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Hacker News (20 Aug 2020)
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New academic journal only publishes 'unsurprising' research rejected by others
879 points • 201 comments • aug 20, 2020
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Moving from YouTube to PeerTube
732 points • 442 comments • aug 20, 2020
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Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Adobe says not recoverable
695 points • 421 comments • aug 20, 2020
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Rideshare operations are being suspended in California
525 points • 1039 comments • aug 20, 2020
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Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge grants emergency stay
422 points • 642 comments • aug 20, 2020
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The 212-story skyscraper in Melbourne, Australia
421 points • 108 comments • aug 20, 2020
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The software industry is going through the “disposable plastic” crisis
342 points • 270 comments • aug 20, 2020
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How Shopify reduced storefront response times with a rewrite
342 points • 73 comments • aug 20, 2020
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Citibank's $900M Blunder
338 points • 290 comments • aug 20, 2020
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The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years ago
314 points • 132 comments • aug 20, 2020