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1.		The guidance system and computer of the Minuteman III nuclear missile (righto.com)
		272 points by magnat on Aug 19, 2024 \| 175 comments
2.		The housing market isn't for single people (thewalrus.ca)
		64 points by pseudolus 5 days ago \| 129 comments
3.		Tube trains could navigate the Underground using the rules of Quantum Physics (ianvisits.co.uk)
		36 points by beardyw 13 days ago \| 79 comments
4.		Repair a ship’s hull still in the river in -50˚C (2022) (kaspersky.com)
		237 points by aziaziazi 17 days ago \| 64 comments
5.		Shock Wave Formation Simulator (kousen.github.io)
		36 points by saikatsg 20 days ago \| 6 comments
6.		Cameras and Lenses (2020) (ciechanow.ski)
		549 points by sebg 18 days ago \| 57 comments
7.		Learn computer graphics from scratch and for free (scratchapixel.com)
		310 points by theusus 22 days ago \| 38 comments
8.		I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone (idiallo.com)
		551 points by firefoxd 28 days ago \| 563 comments
9.		Toxic Fumes on Planes Blamed for Deaths of Pilots and Crew (wsj.com)
		44 points by karakoram 28 days ago \| 20 comments
10.		The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300 (homeip.net)
		281 points by giuliomagnifico 28 days ago \| 186 comments
11.		Ireland’s Diarmuid Early wins world Microsoft Excel title (bbc.com)
		310 points by 1659447091 29 days ago \| 124 comments
12.		How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips (japantimes.co.jp)
		470 points by artninja1988 31 days ago \| 607 comments
13.		Ford kills the All-Electric F-150 (wired.com)
		439 points by sacred-rat 34 days ago \| 896 comments
14.		A supersonic engine core makes the perfect power turbine (boomsupersonic.com)
		177 points by simonebrunozzi 41 days ago \| 295 comments
15.		Datacenters in space aren't going to work (taranis.ie)
		498 points by mindracer 51 days ago \| 437 comments
16.		Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun (iflscience.com)
		471 points by doener 64 days ago \| 95 comments
17.		New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair (nottingham.ac.uk)
		685 points by CGMthrowaway 74 days ago \| 258 comments
18.		Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength (nickvsnetworking.com)
		439 points by tsujamin 77 days ago \| 181 comments
19.		Paris had a moving sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison film captured it (2020) (openculture.com)
		409 points by rbanffy 77 days ago \| 206 comments
20.		Family Mart Designed Cute Teary-Eyed Stickers to Combat Food Loss (spoon-tamago.com)
		46 points by zdw 86 days ago \| 24 comments
21.		Denmark reportedly withdraws Chat Control proposal following controversy (therecord.media)
		577 points by layer8 80 days ago \| 235 comments
22.		In orbit you have to slow down to speed up (wired.com)
		85 points by beardyw 87 days ago \| 95 comments
23.		Retiring Windows 10 and Microsoft's move towards a surveillance state (scottrlarson.com)
		550 points by trinsic2 3 months ago \| 492 comments
24.		A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator (larslofgren.com)
		1305 points by SilverElfin 3 months ago \| 931 comments
25.		Why, as a responsible adult, SimCity 2000 hits differently (arstechnica.com)
		249 points by doppp 4 months ago \| 345 comments
26.		UK Economy Stagnated in July as Headwinds Grow Before Budget (bloomberg.com)
		17 points by ksec 4 months ago \| 41 comments
27.		American Airlines flying empty Airbus A321neo across the Atlantic 20 times (onemileatatime.com)
		59 points by corvad 4 months ago \| 69 comments
28.		What Really Caused the Sriracha Shortage? (2024) (fortune.com)
		29 points by indigodaddy 4 months ago \| 25 comments
29.		The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge (twitter.com/samhenrigold)
		1023 points by leephillips 4 months ago \| 489 comments
30.		What Is the Fourier Transform? (quantamagazine.org)
		475 points by rbanffy 4 months ago \| 206 comments
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