The day Windows died — The Mullvad Browser — and Show HN: Unknown Pleasures, a tiny web experiment with WebGL

Issue #1091 — April 04, 2023

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The day Windows died thomasbandt.com \| points: 1050 \| comments: 823

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The Mullvad Browser mullvad.net \| points: 954 \| comments: 332

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Show HN: Unknown Pleasures, a tiny web experiment with WebGL pouria.dev \| points: 609 \| comments: 110

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Saying Goodbye to GitHub ersei.net \| points: 470 \| comments: 387

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Tesla removes parking sensors, the results are predictably terrible carexpert.com.au \| points: 427 \| comments: 528

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Midjourney CEO Silencing Satire About Xi Jinping techdirt.com \| points: 425 \| comments: 303

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Apple halted M2 chip production in January amid ’plummeting’ Mac sales macrumors.com \| points: 383 \| comments: 890

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Alibaba breaks itself up in six economist.com \| points: 294 \| comments: 236

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Launch HN: OutSail (YC W23) – Wingsails to reduce cargo ship fuel consumption news.ycombinator.com \| points: 292 \| comments: 147

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Pandas 2.0 github.com \| points: 281 \| comments: 100

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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2023) news.ycombinator.com \| points: 278 \| comments: 303

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Safari releases are development hell construct.net \| points: 276 \| comments: 245

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Giving kids no autonomy at all has become a parenting norm salon.com \| points: 271 \| comments: 302

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AI won’t steal your job, people leveraging AI will cmte.ieee.org \| points: 255 \| comments: 449

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Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliable luxury xda-developers.com \| points: 248 \| comments: 319

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Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters france24.com \| points: 232 \| comments: 539

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How to do hard things every.to \| points: 210 \| comments: 67

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How Software Companies Die (1995) gist.github.com \| points: 202 \| comments: 47

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Finland Becomes a Member of NATO on Tuesday 4 April presidentti.fi \| points: 178 \| comments: 167

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Show HN: Hocus – self-hosted alternative to GitHub Codespaces using Firecracker github.com \| points: 174 \| comments: 29

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Thinking hard makes the brain tired — XUL Layout is gone — and Ryuichi Sakamoto has died

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