In 4 US state prisons, 3,300 inmates test positive, 96% without symptoms — and Japan to subsidize 100% of salaries at small companies

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In 4 US state prisons, 3,300 inmates test positive, 96% without symptoms reuters.com \| points: 757 \| comments: 581

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Japan to subsidize 100% of salaries at small companies asia.nikkei.com \| points: 403 \| comments: 229

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Teleforking a Process onto a Different Computer thume.ca \| points: 359 \| comments: 92

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Why my book can be downloaded for free (2014) blog.plover.com \| points: 339 \| comments: 113

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Liero can be played in browser now, for those who remember webliero.com \| points: 315 \| comments: 80

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Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coronavirus citylab.com \| points: 255 \| comments: 223

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My NixOS Desktop Flow christine.website \| points: 249 \| comments: 201

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Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018) economist.com \| points: 245 \| comments: 381

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Decrypt WhatsApp encrypted media files github.com \| points: 240 \| comments: 50

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Show HN: Kanmail – An email client that functions like a kanban board github.com \| points: 237 \| comments: 68

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Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 178 \| comments: 420

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Google will require proof of identity from all advertisers nytimes.com \| points: 154 \| comments: 68

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Creating ad hoc microphone arrays from personal devices (2019) microsoft.com \| points: 154 \| comments: 48

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Seattle’s leaders let scientists take the lead, New York’s did not newyorker.com \| points: 151 \| comments: 198

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Tips for Mathematical Handwriting (2007) johnkerl.org \| points: 141 \| comments: 75

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Generating MIDI Music with GPT-2 gwern.net \| points: 137 \| comments: 40

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How I photograph the Milky Way with medium format film petapixel.com \| points: 136 \| comments: 35

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Beginners guide to gateways and proxies learncloudnative.com \| points: 133 \| comments: 12

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Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government’s contact tracing app docs.google.com \| points: 130 \| comments: 141

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Probing Facebook’s Misinformation Machine getrevue.co \| points: 116 \| comments: 31

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