Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experience miserable — and SoftBank unmasked as ‘Nasdaq whale’ that stoked tech rally

Issue #151 — September 05, 2020

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Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experience miserable androidpolice.com \| points: 617 \| comments: 574

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SoftBank unmasked as ‘Nasdaq whale’ that stoked tech rally ft.com \| points: 436 \| comments: 303

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Winamp Skin Museum skins.webamp.org \| points: 379 \| comments: 184

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Daniel Stenberg (curl) has been denied entry to the US for 870 days daniel.haxx.se \| points: 318 \| comments: 174

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Digital pregnancy tests have an internal paper test twitter.com \| points: 312 \| comments: 147

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Justice Dept. plans to file antitrust charges against Google in coming weeks nytimes.com \| points: 278 \| comments: 163

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Costs of running a Python webapp for 55k monthly users keepthescore.co \| points: 274 \| comments: 232

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List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills devandgear.com \| points: 233 \| comments: 88

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A Requiem for a Dying Operating System (1994) user.eng.umd.edu \| points: 227 \| comments: 245

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Show HN: My GitHub Readme Is Interactive github.com \| points: 227 \| comments: 97

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Snake in a QR Code itsmattkc.com \| points: 208 \| comments: 71

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Libvirt – The Unsung Hero of Cloud Computing (2013) vyomtech.com \| points: 205 \| comments: 98

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Bullfrog After Populous filfre.net \| points: 202 \| comments: 89

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The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down usatoday.com \| points: 176 \| comments: 155

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Apple ordered to pay retail workers for security screening time [pdf] cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov \| points: 171 \| comments: 9

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Facebook prohibits music or music listening experience on Live facebook.com \| points: 159 \| comments: 181

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Facebook halts Oculus Quest sales in Germany amid privacy concerns arstechnica.com \| points: 150 \| comments: 61

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Learning@home hivemind – train large neural networks across the internet learning-at-home.github.io \| points: 136 \| comments: 35

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Ask HN: What does performance management look like at your company? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 127 \| comments: 109

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Rust testing or verifying: Why not both? alastairreid.github.io \| points: 126 \| comments: 24

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