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Hacker News (03 Feb 2024)
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A brief history of the U.S. trying to add backdoors into encrypted data (2016)
546 points • 191 comments • feb 03, 2024
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How much bigger could Earth be before rockets wouldn't work?
439 points • 256 comments • feb 03, 2024
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Over the edge: The use of design tactics to undermine browser choice
436 points • 308 comments • feb 03, 2024
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Apple releases Pkl – configuration as code language
400 points • 215 comments • feb 03, 2024
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How Quora died
346 points • 389 comments • feb 03, 2024
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JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry
300 points • 241 comments • feb 03, 2024
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Car insurance in America is too cheap
281 points • 832 comments • feb 03, 2024
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Goodbye non-KISS appliances
270 points • 446 comments • feb 03, 2024
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The underground world of hobby tunneling
263 points • 155 comments • feb 03, 2024
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A 1.55 R⊕ habitable-zone planet hosted by TOI-715
238 points • 114 comments • feb 03, 2024