Why I left Google: work-life balance https://www.scottkennedy.us/balance.html

Show HN: Oldest Search – Search for the oldest result on internet https://www.oldestsearch.com/

World record 477-mile-long lightning ‘megaflash’ confirmed over U.S. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/01/31/world-record-lightning-megaflash-us/

Why do USB-C hubs still have USB 2.0 ports? (2021) https://dancharblog.wordpress.com/2021/08/19/why-do-usb-c-hubs-still-have-usb-2-0-ports/

Goldman Sachs shrinking its SPAC business amid regulatory crackdown https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/09/goldman-sachs-is-shrinking-its-spac-business-amid-regulatory-crackdown-and-market-turmoil.html

No Damned Computer Is Going to Tell Me What to Do – Story of Naval Data System https://ethw.org/First-Hand:No_Damned_Computer_is_Going_to_Tell_Me_What_to_DO_-_The_Story_of_the_Naval_Tactical_Data_System,_NTDS

If Programming Languages Were Futurama Characters https://www.netmeister.org/blog/futurama.html

Plane accidentally flew around the world (2018) https://medium.com/s/story/the-long-way-round-the-plane-that-accidentally-circumnavigated-the-world-c04ca734c6bb

A common sunscreen ingredient turns toxic in the sea – anemones suggest why https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01271-4

Show HN: Peridot – A functional language based on two-level type theory https://github.com/eashanhatti/peridot

The day I discovered that Apple Maps is Kind of Good now https://xkcd.com/2617/

Welcome to Hotel Elsevier: you can check-out any time you like – not https://eiko-fried.com/welcome-to-hotel-elsevier-you-can-check-out-any-time-you-like-not/

Bubble Tea: fun, functional and stateful way to build terminal apps https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea

Supabase (YC S20) raises $80M Series B https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/10/supabase-raises-80m-series-b-for-its-open-source-firebase-alternative/

The Music Lives On https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/05/the-music-lives-on/

Hacking F-117A https://github.com/debugcom/Hacking-F117A

Apple discontinues iPod touch, ending 20 year run of iconic ‘iPod’ brand https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/10/apple-discontinues-ipod-touch/

Chat control: EU Commission presents mass surveillance plan on May 11 https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-eu-commission-presents-mass-surveillance-plan-on-may-11%ef%bf%bc/

The ACLU Has Lost Its Way https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/aclu-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial/629808/

Bzip3 – A better and stronger spiritual successor to bzip2 https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3