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An intact slave's room found in Pompeii's ruins

Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha?

I did a search on comments on HN for Wolfram Alpha. Most posts are 8 years old, none newer, some older.<p>What's going on? Did Wolfram Alpha stop being useful, or did people just forget about it?

Why SQLite does not use Git (2018)

Nuclear power is the best climate-change solution

Don’t be spooky

Don’t be spooky

IAB Europe cookie consent pop-ups to be found in breach of GDPR

Never update anything

Never update anything

Timeline of the Human Condition

Helion

Helion

How credit cards make money

How credit cards make money

Why is Excalidraw so good?

Show HN: My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-name app to prepare

Show HN: My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-name app to prepare

Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 85%

Ford's $3900 electric crate motor and F-100 concept

Making Emacs Popular Again (2020)