Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas — and Bandcamp's Entire Union Bargaining Team Was Laid Off

Issue #1290 — October 20, 2023

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Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas lerner.co.il \| points: 652 \| comments: 466

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Bandcamp’s Entire Union Bargaining Team Was Laid Off 404media.co \| points: 539 \| comments: 437

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Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative github.com \| points: 491 \| comments: 209

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Build your own BitTorrent app.codecrafters.io \| points: 405 \| comments: 115

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Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine arstechnica.com \| points: 346 \| comments: 176

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Early Europeans ate seaweed for thousands of years smithsonianmag.com \| points: 308 \| comments: 155

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DRM-free e-books are a big deal (2019) libraryjournal.com \| points: 291 \| comments: 224

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13 States join the IRS direct-file test after tax prep firms dropped the ball theverge.com \| points: 237 \| comments: 181

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Peter Thiel was an FBI informant businessinsider.com \| points: 233 \| comments: 143

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LocalPilot: Open-source GitHub Copilot on your MacBook github.com \| points: 216 \| comments: 54

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Zero ASIC is out of stealth zeroasic.com \| points: 216 \| comments: 82

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Ask HN: Is anyone using cloud dev environments (e.g. Codespaces/Replit) at work? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 195 \| comments: 216

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Trucking startup Convoy closes operations with no buyer bloomberg.com \| points: 193 \| comments: 338

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Just paying Figma because nothing else works fasterthanli.me \| points: 187 \| comments: 156

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Mojo is now available on Mac modular.com \| points: 173 \| comments: 150

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You’re not lacking creativity, you’re overwhelmed newsletter.thejorgemedina.com \| points: 172 \| comments: 85

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FCC moves ahead with Title II net neutrality rules in 3-2 party-line vote arstechnica.com \| points: 168 \| comments: 160

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Instagram apologizes for inserting ’terrorist’ into Palestinian bio translations 404media.co \| points: 167 \| comments: 102

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Show HN: Autotab – An AI-powered Chrome extension to create Selenium scripts autotab.com \| points: 166 \| comments: 61

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December youtube.com \| points: 158 \| comments: 114

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