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1. We will be retiring Alexa.com (alexa.com)
667 points by dlackty on Dec 8, 2021 | 241 comments
2. Improving GitHub Code Search (github.blog)
505 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 8, 2021 | 213 comments
3. Rust support in the Linux kernel (lkml.org)
550 points by SEJeff on Dec 8, 2021 | 418 comments
4. Amazon packages pile up after AWS outage spawns delivery havoc (detroitnews.com)
419 points by HiroProtagonist on Dec 8, 2021 | 198 comments
5. Groups never admit failure (nav.al)
485 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 8, 2021 | 346 comments
6. Player of Games (arxiv.org)
364 points by vatueil on Dec 8, 2021 | 231 comments
7. The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe (nature.com)
353 points by infodocket on Dec 8, 2021 | 280 comments
8. Building a PS1 style retro 3D renderer (david-colson.com)
376 points by bwidlar on Dec 8, 2021 | 82 comments
9. How to write idempotent Bash scripts (2019) (arslan.io)
330 points by gautamsomani on Dec 8, 2021 | 101 comments
10. Show HN: I rebuilt the Flash app “Scale of the Universe” in WebGL (htwins.net)
276 points by mattmar96 on Dec 8, 2021 | 79 comments
11. Why do antibiotics exist? (asm.org)
143 points by maxerickson on Dec 8, 2021 | 95 comments
12. Controlled indoor cultivation of black morel (thedanishmorelproject.com)
175 points by wy35 on Dec 8, 2021 | 82 comments
13. Show HN: P2P remote desktop – an alternative to TeamViewer / AnyDesk (github.com/miroslavpejic85)
156 points by mp85 on Dec 7, 2021 | 95 comments
14. Gopher – A 280B parameter language model (deepmind.com)
181 points by kevin_hu on Dec 8, 2021 | 117 comments
15. Mu: A Human-Scale Computer (github.com/akkartik)
152 points by finite_jest on Dec 8, 2021 | 55 comments
16. Type Stability in Julia: Avoiding Performance Pathologies in JIT Compilation (arxiv.org)
123 points by leephillips on Dec 8, 2021 | 39 comments
17. Digging into Linux namespaces – part 1 (quarkslab.com)
141 points by pcw888 on Dec 6, 2021 | 10 comments
18. MicroStudio now supports microScript, Python, JavaScript and Lua (microstudio.dev)
224 points by seyhajin on Dec 8, 2021 | 44 comments
19. Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial (patriotone.substack.com)
453 points by Jimmc414 on Dec 8, 2021 | 340 comments
20. Gravitational waves should permanently distort space-time (quantamagazine.org)
160 points by theafh on Dec 8, 2021 | 123 comments
21. The RNA World Hypothesis (nih.gov)
146 points by PaulHoule on Dec 8, 2021 | 34 comments
22. Intel updates mysterious ‘software-defined silicon’ code in the Linux kernel (theregister.com)
210 points by flipbrad on Dec 8, 2021 | 205 comments
23. Latest Earthquakes (usgs.gov)
83 points by DyslexicAtheist on Dec 8, 2021 | 61 comments
24. Show HN: git-history, for analyzing scraped data collected using Git and SQLite (simonwillison.net)
108 points by simonw on Dec 7, 2021 | 19 comments
25. Protected Content, Delete by Date, Device Management and more (telegram.org)
224 points by yannoninator on Dec 8, 2021 | 326 comments
26. Faster remainders when divisor is a constant: beating compilers and libdivide (lemire.me)
101 points by marcodiego on Dec 8, 2021 | 16 comments
27. Hacking the Go compiler to add a new keyword (avi.im)
134 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 8, 2021 | 49 comments
28. Open Dynamic Robot Initiative (2020) (open-dynamic-robot-initiative.github.io)
83 points by sysbot on Dec 7, 2021 | 52 comments
29. Colour-changing magnifying glass gives clear view of infrared light (cam.ac.uk)
145 points by rustoo on Dec 5, 2021 | 48 comments
30. Essential security for Linux servers (2013) (sollove.com)
199 points by jcgoette on Dec 8, 2021 | 146 comments

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