A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes modern web design — and Sir Clive Sinclair has died

Issue #528 — September 17, 2021

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A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes modern web design search.marginalia.nu \| points: 1753 \| comments: 425

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Sir Clive Sinclair has died theguardian.com \| points: 925 \| comments: 235

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Please stop closing forums and moving people to Discord kotaku.com \| points: 829 \| comments: 455

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Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who is fighting cancer shitlassian.com \| points: 753 \| comments: 429

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Lumber crash leads to ’blowout’ sales as prices crater cbc.ca \| points: 550 \| comments: 492

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Home Assistant – open-source home automation home-assistant.io \| points: 516 \| comments: 164

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The ownership and future of Mullvad VPN mullvad.net \| points: 463 \| comments: 161

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The new warrant: how US police mine Google for your location and search history theguardian.com \| points: 351 \| comments: 196

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Every engineer should do a stint in consulting cloudirregular.substack.com \| points: 297 \| comments: 163

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iOS on QEMU github.com \| points: 293 \| comments: 75

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GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other cars autonews.com \| points: 289 \| comments: 406

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Why Authorization Is Hard osohq.com \| points: 285 \| comments: 45

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Facebook under fire over secret teen research bbc.co.uk \| points: 268 \| comments: 209

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Backpage founders get mistrial because US overplayed child sex trafficking claim arstechnica.com \| points: 268 \| comments: 122

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The Perils of an .xyz Domain spotvirtual.com \| points: 265 \| comments: 163

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Lawmakers Ask Zuck to Drop ’Instagram for Kids’ Since App Made Kids Suicidal gizmodo.com \| points: 242 \| comments: 152

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Donate to the Internet Archive archive.org \| points: 241 \| comments: 54

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Deno 1.14 deno.com \| points: 233 \| comments: 91

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Sheriff’s Office Told Officer to Play Copyrighted Music to Shut Down Recordings techdirt.com \| points: 232 \| comments: 117

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Is America Inc getting less dynamic, less global and more monopolistic? economist.com \| points: 231 \| comments: 306

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