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June 30, 2021 (5y ago)
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  1. Ask HN: Was Theranos' product impossible or just a failure?

    For any HNers in biochem, how ridiculous was the idea of what they were selling? Blood tests with small amounts of blood doesn't strike me as impossible, but I don't know anything about the subject. Is this closer to…

    5 points 4
  2. Gettr Has a Child Abuse Problem (vice.com)
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  3. Ask HN: Is Linus Torvalds a Great Man of History?

    Did a free version of Unix need to happen in the environment of the 1990s, and therefore, someone else would have made it without Torvalds? Or did he make it happen? Would we be using something else today? Maybe GNUHerd…

    29 points 38
  4. Ask HN: Viable Alternative to Kindle and Kindle Store?

    I've been a loyal Kindle user for about 8 years. I have all the normal qualms with it, but I have to admit the books are convenient and cheap. Now I've suddenly run headfirst into a DRM issue that's preventing me from…

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