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1. How to Think for Yourself (paulgraham.com)
1090 points by neilkakkar on Nov 27, 2020 | 816 comments
2. Tell HN: Thank You Dang
2363 points by sinak on Nov 27, 2020 | 249 comments
3. CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017) (shkspr.mobi)
696 points by notRobot on Nov 27, 2020 | 679 comments
4. Reveal.js: HTML presentation framework (revealjs.com)
411 points by lopespm on Nov 27, 2020 | 106 comments
5. Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbells will stop working (eminetra.com.au)
457 points by benryon on Nov 26, 2020 | 387 comments
6. Blackrota: obfuscated backdoor written in Go (360.com)
162 points by lsllc on Nov 27, 2020 | 25 comments
7. Microsoft's Creepy New 'Productivity Score' Gamifies Workplace Surveillance (gizmodo.com)
519 points by ourmandave on Nov 27, 2020 | 255 comments
8. I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
193 points by proberts on Nov 27, 2020 | 261 comments
9. Windows for Arm on M1 Mac Successfully Virtualized (macrumors.com)
241 points by marban on Nov 27, 2020 | 208 comments
10. Glucose metabolism responds to perceived sugar intake more than actual intake (nature.com)
240 points by Glench on Nov 27, 2020 | 132 comments
11. Amazon Workers to Stage Coordinated Black Friday Protests in 15 Countries (vice.com)
309 points by nimbius on Nov 27, 2020 | 248 comments
12. 1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby (peterzhu.ca)
237 points by pimterry on Nov 27, 2020 | 121 comments
13. Fucking, Austria changes name to Fugging (theguardian.com)
277 points by galonk on Nov 26, 2020 | 239 comments
14. ‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase (nytimes.com)
486 points by xwvvvvwx on Nov 27, 2020 | 623 comments
15. Warp Drive News (backreaction.blogspot.com)
191 points by mellosouls on Nov 27, 2020 | 156 comments
16. DIY Smart Doorbell with a Raspberry Pi (technicallywizardry.com)
172 points by bdcravens on Nov 27, 2020 | 78 comments
17. ReStuff (jcs.org)
155 points by zdw on Nov 27, 2020 | 53 comments
18. Digital Tools I Wish Existed (jon.bo)
333 points by todsacerdoti on Nov 27, 2020 | 136 comments
19. A look at Chang’e 5 telemetry (destevez.net)
154 points by kwk1 on Nov 27, 2020 | 31 comments
20. Connections by James Burke (1978) (topdocumentaryfilms.com)
218 points by graphcalculator on Nov 26, 2020 | 80 comments
21. Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike (lemond.com)
187 points by gjlemond on Nov 27, 2020 | 298 comments
22. Five Second Feedback (critter.blog)
152 points by mcrittenden on Nov 26, 2020 | 46 comments
23. Psiloscoby: Psilocybin Brewed by Kombucha (invisible.college)
217 points by greyface- on Nov 27, 2020 | 105 comments
24. The Purpose of Writing (limitlesscuriosity.com)
136 points by s3v on Nov 27, 2020 | 18 comments
25. Show HN: 1000 GitHub Data Science projects, now executable in 1 click (blobcity.com)
125 points by sanketsarang on Nov 27, 2020 | 32 comments
26. The Code It Yourself Manifesto (2016) (pestilenz.org)
106 points by rutenspitz on Nov 26, 2020 | 55 comments
27. Running Docker on Apple Silicon M1 (Follow-Up) (finestructure.co)
130 points by ingve on Nov 27, 2020 | 161 comments
28. What I Learned About UX Writing from a British Prog Drummer and David Lynch (bekk.no)
63 points by ingve on Nov 26, 2020 | 28 comments
29. How to Load Fonts in a Way That Fights FOUT and Makes Lighthouse Happy (css-tricks.com)
48 points by blindm on Nov 26, 2020 | 25 comments
30. Unusual murder weapons in crime fiction (crimereads.com)
55 points by fanf2 on Nov 27, 2020 | 73 comments

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