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Mount Everest is visible from Kathmandu for first time in living memory snowbrains.com \| points: 570 \| comments: 253

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What Is Nix? engineering.shopify.com \| points: 557 \| comments: 309

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Students are failing AP tests because the College Board can’t handle HEIC images theverge.com \| points: 482 \| comments: 406

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Facebook to shift permanently toward more remote work after coronavirus wsj.com \| points: 424 \| comments: 437

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Show HN: Python package to collect normalized news from almost any website github.com \| points: 379 \| comments: 184

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An introduction to RabbitMQ erlang-solutions.com \| points: 376 \| comments: 159

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Windows package manager does not permit opting out of telemetry github.com \| points: 375 \| comments: 291

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Shopify Is Joining Twitter in Permanent Work-from-Home Shift bloomberg.com \| points: 343 \| comments: 10

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Stealing secrets from developers using WebSockets medium.com \| points: 322 \| comments: 88

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Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case for a basic income yahoo.com \| points: 290 \| comments: 407

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Three bugs in the Go MySQL driver github.blog \| points: 285 \| comments: 79

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Ask HN: Ways to generate income when you’re at home without pay? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 276 \| comments: 228

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Shopify Goes Digital by Default twitter.com \| points: 268 \| comments: 393

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Reddit’s top user leaves platform after harassment dailydot.com \| points: 254 \| comments: 422

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YouTube removes interview with professor of medicine on Covid stats and policy unherd.com \| points: 252 \| comments: 395

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The FBI tracking your browsing history without a warrant might be the beginning cybernews.com \| points: 242 \| comments: 163

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Coinbase will be a remote-first company blog.coinbase.com \| points: 242 \| comments: 140

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An Amazon programmer’s perspective (2015) pastebin.com \| points: 231 \| comments: 235

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TI removes access to assembly programs on the TI-83 Premium CE ticalc.org \| points: 230 \| comments: 135

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