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Hacker News (15 Apr 2021)

  1. Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years

    1201 points • 409 comments • apr 15, 2021

  2. Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress

    968 points • 464 comments • apr 15, 2021

  3. Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter

    909 points • 497 comments • apr 15, 2021

  4. DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

    522 points • 224 comments • apr 15, 2021

  5. SQLite the only database you will ever need in most cases

    519 points • 357 comments • apr 15, 2021

  6. Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

    518 points • 804 comments • apr 15, 2021

  7. Cohort IDs can be collected over time to create cross-site tracking IDs

    396 points • 178 comments • apr 15, 2021

  8. TSMC sees chip shortage lasting into 2022

    375 points • 232 comments • apr 15, 2021

  9. The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil

    312 points • 256 comments • apr 15, 2021

  10. IT companies warn in open letter: EU wants to ban encryption

    302 points • 202 comments • apr 15, 2021