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I see lots of meta discussion, but very little discussion about news items on lobste.rs. All these meta issues strike me as Maserati Problems. The core value proposition of Lobste.rs is a better place to have discussions but no one seems to be discussing.... Whatdaya say, how about some more dis...

* Flag: spam? * New tag: "paywall content"? * Something else?

Hi Lobsters, As you probably know, node.js is a framework for developing server applications on javascript. It is a relevant piece of software [that attracts many developers](http://thenewstack.io/javascript-popularity-surpasses-java-php-stack-overflow-developer-survey/) and, if only for that, me...

In the past couple days, I've seen several users point out that there's no way to flag story as incorrect, whereas we do have that option for comments.

It seems that space-related news regularly gets posted. Whether it's a NASA-related tech article, a space-related discovery, or astronomical or solar system science news. Generally these sorts of articles are posted under the generic "science" tag, but I think having a "space" will be useful as a di...

I never get a good feeling when someone posts a link to their own blog here. At a minimum it feels like a misalignment of incentives, and when it happens enough over time it seems indistinguishable from spam. Even if you're really proud of an idea you had and think it's topical and interesting I thi...

Ultra-processed foods may be steering young adults toward diabetes years before warning signs appear. In the United States, ultra-processed foods (UPFs) now account for more than half of the calories people eat each day. These products include fast food and packaged snacks that are typically high in...

Chemotherapy is widely known to damage the lining of the intestines. While this side effect is often treated as a localized problem, the impact does not stop in the gut. Damage to the intestinal wall changes which nutrients are available to gut bacteria, forcing the microbial community to adjust in ...

Motionless atoms can trap liquid metal in a strange new state that shouldn’t exist. Scientists have discovered that a liquid does not always behave the way it seems. Even when a material is fully molten, some of its atoms can remain fixed in place, no matter how hot it gets. These stationary atoms s...

Tiny wild blueberries may deliver outsized benefits for the heart, metabolism, gut, and brain, according to decades of research. A newly published scientific review brings together a growing body of research on how wild blueberries may influence cardiometabolic health. This area of health includes m...

Meta will begin charging advertisers a 2-5% "location fee" to offset digital services taxes imposed by several European countries, including the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Turkey. Reuters reports: The fee, for image or video ads delivered on Meta platforms including WhatsApp click-to-mes...