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1. The most copied StackOverflow snippet of all time is flawed (2019) (programming.guide)
706 points by vinnyglennon on June 16, 2021 | 334 comments
2. Wayfinder – a relaxing 'art game' in the browser (nfb.ca)
677 points by vnglst on June 16, 2021 | 126 comments
3. Apple's iCloud+ “VPN” (metzdowd.com)
898 points by n1000 on June 16, 2021 | 398 comments
4. 4-day workweek boosted workers' productivity by 40%, Microsoft Japan says (npr.org)
587 points by evo_9 on June 16, 2021 | 199 comments
5. GitHub – nushell/nushell: A new type of shell (github.com/nushell)
763 points by axiomdata316 on June 16, 2021 | 398 comments
6. Cryptanalysis of GPRS Encryption Algorithms GEA-1 suggest intentional weakness (iacr.org)
487 points by anonymfus on June 16, 2021 | 107 comments
7. Bear plus snowflake equals polar bear (andysalerno.com)
384 points by soopurman on June 16, 2021 | 122 comments
8. Kids need freedom, too (persuasion.community)
394 points by jseliger on June 16, 2021 | 371 comments
9. Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads (sciencemag.org)
300 points by lnyan on June 16, 2021 | 313 comments
10. Advanced console.log Tips and Tricks (2020) (medium.com/nmc-techblog)
260 points by sidcool on June 14, 2021 | 72 comments
11. PyWhat: Identify Anything (github.com/bee-san)
290 points by trueduke on June 16, 2021 | 38 comments
12. How does one get hired by a top cybercrime gang? (krebsonsecurity.com)
236 points by wyldfire on June 16, 2021 | 139 comments
13. When pop history bombs: a response to Malcolm Gladwell (lareviewofbooks.org)
242 points by diodorus on June 14, 2021 | 210 comments
14. Zero-downtime schema migrations in Postgres using views (fabianlindfors.se)
181 points by fabianlindfors on June 16, 2021 | 54 comments
15. Execute Docker Containers as QEMU MicroVMs (mergeboard.com)
178 points by DarkPlayer on June 16, 2021 | 63 comments
16. Operation Midnight Climax: How the CIA Dosed S.F. Citizens with LSD (2012) (sfweekly.com)
198 points by pmoriarty on June 15, 2021 | 95 comments
17. Fsspec: Filesystem Interfaces for Python (filesystem-spec.readthedocs.io)
129 points by gilad on June 16, 2021 | 28 comments
18. Launch HN: Svix (YC W21) – Webhooks as a Service
117 points by tasn on June 16, 2021 | 63 comments
19. EFF Browser Tracker Simulator (firstpartysimulator.org)
169 points by anigbrowl on June 16, 2021 | 80 comments
20. If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how bad it was in 1999 (columbia.edu)
275 points by ruaraidh on June 16, 2021 | 228 comments
21. Unreliability at Scale (dshr.org)
175 points by mooreds on June 16, 2021 | 48 comments
22. DuckDuckGo’s quest to prove online privacy is possible (wired.com)
231 points by giuliomagnifico on June 16, 2021 | 137 comments
23. Representing SHA-256 Hashes as Avatars (francoisbest.com)
143 points by flurly on June 16, 2021 | 47 comments
24. Ask HN: How to get back in employment market after working on side projects?
251 points by logicallee on June 14, 2021 | 180 comments
25. My EC2 Wishlist (daemonology.net)
132 points by cperciva on June 16, 2021 | 48 comments
26. New browser signal could make cookie banners obsolete (dataprotectioncontrol.org)
270 points by chdlr on June 16, 2021 | 261 comments
27. Pacific islanders likely found Antarctica first: study (phys.org)
102 points by pseudolus on June 14, 2021 | 78 comments
28. Thinking Like Transformers (arxiv.org)
161 points by ArtWomb on June 16, 2021 | 42 comments
29. Code in ARM Assembly: Registers Explained (eclecticlight.co)
108 points by ingve on June 16, 2021 | 53 comments
30. A Visualization of Galactic Settlement (centauri-dreams.org)
175 points by the-mitr on June 16, 2021 | 125 comments

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