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October 2021 Archive
61.
Moths in slow motion [video] (aeon.co)
661 points by Tomte on Oct 7, 2021 | 120 comments
62.
Magit, the magical Git interface (2017) (emacsair.me)
658 points by Tomte on Oct 22, 2021 | 344 comments
63.
Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 (nature.com)
655 points by bcaulfield on Oct 20, 2021 | 391 comments
64.
Google had a plan called “Project NERA” to turn the web into a walled garden (twitter.com)
653 points by vord1080 on Oct 24, 2021 | 318 comments
65.
Most Canadians believe Facebook harms their mental health (theglobeandmail.com)
651 points by elorant on Oct 15, 2021 | 257 comments
66.
Microsoft no longer signs Windows drivers for Process Hacker (borncity.com)
650 points by XzetaU8 on Oct 24, 2021 | 518 comments
67.
Rancher Desktop, a Docker Desktop Replacement (rancherdesktop.io)
650 points by emersonrsantos on Oct 12, 2021 | 220 comments
68.
How to permanently delete your Facebook account (facebook.com)
648 points by gigama on Oct 6, 2021 | 277 comments
69.
WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers (quastor.org)
636 points by unripe_syntax on Oct 25, 2021 | 454 comments
70.
Study: Recycled Lithium Batteries as Good as Newly Mined (spectrum.ieee.org)
635 points by mpweiher on Oct 19, 2021 | 187 comments
71.
Gitlab from YC to IPO (blog.ycombinator.com)
632 points by sandslash on Oct 14, 2021 | 250 comments
72.
Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open (robertheaton.com)
630 points by marginalia_nu on Oct 31, 2021 | 227 comments
73.
Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files (obsidian.md)
624 points by doener on Oct 17, 2021 | 353 comments
74.
It takes a PhD to develop that (blog.royalsloth.eu)
623 points by kaeruct on Oct 4, 2021 | 411 comments
75.
Is this the simplest (and most surprising) sorting algorithm? (arxiv.org)
621 points by ColinWright on Oct 5, 2021 | 318 comments
76.
Facebook banned me for life because I help people use it less (slate.com)
620 points by louisbarclay on Oct 7, 2021 | 264 comments
77.
Facts every web dev should know before they burn out and turn to painting (baldurbjarnason.com)
615 points by caseyross on Oct 17, 2021 | 420 comments
78.
The Financial Times’ 404 page (ft.com)
609 points by ColinWright on Oct 24, 2021 | 90 comments
79.
Apple execs describe a “unique arrangement” with Netflix (2018) (twitter.com)
602 points by osynavets on Oct 4, 2021 | 274 comments
80.
Apple silently fixes iOS zero-day, asks bug reporter to keep quiet (bleepingcomputer.com)
600 points by DemiGuru on Oct 13, 2021 | 246 comments
81.
Tricks I wish I knew when I learned TypeScript (cstrnt.dev)
598 points by cstrnt on Oct 12, 2021 | 264 comments
82.
Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm (independent.com)
593 points by danso on Oct 29, 2021 | 674 comments
83.
Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefinitely (seattletimes.com)
593 points by chickenpotpie on Oct 11, 2021 | 547 comments
84.
Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then tell a jury you refused (eff.org)
592 points by oedmarap on Oct 22, 2021 | 581 comments
85.
Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promote its own brands (reuters.com)
589 points by tysone on Oct 13, 2021 | 238 comments
86.
Avoiding bot detection: How to scrape the web without getting blocked? (github.com)
586 points by proszkinasenne2 on Oct 31, 2021 | 298 comments
87.
What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp? (krebsonsecurity.com)
584 points by happyopossum on Oct 4, 2021 | 311 comments
88.
Fed to ban policymakers from owning individual stocks (cnbc.com)
578 points by awb on Oct 21, 2021 | 217 comments
89.
Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro (store.google.com)
577 points by mikeevans on Oct 19, 2021 | 817 comments
90.
Brave and Firefox to intercept links that force-open in Microsoft Edge (ctrl.blog)
571 points by gbil on Oct 4, 2021 | 181 comments