The Rust I wanted had no future — and Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat

Issue #1154 — June 06, 2023

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The Rust I wanted had no future graydon2.dreamwidth.org \| points: 800 \| comments: 432

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Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat eff.org \| points: 782 \| comments: 134

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Tell HN: My Reddit account was banned after adding my subs to the protest news.ycombinator.com \| points: 495 \| comments: 201

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Google no longer automatically indexes websites? natehoffelder.com \| points: 482 \| comments: 404

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Generative AI learning path cloudskillsboost.google \| points: 469 \| comments: 112

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SEC Sues Binance and CEO Zhao for Breaking US Securities Rules bloomberg.com \| points: 433 \| comments: 331

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Sandstorm: Open-source platform for self-hosting web apps sandstorm.io \| points: 403 \| comments: 116

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GPT Best Practices platform.openai.com \| points: 393 \| comments: 127

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Moderation strike meta.stackexchange.com \| points: 369 \| comments: 264

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Apple unveils new Mac Studio and brings Apple Silicon to Mac Pro apple.com \| points: 333 \| comments: 228

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Blink 1.0 github.com \| points: 314 \| comments: 68

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I wrote my own smart home software renato.athaydes.com \| points: 289 \| comments: 186

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Parents in Ireland town to voluntarily ban smartphones for kids as old as 13 businessinsider.com \| points: 284 \| comments: 264

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Social media for AI bots: “No humans allowed” fry-ai.com \| points: 276 \| comments: 222

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Why Lisp Syntax Works borretti.me \| points: 269 \| comments: 244

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An Excel error led Austria’s SPÖ to announce the wrong candidate as the winner twitter.com \| points: 257 \| comments: 118

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Thousands of early-career NIH researchers forming union for first time nature.com \| points: 245 \| comments: 125

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Apple Introduces M2 Ultra apple.com \| points: 225 \| comments: 188

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Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps theverge.com \| points: 207 \| comments: 187

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Mystery math whiz and novelist advance permutation problem quantamagazine.org \| points: 206 \| comments: 85

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Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them? — Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS — and GPS (2022)

Brute.Fail: Watch brute force attacks fail in real time — Fq: Jq for Binary Formats — and Red Hat dropping support for LibreOffice

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