FirstToKnow: October 2021

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Biden pitches $1.75M reconciliation bill framework as 'historic' with progressives still not on board

10/28/21 9:23 AM

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Biden speaks out on $1.75T reconciliation bill framework with agenda in the balance

10/28/21 8:43 AM

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New Mexico sheriff to Fox News on Baldwin ‘Rust’ shooting: 'This is a criminal investigation'

10/28/21 6:25 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Female African elephants are evolving without tusks due to ivory poaching

Female African elephants are evolving without tusks due to ivory poaching
460 by amrrs | 285 comments on Hacker News.

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Biden to announce reconciliation bill framework before jetting to Europe: sources

10/28/21 3:36 AM

New best story on Hacker News: GitHub Copilot available for JetBrains and Neovim

GitHub Copilot available for JetBrains and Neovim
434 by orph | 293 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacement design since 2012

New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacement design since 2012
440 by tailspin2019 | 455 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Bitcoin is largely controlled by a small group of investors and miners

Bitcoin is largely controlled by a small group of investors and miners
433 by CharlesW | 432 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Giant, free index to world's research papers released online

Giant, free index to world's research papers released online
440 by webmaven | 116 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Next.js 12

Next.js 12
433 by jacobwg | 276 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: macOS Monterey

macOS Monterey
434 by fossislife | 623 comments on Hacker News.

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Baldwin movie's assistant director admits to gun-safety mistakes, search warrant reveals

10/27/21 10:49 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Which jobs most often pair together among married couples

Which jobs most often pair together among married couples
438 by thrower123 | 381 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catalogue Eyeballs'

Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catalogue Eyeballs'
526 by beambot | 291 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Element One – All of Matrix, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram in one place

Element One – All of Matrix, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram in one place
505 by mcjiggerlog | 382 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Kerla: Monolithic kernel in Rust, aiming for Linux ABI compatibility

Kerla: Monolithic kernel in Rust, aiming for Linux ABI compatibility
467 by Klasiaster | 193 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers

WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers
625 by unripe_syntax | 448 comments on Hacker News.

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'Too early' to comment on potential charges in Alec Baldwin prop gun shooting, investigators say

10/27/21 9:13 AM

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New Mexico sheriff, DA investigating Alec Baldwin 'Rust' shooting hold press conference

10/27/21 9:01 AM

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AG Garland faces questions about Justice Department politicization in Senate hearing

10/27/21 7:07 AM

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Biden's job performance hammered in Nashville as he jets off to G20

10/27/21 6:17 AM

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McAuliffe buys 'fake news' ads in effort to sway voters, Fox News investigation finds

10/27/21 4:36 AM

New best story on Hacker News: A patent troll backs off

A patent troll backs off
654 by zdw | 182 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: This word does not exist

This word does not exist
682 by adrian_mrd | 291 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Microsoft no longer signs Windows drivers for Process Hacker

Microsoft no longer signs Windows drivers for Process Hacker
646 by XzetaU8 | 510 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google had a plan called “Project NERA” to turn the web into a walled garden

Google had a plan called “Project NERA” to turn the web into a walled garden
641 by vord1080 | 315 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details

Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details
672 by ColinWright | 286 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The FBI's internal guide for getting data from AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon

The FBI's internal guide for getting data from AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
678 by arkadiyt | 192 comments on Hacker News.

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Crew member who handed Alec Baldwin firearm fired from previous job after prop gun accident

10/25/21 2:56 PM

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Boise police respond to ‘shots fired’ at mall, 5 people and a cop injured

10/25/21 2:29 PM

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: I built a fake VS Code to browse live cricket score in office

Show HN: I built a fake VS Code to browse live cricket score in office
651 by the2ndfloorguy | 195 comments on Hacker News.

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WATCH: Failed escapes at Kabul airport led to living nightmares for Afghans in hiding

10/25/21 5:16 AM

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US ‘deeply alarmed’ over reports of military coup in Sudan

10/25/21 12:23 AM

New best story on Hacker News: NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on previous hacking attempts

NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on previous hacking attempts
636 by giuliomagnifico | 200 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google digital advertising antitrust litigation [pdf]

Google digital advertising antitrust litigation [pdf]
635 by pg_bot | 237 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Despite having just 5.8% sales, over 38% of bug reports come from Linux

Despite having just 5.8% sales, over 38% of bug reports come from Linux
660 by otreblan | 121 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google has a secret deal with FB called “Jedi Blue” that they knew was illegal

Google has a secret deal with FB called “Jedi Blue” that they knew was illegal
599 by ColinWright | 154 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Long Beach has temporarily suspended container stacking limitations

Long Beach has temporarily suspended container stacking limitations
567 by yblu | 406 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: RSS is wonderful

RSS is wonderful
517 by todsacerdoti | 188 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google 'colluded' with Facebook to bypass Apple privacy

Google 'colluded' with Facebook to bypass Apple privacy
494 by webmaven | 170 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: An enormous thread on alleged Google Facebook collusion

An enormous thread on alleged Google Facebook collusion
620 by choppaface | 303 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?

Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?
606 by adamkochanowicz | 753 comments on Hacker News.
Say you wanted to host a personal page that can outlive you and be seen by the children of your grandchildren. Other than asking your progeny to keep paying the hosting bills, is there another way?

New best story on Hacker News: Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then tell a jury you refused

Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then tell a jury you refused
569 by oedmarap | 543 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Magit, the magical Git interface (2017)

Magit, the magical Git interface (2017)
625 by Tomte | 336 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The 'impossible' crane shot from Soy Cuba (1964) [video]

The 'impossible' crane shot from Soy Cuba (1964) [video]
493 by tehnub | 130 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Fed to ban policymakers from owning individual stocks

Fed to ban policymakers from owning individual stocks
563 by awb | 217 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: California tried to save the nation from tax filing, then Intuit stepped in

California tried to save the nation from tax filing, then Intuit stepped in
498 by dv_dt | 279 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset

John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
660 by JaimeThompson | 236 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Beyond Smart

Beyond Smart
635 by razin | 410 comments on Hacker News.

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Supreme Court agrees to hear 2 challenges to Texas abortion law

10/22/21 9:52 AM

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Alec Baldwin breaks silence after killing crew member in disastrous gun mishap on movie set

10/22/21 8:56 AM

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Robert Durst charged with murdering his first wife

10/22/21 7:24 AM

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Alec Baldwin fired prop gun that led to death on movie set

10/21/21 7:32 PM

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Remains found in Florida swamp identified as Brian Laundrie

10/21/21 2:45 PM

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Fox News has learned bones were discovered near Brian Laundrie's belongings in Florida swamp

10/21/21 1:43 PM

New best story on Hacker News: Willingness to Look Stupid

Willingness to Look Stupid
637 by ZephyrBlu | 392 comments on Hacker News.

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WATCH LIVE: Police, sheriff hold news conference after remains discovered in Laundrie search

10/21/21 8:13 AM

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Garland testifies at House hearing with DOJ under fire for targeting parents

10/21/21 7:13 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021

Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021
571 by bcaulfield | 333 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Vscode.dev

Vscode.dev
575 by connor4312 | 188 comments on Hacker News.

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Voters extremely concerned about a growing problem facing the US

10/20/21 3:01 PM

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FBI confirms backpack, notebook belonging to Brian Laundrie found along with human remains

10/20/21 1:39 PM

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New poll shows how tight Virginia governor's race is less than two weeks from Election Day

10/20/21 10:06 AM

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Coroner arrives at Florida park after items belonging to Brian Laundrie found

10/20/21 9:44 AM

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Laundrie family lawyer confirms 'articles' belonging to Brian found in Florida park

10/20/21 9:20 AM

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Laundrie parents inside Florida park as law enforcement suggests 'we might have found something'

10/20/21 8:35 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in the Brave browser

Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in the Brave browser
517 by skellertor | 359 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Overly analytical guide to escorting

Overly analytical guide to escorting
502 by exolymph | 222 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
478 by mikeevans | 636 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Study: Recycled Lithium Batteries as Good as Newly Mined

Study: Recycled Lithium Batteries as Good as Newly Mined
492 by mpweiher | 147 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Former Netflix executive convicted of receiving bribes from contractors

Former Netflix executive convicted of receiving bribes from contractors
465 by ugwigr | 366 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription

The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription
476 by cf100clunk | 348 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: First federal grant for psychedelic treatment research in 50 years

First federal grant for psychedelic treatment research in 50 years
487 by infodocket | 96 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: YouTube: filmmakers presumed guilty until maybe proven innocent

YouTube: filmmakers presumed guilty until maybe proven innocent
461 by relwin | 211 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Thank HN: 7 years and $7M later, it all started right here

Thank HN: 7 years and $7M later, it all started right here
470 by massiarri | 58 comments on Hacker News.
At BEE we develop visual builders for emails, landing pages, and more. We recorded over 5,214,407 sessions of our builders in hundreds of software applications last month. As a company, we recently passed $7m in annual recurring revenue. And it all started with this post on HN exactly seven years ago: https://ift.tt/2YWhK7M The Hacker News community took time to look at what we were doing, and provided honest and useful feedback that got us going on the right track. And we want to say THANK YOU!! Our website looked very different back then, but the 'core' was there: a visual builder to let anyone design an email, easily, quickly, with no signup, nothing to fill out, just the product. That experience remains the same today, and we stuck with it because of comments like this one we received that October 18, 2014, right here on HN: "Massive props for letting me play around with it without having to sign up or enter any data." Now there are more features, more things you can do with our products, thousands of customers that have chosen BEE, but the core remains the same. You can still go to beefree.io ( https://beefree.io ), click on 'Start designing', and get into the product with 2 clicks. And today there are over 600 SaaS applications that have embedded our visual builders into their product because we took to heart some other feedback we received that very day on HN: "I've been looking for a good email editor for a while now. Any chance of BeeFree being embeddable, either as a service or open source?" We could keep going, but you get the idea: we're truly, deeply grateful that many of you, on October 18, 2014, took time out of your day to check out what we were doing, and share your thoughts. We never forgot. From all of us at BEE, thank you so much!!! Massimo Arrigoni CEO BEE Content Design, Inc.

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Missing California woman's husband arrested for murder after dramatic raid

10/19/21 1:12 PM

New best story on Hacker News: Roger Hui has died

Roger Hui has died
536 by z0a | 43 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: HTTP is obsolete – it's time for the distributed, permanent web (2015)

HTTP is obsolete – it's time for the distributed, permanent web (2015)
483 by Hakeemmidan | 304 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files

Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
580 by doener | 336 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: PinePhone Pro Announced

PinePhone Pro Announced
485 by abawany | 361 comments on Hacker News.

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Colin Powell, former secretary of state, dead at 84 from COVID-19 complications

10/18/21 5:13 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Dislike button would improve Spotify's recommendations

Dislike button would improve Spotify's recommendations
554 by aww_dang | 373 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink

Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink
585 by LordAtlas | 269 comments on Hacker News.

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Biden speaks at event at US Capitol honoring law enforcement killed in line of duty

10/16/21 9:38 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Most Canadians believe Facebook harms their mental health

Most Canadians believe Facebook harms their mental health
623 by elorant | 249 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Nomad vs. Kubernetes

Nomad vs. Kubernetes
514 by capableweb | 324 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Gitlab from YC to IPO

Gitlab from YC to IPO
611 by sandslash | 247 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Syncthing – a continuous file synchronization program

Syncthing – a continuous file synchronization program
523 by tambourine_man | 224 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A viable solution for Python concurrency

A viable solution for Python concurrency
674 by zorgmonkey | 286 comments on Hacker News.

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FDA panel endorses Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine booster with 2-month gap for ages 18 and up

10/15/21 10:33 AM

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Scheller, Marine who criticized Afghanistan withdrawal, sentenced to reprimand, forfeiture of $5K in pay

10/15/21 7:31 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices

Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices
658 by detaro | 280 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple Joins Blender Development Fund

Apple Joins Blender Development Fund
614 by dagmx | 206 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website

Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
681 by davidw | 344 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Esbuild – An extremely fast JavaScript bundler

Esbuild – An extremely fast JavaScript bundler
594 by taitems | 254 comments on Hacker News.

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Loudoun County, Virginia parents speak out amid uproar over dad's accusations

10/14/21 10:34 AM

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Scheller, Marine who criticized Afghanistan withdrawal, pleads guilty to all charges in court-martial hearing

10/14/21 7:21 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Apple silently fixes iOS zero-day, asks bug reporter to keep quiet

Apple silently fixes iOS zero-day, asks bug reporter to keep quiet
557 by DemiGuru | 207 comments on Hacker News.

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High-rise fire in Taiwan kills at least 46

10/14/21 2:08 AM

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Leaked Border Patrol docs show mass release of illegal immigrants into US by Biden administration

10/13/21 8:39 AM

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'Star Trek' actor Shatner lands safely after launching into space with Blue Origin

10/13/21 8:12 AM

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William Shatner to blast into space on Blue Origin rocket at age 90

10/13/21 7:36 AM

New best story on Hacker News: Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]

Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
535 by giuliomagnifico | 296 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tricks I wish I knew when I learned TypeScript

Tricks I wish I knew when I learned TypeScript
528 by cstrnt | 250 comments on Hacker News.

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US to reopen land borders next month for fully vaccinated: report

10/12/21 8:41 PM

New best story on Hacker News: Highschool student hacks entire districts IoT network for Rickroll senior prank

Highschool student hacks entire districts IoT network for Rickroll senior prank
574 by revicon | 139 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Rancher Desktop, a Docker Desktop Replacement

Rancher Desktop, a Docker Desktop Replacement
542 by emersonrsantos | 179 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefinitely

Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefinitely
524 by chickenpotpie | 447 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan

Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan
513 by thedday | 143 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Jörg Schilling has died

Jörg Schilling has died
441 by stargrave | 70 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Open Source Tractor

Open Source Tractor
436 by vincent_s | 103 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I keep making things out of checkboxes

I keep making things out of checkboxes
467 by vortex_ape | 86 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights canceled or delayed

Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights canceled or delayed
409 by walterbell | 467 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Understanding Python through its builtins

Understanding Python through its builtins
494 by tusharsadhwani | 150 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The American Bumblebee Has Vanished from Eight States

The American Bumblebee Has Vanished from Eight States
436 by elorant | 180 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: China blocks Wikimedia from entering World Intellectual Property Organization

China blocks Wikimedia from entering World Intellectual Property Organization
453 by hardmaru | 198 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: HN 15 Years ago

HN 15 Years ago
511 by agustif | 138 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Why I'm donating $150/month (10% of my income) to the musl Libc project (2019)

Why I'm donating $150/month (10% of my income) to the musl Libc project (2019)
449 by Tomte | 158 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Anyone Seen Tether’s Billions?

Anyone Seen Tether’s Billions?
489 by CPLX | 465 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news

It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
561 by greendude29 | 237 comments on Hacker News.
I know that "tech" is all about startups and business success, but I'd like to see conversations about software, hardware, computer science, and hacker culture resurge and dominate here. Of course HN is run by YC so there will always be the mod posts about startups and jobs, but it seems the community here sometimes tilts more towards business than technology. Just a personal thought, would like to hear if others also have a similar perception.