FirstToKnow: September 2021

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Senate votes to avoid shutdown, fund government for less than 3 months

09/30/21 11:23 AM

New best story on Hacker News: PostgreSQL 14

PostgreSQL 14
594 by jkatz05 | 139 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Simula One: an office-focused, standalone VR headset built on top of Linux

Simula One: an office-focused, standalone VR headset built on top of Linux
514 by sandebert | 201 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Making Bracket Pair Colorization Faster

Making Bracket Pair Colorization Faster
493 by feross | 139 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Almost All of Facebook’s Top Christian Pages in 2019 Run by Foreign Troll Farms

Almost All of Facebook’s Top Christian Pages in 2019 Run by Foreign Troll Farms
525 by mhoad | 269 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: My Wife Was Dying of Brain Cancer. My Boss at Amazon Told Me to Perform or Quit

My Wife Was Dying of Brain Cancer. My Boss at Amazon Told Me to Perform or Quit
511 by posharma | 311 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content

YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content
643 by danso | 998 comments on Hacker News.

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Top military brass testify to House panel on Afghanistan, 1 day after contradicting Biden

09/29/21 6:33 AM

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Del Rio residents respond to viral Border Patrol images taken near their community

09/29/21 5:04 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Cloudflare R2 storage: Rapid and reliable object storage, minus the egress fees

Cloudflare R2 storage: Rapid and reliable object storage, minus the egress fees
480 by geostyx | 165 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: You either die an MVP or live long enough to build content moderation

You either die an MVP or live long enough to build content moderation
457 by mmcclure | 208 comments on Hacker News.

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Gabby Petito's family believes FBI will capture Brian Laundrie

09/28/21 10:40 AM

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Gabby Petito's family holds news conference as hunt for Brian Laundrie intensifies

09/28/21 10:04 AM

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Milley testifies he recommended 2,500 troops stay in Afghanistan; Biden said he was never told

09/28/21 8:32 AM

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Milley, Austin expected to face grilling on chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal at Senate hearing

09/28/21 6:36 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Imgur Acquired by Medialab

Imgur Acquired by Medialab
444 by mburst | 250 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week

What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
464 by eflowers | 201 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Mom Test – How to talk to customers

The Mom Test – How to talk to customers
441 by jack335 | 126 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Something weird is happening on Facebook

Something weird is happening on Facebook
579 by incomplete | 210 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Prevent Google from mangling search result links when click/copying on Firefox

Prevent Google from mangling search result links when click/copying on Firefox
455 by calmingsolitude | 162 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How big tech runs tech projects and the curious absence of Scrum

How big tech runs tech projects and the curious absence of Scrum
528 by PretzelFisch | 389 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A single person answered 76k questions about SQL on StackOverflow

A single person answered 76k questions about SQL on StackOverflow
486 by w-m | 175 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I just don’t want to be busy anymore

I just don’t want to be busy anymore
609 by PretzelFisch | 355 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple’s app review prevents developer from submitting fix to game for the blind

Apple’s app review prevents developer from submitting fix to game for the blind
577 by latexr | 157 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Moiré No More

Moiré No More
586 by stock_toaster | 76 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever

Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
545 by colinprince | 283 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Many believe it's time to do away with lawmakers making stock trades

Many believe it's time to do away with lawmakers making stock trades
547 by DocFeind | 221 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Working

Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Working
539 by exolymph | 391 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Nginx Playground

Nginx Playground
541 by pradeepchhetri | 34 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Leaked grant proposal details high-risk coronavirus research

Leaked grant proposal details high-risk coronavirus research
642 by BellLabradors | 401 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Are you also getting extremely obvious spam bypassing Gmail's filters?

New best story on Hacker News: The NSA and CIA use ad blockers

The NSA and CIA use ad blockers
552 by infodocket | 321 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Submarine cable map rendered onto a globe

Submarine cable map rendered onto a globe
599 by Daviey | 152 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mode when placed in a bag

Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mode when placed in a bag
599 by bestouff | 528 comments on Hacker News.

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Border Patrol stunned as Biden goes to war with his own agents over false 'whipping' allegations

09/24/21 11:20 AM

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Harris says CBP on horseback 'evoked' images of slavery, in chaotic 'View' interview

09/24/21 10:20 AM

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Biden warns mounted Border Patrol agents charging migrants in Del Rio sector: 'Those people will pay'

09/24/21 8:03 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Disclosure of three 0-day iOS vulnerabilities

Disclosure of three 0-day iOS vulnerabilities
576 by jayhoon | 118 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook paid billions to spare Zuckerberg in data suit, shareholders allege

Facebook paid billions to spare Zuckerberg in data suit, shareholders allege
487 by croes | 277 comments on Hacker News.

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FBI issues arrest warrant for for Brian Laundrie

09/23/21 2:44 PM

New best story on Hacker News: Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you delete the email receipt

Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you delete the email receipt
509 by decrypt | 254 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to displace traditional meat

Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to displace traditional meat
495 by coldturkey | 918 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Leaving the Apple ecosystem behind

Leaving the Apple ecosystem behind
481 by recvonline | 465 comments on Hacker News.

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Biden's special envoy to Haiti resigns in protest of 'inhumane, counterproductive' deportations

09/23/21 7:04 AM

New best story on Hacker News: How we got to LiveView

How we got to LiveView
556 by klohto | 177 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu
536 by pabs3 | 175 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns

Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns
514 by ChemSpider | 279 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google Drive of Historical Footage Locked and Flagged as Terrorist Activity

Google Drive of Historical Footage Locked and Flagged as Terrorist Activity
565 by knaik94 | 118 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: DIY RGB Icosahedron

DIY RGB Icosahedron
474 by blutack | 80 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mister Rogers had a simple set of rules for talking to children (2018)

Mister Rogers had a simple set of rules for talking to children (2018)
508 by Tomte | 149 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The First Rule of Machine Learning: Start Without Machine Learning

The First Rule of Machine Learning: Start Without Machine Learning
540 by 7d7n | 133 comments on Hacker News.

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Fox News follows illegal immigrant journey from Mexico border to inside US

09/22/21 5:18 AM

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Thousands of Haitian migrants being released in US, report says

09/22/21 12:11 AM

New best story on Hacker News: The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've ever used

The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've ever used
497 by samizdis | 305 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A Tunguska size burst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, Bronze Age city in Jordan Valley

A Tunguska size burst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, Bronze Age city in Jordan Valley
475 by olvy0 | 231 comments on Hacker News.

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FIRST ON FOX: Details of Gabby Petito's fight with fiancé in Utah revealed in witness statement to police

09/21/21 9:21 AM

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Biden at UN faces test of 'America is back' claim after bungled Afghanistan withdrawal, dustup with France

09/21/21 7:04 AM

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Feds release migrants far from US-Mexico border in 'catch and release' system on 'grander scale'

09/21/21 5:07 AM

New best story on Hacker News: I started SaaS companies in 2013 and 2021 – how things have changed

I started SaaS companies in 2013 and 2021 – how things have changed
443 by zuhayeer | 119 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: ClickHouse, Inc.

ClickHouse, Inc.
434 by zX41ZdbW | 137 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Home Price to Income Ratio

Home Price to Income Ratio
431 by hncurious | 530 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video]

Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video]
430 by x14km2d | 284 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Fully-searchable Library Genesis on IPFS

Show HN: Fully-searchable Library Genesis on IPFS
433 by sixtyfourbits | 91 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: 40k books on HN extracted using deep learning

Show HN: 40k books on HN extracted using deep learning
532 by tracyhenry | 150 comments on Hacker News.

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911 caller in Gabby Petito 'incident' says fiancé seen hitting, 'slapping' her weeks before disappearance

09/20/21 10:29 AM

New best story on Hacker News: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)

If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)
460 by artkulak | 230 comments on Hacker News.

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FBI agents remove Brian Laundrie's parents from Florida home in Gabby Petito case

09/20/21 7:04 AM

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Pfizer, BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective in kids 5-11, following trial

09/20/21 4:08 AM

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Gunman opens fire at Russian university, at least 5 dead: report

09/20/21 1:35 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication

Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication
422 by brian_herman | 261 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How to rapidly improve at any programming language (2016)

How to rapidly improve at any programming language (2016)
439 by jcubic | 120 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Building apps in minutes, not months

Building apps in minutes, not months
443 by stevekrouse | 275 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Life-size camel sculptures in Saudi Arabia are older than Stonehenge, pyramids

Life-size camel sculptures in Saudi Arabia are older than Stonehenge, pyramids
419 by pseudolus | 126 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Serving Netflix Video at 400Gb/s on FreeBSD [pdf]

Serving Netflix Video at 400Gb/s on FreeBSD [pdf]
480 by drewg123 | 236 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Belgian ISP under 250 Gbps DDoS for days on end

Belgian ISP under 250 Gbps DDoS for days on end
479 by laurensr | 291 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Video of Tesla FSD almost hitting pedestrian receives DMCA takedown

Video of Tesla FSD almost hitting pedestrian receives DMCA takedown
481 by camjohnson26 | 433 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mailchimp insiders react to employees getting no equity from Intuit sale

Mailchimp insiders react to employees getting no equity from Intuit sale
498 by lemoncucumber | 442 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Windows 11: Just say no

Windows 11: Just say no
467 by CrankyBear | 524 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Perils of an .xyz Domain

The Perils of an .xyz Domain
486 by ghempton | 269 comments on Hacker News.

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SEE IT: Fox News Digital confronts Brian Laundrie's mom as search resumes for her son

09/19/21 6:48 AM

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Fox News Poll: Voters think the country is less united under Biden

09/19/21 6:04 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Gitlab S-1

Gitlab S-1
608 by laminarflow | 184 comments on Hacker News.

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FDA panel overwhelmingly rejects recommending Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine booster

09/17/21 12:50 PM

New best story on Hacker News: Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices crater

Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices crater
586 by awnird | 503 comments on Hacker News.

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Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann enters plea after allegedly lying to FBI

09/17/21 9:10 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin

Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin
677 by exizt88 | 470 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The new warrant: how US police mine Google for your location and search history

The new warrant: how US police mine Google for your location and search history
608 by DamnInteresting | 288 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctuation over the American

Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctuation over the American
604 by erwald | 380 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who is fighting cancer

Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who is fighting cancer
754 by mparnisari | 432 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Sir Clive Sinclair has died

Sir Clive Sinclair has died
661 by haasted | 179 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Please stop closing forums and moving people to Discord

Please stop closing forums and moving people to Discord
721 by ClawsOnPaws | 401 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Time travel debugger for web development

Show HN: Time travel debugger for web development
641 by jasonlaster11 | 204 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How percentile approximation works and why it's more useful than averages

How percentile approximation works and why it's more useful than averages
672 by od0 | 162 comments on Hacker News.

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PICTURED: Alex Murdaugh's mugshot released after disgraced lawyer surrenders to police

09/16/21 10:41 AM

New best story on Hacker News: A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes modern web design

A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes modern web design
712 by Funes- | 202 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Three ex-US intelligence officers admit hacking for UAE

Three ex-US intelligence officers admit hacking for UAE
689 by andrewnicolalde | 221 comments on Hacker News.

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Trump acting Defense Secretary Miller says he 'did not' authorize Milley China calls, says he should resign

09/15/21 11:12 AM

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Missing woman Gabby Petito's boyfriend named 'person of interest' in her disappearance

09/15/21 9:03 AM

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US Olympic gymnasts slam Nassar investigation, allege FBI 'turned a blind eye,' falsified report

09/15/21 9:00 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Apple blocked the FlickType Watch keyboard then announced a clone of it

Apple blocked the FlickType Watch keyboard then announced a clone of it
708 by kilotaras | 210 comments on Hacker News.

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Top American gymnasts testify on Capitol Hill on the FBI's mishandling of the Larry Nassar investigation

09/15/21 7:24 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Bespoke Synth 1.0 – open-source software modular synthesizer

Bespoke Synth 1.0 – open-source software modular synthesizer
609 by paulshen | 190 comments on Hacker News.

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North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles that land in international waters: reports

09/14/21 11:23 PM

New best story on Hacker News: Norm Macdonald has died

Norm Macdonald has died
642 by coloneltcb | 152 comments on Hacker News.

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Democrat Governor Newsom's fate decided in California recall election

09/14/21 8:50 PM

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Suspect arrested in Murdaugh case that's rocked the nation

09/14/21 8:42 PM

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California's Newsom recall election results to start rolling in as polls close

09/14/21 8:03 PM

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Missing woman's family calls out fiancé, demands he help in search

09/14/21 5:09 PM

New best story on Hacker News: Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up space debris in orbit

Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up space debris in orbit
643 by notRobot | 190 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Stripe banned us for payment disputes but we never had a single dispute

Stripe banned us for payment disputes but we never had a single dispute
602 by hienyimba | 251 comments on Hacker News.

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'SNL' alum Norm Macdonald dead at 61

09/14/21 11:48 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company documents show

Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company documents show
622 by jmsflknr | 410 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)

Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)
600 by mrfusion | 383 comments on Hacker News.

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THE LAST 96: How vets used 'digital Dunkirk' to save hundreds of Afghans from Taliban

09/14/21 8:53 AM

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Blinken expected to face new grilling on Capitol Hill over Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal

09/14/21 7:15 AM

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Hurricane Nicholas makes landfall in Texas

09/14/21 12:59 AM

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Nicholas upgraded to hurricane as it approaches Texas

09/13/21 9:13 PM

New best story on Hacker News: NSO Group iMessage Zero-Click Exploit Captured in the Wild

NSO Group iMessage Zero-Click Exploit Captured in the Wild
611 by jbegley | 190 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Starbucks and TrustArc add fake cookie processing delay if you don't click agree

Starbucks and TrustArc add fake cookie processing delay if you don't click agree
643 by avnigo | 205 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook Censored Me For Mentioning Open-Source Social Network Mastodon

Facebook Censored Me For Mentioning Open-Source Social Network Mastodon
628 by joeyh | 283 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mozilla has defeated Microsoft’s default browser protections in Windows

Mozilla has defeated Microsoft’s default browser protections in Windows
774 by hadrien01 | 341 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook has exempted high-profile users from some or all of its rules

Facebook has exempted high-profile users from some or all of its rules
780 by tysone | 369 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I refuse to let Amazon define Rust

I refuse to let Amazon define Rust
839 by formalsystem | 203 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: My Room in 3D

My Room in 3D
686 by dkthehuman | 128 comments on Hacker News.

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump reacts to Biden COVID-19 mandates, slams Dems' vaccine messaging

09/13/21 4:25 AM

New best story on Hacker News: September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time

September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time
584 by smohnot | 314 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Medium Is Bad. Stop Using It

Medium Is Bad. Stop Using It
589 by mooreds | 182 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI
555 by anchpop | 408 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers

Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers
519 by jdkee | 185 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Windy.com

Windy.com
496 by kaycebasques | 124 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case

Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case
553 by freddier | 392 comments on Hacker News.

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THE LAST 96: How Kabul became evacuation bottleneck, prime terror target

09/10/21 6:05 AM

New best story on Hacker News: California aims to ban recycling symbols on things that aren’t recyclable

California aims to ban recycling symbols on things that aren’t recyclable
546 by elliekelly | 276 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop

LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop
468 by perihelions | 374 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Hong Kong: Police Raid Tiananmen Square Museum

Hong Kong: Police Raid Tiananmen Square Museum
591 by FridayoLeary | 314 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: Thanks to thehodge and littlewarden.com, this site is up today

Tell HN: Thanks to thehodge and littlewarden.com, this site is up today
542 by dang | 45 comments on Hacker News.
A few days ago we got an email from HN user thehodge ( https://ift.tt/3E5yRUq ), aka Dom Hodgson, telling us that HN's SSL cert was about to expire—as indeed it was. All the renewal notices had been going to Scott's old YC email, which no longer works. Dom runs https://ift.tt/3hf3QE4 , which monitors sites for upcoming issues and lets you know when you're about to publicly embarrass yourself. In a twist on eat-your-own-dog-food (eat someone else's dog food as a service?), he had set up alerts for HN in their system. Lo and behold, it delivered the goods, and that is why you're reading HN as usual today instead of certificate scoldings, and therefore also why my ass is in a saved state, which is how I like it. I figure the least we can do is proclaim our thanks, so all hail Dom and Little Warden! Yes, I know most of you can do this in 3 lines of Python and a cron job, and yes yes, there are other alert services—but only one has personally helped you waste time unimpeded on the internet. That is all.