The Alexander: Why did you build such a long piano? — and Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”

Issue #466 — July 17, 2021

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The Alexander: Why did you build such a long piano? alexanderpiano.nz \| points: 732 \| comments: 141

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Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” support.google.com \| points: 696 \| comments: 802

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Intel in talks to buy GlobalFoundries for about $30B reuters.com \| points: 572 \| comments: 165

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Open Insulin Foundation openinsulin.org \| points: 518 \| comments: 231

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Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swap appears to fix glitch sciencemag.org \| points: 477 \| comments: 177

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The case for banning non-competes slowboring.com \| points: 407 \| comments: 277

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Illinois first state to tell police they can’t lie to minors in interrogations npr.org \| points: 379 \| comments: 261

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Remote code execution in cdnjs of Cloudflare blog.ryotak.me \| points: 321 \| comments: 98

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Why we’re blind to the color blue calebkruse.com \| points: 311 \| comments: 129

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My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal collapse” dana11235.medium.com \| points: 303 \| comments: 476

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Mitmproxy 7.0 mitmproxy.org \| points: 216 \| comments: 65

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It’s been three years. Stop saying your European visitors are important to you news.ycombinator.com \| points: 209 \| comments: 156

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Walmart releases more affordable analog insulin corporate.walmart.com \| points: 180 \| comments: 184

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Show HN: I made an interactive anti-procrastination video course deprocrastination.co \| points: 174 \| comments: 142

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Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change apnews.com \| points: 158 \| comments: 42

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Hooking Candiru: Another mercenary spyware vendor comes into focus citizenlab.ca \| points: 147 \| comments: 17

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Online ID / age verification: the death of online search decoded.legal \| points: 145 \| comments: 117

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Classified Challenger tank specs leaked online for videogame ukdefencejournal.org.uk \| points: 138 \| comments: 66

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New generation artificial heart implanted in patient corporate.dukehealth.org \| points: 135 \| comments: 66

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Tesla’s new patent involves using table salt to mine lithium electrek.co \| points: 133 \| comments: 140

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