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  1. Using PostgreSQL’s JSONB for NoSQL (2019) [video]

    94 points • comment • sep 03, 2021

  2. High-performance garbage collection for C++ V8 (2020)

    94 points • comment • sep 27, 2021

  3. JSXGraph: Dynamic Mathematics with JavaScript

    94 points • comment • sep 30, 2021

  4. Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names

    93 points • comment • sep 17, 2021

  5. Transport noise linked to increased risk of dementia, study finds

    93 points • comment • sep 12, 2021

  6. Database containing personal info of 106M visitors to Thailand exposed online

    93 points • comment • sep 21, 2021

  7. The killer product of robotics could be a low-cost collaborative manipulator

    93 points • comment • sep 28, 2021

  8. Much less than, Much greater than symbols

    93 points • comment • sep 12, 2021

  9. Hardest amorphous material can scratch even diamond

    93 points • comment • sep 03, 2021

  10. European Payments Initiative (EPI)

    93 points • comment • sep 02, 2021

  11. Bestline: Light self-contained readline alternative

    93 points • comment • sep 16, 2021

  12. Online coding school Treehouse lays off most of its staff

    93 points • comment • sep 14, 2021

  13. Firefox for Android is a mess, and something needs to change

    92 points • comment • sep 22, 2021

  14. Guide to Tracing in Erlang

    92 points • comment • sep 02, 2021

  15. Examining Btrfs

    92 points • comment • sep 24, 2021

  16. Micro-GPS: High-Precision Localization Using Ground Texture (2018)

    92 points • comment • sep 06, 2021

  17. A nasty bit of undefined timezone behavior in Golang

    92 points • comment • sep 04, 2021

  18. Aino, an experimental HTTP framework for Elixir

    92 points • comment • sep 19, 2021

  19. Writing Python Extensions in Assembly

    92 points • comment • sep 30, 2021

  20. Making world-class docs takes effort

    92 points • comment • sep 04, 2021

  21. Murder rate rose by almost 30% in 2020 in the US

    92 points • comment • sep 24, 2021

  22. Workers who keep global supply chains moving warn of 'system collapse'

    92 points • comment • sep 29, 2021

  23. Writing the Roadmap from Engineer to Manager

    91 points • comment • sep 25, 2021

  24. Adam Curtis’ “Bitter Lake”: A Review

    91 points • comment • sep 13, 2021

  25. Containers Don't Solve Everything

    91 points • comment • sep 10, 2021

  26. Swap on HDD: Does placement matter?

    91 points • comment • sep 07, 2021

  27. Mushroom Cultivation Automation [video]

    91 points • comment • sep 03, 2021

  28. High-powered motorcycle vibrations might impact iPhone camera

    91 points • comment • sep 11, 2021

  29. The whitest paint could eliminate the need for air conditioning

    91 points • comment • sep 18, 2021

  30. MovieLabs publishes common ontology for production

    91 points • comment • sep 30, 2021

  31. Ask HN: What are some other general link aggregators aside from HN?

    91 points • comment • sep 23, 2021

  32. The bargain at the heart of the BBC is fraying

    91 points • comment • sep 08, 2021

  33. GNU/Linux Open Hardware PowerPC Notebook Project

    91 points • comment • sep 18, 2021

  34. Can We Solve Linear Algebra Problems at Extreme Scale and Low Precisions?

    91 points • comment • sep 16, 2021

  35. Programming Puzzles

    91 points • comment • sep 22, 2021

  36. Racketscript: Racket to JavaScript Compiler

    90 points • comment • sep 26, 2021

  37. Laboratory Notebook Skills [pdf]

    90 points • comment • sep 27, 2021

  38. Roadrunner Blocked by U.S. Border Wall Wins Best Bird Photo of 2021

    90 points • comment • sep 06, 2021

  39. Spy on Python down to the Linux kernel level

    90 points • comment • sep 27, 2021

  40. Code Coverage for Zig with Callgrind

    90 points • comment • sep 11, 2021

  41. US housing price higher than housing bubble 2008

    90 points • comment • sep 14, 2021

  42. Doing a Job – The Management Philosophy of Adm. Hyman G. Rickover

    90 points • comment • sep 18, 2021

  43. Why do they burn a man at Burning Man?

    90 points • comment • sep 04, 2021

  44. My Janet Story

    89 points • comment • sep 24, 2021

  45. Pen: A programming language for scalable development

    89 points • comment • sep 20, 2021

  46. Swift Syntax and Structured Editing Library

    89 points • comment • sep 26, 2021

  47. Show HN: Forlater.email – an email-based bookmarking service

    89 points • comment • sep 17, 2021

  48. Apple’s browser engine ban is holding back web app innovation

    89 points • comment • sep 28, 2021

  49. 6th Generation Stealth Fighter: Joint Effort by UK, Japan, Italy and Sweden?

    89 points • comment • sep 18, 2021

  50. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Kotlin

    89 points • comment • sep 21, 2021

  51. Goats became an unconventional weapon against wildfires

    88 points • comment • sep 21, 2021

  52. Ask HN: Who was the most competent person you worked or collaborated with?

    88 points • comment • sep 10, 2021

  53. Towards a Theory of Bullshit Visualization [pdf]

    88 points • comment • sep 26, 2021

  54. Does low cholesterol cause cognitive impairment? Part II

    88 points • comment • sep 27, 2021

  55. Create, train and run Scikit-learn and TensorFlow models in Excel

    88 points • comment • sep 25, 2021

  56. The Persistent Gravity of Cross Platform

    88 points • comment • sep 02, 2021

  57. AsyncAPI vs. OpenAPI: Answers to Your Burning Questions

    88 points • comment • sep 09, 2021

  58. Biomarkers of dairy fat intake, cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality

    88 points • comment • sep 23, 2021

  59. Thermal Grill Illusion

    88 points • comment • sep 25, 2021

  60. Prison Company Patents VR to Give Inmates Brief Taste of Freedom

    88 points • comment • sep 11, 2021

  61. Augmented Reality Ducks

    88 points • comment • sep 30, 2021

  62. Understanding ZFS Channel Programs

    88 points • comment • sep 09, 2021

  63. Greedy AI agents learn to cooperate

    88 points • comment • sep 06, 2021

  64. Wild cockatoos make their own cutlery sets

    88 points • comment • sep 01, 2021

  65. Biden to mandate coronavirus vaccine for federal workers

    88 points • comment • sep 09, 2021

  66. The strange race to track down a missing billion years

    88 points • comment • sep 04, 2021

  67. Ask HN: How do I get fit and healthy as a software engineer?

    88 points • comment • sep 17, 2021

  68. Superpack: Pushing the limits of compression in Facebook’s mobile apps

    88 points • comment • sep 14, 2021

  69. Onivim 2 – A retro-futuristic modal editor

    87 points • comment • sep 05, 2021

  70. Senators Blast Facebook for Concealing Instagram's Risks to Kids

    87 points • comment • sep 30, 2021

  71. No, your cryptocurrency cannot work

    87 points • comment • sep 06, 2021

  72. Terfenol-D

    87 points • comment • sep 27, 2021

  73. Usenet Archives Collected by Norman Yarvin (2005-2011)

    87 points • comment • sep 11, 2021

  74. The New Thermodynamic Understanding of Clocks

    87 points • comment • sep 02, 2021

  75. You’ve Never Seen the Opioid Crisis Like This Before: A Review of Empire of Pain

    87 points • comment • sep 03, 2021

  76. Canada aims to block Chelsea Manning from entering country

    87 points • comment • sep 09, 2021

  77. US Published National Debt: $28T. The Truth: $146T. Each Taxpayer's Share: $951k

    87 points • comment • sep 30, 2021

  78. Exploring the Amiga – Part 1 (2018)

    87 points • comment • sep 09, 2021

  79. NansAreNumbers – An esoteric data type built of NaNs

    86 points • comment • sep 29, 2021

  80. Towards a taxonomy of cliches in Space Opera (2016)

    86 points • comment • sep 05, 2021

  81. Ask HN: Do you also alternate between super productive and slow days?

    86 points • comment • sep 27, 2021

  82. Mēris botnet, climbing to the record

    86 points • comment • sep 09, 2021

  83. Time Card and PTP on a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4

    86 points • comment • sep 01, 2021

  84. Subscribe to RSS Feeds over Email

    86 points • comment • sep 17, 2021

  85. Using Saliency in progressive JPEG XL images

    86 points • comment • sep 09, 2021

  86. The effects of a warmer world are visible in animals’ bodies

    85 points • comment • sep 11, 2021

  87. The predecessor to Google Earth was clumsy, yet powerful

    85 points • comment • sep 23, 2021

  88. Developer experience is user experience

    85 points • comment • sep 18, 2021

  89. Suez Canal blocked briefly as container ship runs aground

    85 points • comment • sep 09, 2021

  90. Ask HN: Is anyone monitoring popular apps to check if they're listening?

    85 points • comment • sep 19, 2021

  91. 25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7 times per week, not prescribed

    85 points • comment • sep 12, 2021

  92. Decision Making Under Uncertainty with POMDPs.jl

    85 points • comment • sep 20, 2021

  93. Ask HN: Any successful transitions from a tech/IT career to working in the arts?

    85 points • comment • sep 12, 2021

  94. Major Quantum Computing Strategy Suffers Serious Setbacks

    85 points • comment • sep 30, 2021

  95. Shortcomings of Amazon Mechanical Turk May Threaten Natural Language Generation

    85 points • comment • sep 18, 2021

  96. Xiaomi is disabling some of its devices when imported to certain regions

    85 points • comment • sep 12, 2021

  97. Census Bureau’s Survey Shows Significant Increase in Homeschooling Rates

    84 points • comment • sep 13, 2021

  98. RaveDJ – AI Music Mashup Maker

    84 points • comment • sep 13, 2021

  99. How to Make Writing a Lot Easier

    84 points • comment • sep 29, 2021

  100. Nuclear Weapon Archive (1994-2020)

    84 points • comment • sep 07, 2021