Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water — and Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows

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Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water joshdata.me \| points: 1430 \| comments: 154

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Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows twitter.com \| points: 1135 \| comments: 275

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I don’t know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility (2007) qntm.org \| points: 363 \| comments: 137

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Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for servers cockpit-project.org \| points: 331 \| comments: 116

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M1 Macs have another hidden boot mode eclecticlight.co \| points: 309 \| comments: 193

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New malware found on 30k Macs has security pros stumped arstechnica.com \| points: 289 \| comments: 146

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Margaret Mitchell fired from Google axios.com \| points: 288 \| comments: 744

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BTC Endgame github.com \| points: 275 \| comments: 259

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My Life in E-Ink rgoswami.me \| points: 262 \| comments: 143

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A request for Pinboard old-timers prettyfwd.com \| points: 259 \| comments: 158

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How Antidepressants Work, at Last? blogs.sciencemag.org \| points: 239 \| comments: 147

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In the 90s part of Germany’s air traffic control software ran on Emacs reddit.com \| points: 228 \| comments: 71

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How to Destroy the Earth (2006) qntm.org \| points: 194 \| comments: 108

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Highest rates of teen bullying are between friends and friends-of-friends: study ucdavis.edu \| points: 194 \| comments: 276

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Coinbase valued above $100B, ahead of direct listing axios.com \| points: 182 \| comments: 245

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F’: Flight Software and Embedded Systems Framework nasa.github.io \| points: 179 \| comments: 36

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Diablo II: Resurrected diablo2.blizzard.com \| points: 173 \| comments: 172

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Little is a statically typed, C-like scripting language little-lang.org \| points: 152 \| comments: 84

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Metallica’s BlizzCon Performance Ruined by Twitch gamespot.com \| points: 145 \| comments: 89

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New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with near-perfect efficiency academictimes.com \| points: 116 \| comments: 70

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