I keep making things out of checkboxes — Open Source Tractor — and Jörg Schilling has died

Issue #553 — October 12, 2021

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I keep making things out of checkboxes bryanbraun.com \| points: 628 \| comments: 105

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Open Source Tractor opensourceecology.dozuki.com \| points: 610 \| comments: 143

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Jörg Schilling has died minnie.tuhs.org \| points: 493 \| comments: 84

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Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights canceled or delayed thepointsguy.com \| points: 419 \| comments: 514

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Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan asia.nikkei.com \| points: 366 \| comments: 86

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Maryland nuclear engineer and spouse arrested on espionage-related charges justice.gov \| points: 293 \| comments: 352

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Classified tank specs leaked on War Thunder game forums again ukdefencejournal.org.uk \| points: 292 \| comments: 206

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Malwarebytes’ privacy VPN is Mullvad in a shady trenchcoat dustri.org \| points: 280 \| comments: 108

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Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefinitely seattletimes.com \| points: 279 \| comments: 240

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Credit-card firms are becoming reluctant regulators of the web economist.com \| points: 277 \| comments: 256

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The City of London Is Hiding the World’s Stolen Money nytimes.com \| points: 272 \| comments: 155

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World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO reuters.com \| points: 248 \| comments: 261

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Solar-powered aircraft flown for nearly three weeks without landing eandt.theiet.org \| points: 232 \| comments: 129

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Apple ’Surprised’ by Developer Frustration with Its App Review Process macrumors.com \| points: 232 \| comments: 83

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Led by France, 10 EU countries call on Brussels to label nuclear energy as green euronews.com \| points: 230 \| comments: 104

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The US Is a Banana Republic: The 1% Own More Wealth Than the Entire Middle Class zerohedge.com \| points: 228 \| comments: 178

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So You Want to Rust the Linux Kernel? paulmck.livejournal.com \| points: 223 \| comments: 256

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Worst Case tbray.org \| points: 220 \| comments: 98

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The F.S.O. Safer could spill a million barrels of crude at any moment newyorker.com \| points: 214 \| comments: 149

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One painful meeting with Steve Jobs twitter.com \| points: 191 \| comments: 125

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