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16741.

A low-mass planet candidate orbiting Proxima Centauri (advances.sciencemag.org)

92 points by pinewurst on Jan 16, 2020 | 67 comments

16742.

What is a photon? (2017) (blog.sigfpe.com)

92 points by memexy on Jun 25, 2020 | 66 comments

16743.

The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science (newyorker.com)

92 points by pseudolus on Oct 3, 2020 | 66 comments

16744.

Artificial intelligence will do what we ask, and that's a problem (quantamagazine.org)

92 points by vo2maxer on Jan 31, 2020 | 64 comments

16745.

Show HN: Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage (blobbackup.com)

92 points by bimbashrestha on Nov 22, 2020 | 64 comments

16746.

Pijul – The Mathematically Sound Version Control System Written in Rust (initialcommit.com)

92 points by initialcommit on Nov 29, 2020 | 64 comments

16747.

As oil industry swoons, tar sands workers look to renewables for jobs (e360.yale.edu)

92 points by palae on Apr 30, 2020 | 63 comments

16748.

Show HN: HN Demetricator – An extension that removes upvote and comment counts (github.com)

92 points by brianyu8 on Jul 11, 2020 | 63 comments

16749.

Group of Google critics calls for EU antitrust action (uk.reuters.com)

92 points by samizdis on Nov 12, 2020 | 63 comments

16750.

Ask HN: Unemployed. What on earth should I do with my life?

92 points by confused-c on Mar 27, 2020 | 61 comments

16751.

Bill Gates slams 'shocking' U.S. response to Covid-19 pandemic (statnews.com)

92 points by prawn on Sep 15, 2020 | 61 comments

16752.

Uber to quit Colombia after judge says it doesn’t compete fairly (bloomberg.com)

92 points by whoisjuan on Jan 10, 2020 | 60 comments

16753.

More than 100 coal-fired plants have been converted to natural gas since 2011 (eia.gov)

92 points by lawrenceyan on Aug 9, 2020 | 60 comments

16754.

Notes on the M4 Macro Language (2008) (mbreen.com)

92 points by luu on Apr 2, 2020 | 59 comments

16755.

Micronaut 2.0: a full stack Java framework for modular, testable applications (docs.micronaut.io)

92 points by el_duderino on Jun 26, 2020 | 59 comments

16756.

Australian researchers set record for carbon dioxide capture (phys.org)

92 points by pseudolus on Jun 3, 2020 | 58 comments

16757.

Brex Lays Off 62 Employees (thesfnews.com)

92 points by SQL2219 on Jun 1, 2020 | 55 comments

16758.

Mystery of two-million-year-old stone balls solved (livescience.com)

92 points by fortran77 on Apr 18, 2020 | 54 comments

16759.

SAP Graph: API Sandbox on preview (beta.graph.sap)

92 points by zxienin on Apr 7, 2020 | 53 comments

16760.

SpaceX Launch: Starlink 12 [video] (youtube.com)

92 points by cjnicholls on Sep 3, 2020 | 51 comments

16761.

Overloading by Return Type in C++ (artificial-mind.net)

92 points by fanf2 on Oct 12, 2020 | 51 comments

16762.

Show HN: Hexagonal Minesweeper with multiplayer, geographic maps, zoom and pan (multisweeper.com)

92 points by _fp5w on Oct 14, 2020 | 51 comments

16763.

China Uighurs 'moved into factory forced labour' for foreign brands (bbc.com)

92 points by echelon on Mar 2, 2020 | 50 comments

16764.

LibreOffice ReleaseNotes 7.0 (wiki.documentfoundation.org)

92 points by doener on Apr 29, 2020 | 49 comments

16765.

How UI-driven state increases accidental complexity (evgenii.info)

92 points by _elergy_ on Mar 24, 2020 | 48 comments

16766.

EME, CDM, AES, CENC, and Keys – Building Blocks of DRM (ottverse.com)

92 points by jayjohn436 on Nov 3, 2020 | 48 comments

16767.

Show HN: Find journalists, bloggers and webmasters covering your niche (postbag.co)