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1531.
Linux Kernel RNG is now Blake2 instead of SHA1 and 3x faster (twitter.com)
506 points by tptacek on Dec 30, 2021 | 141 comments
1532.
In Praise of Open Source Textbooks
506 points by lightveil on Jun 6, 2021 | 104 comments
1533.
Show HN: ChessCoach – A neural chess engine that comments on each player's moves (chrisbutner.github.io)
506 points by cbutner on Oct 5, 2021 | 89 comments
1534.
PNG Parser Differential (da.vidbuchanan.co.uk)
506 points by Retr0id on Dec 16, 2021 | 53 comments
1535.
DVD Laser Scanner Microscope (gaudi.ch)
506 points by _Microft on Feb 3, 2021 | 40 comments
1536.
Improving GitHub Code Search (github.blog)
505 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 8, 2021 | 213 comments
1537.
DESQview/X: Forgotten mid-1990s OS from the future (lunduke.substack.com)
505 points by WoodenChair on Nov 30, 2021 | 183 comments
1538.
Convert Apple NeuralHash model for CSAM Detection to ONNX (github.com)
505 points by homarp on Aug 18, 2021 | 178 comments
1539.
Why are tar.xz files 15x smaller when using Python's tar compared to macOS tar? (superuser.com)
505 points by personjerry on Mar 14, 2021 | 150 comments
1540.
Scan of the Month: Lego Minifigures (scanofthemonth.com)
505 points by bookofjoe on Nov 17, 2021 | 99 comments
1541.
Bitcoin is a Ponzi (ic.unicamp.br)
504 points by amin on Oct 7, 2021 | 650 comments
1542.
About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1 (support.apple.com)
504 points by jiripospisil on Jul 26, 2021 | 348 comments
1543.
'Rent-a-person who does nothing' in Tokyo receives endless requests, gratitude (mainichi.jp)
504 points by gmays on Jan 14, 2021 | 224 comments
1544.
Who won the Amstel Gold Race? Human error in photo-finishes (tglyn.ch)
504 points by tomglynch on Apr 28, 2021 | 192 comments
1545.
One week of Libera Chat (libera.chat)
504 points by wut42 on May 26, 2021 | 163 comments
1546.
Reverse engineering a mysterious UDP stream in my hotel (2016) (gkbrk.com)
504 points by crecker on Mar 30, 2021 | 86 comments
1547.
Pandora says laboratory-made diamonds are forever (bbc.co.uk)
503 points by kasperni on May 4, 2021 | 655 comments
1548.
Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux (boilingsteam.com)
503 points by ekianjo on Sep 11, 2021 | 332 comments
1549.
An RFC that adds support for Rust to the Linux kernel (lkml.org)
503 points by steveklabnik on Apr 14, 2021 | 261 comments
1550.
12 requests per second: A realistic look at Python web frameworks (suade.org)
503 points by gilad on Feb 19, 2021 | 237 comments
1551.
Open secrets about Hacker News (bengtan.com)
503 points by vincent_s on Oct 28, 2021 | 191 comments
1552.
Discontinuing FlickType Keyboard for iPhone (twitter.com)
503 points by keleftheriou on Aug 16, 2021 | 164 comments
1553.
Spintronics: Build Mechanical Circuits (kickstarter.com)
503 points by mcp_ on May 20, 2021 | 117 comments
1554.
Apache Guacamole (guacamole.apache.org)
503 points by WallyFunk on Dec 4, 2021 | 116 comments
1555.
US raises ‘deep concerns’ over WHO report on Covid’s Wuhan origins (reuters.com)
502 points by lazycrazyowl on Feb 13, 2021 | 632 comments
1556.
My mindfulness practice led me to meltdown (danlawton.substack.com)
502 points by mudita on Jul 20, 2021 | 568 comments
1557.
Swift for TensorFlow Shuts Down (github.com)
502 points by high_derivative on Feb 12, 2021 | 420 comments
1558.
.NET 6 Released (devblogs.microsoft.com)
502 points by tonicbbleking on Nov 8, 2021 | 416 comments
1559.
'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens (sciencealert.com)
502 points by samizdis on Feb 16, 2021 | 376 comments
1560.
History of Techno (beatportal.com)
502 points by unquote on Apr 29, 2021 | 319 comments