“It Is Getting Worse. People Are Leaving” — I saw a cool truck today — and Yep, I created the new Avatar font

Issue #762 — May 10, 2022

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“It Is Getting Worse. People Are Leaving” railwayage.com \| points: 472 \| comments: 313

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I saw a cool truck today theap.substack.com \| points: 446 \| comments: 236

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Yep, I created the new Avatar font swelltype.com \| points: 398 \| comments: 157

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Preview, the Mac app people forget about fourth-wall.co.uk \| points: 376 \| comments: 246

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I’m a fucking webmaster (2016) justinjackson.ca \| points: 307 \| comments: 205

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MVC frameworks aren’t dinosaurs but sharks david-dahan.com \| points: 262 \| comments: 191

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Dutch digital identity system crisis blogs.fsfe.org \| points: 251 \| comments: 150

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Short URLs: Why and How sive.rs \| points: 234 \| comments: 155

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I’m going to miss you, but I am taking a sabbatical kottke.org \| points: 222 \| comments: 92

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Making a falling sand simulator jason.today \| points: 218 \| comments: 58

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Monsanto’s ghostwriting to influence science and media disinformationchronicle.substack.com \| points: 208 \| comments: 151

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Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu (1978) [video] archive.org \| points: 193 \| comments: 49

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Ask HN: Is DBA still a good job? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 192 \| comments: 215

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Ask HN: Is Heroku Being Sunset? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 187 \| comments: 99

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Colleges where everyone works and there’s no tuition newsnationnow.com \| points: 182 \| comments: 131

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So You Wanna Be a Chef (2010) web.archive.org \| points: 174 \| comments: 98

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U.S. takes unprecedented steps to replenish Colorado River’s Lake Powell reuters.com \| points: 172 \| comments: 347

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Forget personalisation, it’s impossible and it doesn’t work marketingweek.com \| points: 172 \| comments: 146

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eBay Robbed This Man of $4700 and Suspended His Account When He Asked Questions old.reddit.com \| points: 171 \| comments: 121

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Use fzf for tmux session switching waylonwalker.com \| points: 171 \| comments: 53

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