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2341.

Michael Lewis and the parable of the lucky man taking the extra cookie (2017) (kottke.org)

51 points by Tomte on Aug 27, 2021 | 44 comments

2342.

New Zealand Covid-19 Delta outbreak spreading rapidly as cases jump (reuters.com)

51 points by lsllc on Aug 24, 2021 | 40 comments

2343.

Perhaps WSL2 Should Be a Wake-Up Call (64k.space)

51 points by test1235 on Aug 21, 2021 | 35 comments

2344.

Show HN: Tomatotree.tv – Find your next series to watch using Rotten Tomatoes (tomatotree.tv)

51 points by hauxir on Aug 3, 2021 | 32 comments

2345.

On the front lines, here’s what the seven stages of severe Covid-19 look like (latimes.com)

51 points by rmason on Aug 31, 2021 | 32 comments

2346.

Using Computer Vision to Win at Duck Hunt (blog.roboflow.com)

51 points by jonbaer on Aug 27, 2021 | 27 comments

2347.

High-accuracy thrust measurements of the EMDrive, elimination of false-positives (link.springer.com)

51 points by rbanffy on Aug 23, 2021 | 20 comments

2348.

Danny DeVito was unverified on Twitter after supporting union strike (twitter.com)

51 points by Saint_Genet on Aug 19, 2021 | 17 comments

2349.

Police Misuse of Facial Recognition – Three Wrongful Arrests and Counting (skynettoday.com)

51 points by andreyk on Aug 12, 2021 | 16 comments

2350.

UK court sets scene for $14B-plus class action against MasterCard (reuters.com)

51 points by vishnugupta on Aug 19, 2021 | 16 comments

2351.

How smallpox claimed its final victim (bbc.com)

51 points by morpheos137 on Aug 15, 2021 | 14 comments

2352.

Merge-sort with Transylvanian-saxon folk dance (2011) [video] (youtube.com)

51 points by belter on Aug 2, 2021 | 10 comments

2353.

CIA’s turn to admit to its fiasco (dawn.com)

51 points by baybal2 on Aug 17, 2021 | 10 comments

2354.

Constant craving: how digital media turned us all into dopamine addicts (theguardian.com)

51 points by giuliomagnifico on Aug 22, 2021 | 8 comments

2355.

Tiny tools and the ephemeral nature of digital art (nathalielawhead.com)

51 points by dhotson on Aug 11, 2021 | 7 comments

2356.

Pigiron, a MIDI Routing Utility with OSC (github.com)

51 points by plewto on Aug 12, 2021 | 6 comments

2357.

Facebook wanted to use NSO‘s Pegasus to spy on its users (2020) (daringfireball.net)

51 points by ch_sm on Aug 1, 2021 | 2 comments

2358.

This looks to be the first major confirmed orbital collision in a decade (twitter.com)

51 points by perihelions on Aug 15, 2021 | 2 comments

2359.

Neolithic Burials and Gallic Complex with Celtic Statuary Unearthed in France (archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com)

51 points by diodorus on Aug 28, 2021 | 1 comments

2360.

Is catching Covid now better than more vaccine? (bbc.co.uk)

50 points by Engineering-MD on Aug 21, 2021 | 139 comments

2361.

The CDC Needs to Stop Confusing the Public (nytimes.com)

50 points by mitchbob on Aug 4, 2021 | 100 comments

2362.

A straightforward way to extend CSV with metadata (gist.github.com)

50 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 19, 2021 | 81 comments

2363.

Backblaze: “Why does the private key still need to be sent to your datacenter?” (help.backblaze.com)

50 points by noja on Aug 29, 2021 | 47 comments

2364.

China schools: 'Xi Jinping Thought' introduced into curriculum (bbc.com)

50 points by DarkContinent on Aug 26, 2021 | 43 comments

2365.

Sad Little Men: Assessing the impact of an elite education (economist.com)

50 points by jkuria on Aug 27, 2021 | 32 comments

2366.

Cancel Me: John Cleese to present Channel 4 show on ‘woke’ thought (theguardian.com)

50 points by Tomte on Aug 31, 2021 | 24 comments

2367.

Contemporary COBOL: Developers' Perspectives on Defects and Defect Location (arxiv.org)

50 points by Fragoel2 on Aug 5, 2021 | 12 comments

2368.

Snopes Retracts 60 Articles Plagiarized by Co-Founder: ‘Our Staff Are Gutted’ (nytimes.com)