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477
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584
379
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568
313
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528
260
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https://wickedchicken.github.io/post/macos-nix-setup/
462
341
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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/90.0/releasenotes/
436
449
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419
421
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410
448
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376
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https://www.protocol.com/policy/w3c-privacy-war
361
142
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https://ghidra-sre.org/
344
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301
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https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/delta-variant-everything-you-need
293
150
If you want to transform IT, start with finance
https://zwischenzugs.com/2021/07/12/if-you-want-to-transform-it-start-with-finance/
282
69
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https://earthly.dev/blog/python-timsort-merge/
261
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253
63
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https://blog.rabbitmq.com/posts/2021/07/rabbitmq-streams-overview/
246
149
Dropbox Engineering Career Framework
https://dropbox.github.io/dbx-career-framework/
245
131
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https://www.bikeradar.com/news/lachlan-morton-completes-alt-tour/
223
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207
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203
224
Carlos Ghosn: How I escaped Japan
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196
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Python for Excel: A Modern Environment for Automation and Data Analysis
https://www.xlwings.org/book
189
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https://www.vantage.sh/blog/vantage-launches-aws-cost-saving-recommendations
170
120
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https://heron.incubator.apache.org/
168
216
Apple MagSafe Battery Pack
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJWY3AM/A/magsafe-battery-pack
167
43
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166
122
Ask HN: Introduction to Analog Synthesizers (Simulation OK)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27822489
162
42
SDF Fractal Noise
http://iquilezles.org/www/articles/fbmsdf/fbmsdf.htm
160
177
Dividend Cripples Saudi Aramco
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153
79
Show HN: Fakeflix – Netflix open source clone
https://github.com/Th3Wall/Fakeflix
151
85
Plenty of exercise can be enough to offset the negative impacts of poor sleep
https://www.sciencealert.com/plenty-of-exercise-can-be-enough-to-offset-the-negative-impact-of-poor-sleep
20
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https://martin.kleppmann.com/2021/07/02/debs-keynote-thinking-in-events.html
111
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https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/552
145
45
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https://edri.org/our-work/its-official-your-private-communications-can-and-will-be-spied-on/
143
51
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https://opensearch.org/blog/updates/2021/07/opensearch-general-availability-announcement/
140
46
Maildog – Hosting email forwarding service on AWS with GitHub Actions
https://github.com/edmundhung/maildog
139
15
RMA: Rapid Motor Adaptation for Legged Robots
https://ashish-kmr.github.io/rma-legged-robots/
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137
France fines Google €500M over copyright row
https://www.reuters.com/technology/france-fines-google-500-mln-over-copyright-row-2021-07-13/
135
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https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210712-paternity-leave-the-hidden-barriers-keeping-men-at-work
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https://www.askamathematician.com/2020/12/q-is-%cf%80-the-same-in-every-universe/
117
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https://hackaday.com/2021/07/13/muse-group-continues-tone-deaf-handling-of-audacity/
116
21
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https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/mike-levin-on-electrifying-insights-into-how-bodies-form/
104
118
ZSA Planck EZ: A Powerful, Backlit, Open-Source, 40% Mechanical Keyboard
https://www.zsa.io/planck/
101
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https://ai.googleblog.com/2021/07/reducing-computational-cost-of-deep.html
96
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95
62
Launch HN: Café (YC S21) – Find the best days to go to the office
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27823005
93
40
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https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/gJE7OtHlRbM/m/21x8zAR-AAAJ
88
77
Plane Food Simulator 2021
https://sheepandram.itch.io/pfs2021
87
49
Show HN: Face Maker AI. Sketch to create photorealistic faces
https://massless.io/tool/face-maker-ai/
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https://www.backblaze.com/blog/subscription-changes-for-computer-backup/
84
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http://www.vintagesynth.com/casio/sk1.php
82
11
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https://sovereign-individual.xyz/posts/becoming-indistractable/
81
60
Canada’s Mobile Data Prices vs. the World in One Chart
https://twitter.com/tefficient/status/1414573673500000259
5
Farm – an experiment in distributed peer-to-peer computing
https://github.com/inkandswitch/farm
98
Night of the Guillotine: The Fall of Robespierre
https://literaryreview.co.uk/night-of-the-guillotine
75
3
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https://bcmullins.github.io/complexity_theory_resources/
74
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Met Police seize record £180m of cryptocurrency in London
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57816644
72
12
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https://technicshistory.com/2021/07/13/the-triumvirate-coal-iron-and-steam/
99
Cornel West Releases Resignation Letter from Harvard
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/13/1015632217/cornel-west-has-announced-hes-leaving-harvard-and-says-the-school-has-lost-its-w
27
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https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-sqs-15-years-and-still-queueing/
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