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October 2021 Archive
3001.
100-year-old former Nazi guard has gone on trial, facing charges for 3518 deaths (npr.org)
29 points by _Microft on Oct 8, 2021 | 54 comments
3002.
Billionaire Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Reappears in Hong Kong (reuters.com)
29 points by doppp on Oct 14, 2021 | 51 comments
3003.
The delights and the dangers of deplatforming extremists (conversationalist.org)
29 points by cratermoon on Oct 4, 2021 | 47 comments
3004.
IBM and airlines won’t comply with Texas governor’s ban on vaccine mandates (arstechnica.com)
29 points by rbanffy on Oct 14, 2021 | 34 comments
3005.
Facebook is planning to change its name, report says (cnn.com)
29 points by IgorPartola on Oct 20, 2021 | 31 comments
3006.
FDA authorizes use of Pfizer's Covid vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds (npr.org)
29 points by EastOfTruth on Oct 29, 2021 | 27 comments
3007.
Chicago creates one of the nation’s largest ‘guaranteed basic income’ programs (washingtonpost.com)
29 points by mesofile on Oct 26, 2021 | 23 comments
3008.
Ask HN: Where are secular source of crypto space knowledge?
29 points by Existenceblinks on Oct 31, 2021 | 22 comments
3009.
Solar Panels on Half the World’s Roofs Would Power the Planet (thedailybeast.com)
29 points by CapitalistCartr on Oct 12, 2021 | 21 comments
3010.
Tenex, a Paged Time Sharing System for the PDP-10 (opost.com)
29 points by todsacerdoti on Oct 8, 2021 | 19 comments
3011.
Philippine 2021 Nobel winner Ressa calls Facebook “biased against facts” (reuters.com)
29 points by graderjs on Oct 9, 2021 | 18 comments
3012.
PNC Bank app blocks access for “security reasons” if not allowed to scan files (storage.googleapis.com)
29 points by grateful on Oct 14, 2021 | 18 comments
3013.
Ask HN: How has Hacker News changed over the years?
29 points by hidden-spyder on Oct 9, 2021 | 17 comments
3014.
The Obsessive Life of the Fisherman Who Discovered the Loch Ness Monster (2020) (narratively.com)
29 points by samclemens on Oct 2, 2021 | 16 comments
3015.
A new history of the race to decipher DNA (nautil.us)
29 points by dnetesn on Oct 23, 2021 | 15 comments
3016.
MenuetOS (menuetos.net)
29 points by mdp2021 on Oct 25, 2021 | 15 comments
3017.
Why longtermism is the world’s most dangerous secular credo (aeon.co)
29 points by Tomte on Oct 19, 2021 | 14 comments
3018.
Facebook's new name ridiculed by Hebrew speakers (bbc.co.uk)
29 points by bencollier49 on Oct 29, 2021 | 14 comments
3019.
My experience at and around MIRI and CFAR (lesswrong.com)
29 points by luu on Oct 17, 2021 | 13 comments
3020.
A probe intended to study the Trojan asteroids takes off shortly (economist.com)
29 points by varyherb on Oct 9, 2021 | 11 comments
3021.
There Is Shadow Inflation Taking Place All Around Us (nytimes.com)
29 points by mariojv on Oct 11, 2021 | 6 comments
3022.
Don’t Worry, These Gangly-Armed Cartoons Are Here to Protect You from Big Tech (eyeondesign.aiga.org)
29 points by jkestner on Oct 16, 2021 | 6 comments
3023.
Darwin’s Barnacles (sciencehistory.org)
29 points by benbreen on Oct 10, 2021 | 5 comments
3024.
Facebook boss ‘not willing to protect public from harm’ (theguardian.com)
29 points by luxpir on Oct 24, 2021 | 4 comments
3025.
European Investment Bank to end all loans to oil and gas firms (theguardian.com)
29 points by perfunctory on Oct 28, 2021 | 4 comments
3026.
US CDC Page on Zombie Preparedness (cdc.gov)
29 points by notRobot on Oct 2, 2021 | 3 comments
3027.
Creatures of the Popol Vuh (aeon.co)
29 points by Thevet on Oct 3, 2021 | 3 comments
3028.
A new, cheaper form of meth is creating a wave of severe mental illness (theatlantic.com)
29 points by swearwolf on Oct 21, 2021 | 3 comments
3029.
AnandTech Interviews Mike Clark, AMD’s Chief Architect of Zen (anandtech.com)
29 points by neogodless on Oct 26, 2021 | 3 comments
3030.
TikTok dodges questions about biometric data collection in Senate hearing (techcrunch.com)
29 points by arkadiyt on Oct 27, 2021 | 3 comments