Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract more money — and Unix command line conventions over time

Issue #760 — May 08, 2022

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Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract more money johnwhiles.com \| points: 423 \| comments: 836

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Unix command line conventions over time blog.liw.fi \| points: 364 \| comments: 182

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The diminishing returns of productivity culture (2021) annehelen.substack.com \| points: 304 \| comments: 159

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I made a virtual bookshelf petargyurov.com \| points: 254 \| comments: 84

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Mercedes-Benz says Level 3 self-driving option ready to roll thedetroitbureau.com \| points: 241 \| comments: 358

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Amazon abruptly fires senior managers tied to unionized warehouse nytimes.com \| points: 231 \| comments: 136

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Singapore Government Tech Stack developer.tech.gov.sg \| points: 191 \| comments: 47

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Roboto but Make It Flex material.io \| points: 190 \| comments: 75

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Deletionpedia: Rescuing articles from Wikipedia’s deletionism deletionpedia.org \| points: 179 \| comments: 166

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Heroku: We’ve Heard Your Feedback blog.heroku.com \| points: 173 \| comments: 128

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RSS Feed Best Practices kevincox.ca \| points: 173 \| comments: 45

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MenuetOS menuetos.net \| points: 171 \| comments: 51

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UK telecom EE blocks archive.org virtuallyfun.com \| points: 167 \| comments: 71

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Roland TR-808 Cowbell Rebuild frisnit.com \| points: 155 \| comments: 33

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An approximation to determine the source of the WOW! Signal cambridge.org \| points: 154 \| comments: 211

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ProofWiki is an online compendium of mathematical proofs proofwiki.org \| points: 146 \| comments: 15

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Japan’s population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 english.kyodonews.net \| points: 142 \| comments: 391

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TodoMVC App Written in Vanilla JavaScript github.com \| points: 137 \| comments: 95

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Show HN: I made a browser-based RTS game battle-of-flags.com \| points: 136 \| comments: 37

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Citizens reject proposed South Africa law linking biometrics to SIM cards itweb.co.za \| points: 134 \| comments: 43

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