Hacker News on 22 January 2021

• Brad Cox has died
• Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client
• Atomic resolution video of salt crystals forming in real time
• Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, Part II
• Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain
• Show HN: Iconduck – 100k open source icons, downloadable and searchable
• One hull crack located in ISS, another one suspected
• Remembering Windows 3.1 themes and user empowerment
• How hard should I push myself?
• Electric vehicles close to ‘tipping point’ of mass adoption