Satellite imagery shows Northern California kelp forests have collapsed — and Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account

Issue #343 — March 16, 2021

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Satellite imagery shows Northern California kelp forests have collapsed smithsonianmag.com \| points: 634 \| comments: 404

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Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account twitter.com \| points: 522 \| comments: 327

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Why are tar.xz files 15x smaller when using Python’s tar compared to macOS tar? superuser.com \| points: 485 \| comments: 145

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The FBI Should Stop Attacking Encryption eff.org \| points: 387 \| comments: 111

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Performance comparison: counting words in Python, Go, C++, C, Awk, Forth, Rust benhoyt.com \| points: 376 \| comments: 249

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Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? iism.org \| points: 372 \| comments: 318

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Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report” twitter.com \| points: 324 \| comments: 198

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Mozilla plans to remove the Compact Density option from Firefox’s Customize menu ghacks.net \| points: 289 \| comments: 331

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Facebook’s GDPR consent bypass reaches Austrian Supreme Court noyb.eu \| points: 245 \| comments: 94

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LeoCAD 21.03 leocad.org \| points: 235 \| comments: 41

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Why we’re removing comments on most of Inquirer.com inquirer.com \| points: 218 \| comments: 352

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HN front page ranked using only votes from early users (2009) news.ycombinator.com \| points: 202 \| comments: 136

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India to propose cryptocurrency ban, penalising miners and traders reuters.com \| points: 201 \| comments: 236

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A developers guide to HIPAA compliance github.com \| points: 195 \| comments: 65

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Stripe valuation soars to $95B after latest fundraising ft.com \| points: 181 \| comments: 144

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The OODA Loop: How Fighter Pilots Make Fast and Accurate Decisions fs.blog \| points: 177 \| comments: 76

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Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a ’precaution’ reuters.com \| points: 175 \| comments: 316

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Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon wsj.com \| points: 173 \| comments: 227

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Narco Submarine Found in Spain hisutton.com \| points: 170 \| comments: 105

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2D Graphics on Modern GPU (2019) raphlinus.github.io \| points: 164 \| comments: 78

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