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Issue #946 — November 10, 2022

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Meta lays off 11,000 people about.fb.com \| points: 1846 \| comments: 1749

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My full statement regarding DOOM Eternal medium.com \| points: 723 \| comments: 217

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Let’s build a container runtime using only the chroot system call earthly.dev \| points: 481 \| comments: 156

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Why is Rosetta 2 fast? dougallj.wordpress.com \| points: 438 \| comments: 244

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Affinity 2 affinity.serif.com \| points: 346 \| comments: 187

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Writing down what I do in Obsidian v5.chriskrycho.com \| points: 328 \| comments: 212

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Why are glasses so expensive? The industry prefers to keep that blurry (2019) latimes.com \| points: 326 \| comments: 275

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Idiot Proof Git softwaredoug.com \| points: 277 \| comments: 287

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Antitrust lawsuit says Apple and Amazon colluded to raise iPhone, iPad prices hbsslaw.com \| points: 252 \| comments: 108

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Thunderbird Supernova Preview: The New Calendar Design blog.thunderbird.net \| points: 237 \| comments: 82

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Tell HN: Duty of care news.ycombinator.com \| points: 223 \| comments: 49

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Recreating sci-fi terminals using VHS blog.ldodds.com \| points: 214 \| comments: 44

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My DIY ergonomic travel workstation with aluminum and magnets thume.ca \| points: 204 \| comments: 81

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In the 1990s a piece of Germany’s air traffic control software ran on Emacs old.reddit.com \| points: 203 \| comments: 68

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Redfin cuts 13% of staff, shuts down home-flipping business bloomberg.com \| points: 191 \| comments: 235

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Mark Zuckerberg confirms broad layoffs to begin at Meta theguardian.com \| points: 186 \| comments: 188

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So long and thanks for all the bits ncsc.gov.uk \| points: 185 \| comments: 53

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TikTok’s greatest asset isn’t its algorithm, it’s your phone wired.com \| points: 179 \| comments: 251

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Russia to Withdraw Troops from Kherson bbc.com \| points: 176 \| comments: 173

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AI and the Future of Pixel Art pixelparmesan.com \| points: 165 \| comments: 97

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