Apple's iCloud+ “VPN” — and GitHub – nushell/nushell: A new type of shell

Issue #436 — June 17, 2021

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Apple’s iCloud+ “VPN” metzdowd.com \| points: 768 \| comments: 331

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GitHub – nushell/nushell: A new type of shell github.com \| points: 700 \| comments: 359

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Cryptanalysis of GPRS Encryption Algorithms GEA-1 suggest intentional weakness eprint.iacr.org \| points: 347 \| comments: 74

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Show HN: Influence, a Go-inspired 1-minute board game cintrest.com \| points: 345 \| comments: 100

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Why I no longer contribute to Racket beautifulracket.com \| points: 327 \| comments: 159

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We’re no longer naming suspects in minor crime stories blog.ap.org \| points: 313 \| comments: 212

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Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a Public Holiday npr.org \| points: 291 \| comments: 272

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Wayfinder – a relaxing ’art game’ in the browser wayfinder.nfb.ca \| points: 283 \| comments: 53

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Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads sciencemag.org \| points: 276 \| comments: 291

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New browser signal could make cookie banners obsolete dataprotectioncontrol.org \| points: 257 \| comments: 236

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Johnny Knoxville’s Last Rodeo gq.com \| points: 245 \| comments: 126

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If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how bad it was in 1999 statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu \| points: 236 \| comments: 185

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RFC for 700 HTTP Status Codes (2012) github.com \| points: 224 \| comments: 63

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Kids need freedom, too persuasion.community \| points: 208 \| comments: 211

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Southwest Airlines grounds its entire fleet amid giant computer outage nypost.com \| points: 207 \| comments: 170

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Operation Midnight Climax: How the CIA Dosed S.F. Citizens with LSD (2012) sfweekly.com \| points: 190 \| comments: 93

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PyWhat: Identify Anything github.com \| points: 183 \| comments: 21

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Amazon S3 quietly deprecates BitTorrent support github.com \| points: 172 \| comments: 54

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DuckDuckGo’s quest to prove online privacy is possible wired.com \| points: 168 \| comments: 98

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A pencil sharpener that creates a never-ending pencil (2015) spoon-tamago.com \| points: 166 \| comments: 62

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