Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews — and Jetbrains founders turn billionaires without VC help

Issue #256 — December 19, 2020

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Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews blog.kevmod.com \| points: 1043 \| comments: 466

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Jetbrains founders turn billionaires without VC help bloomberg.com \| points: 995 \| comments: 410

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I Have Resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee shkspr.mobi \| points: 647 \| comments: 271

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Facebook’s Hypocrisy on Apple’s New iOS 14 Privacy Feature thebigtech.substack.com \| points: 631 \| comments: 397

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Justin Amash Introduces Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeiture Nationwide reason.com \| points: 527 \| comments: 158

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I prepared for a decade to graduate in CS in three months miguelrochefort.com \| points: 374 \| comments: 340

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Cyberpunk 2077 Refunds playstation.com \| points: 331 \| comments: 546

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Hallucinations re: the rendering of Cyberpunk 2077 c0de517e.blogspot.com \| points: 321 \| comments: 193

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Twitter cut off the ability to read a tweet by fetching its URL with a HTTP GET twitter.com \| points: 290 \| comments: 172

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Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught politico.com \| points: 288 \| comments: 205

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What If OpenDocument Used SQLite? (2014) sqlite.org \| points: 261 \| comments: 185

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The Ampere Altra Review: 2x 80 Cores Arm Server Performance Monster anandtech.com \| points: 257 \| comments: 228

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How I Met My Wife (1994) newyorker.com \| points: 213 \| comments: 124

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Python at Scale: Strict Modules instagram-engineering.com \| points: 211 \| comments: 91

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Playing chess is a life lesson in concentration aeon.co \| points: 209 \| comments: 114

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FreeBSD src repository is transitioning from Subversion to Git this weekend lists.freebsd.org \| points: 207 \| comments: 73

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Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems reuters.com \| points: 203 \| comments: 173

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John Carmack: Career Advice twitter.com \| points: 201 \| comments: 139

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It took two days to develop Moderna’s vaccine theness.com \| points: 200 \| comments: 205

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Possible Radio Emission from Exoplanet Detected news.cornell.edu \| points: 169 \| comments: 72

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