Hacker News on 15 April 2021

• Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years
• Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress
• Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter
• DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome
• SQLite the only database you will ever need in most cases
• Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?
• Cohort IDs can be collected over time to create cross-site tracking IDs
• TSMC sees chip shortage lasting into 2022
• IT companies warn in open letter: EU wants to ban encryption
• The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil