Longest known exposure photograph ever captured using a beer can — and The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire

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Longest known exposure photograph ever captured using a beer can herts.ac.uk \| points: 510 \| comments: 90

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The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire taibbi.substack.com \| points: 501 \| comments: 800

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Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 359 \| comments: 794

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Oracle Moving HQ to Austin sec.gov \| points: 351 \| comments: 423

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Amazon owns more than $2B worth of IPv4 addresses dangoldin.com \| points: 328 \| comments: 327

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The Zodiac Killer’s most uncrackable cipher has, at last, been solved sfgate.com \| points: 324 \| comments: 150

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Elon Musk Decries ‘M.B.A.-ization’ of America wsj.com \| points: 290 \| comments: 229

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The Anti-Mac User Interface (1996) nngroup.com \| points: 283 \| comments: 141

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Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playing his own music happymag.tv \| points: 277 \| comments: 116

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Earnestness paulgraham.com \| points: 276 \| comments: 307

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GitHub Dark Mode is too Dark. blog.karenying.com \| points: 271 \| comments: 115

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Become Shell Literate drewdevault.com \| points: 267 \| comments: 186

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Electric Monarch tractor can plow a field without a driver and run for ten hours thedrive.com \| points: 235 \| comments: 145

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FDA Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for First Covid-19 Vaccine fda.gov \| points: 204 \| comments: 226

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How the novel coronavirus has evolved graphics.reuters.com \| points: 193 \| comments: 111

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Red Hat Goes Full IBM and Says Farewell to CentOS servethehome.com \| points: 162 \| comments: 203

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Show HN: Devbook – Search Engine for Developers usedevbook.com \| points: 143 \| comments: 49

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Buy Don’t Build jrott.com \| points: 130 \| comments: 133

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AlphaFold2 at CASP14: “It feels like one’s child has left home.” moalquraishi.wordpress.com \| points: 127 \| comments: 28

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Self-victimhood is a personality type, researchers find reason.com \| points: 126 \| comments: 52

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