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New top story on Hacker News: Apple proposes adding "model" element to HTML that displays 3D content

Apple proposes adding "model" element to HTML that displays 3D content 21 by Jyaif | 4 comments on Hacker News.

‘Three Rooms,’ by Jo Hamya: An Excerpt

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Widespread power outages confront Louisiana and Mississippi after Ida.

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New top story on Hacker News: Non-Commercial Licenses Are Non-Free Licenses

Non-Commercial Licenses Are Non-Free Licenses 2 by susam | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Apple and Google must allow other payment systems, new Korean law declares

Apple and Google must allow other payment systems, new Korean law declares 83 by commoner | 15 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Facebook open sources Glean: a scalable code search and query engine

Facebook open sources Glean: a scalable code search and query engine 11 by dons | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: I got multiple FAANG offers in Europe

I got multiple FAANG offers in Europe 24 by Sandeepg33k | 17 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Wild claims about K performance

Wild claims about K performance 22 by tosh | 12 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Analyzing a High Rate of Paging

Analyzing a High Rate of Paging 6 by yarapavan | 1 comments on Hacker News.

The End

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The police set up checkpoints outside New Zealands’s largest city.

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Ida moves toward the Northeast, bringing flash flood watches and heavy rain.

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America’s Final Hours in Afghanistan

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The Taliban declare victory at a Kabul airport in disarray.

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Ida brings more challenges for Louisiana hospitals already struggling with a Covid surge.

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Those in the storm’s path know life won’t be normal anytime soon.

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Widespread power outages confront Louisiana after Ida.

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Ida hit one of the country’s biggest oil and chemical hubs.

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Working remotely has meant huge salaries, for a lucky few.

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How Sasha the Cougar Was Rescued From a Bronx Home

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Florida withholds school funding as the battle over mask mandates grows even fiercer.

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New top story on Hacker News: Judge in Nokia and Apple lawsuit owned Apple stock during proceedings

Judge in Nokia and Apple lawsuit owned Apple stock during proceedings 2 by decrypt | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: What Slime Knows

What Slime Knows 6 by galaxyLogic | 0 comments on Hacker News.

A family says 10 of its members were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul.

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A Quarter-Century Ago, She Landed a Brooklyn Unicorn

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A SPAC Counterattack

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What to Know About the Investigation Into Tyler Skaggs’s Death

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China urges the United States to engage with the Taliban.

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New top story on Hacker News: Monaru (YC S19) Is Hiring an iOS Engineer

Monaru (YC S19) Is Hiring an iOS Engineer 1 by daibhin | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Writing Programs with Ncurses

Writing Programs with Ncurses 31 by ComradeUlyanov | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Gap Inc. acquires 3D fitting room startup Drapr

Gap Inc. acquires 3D fitting room startup Drapr 10 by vitabenes | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: We Can’t Trust the Market with Scientific Knowledge

We Can’t Trust the Market with Scientific Knowledge 8 by beckman466 | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Ida knocked out power to much of New Orleans.

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Oil and gasoline futures gyrate after Ida disrupts production.

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Elizabeth Holmes’ trial and the jobs report: Here’s what’s coming this week.

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Digital tools help children learn how to handle their finances.

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Is Vaccine Immunity Waning?

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New top story on Hacker News: Three Clocks Are Better Than One

Three Clocks Are Better Than One 17 by jorangreef | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Guide to Firefox Containers

Guide to Firefox Containers 11 by cassepipe | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Racer Trash

Racer Trash 16 by Apocryphon | 3 comments on Hacker News.

In Baton Rouge, a hospital strained by the pandemic braces for storm victims.

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As the Delta variant surges, companies are readjusting the return to office.

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The Tale of California’s Recall Election

By BY KEVIN ROOSE, SYDNEY HARPER, ERIC KRUPKE, AUSTIN MITCHELL, DANIEL GUILLEMETTE, DIANA NGUYEN, MARC GEORGES, LISA CHOW, M.J. DAVIS LIN, DAN POWELL AND MARION LOZANO from NYT Podcasts https://ift.tt/3BpiT5K via IFTTT

North Korea Restarted Plutonium-Producing Reactor, U.N. Agency Warns

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When Charlie Watts Finally Made It to New York City

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New top story on Hacker News: Stanford researchers make rechargeable batteries that store 6x more charge

Stanford researchers make rechargeable batteries that store 6x more charge 13 by bornelsewhere | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard? An Atheist

The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard? An Atheist 16 by bookofjoe | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Book Recommendations

Ask HN: Book Recommendations 4 by Centauri | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hey all, I'm 3 years out of college from a Physics Master's, I went into finance and feel like I haven't kept up with anything since I left. What are your favourite tech based books that I can read on my upcoming holiday.

New top story on Hacker News: Small targeted dietary changes can yield substantial gains for human health

Small targeted dietary changes can yield substantial gains for human health 2 by ingve | 0 comments on Hacker News.

How to prepare before, during and after a hurricane.

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Biden is to witness the return of service members killed in the Kabul bombing.

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The U.K. ambassador returns home as the country’s last troops leave Kabul.

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New top story on Hacker News: Sirum (YC W15) needs engineers to automate a pharmacy

Sirum (YC W15) needs engineers to automate a pharmacy 1 by akircher | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Death of Behavioral Economics

The Death of Behavioral Economics 9 by soneca | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Unisys Icon

Unisys Icon 3 by waterside81 | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Hell Is Other REPLs

Hell Is Other REPLs 19 by ducktective | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Is Zoom Illegal in the EU? Unpacking the Hamburg DPA’s Decision

Is Zoom Illegal in the EU? Unpacking the Hamburg DPA’s Decision 17 by giuliomagnifico | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: ‘I’m utterly sick of it’: UK workers on the return of the commute

‘I’m utterly sick of it’: UK workers on the return of the commute 30 by ingve | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Snap is Scheme disguised as Scratch [pdf]

Snap is Scheme disguised as Scratch [pdf] 15 by juliangamble | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Some Afghans say enemies of the Taliban have begun to disappear.

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El trabajo invisible de las colibríes hembras: cómo hacer para evitar el acoso

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New top story on Hacker News: Road safety: Europe’s roads are getting safer but progress remains too slow

Road safety: Europe’s roads are getting safer but progress remains too slow 3 by based2 | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: High blood pressure cases double in 30 years

High blood pressure cases double in 30 years 3 by triple_m | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Running Awk in parallel to process 256M records

Running Awk in parallel to process 256M records 11 by ketanmaheshwari | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert Ida strengthens into major Category 4 hurricane overnight ahead of US landfall 08/29/21 3:21 AM

Storm surges can threaten lives and damage property.

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The U.S. reports a ‘credible’ new threat at the airport as evacuations wind down.

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New top story on Hacker News: The Sunk Cost Fallacy

The Sunk Cost Fallacy 12 by zameermfm | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Elizabeth Holmes to Accuse Ex-Boyfriend of Abuse at Trial

Elizabeth Holmes to Accuse Ex-Boyfriend of Abuse at Trial 41 by hcrisp | 19 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Now that machines can learn, can they unlearn?

Now that machines can learn, can they unlearn? 6 by Engineering-MD | 4 comments on Hacker News.

The U.K. is ending its civilian evacuations from Kabul today.

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¿Preparados para los robots inteligentes de Disney?

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The Taliban and U.S., once enemies, are now uneasy partners.

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New top story on Hacker News: The real OnlyFans scandal is the unaccountable power of platforms and banks

The real OnlyFans scandal is the unaccountable power of platforms and banks 110 by shivbhatt | 36 comments on Hacker News.

With cash scarce, protesters in Kabul demand that banks reopen.

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The U.S. retaliates over the airport bombing, days before the withdrawal deadline.

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La crisis de la bolsa de algodón

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Experience, Education, Vaccination: The New Qualifications for Job Seekers

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New top story on Hacker News: Porter (YC S20) Is Hiring Kubernetes Engineers

Porter (YC S20) Is Hiring Kubernetes Engineers 1 by sungrokshim | 0 comments on Hacker News.

On the ground: A dispatch from Kabul on the day of the Taliban takeover.

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El verdadero ganador de la guerra de Afganistán

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Al Capone’s Possessions, Now for Sale, Show Two Sides of the Gangster

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New top story on Hacker News: Does feeding garden birds do more harm than good?

Does feeding garden birds do more harm than good? 9 by cmsefton | 9 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Psychology of Online Political Hostility

The Psychology of Online Political Hostility 3 by IAmEveryone | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Possible climate futures–from the optimistic to the strange

Possible climate futures–from the optimistic to the strange 5 by elenaturner | 1 comments on Hacker News.

In pictures: Funeral for an Afghan killed in the airport attack.

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New top story on Hacker News: Weird Languages

Weird Languages 7 by razin | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Building a Better Search Engine for Semantic Scholar

Building a Better Search Engine for Semantic Scholar 4 by boyter | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Is there a recruiter email blocklist somewhere?

Ask HN: Is there a recruiter email blocklist somewhere? 10 by polm23 | 4 comments on Hacker News. Sometimes I get cold email from recruiters. These are uniformly useless. I don't mind too much, except for the ones who make a point of following up four times on the same day of the week. I found a few old gists poking around but is there something like the hosts.txt files used for ad blocking?

New top story on Hacker News: Emacs Modernization: Simple Changes Emacs Should Adopt

Emacs Modernization: Simple Changes Emacs Should Adopt 16 by AJRF | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Brazil prisoners reading books to shorten their sentences

Brazil prisoners reading books to shorten their sentences 9 by newonebig123 | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Apple chief executive Tim Cook gets $750m payout

Apple chief executive Tim Cook gets $750m payout 46 by shivbhatt | 30 comments on Hacker News.

The Bombings at the Kabul Airport

By BY MICHAEL BARBARO, CLARE TOENISKOETTER, ANNIE BROWN, STELLA TAN, NEENA PATHAK, LARISSA ANDERSON, LISA CHOW, DAN POWELL, MARION LOZANO AND CHRIS WOOD from NYT Podcasts https://ift.tt/3BkAYS6 via IFTTT

India hits a milestone, giving vaccine shots to more than half of the eligible population.

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The Black Reporter Proved Right By History and a Fatal Tesla Crash: The Week in Narrated Articles

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