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1. The Evolution of Smalltalk from Smalltalk-72 to Squeak [video] (pldi21.org)
228 points by gjvc on Aug 27, 2021 | 63 comments
2. Linux in a Pixel Shader – A RISC-V Emulator for VRChat (blog.pimaker.at)
428 points by PiMaker on Aug 26, 2021 | 98 comments
3. Apple agrees to settle potential class action suit by U.S. developers (axios.com)
695 points by throwaway888abc on Aug 27, 2021 | 244 comments
4. Iced: A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm (github.com/hecrj)
447 points by ducktective on Aug 27, 2021 | 179 comments
5. App store payments will have increased competition (kalzumeus.com)
331 points by laurieg on Aug 27, 2021 | 282 comments
6. Launch HN: Hotswap (YC S21) – Easily migrate customers away from competitors
345 points by memset on Aug 27, 2021 | 152 comments
7. Show HN: With a 9-5 job and 2 kids I have finally finished my first MVP
501 points by mrhichem on Aug 26, 2021 | 194 comments
8. Arm China Has Gone Rogue (semianalysis.substack.com)
995 points by xbmcuser on Aug 27, 2021 | 639 comments
9. Microsoft warns thousands of cloud customers of exposed databases (reuters.com)
306 points by wsostt on Aug 26, 2021 | 149 comments
10. How does Google Authenticator work? (prezu.ca)
252 points by ecliptik on Aug 27, 2021 | 158 comments
11. Why San Francisco’s city government is so dysfunctional (economist.com)
287 points by JumpCrisscross on Aug 27, 2021 | 401 comments
12. Ansible Techniques I Wish I’d Known Earlier (zwischenzugs.com)
346 points by oedmarap on Aug 27, 2021 | 94 comments
13. Brussels battles old prejudices as it frees unloved river from its vault (theguardian.com)
147 points by f_allwein on Aug 27, 2021 | 78 comments
14. Nimforum: Lightweight alternative to Discourse written in Nim (github.com/nim-lang)
172 points by ducktective on Aug 27, 2021 | 106 comments
15. The Dresden Job (gq.com)
72 points by axiomdata316 on Aug 27, 2021 | 43 comments
16. Turning satellite imagery into wall art (ramblemaps.com)
140 points by mparr4 on Aug 27, 2021 | 32 comments
17. SnakeOS: Bootable x86 snake game in Rust (github.com/trusch)
153 points by jmmv on Aug 27, 2021 | 35 comments
18. Visualizing observed deaths using polar coordinates (mcculley.github.io)
93 points by mcculley on Aug 26, 2021 | 66 comments
19. Launch HN: Lemonade Finance (YC S21) – Digital Bank for the African Diaspora
98 points by ridwan_olalere1 on Aug 27, 2021 | 66 comments
20. Chinese authorities say overtime '996' policy is illegal (reuters.com)
393 points by hkmaxpro on Aug 27, 2021 | 299 comments
21. Honeycomb LX2 ARM Workstation: An Alternative to x86 (solid-run.com)
98 points by ekianjo on Aug 25, 2021 | 101 comments
22. An error message if you put more than 2^24 items in a JS Map object (searchvoidstar.tumblr.com)
133 points by norescue on Aug 27, 2021 | 89 comments
23. Illustrated Redirection Tutorial (bash-hackers.org)
171 points by pierremenard on Aug 27, 2021 | 17 comments
24. Buoyant wants to solve middle-mile delivery with cargo airships (techcrunch.com)
68 points by lxm on Aug 27, 2021 | 70 comments
25. Whoogle Search: A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine (github.com/benbusby)
201 points by wsc981 on Aug 27, 2021 | 48 comments
26. The Electromagnetic Force of Fridge Magnets (nautil.us)
77 points by dnetesn on Aug 27, 2021 | 21 comments
27. The QSBS Tax Exemption: A Valuable Benefit for Startup Founders and Builders (brownadvisory.com)
106 points by omarfarooq on Aug 27, 2021 | 52 comments
28. Fastest table sort in the West – Redesigning DuckDB's sort (duckdb.org)
129 points by hfmuehleisen on Aug 27, 2021 | 27 comments
29. Facebook “transparency report” turns out to be anything but (cjr.org)
220 points by cratermoon on Aug 27, 2021 | 81 comments
30. You and Your Research (1986) (virginia.edu)
84 points by exolymph on Aug 26, 2021 | 35 comments

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