744
367
Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you delete the email receipt
https://mastodon.social/@gerowen/106978308085702358
4 years ago
611
345
Facebook paid billions to spare Zuckerberg in data suit, shareholders allege
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/21/facebook-paid-billions-extra-to-the-ftc-to-spare-zuckerberg-in-data-suit-shareholders-allege-513456
575
282
Ask HN: Are you also getting extremely obvious spam bypassing Gmail's filters?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28635313
566
330
The NSA and CIA use ad blockers
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93ypke/the-nsa-and-cia-use-ad-blockers-because-online-advertising-is-so-dangerous
560
400
Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Working
https://bigtechnology.substack.com/p/completely-running-blind-apples-power
519
139
Slacktyping: I'm typing when you're typing (2018)
https://github.com/will/slacktyping
467
176
Reactive Clojure: A web language
https://hyperfiddle.notion.site/hyperfiddle/Reactive-Clojure-You-don-t-need-a-web-framework-you-need-a-web-language-44b5bfa526be4af282863f34fa1cfffc
428
440
Apple Will Not Reinstate Epic’s Fortnite Developer Account
https://daringfireball.net/2021/09/epic_apple_developer_accounts
414
278
Samoa Scraps Daylight Saving Time
https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-removes-dst.html
369
238
No, we won’t have a video call for that
https://xahteiwi.eu/resources/presentations/no-we-wont-have-a-video-call-for-that/
349
291
Using two keyboards at once for pain relief
https://symboliclogic.io/years-of-pain-solved-by-really-obvious-keyboard-tweak/
343
206
Authenticated Boot and Disk Encryption on Linux
http://0pointer.net/blog/authenticated-boot-and-disk-encryption-on-linux.html
333
316
Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck
https://dev.epicgames.com/en-US/news/epic-online-services-launches-anti-cheat-support-for-linux-mac-and-steam-deck
65
Btop++ is a power resource monitor for Linux
https://github.com/aristocratos/btop
308
726
EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all phones
https://www.xda-developers.com/eu-plans-common-phone-charger/
307
185
TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy
https://twitter.com/jodybarr/status/1440856486280785922
296
112
Mozilla says Chrome’s latest feature enables surveillance
https://www.howtogeek.com/756338/mozilla-says-chromes-latest-feature-enables-surveillance/
294
196
Spain will ban selling fruit and vegetables in plastic containers starting 2023
https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9357439/spain-will-ban-selling-fruit-and-vegetables-in-plastic-containers-starting-2023/
289
95
2006: Dwarf Fortress
https://if50.substack.com/p/2006-dwarf-fortress
257
179
Why I Use Nim instead of Python for Data Processing
https://benjamindlee.com/posts/2021/why-i-use-nim-instead-of-python-for-data-processing/
45
Fourier Series Visualisation with D3
https://bl.ocks.org/jinroh/7524988
252
313
Apple threatened Facebook ban over slavery posts on Instagram
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58645547
226
1
EU proposes mandatory USB-C on all devices, including iPhones
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/23/22626723/eu-commission-universal-charger-usb-c-micro-lightning-connector-smartphones
211
Google shifting to “upstream first” Linux kernel approach for Android features
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Android-Linux-Upstream-First
210
140
I Built My New Linux Gaming Desktop in 2021 with AMD (CPU+GPU) and GNU Guix
https://boilingsteam.com/how-i-built-my-new-linux-gaming-desktop-in-2021-with-amd-cpugpu-and-gnu-guix/
189
239
Tesla pushes U.S. to boost fuel economy penalties
https://www.autonews.com/regulation-safety/tesla-pushes-us-boost-fuel-economy-penalties
184
114
AWS Region Coming to New Zealand
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in-the-works-aws-region-in-new-zealand/
180
164
Twitter enables tipping with Bitcoin, plans to let users authenticate NFTs
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/23/22689806/twitter-bitcoin-lightning-tipping-nft-authentication
What Does Evergrande Meltdown Mean for China?
https://carnegieendowment.org/chinafinancialmarkets/85391
167
53
Updated WHO global air quality guidelines
https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/345329
152
35
Nyxt 2.2.0
https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/article/release-2.2.0.org
150
121
Delphi 11 Alexandria
https://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2021-september-delphi-11-released.html
149
91
Dog parasite is developing resistance to treatments
https://news.uga.edu/hookworms-are-developing-resistance-to-medications/
144
Toybox: All-in-one Linux command line
https://github.com/landley/toybox
143
49
A Tour of Grant Imahara’s Shop [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsCSTO8SaQU
216
We Need Software Updates Forever
https://spectrum.ieee.org/we-need-software-updates-forever
81
Know Labs unveils glucose monitor that swaps fingersticks for RF sensors
https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/know-labs-unveils-pocket-sized-glucose-monitor-swaps-fingersticks-for-radiofrequency
141
A Tour of Grant Imahara's Shop [video]
41
Show HN: Go playground powered by WASM that runs in the browser
https://go-playground-wasm.vercel.app/
134
115
It costs $436 to deploy a smartcontract on Ethereum
https://twitter.com/eric_khun/status/1440899940453060608
124
70
The Curious Case of IKEA Vocabulary
https://lar5.com/ikea/
122
Norway bans gas cars in 2025 but trends point toward 100%EV sales as early April
https://electrek.co/2021/09/23/norway-bans-gas-cars-in-2025-but-trends-point-toward-100-ev-sales-as-early-as-april/
119
Show HN: Resume maker with no sign-up or subscription
https://luckyresumemaker.com
118
169
Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/sid-meier-and-the-meaning-of-civilization
117
104
Flying microchips size of a sand grain could be used for population surveilance
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/23/1040035430/flying-microchip-sand-grain-northwestern-winged
62
Ask HN: What are some other general link aggregators aside from HN?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28632002
109
Prometheus Fuels (YC W19) Closes Series B with $1.5B Valuation
https://prometheusfuels.com
106
34
Haku: A toy functional programming language based on literary Japanese
https://codeberg.org/wimvanderbauwhede/haku
105
Native-Land.ca – Our home on native land
https://native-land.ca/
43
The Geometry of Color Perception
https://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/color2.html
157
Apple's Texas-Sized Problem
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/09/23/apple-texas-sized-problem
99
96
Peter Thiel, Scourge of Silicon Valley
https://www.economist.com/business/2021/09/25/peter-thiel-scourge-of-silicon-valley
40
Catala Lang: DSL designed for deriving implementations from legislative texts
https://catala-lang.org/
16
Deep learning meets vector-symbolic AI
https://research.ibm.com/blog/deep-learning-meets-symbolic-ai
89
56
Biomarkers of dairy fat intake, cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003763
86
148
How people reason their way through echo chambers and what might guide them out
https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/09/this-study-shows-how-people-reason-their-way-through-echo-chambers-and-what-might-guide-them-out/
85
Oliver Burkeman on the flaw with productivity geek thinking
https://thebrowser.com/notes/oliver-burkeman/#geek%2F%2F%2F%2F/
52
The predecessor to Google Earth was clumsy, yet powerful
https://www.vice.com/en/article/53vgbb/the-predecessor-to-google-earth-was-clumsy-yet-powerful
83
101
Microsoft and an army of tiny telecoms are part of a plan to wire rural America
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-22/microsoft-google-part-of-plan-to-get-rural-america-high-speed-internet
AWS SIGv4 and SIGv4A – How AWS signs and verifies API requests
https://shufflesharding.com/posts/aws-sigv4-and-sigv4a
76
71
gRPC for Microservices Communication
https://techdozo.dev/grpc-for-microservices-communication/
75
58
The ultimate SaaS template
https://github.com/gmpetrov/utlimate-saas-js
72
10
“Why should I use Nyxt if I can use Vimium?”
https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/article/nyxt-versus-plugins.org
Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck