Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA backdoor — I digitalized Berlin's registration form — and Apple TV, now with more Tailscale

Issue #1260 — September 20, 2023

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Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA backdoor twitter.com \| points: 819 \| comments: 433

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I digitalized Berlin’s registration form nicolasbouliane.com \| points: 516 \| comments: 301

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Apple TV, now with more Tailscale tailscale.com \| points: 462 \| comments: 135

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We are retroactively dropping the iPhone’s repairability score ifixit.com \| points: 408 \| comments: 286

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Striking auto workers want a 40% pay increase–the same rate their CEOs’ pay grew cnbc.com \| points: 353 \| comments: 571

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Tell HN: ChatGPT cut off date now Jan 2022 news.ycombinator.com \| points: 307 \| comments: 195

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The Pirate Bay’s 20th Anniversary torrentfreak.com \| points: 301 \| comments: 107

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Lichess: Block Ads and Trackers lichess.org \| points: 301 \| comments: 162

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FTC warns pharma companies about sham patent listings designed to delay generics techdirt.com \| points: 289 \| comments: 89

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Forty years of GNU and the free software movement fsf.org \| points: 281 \| comments: 152

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Mythbusters: Wing Commander I Edition wcnews.com \| points: 281 \| comments: 59

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Facebook is blocking Canadians’ posts on the assassination of a BC Sikh leader pressprogress.ca \| points: 259 \| comments: 214

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Some new snippets from the Snowden documents electrospaces.net \| points: 258 \| comments: 106

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OSS Game Engines are increasing their stars on GitHub due to Unity’s missteps twitter.com \| points: 247 \| comments: 179

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VCMI: Open-Source Engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III vcmi.eu \| points: 233 \| comments: 67

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JDK 21 Release Notes jdk.java.net \| points: 231 \| comments: 305

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Update on KDP Title Creation Limits kdpcommunity.com \| points: 218 \| comments: 230

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64-bit bank balances ‘ought to be enough for anybody’? tigerbeetle.com \| points: 215 \| comments: 328

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Fx – Terminal JSON Viewer fx.wtf \| points: 209 \| comments: 71

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The anatomy of a Godot API call sampruden.github.io \| points: 201 \| comments: 178

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