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1. Curves and Surfaces (ciechanow.ski)
876 points by todsacerdoti on Nov 2, 2021 | 66 comments
2. Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation (2019) (danslimmon.com)
804 points by jabo on Nov 2, 2021 | 230 comments
3. Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89 (brown.edu)
811 points by adharmad on Nov 2, 2021 | 315 comments
4. Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB” video now public (youtube.com)
1130 points by raldi on Nov 2, 2021 | 513 comments
5. The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft (clivethompson.medium.com)
567 points by Tomte on Nov 2, 2021 | 364 comments
6. Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)
614 points by capableweb on Nov 1, 2021 | 842 comments
7. Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lays off 25% of staff (marketwatch.com)
589 points by swatkat on Nov 2, 2021 | 458 comments
8. Backblaze IPO (sec.gov)
428 points by hippich on Nov 2, 2021 | 285 comments
9. How learned helplessness happens in engineering teams (okayhq.com)
474 points by tomasrb on Oct 31, 2021 | 216 comments
10. Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed (bombich.com)
451 points by concinds on Nov 2, 2021 | 403 comments
11. Suspected head of $21B crime syndicate may be world’s most innovative drug lord (torontolife.com)
377 points by Geekette on Nov 2, 2021 | 245 comments
12. People prefer friendliness, trustworthiness in teammates over skill competency (binghamton.edu)
510 points by rustoo on Nov 2, 2021 | 303 comments
13. Mysorean Rockets (wikipedia.org)
196 points by Thevet on Nov 2, 2021 | 103 comments
14. Core scheduling lands in Linux 5.14 (lwn.net)
375 points by phab on Nov 2, 2021 | 72 comments
15. SPARCbook 3000ST: The coolest 90s laptop (2019) (jasoneckert.github.io)
291 points by marcodiego on Nov 2, 2021 | 111 comments
16. Toxiproxy is a framework for simulating network conditions (github.com/shopify)
213 points by taf2 on Nov 2, 2021 | 30 comments
17. How to build a low-tech website? (2018) (lowtechmagazine.com)
379 points by okasaki on Nov 1, 2021 | 216 comments
18. Anatomy of a Terminal Emulator (poor.dev)
304 points by imsnif on Nov 2, 2021 | 70 comments
19. Culture shock (siddhesh.substack.com)
335 points by bkudria on Nov 1, 2021 | 251 comments
20. The story behind Flexport founder's supply chain tweets (yahoo.com)
142 points by robbybaron on Nov 2, 2021 | 189 comments
21. Show HN: Motor Admin – No-code admin panel (getmotoradmin.com)
217 points by petems on Nov 2, 2021 | 77 comments
22. Townscaper’s Rendering Style in WebGL (reindernijhoff.net)
177 points by winkywooster on Nov 1, 2021 | 18 comments
23. How to Read “Gilgamesh” (2019) (newyorker.com)
179 points by perihelions on Nov 2, 2021 | 118 comments
24. Zillow seeks to sell 7k homes for $2.8B after flipping halt (bloomberg.com)
301 points by lxm on Nov 2, 2021 | 616 comments
25. [dupe] Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code (joinmastodon.org)
512 points by nanna on Nov 2, 2021 | 505 comments
26. The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) in 2021 (raymii.org)
149 points by indigodaddy on Nov 2, 2021 | 186 comments
27. Bringing back Cartoon Modern, a rare animation artbook (animationobsessive.substack.com)
157 points by ani_obsessive on Nov 2, 2021 | 24 comments
28. Zoom adding advertisements to the free tier of its service (zoom.us)
342 points by JumpCrisscross on Nov 2, 2021 | 220 comments
29. Show HN: Privacy-first, minimal, fast blogging/newsletter platform (papyrus.so)
173 points by colinarms on Nov 2, 2021 | 75 comments
30. Etaoin Shrdlu (wikipedia.org)
116 points by tosh on Nov 1, 2021 | 33 comments

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