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August 2021 Archive
31.
The most underused browser feature: reader mode (frankgroeneveld.nl)
882 points by frenkel on Aug 24, 2021 | 357 comments
32.
New in Git: switch and restore (banterly.net)
872 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 1, 2021 | 543 comments
33.
GitHub’s engineering team has moved to Codespaces (github.blog)
861 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 11, 2021 | 679 comments
34.
The All-Seeing “i”: Apple Just Declared War on Your Privacy (edwardsnowden.substack.com)
861 points by ttctciyf on Aug 26, 2021 | 380 comments
35.
ImageNet contains naturally occurring Apple NeuralHash collisions (blog.roboflow.com)
860 points by yeldarb on Aug 19, 2021 | 510 comments
36.
FOSS app removed from the Play Store for linking to the project's website (github.com)
853 points by timothyaveni on Aug 13, 2021 | 278 comments
37.
Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine (them.us)
851 points by Saint_Genet on Aug 17, 2021 | 469 comments
38.
Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained (2020) (reuters.com)
847 points by Crash0v3rid3 on Aug 10, 2021 | 218 comments
39.
Apps Getting Worse (tbray.org)
828 points by TangerineDream on Aug 8, 2021 | 619 comments
40.
Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes (github.com)
822 points by makeworld on Aug 26, 2021 | 332 comments
41.
An old hacker's tips on staying employed (madned.substack.com)
815 points by mad_ned on Aug 11, 2021 | 347 comments
42.
The Coronavirus Is Here Forever (theatlantic.com)
773 points by lxm on Aug 23, 2021 | 1547 comments
43.
PAM Duress – Alternate passwords for panic situations (github.com)
763 points by xanthine on Aug 22, 2021 | 343 comments
44.
Major U.K. science funder to require grantees to make papers immediately free (sciencemag.org)
761 points by cyrksoft on Aug 8, 2021 | 92 comments
45.
The deceptive PR behind Apple’s “expanded protections for children” (piotr.is)
753 points by arespredator on Aug 12, 2021 | 571 comments
46.
The surreal experience of my first developer job (bennuttall.com)
743 points by benn_88 on Aug 4, 2021 | 261 comments
47.
Mozilla Common Voice Adds 16 New Languages and 4,600 New Hours of Speech (foundation.mozilla.org)
728 points by heyhillary on Aug 5, 2021 | 170 comments
48.
Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies (theregister.com)
725 points by alanwreath on Aug 31, 2021 | 571 comments
49.
Widelands is a free, open-source real-time strategy game (widelands.org)
713 points by doener on Aug 16, 2021 | 177 comments
50.
The Problem with Perceptual Hashes (rentafounder.com)
705 points by rivo on Aug 6, 2021 | 418 comments
51.
My tiny side project has had more impact than my decade in the software industry (mike.zwobble.org)
701 points by mwilliamson on Aug 1, 2021 | 189 comments
52.
Airyx OS (airyx.org)
699 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 5, 2021 | 254 comments
53.
How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017) (blog.discord.com)
696 points by ibraheemdev on Aug 24, 2021 | 368 comments
54.
Apple agrees to settle potential class action suit by U.S. developers (axios.com)
695 points by throwaway888abc on Aug 27, 2021 | 244 comments
55.
Firefox 91 introduces enhanced cookie clearing (blog.mozilla.org)
695 points by arthuredelstein on Aug 10, 2021 | 224 comments
56.
Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence (nzz.ch)
694 points by ipnon on Aug 7, 2021 | 332 comments
57.
OnlyFans drops planned porn ban (variety.com)
690 points by uptown on Aug 25, 2021 | 1081 comments
58.
Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game devs in the Play Store (theverge.com)
688 points by davweb on Aug 19, 2021 | 472 comments
59.
I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple (markosaric.com)
679 points by miles on Aug 26, 2021 | 838 comments
60.
The real OnlyFans scandal is the unaccountable power of platforms and banks (theguardian.com)
675 points by shivbhatt on Aug 28, 2021 | 346 comments