Hacker News Recap
December 26th, 2023 | A list of Hacker News's undocumented features and behaviors
Dec 27, 2023
Japan's proposed regulations to disrupt Apple and Google's app store monopolies, undocumented features of Hacker News, Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine, challenges of website search functionalities, Amazon Prime's plan to show ads, development of a just-in-time compiler for CPython, the significance of a black triangle in software creation, declining quality of care after private equity takes over hospitals, data corruption bug in OpenZFS, analysis of data structures for text editors.
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- Japan plans to regulate Apple and Google app store monopolies to promote competition.
- A comprehensive list of undocumented features and behaviors of Hacker News, including its karma system and comment collapsing, is discussed.
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Japan Proposes Rules to Challenge Monopolistic Grasp of Apple and Google
Japan has readied regulations to disrupt the monopolistic hold of tech giants like Apple and Google on mobile app stores and payments. The proposed rules aim to compel these giants to allow third parties on their operating systems and promote competition. The legislation focuses on app stores and payments, web searches, browsers, and operating systems.
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