Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language, has died — and How I make a living working on SerenityOS

Issue #935 — October 30, 2022

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How I make a living working on SerenityOS awesomekling.github.io \| points: 420 \| comments: 93

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FBI testimony on hair analysis contained errors in 90% of cases (2015) fbi.gov \| points: 210 \| comments: 64

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The SAFe Delusion safedelusion.com \| points: 199 \| comments: 109

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Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS beyondloom.com \| points: 192 \| comments: 78

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Patch OpenSSL on November 1 to avoid “critical” security vulnerability globalsign.com \| points: 190 \| comments: 189

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Why does the US allow a controversial weedkiller banned across the world? theguardian.com \| points: 178 \| comments: 162

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Since becoming Meta, Facebook’s parent company has lost $650B in market value globalnews.ca \| points: 162 \| comments: 246

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Incidents caused by unappreciated OSS maintainers or underfunded OSS projects github.com \| points: 150 \| comments: 98

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