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We’re improving search results when you use quotes blog.google \| points: 675 \| comments: 631

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Tell HN: I interviewed my dad before he died news.ycombinator.com \| points: 485 \| comments: 138

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Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED asus.com \| points: 476 \| comments: 470

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Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records tell a different story theatlantic.com \| points: 456 \| comments: 691

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Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for roughly $1.7B cnbc.com \| points: 423 \| comments: 417

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My favorite iPhone feature was removed, long live its subpar replacement technicallychallenged.substack.com \| points: 389 \| comments: 330

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Apple warns suppliers to follow China rules on ’Taiwan’ labeling asia.nikkei.com \| points: 358 \| comments: 383

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Lex Fridman Podcast #309 – John Carmack lexfridman.com \| points: 354 \| comments: 243

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DreamWorks Animation to release MoonRay as open source awn.com \| points: 323 \| comments: 83

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Twitter says Musk’s spam analysis used tool that called his own account a bot arstechnica.com \| points: 319 \| comments: 306

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Why Is the Web So Monotonous? Google reasonablypolymorphic.com \| points: 293 \| comments: 240

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Using grape harvest dates to estimate summer temperature over 650 years tamino.wordpress.com \| points: 247 \| comments: 174

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Show HN: Penumbra, a perceptually optimized color palette based on natural light github.com \| points: 246 \| comments: 116

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C23 is finished: Here is what is on the menu thephd.dev \| points: 233 \| comments: 165

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Nix: Taming Unix with Functional Programming tweag.io \| points: 216 \| comments: 120

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Microsoft Windows is prohibited at Gitlab about.gitlab.com \| points: 214 \| comments: 280

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Gitlab U-turns on deleting dormant projects after backlash theregister.com \| points: 208 \| comments: 118

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Coral makes comeback on Great Barrier Reef hawkesburygazette.com.au \| points: 207 \| comments: 87

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All about QBasic and QuickBasic qbasic.net \| points: 205 \| comments: 146

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French scientist’s photo of ‘distant star’ was chorizo vice.com \| points: 190 \| comments: 117

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