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31. The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how science fiction works (publicbooks.org)
87 points by tws on July 22, 2021 | 87 comments
32. SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccinated Guiana gold miners (cdc.gov)
216 points by kaczordon on July 22, 2021 | 277 comments
33. “I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft” (2004) (twitter.com/techemails)
127 points by renaudg on July 23, 2021 | 219 comments
34. Inside TikTok’s Algorithm [video] (wsj.com)
104 points by hardmaru on July 23, 2021 | 76 comments
35. Researchers are pulling movements out of microfilm with digital history (vt.edu)
46 points by rbanffy on July 23, 2021 | 11 comments
36. Remains of impact that created the Moon may lie deep within Earth (sciencemag.org)
63 points by amacbride on July 23, 2021 | 17 comments
37. Google now shows why it ranked a specific search result (searchengineland.com)
182 points by vitabenes on July 23, 2021 | 115 comments
38. Disinformation: It’s History (cigionline.org)
61 points by how-about-this on July 22, 2021 | 52 comments
39. Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? (theatlantic.com)
290 points by throwkeep on July 23, 2021 | 606 comments
40. Modern C++ for C Programmers (2018) (berthub.eu)
138 points by sundarurfriend on July 23, 2021 | 162 comments
41. Time lapse doodle: Mark Weiser’s 1991 “Computer for the 21st Century” [video] (youtube.com)
46 points by DonHopkins on July 23, 2021 | 6 comments
42. Judges reject Viasat’s plea to stop SpaceX Starlink satellite launches (arstechnica.com)
124 points by Bender on July 23, 2021 | 80 comments
43. Edward Snowden on privacy and threats to democracy (2019) [video] (youtube.com)
110 points by hidden-spyder on July 23, 2021 | 1 comment
44. [dupe] Apple to Pull 'iDOS 2' DOS Emulator from App Store (macrumors.com)
152 points by l31g on July 23, 2021 | 2 comments
45. If Richard Feynman applied for a job at Microsoft (2002) (sellsbrothers.com)
213 points by alfiedotwtf on July 23, 2021 | 199 comments
46. Huawei hiring former Democratic super lobbyist Tony Podesta (politico.com)
140 points by jimmy2020 on July 23, 2021 | 87 comments
47. Glued to Your Phone? Here's How to Rethink Your Relationship with Social Media (npr.org)
92 points by r0n0j0y on July 23, 2021 | 101 comments
48. Learn Python by doing fun interactive exercises (epicpython.com)
114 points by damicoa1 on July 23, 2021 | 40 comments
49. Privacy is an afterthought. Here's how devs can easily make it better. (stackoverflow.blog)
85 points by c1ll1an on July 23, 2021 | 45 comments
50. The Impedance Mismatch Test: Is Your Data Layer a Complex Mess? (thenewstack.io)
24 points by node-bayarea on July 22, 2021 | 21 comments
51. The Nightmare of Our Snooping Phones (nytimes.com)
102 points by gmays on July 23, 2021 | 18 comments
52. Tropical Rainforest Index (udel.edu)
34 points by infodocket on July 23, 2021 | 6 comments
53. Feynman vs. the Abacus (1985) (ryerson.ca)
54 points by marcodiego on July 23, 2021 | 38 comments
54. Another misstep for Audacity (lwn.net)
83 points by signa11 on July 23, 2021 | 49 comments
55. A 3°C world has no safe place (economist.com)
199 points by lsllc on July 23, 2021 | 282 comments
56. Bezos and Branson not yet astronauts, US says (bbc.com)
89 points by geox on July 23, 2021 | 149 comments
57. Update to our privacy policy and apology (github.com/audacity)
100 points by pabs3 on July 23, 2021 | 69 comments
58. After Slashing 33% of Workers in 6 Years, Railroads Complain of Labor Shortages (wolfstreet.com)
99 points by DocFeind on July 23, 2021 | 173 comments
59. We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Exoplanet building its own moons (theregister.com)
64 points by pseudolus on July 23, 2021 | 12 comments
60. Plasmid, Virus or Other? DNA ‘Borgs’ Blur Boundaries (quantamagazine.org)
26 points by rbanffy on July 23, 2021 | 1 comment

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