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31. Solar Storm of 1859 (wikipedia.org)
148 points by oli5679 on May 4, 2020 | 84 comments
32. What Makes a Good Teacher? (2001) (unicef.org)
96 points by jasim on May 3, 2020 | 39 comments
33. Dining Cryptographers Problem (wikipedia.org)
89 points by yasp on May 3, 2020 | 9 comments
34. Clojure as a dependency (blog.danieljanus.pl)
138 points by nathell on May 4, 2020 | 42 comments
35. [dupe] Amazon VP Resigns, Calls Company ‘Chickenshit’ for Firing Protesting Workers (vice.com)
652 points by yoelo on May 4, 2020 | 195 comments
36. Using the NFC Chip of the Passport to Do Proof-of-Work (medium.com/janmoritz_48488)
96 points by herendin2 on May 4, 2020 | 65 comments
37. Apple Watch detecting coronary ischaemia during chest pain episodes (oup.com)
132 points by 1cvmask on May 4, 2020 | 56 comments
38. What You'll Need to Know in 2020 That You Don't Know Now (2000) (discovermagazine.com)
168 points by behnamoh on May 4, 2020 | 150 comments
39. Amazon locks down internal employee communications amid organizing efforts (vox.com)
396 points by kevlar1818 on May 4, 2020 | 154 comments
40. Emacs' Org-Mode and Syncthing = Perfect (2017) (hiepph.github.io)
135 points by RMPR on May 3, 2020 | 77 comments
41. Heads Up: Entropy Overhaul (netbsd.org)
35 points by todsacerdoti on May 3, 2020 | 1 comment
42. Oracle vs. PostgreSQL: First Glance (rolkotech.blogspot.com)
180 points by takacsroland on May 4, 2020 | 195 comments
43. Why it's great to write blog posts (sanderknape.com)
187 points by SanderKnape on May 4, 2020 | 75 comments
44. Scientists create antibody that defeats coronavirus in lab (bloomberg.com)
126 points by miked85 on May 4, 2020 | 126 comments
45. Tetris: The Soviet 'mind game' that took over the world (2019) (cnn.com)
87 points by Tomte on May 4, 2020 | 70 comments
46. Ask HN: Did Google turn off IMAP access for good over the weekend?
143 points by JetSpiegel on May 4, 2020 | 81 comments
47. Self-Organizations (shoniko.com)
66 points by shoniko on May 4, 2020 | 25 comments
48. Windows 10 has “python” command that redirects to the Windows Store (twitter.com/casualeffects)
158 points by _bxg1 on May 4, 2020 | 123 comments
49. Shorten the Workweek to Reopen Safely (theatlantic.com)
95 points by jasunflower on May 4, 2020 | 75 comments
50. Creating a Robust, Reusable Link-Checker (michaelfbryan.com)
35 points by MichaelFBryan on May 3, 2020 | 1 comment
51. The History of Loneliness Can Help Us Through This Pandemic (time.com)
38 points by lxm on May 1, 2020 | 18 comments
52. A Statistical Analysis of Coughing Patterns on ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ (medium.com/liam.philip.shaw)
111 points by okasaki on May 4, 2020 | 32 comments
53. How do I learn to think better? (2019) (quora.com)
118 points by Austin_Conlon on May 4, 2020 | 29 comments
54. On Iteration and Recursion [pdf] (utexas.edu)
54 points by alokrai on May 4, 2020 | 12 comments
55. Common Sense Comes to Computers (quantamagazine.org)
53 points by elsewhen on May 4, 2020 | 11 comments
56. Print your own laboratory-grade microscope for US$18 (phys.org)
100 points by samizdis on May 4, 2020 | 25 comments
57. Comparing Software Engineer Salaries Across Cities (javednissar.ca)
83 points by waldohatesyou on May 3, 2020 | 86 comments
58. Jitter – A generator of efficient language virtual machines (2017) (ageinghacker.net)
34 points by todsacerdoti on May 4, 2020 | 4 comments
59. Saying Thank You to the NHS, Using Clojure (clojure-conundrums.co.uk)
60 points by DaveWM on May 4, 2020 | 67 comments
60. An Introduction to Variable Fonts (2019) (24ways.org)
50 points by todsacerdoti on May 4, 2020 | 12 comments

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