Russian opposition leader Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned — and More challenging projects every programmer should try

Issue #259 — December 22, 2020

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Russian opposition leader Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned cnn.com \| points: 702 \| comments: 192

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More challenging projects every programmer should try web.eecs.utk.edu \| points: 679 \| comments: 203

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Journalists Hacked with Suspected NSO Group iMessage ‘Zero-Click’ Exploit citizenlab.ca \| points: 599 \| comments: 264

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Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan mirrorlessrumors.com \| points: 493 \| comments: 292

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iPhone factory workers say they haven’t been paid, cause millions in damages arstechnica.com \| points: 441 \| comments: 381

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Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills nytimes.com \| points: 433 \| comments: 333

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Paper about Herbalife-related patient death removed after legal threats scienceintegritydigest.com \| points: 426 \| comments: 73

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Startup Stock Options – Why A Good Deal Has Gone Bad (2019) steveblank.com \| points: 307 \| comments: 301

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Facebook’s attempt to vilify Apple looks like sour grapes theguardian.com \| points: 301 \| comments: 237

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Ruby 3.0.0 RC1 ruby-lang.org \| points: 299 \| comments: 102

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The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019) news.colgate.edu \| points: 286 \| comments: 323

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Mile-Long Wooden Xylophone Plays Bach in Japanese Forest dornob.com \| points: 285 \| comments: 52

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eBPF Is Awesome filipnikolovski.com \| points: 248 \| comments: 42

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Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto industry made it a crime virginiamercury.com \| points: 225 \| comments: 210

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Evidence of “modified gravity” in 150 galaxies bolsters dark matter alternative newatlas.com \| points: 221 \| comments: 98

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Joining Apple 40 years ago mondaynote.com \| points: 218 \| comments: 132

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GameLisp: Scripting language for Rust game development gamelisp.rs \| points: 205 \| comments: 31

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Security expert warned SolarWinds in 2019 that anyone could access server businessinsider.com.au \| points: 201 \| comments: 50

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Bash 5.1 lists.gnu.org \| points: 188 \| comments: 115

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Chef cofounder on CentOS: It’s time to open source everything planetstoryline.com \| points: 182 \| comments: 88

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