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1.FAA investigating controversial crash video (avweb.com)
540 points by nostromo on Dec 29, 2021 | 414 comments
2.Emfy: Emacs for You – Quickly set up vanilla Emacs for editing (github.com/susam)
454 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 29, 2021 | 160 comments
3.Tools to Download Netflix / Disney / Apple TV Content (github.com/widevinedump)
580 points by janekg on Dec 28, 2021 | 251 comments
4.Lessons from my PhD (utk.edu)
403 points by andrewnc on Dec 28, 2021 | 130 comments
5.A realization of why email is critical infrastructure for the Internet (utcc.utoronto.ca)
316 points by deafcalculus on Dec 29, 2021 | 253 comments
6.Engineers should invest in decision-making skills early (reforge.com)
301 points by znpy on Dec 29, 2021 | 123 comments
7.Show HN: Voiceliner – Capture structured braindumps on the go (a9.io)
297 points by maxkrieger on Dec 29, 2021 | 84 comments
8.Ask HN: Why doesn't YC list compensation for their own open positions?
331 points by andrew_ on Dec 29, 2021 | 338 comments
9.Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checkers admit they were wrong (reason.com)
494 points by nradov on Dec 29, 2021 | 682 comments
10.Tetr.io (tetr.io)
331 points by trms on Dec 29, 2021 | 131 comments
11.Glibc is still not Y2038 compliant by default (ariadne.space)
325 points by chmaynard on Dec 29, 2021 | 226 comments
12.Python, unlike C, has the mod operator always return a positive number (twitter.com/id_aa_carmack)
209 points by tosh on Dec 29, 2021 | 169 comments
13.Wargames can help you to learn and practice security concepts through games (overthewire.org)
220 points by azalemeth on Dec 29, 2021 | 26 comments
14.Whatever happened to Flickr? (techspot.com)
241 points by alok-g on Dec 27, 2021 | 215 comments
15.Report to Congress: Robocalls and Transmission of Misleading Caller ID (fcc.gov)
194 points by infodocket on Dec 29, 2021 | 132 comments
16.Game engines as an art form (medium.com/hajimehoshi)
194 points by hajimehoshi on Dec 28, 2021 | 51 comments
17.Why Web3? (avc.com)
244 points by simonebrunozzi on Dec 29, 2021 | 678 comments
18.GCC: The customer has nuclear weapons. They do not do “bounty” (gcc.gnu.org)
393 points by scblzn on Dec 29, 2021 | 170 comments
19.How Secure Boot Works on M1 Series Macs (eclecticlight.co)
162 points by zdw on Dec 29, 2021 | 110 comments
20.How I Build (pketh.org)
244 points by pketh on Dec 28, 2021 | 45 comments
21.Features of a dream programming language (dev.to)
145 points by redbar0n on Dec 28, 2021 | 222 comments
22.Oven Stoves and Heat Walls (2008) (lowtechmagazine.com)
128 points by Rendello on Dec 29, 2021 | 104 comments
23.Learn Python ASTs, by building your own linter (sadh.life)
183 points by tusharsadhwani on Dec 29, 2021 | 32 comments
24.The year in math and computer science (quantamagazine.org)
156 points by ghosthamlet on Dec 29, 2021 | 9 comments
25.Show HN: A tool to send push notifications to your phone, written in Go (github.com/binwiederhier)
241 points by binwiederhier on Dec 28, 2021 | 119 comments
26.Microsoft buys Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising business (fiercevideo.com)
142 points by PaulHoule on Dec 29, 2021 | 147 comments
27.Hypertext '87 (1988) [pdf] (unc.edu)
86 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 28, 2021 | 10 comments
28.Three Ways of Generating Terrain with Erosion Features (github.com/dandrino)
161 points by homarp on Dec 29, 2021 | 23 comments
29.Show HN: I learnt how to use WebSockets, made something beautiful/terrible (walloftext.art)
145 points by g105b on Dec 29, 2021 | 60 comments
30.VLISP: A Verified Implementation of Scheme (1993) [pdf] (informatimago.com)
75 points by servytor on Dec 29, 2021 | 3 comments

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