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GM shuts down car-sharing service Maven

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Patreon lays off 13% of workforce

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The Dance of the Porcupines

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Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textbooks? (2017)

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98.css – design system for building faithful recreations of Windows 98 UIs

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Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textbooks? (2017)

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GM shuts down car-sharing service Maven

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The Dance of the Porcupines

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Ask HN: How do you tell SaaS sales people you want a self-serve option?

I already know that if I have to inquire about the price or ask for a login that the service is going to be some antiquated 90's bs. But occasionally I experience this for something I didn't expect, like cloud computing. I encountered a cloud service that had obscure hardware I was looking for, and unlike Amazon, Google, Azure, DigitalOcean etc this service needed for you to email them to get signed up! "Thank you for your interest! Where are you located and what does your work involve?" Okay "Sales Engineers", why is that relevant. Why is a human even answering this email? "I'm experimenting with deployments but latency isn't a big issue for me so any data center will be fine". You know, like you would say with Amazon, except in a dropdown. I jump through the hoops. Finally, I get to see what the interface is like, I'm poking around with no surprise that graphic design is an afterthought when suddenly You've got mail! My e

Cheran: The town that threw out police, politicians and gangsters (2016)

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Cheran: The town that threw out police, politicians and gangsters (2016)

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30 Years of iRobot

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An un-edited view of Saturn

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The Chaos Programming Language

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Guitar Chord Voicings with Prolog

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Show HN: I made a macOS app to let me draw on the screen while on video calls

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30 Years of iRobot

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Guitar Chord Voicings with Prolog

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How Reliable Are University Rankings?

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The Chaos Programming Language

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Show HN: I made a macOS app to let me draw on the screen while on video calls

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An un-edited view of Saturn

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