Dec 15, 2021 | 20 comments

2004.

Plato's Dashboards (ferd.ca)

61 points by eproxus on Dec 22, 2021 | 19 comments

2005.

Dutch watchdog finds Apple app store payment rules anti-competitive – sources (reuters.com)

61 points by the-dude on Dec 24, 2021 | 19 comments

2006.

Doctor Web discovered vulnerabilities in children’s smart watches (news.drweb.com)

61 points by nazgulsenpai on Dec 1, 2021 | 18 comments

2007.

Beginner's Guide to the Flow Notes Method (routine.co)

61 points by remotists on Dec 8, 2021 | 15 comments

2008.

From blood clots to infected neurons, how Covid threatens the brain (npr.org)

61 points by theonething on Dec 17, 2021 | 10 comments

2009.

Noria: Dynamic, partially-stateful data-flow for high-perf web applications (micahlerner.com)

61 points by mlerner on Dec 19, 2021 | 10 comments

2010.

Cultural reception of geometry in early modern Europe (intellectualmathematics.com)

61 points by bingden on Dec 5, 2021 | 9 comments