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1951.

Everybody makes mistakes when writing comparison functions (karpov2007.medium.com)

62 points by ingve on Sep 9, 2021 | 62 comments

1952.

The next generation of cobblers are focused on sneakers (gearpatrol.com)

62 points by rmason on Sep 22, 2021 | 56 comments

1953.

Ask HN: Where can you apply for a programming job when you are a Class A asshole

62 points by calltrak on Sep 14, 2021 | 50 comments

1954.

Vex – open-source visual editor for XML (eclipse.org)

62 points by pabs3 on Sep 15, 2021 | 49 comments

1955.

Bosses turn to ‘tattleware’ to keep tabs on employees working from home (theguardian.com)

62 points by cyb_ on Sep 5, 2021 | 25 comments

1956.

Vapor-collection technology saves water while clearing the air (news.mit.edu)

62 points by x14km2d on Sep 4, 2021 | 24 comments

1957.

Ask HN: Best books on modern distributed systems

62 points by eatonphil on Sep 2, 2021 | 21 comments

1958.

YouTube's CEO says free speech is a 'core value' even after removing videos (businessinsider.com)

62 points by gorwell on Sep 28, 2021 | 17 comments

1959.

I Am an Academic Fraud (reddit.com)

62 points by distant_hat on Sep 28, 2021 | 9 comments

1960.

Interview candidate commits GCP credentials to code, racks up $78k in charges (twitter.com)

62 points by arkadiyt on Sep 7, 2021 | 8 comments

1961.

A Brief History of Markov Chains (mewo2.com)

62 points by polm23 on Sep 26, 2021 | 2 comments

1962.

Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Language (slate.com)

61 points by mormegil on Sep 2, 2021 | 103 comments

1963.

New leak of Epik data exposes company’s entire server (dailydot.com)

61 points by blopeur on Sep 30, 2021 | 69 comments

1964.

Why Figma Wins (2020) (kwokchain.com)

61 points by conanxin on Sep 20, 2021 | 64 comments

1965.

Shellac (buildingconservation.com)

61 points by brudgers on Sep 18, 2021 | 56 comments

1966.

Revamped Apple Maps Rolls Out Across Italy (macrumors.com)

61 points by tosh on Sep 10, 2021 | 53 comments

1967.

Neuromorphic electronics based on copying and pasting the brain (nature.com)

61 points by wetpaws on Sep 27, 2021 | 49 comments

1968.

EU to force Apple to switch to USB-C standard (politico.eu)

61 points by smartmic on Sep 22, 2021 | 46 comments

1969.

Security Analysis of Satisfyer Sex Toys (bananamafia.dev)

61 points by qdot76367 on Sep 2, 2021 | 42 comments

1970.

He escaped the dark web's biggest bust, and now he's back (wired.com)

61 points by valprop1 on Sep 23, 2021 | 36 comments

1971.

Jack Parsons (rocket engineer) (en.wikipedia.org)

61 points by lproven on Sep 19, 2021 | 30 comments

1972.

The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2018) (newenglandhistoricalsociety.com)

61 points by mhb on Sep 8, 2021 | 29 comments

1973.

NRO Manned Orbiting Laboratory (archive.org)

61 points by pueblito on Sep 7, 2021 | 25 comments

1974.

Yad: Create ad-hoc GTK GUIs from shell (github.com)

61 points by asicsp on Sep 7, 2021 | 24 comments

1975.

Truth Behind Neo4j’s “Trillion” Relationship Graph (tigergraph.com)

61 points by kakakiki on Sep 30, 2021 | 21 comments

1976.

A Billionaire-Funded Website Is Trying to “Cancel” University Professors (theintercept.com)

61 points by KittenInABox on Sep 14, 2021 | 20 comments

1977.

LLVM 13's new pass manager improves Rust's compile times by up to 20% (twitter.com)

61 points by paavohtl on Sep 29, 2021 | 18 comments

1978.

Commentary on the sixth edition Unix operating system (1977) [pdf] (cs3210.cc.gatech.edu)

61 points by tambourine_man on Sep 15, 2021 | 12 comments

1979.

On Logic, and How Not to Do It (1913) (landondcelkind.com)

61 points by hrl on Sep 30, 2021 | 12 comments

1980.

I Replaced Deadly Garage Door Torsion Springs and Lived to Tell the Tale (truetex.com)

61 points by 0x000000001 on Sep 4, 2021 | 10 comments