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<h1 data-aos="fade-down" id="daily-dose">Daily-Dose</h1>
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" data-aos-anchor-placement="top-bottom" id="contents">Contents</h1>
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<li><a href="#from-apple-subreddit">From Apple Subreddit</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-hacker-news">From Hacker News</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</a></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-apple-subreddit">From Apple Subreddit</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Apples M1 MacBook Air has that Apple Silicon magic</strong></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Shazam offering up to five months free Apple Music subscription for new users.</strong></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Apple security chief maintains innocence after bribery charges</strong></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Using The iPhone 12 Pro Max As A Cinema Camera.</strong></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>UK Environmental Committee Says Apple Contributing to Throwaway Culture of Short-Lived Products</strong></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-hacker-news">From Hacker News</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Please</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25238453">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Tony Hsieh has died</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25235490">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Apple Silicon M1: A Developers Perspective</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25238608">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>How the self-esteem craze took over America</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25237683">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Radical new bike chain claims to be faster, more durable than anything available</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25239728">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The great Internet TCP congestion control census</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25237454">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>FlashFloppy: Open-source Firmware for floppy emulators</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25238423">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Summary of the Amazon Kinesis Event in the Northern Virginia (US-East-1) Region</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25236057">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Datasette-ripgrep: a regular expression search engine for your source code</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25236636">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Lisp Koans</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25236822">Comments</a></p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Trumps Final Cruelty: Executing Prisoners</strong> - Despite losing the election, the Administration plans to put Brandon Bernard and four other federal prisoners to death.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Trump and a Lesson in How Coups Fail</strong> - In countries without free elections, fraud and coercion regularly make a difference. But thats not the country we have, and its not the election we had.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Is College Football Making the Pandemic Worse?</strong> - The game has a remarkable power to bring people together. Right now, thats a problem.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Trumps Battle to Undermine the Vote in Pennsylvania</strong> - Republicans in the state have alleged fraud and attempted to audit ballots. “The long-term goal,” a Democratic legislator told me, was to “falsely delegitimize Joe Bidens victory.”</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Our Brains Explain the Seasons Sadness</strong> - A pandemic, compounded by simultaneous political, civil, and natural crises, is overwhelming human evolutions greatest innovation.</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Forest Flame wins Bangalore 1000 Guineas</strong> - S. Attaollahi-trained Forest Flame (Trevor up), won the Bangalore 1000 Guineas, the chief event of the races held here on Saturday (Nov. 28). The win</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Premier League | Mahrez hat-trick as Manchester City thrash Burnley 5-0 yet again</strong> - This is the fourth straight time with the same scoreline between the two sides</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Carlsen ahead</strong> - Nepomniachtchi blunders; not Nakamuras day</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Indian Super League 2020 | BFC-HFC fail to break deadlock</strong> - Second successive draw for Cuadrats side</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Jeet, Dhruv occupy front row</strong> - Raghul quickest in Super Stock category</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>488 new cases in capital, 365 recover</strong> - Active cases in district at 4,548</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Special teams formed to distribute postal ballots</strong> - 300 officials to be deployed in district, police officer to accompany each team</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections | Rajinikanth likely to make announcement on November 30</strong> - Actor calls meeting of Rajini Makkal Mandram office-bearers at Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Neyyar Dam police station squabble: ASI suspended</strong> - Inquiry finds ASIs action amounts to abuse of authority</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>At 629, Kottayam posts its highest daily tally</strong> - Kollam reports 458 new cases, Alappuzha 309</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>France: Tear gas fired as protesters rally against police security bill</strong> - Protesters throw fireworks and set up barricades while police use tear gas in tense clashes in Paris.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Deadly flooding hits Sardinia after heavy rains</strong> - Footage shows rivers of mud in the town of Bitti, where at least three people have died.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Channel crossings: More officers to patrol French beaches</strong> - The UK and France agree new measures to help stop migrants crossing the Channel.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Wilton Gregory: Pope appoints first African American cardinal</strong> - Wilton Gregory is one of 13 new cardinals installed by Pope Francis at a ceremony on Saturday.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Swiss vote on making firms liable for rights abuse</strong> - Many in government and business are wary, but campaigners say politicians are out of touch.</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>How many turkey feathers does it take to make an ancient blanket? 11,500</strong> - Youd need the feathers from four to 10 turkeys, according to WSU anthropologists. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1725774">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>A mildly insane idea for disabling the coronavirus</strong> - What happens when you set biotechnologists loose without any practicality limits? - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1725689">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>That time Roger Ebert said games will never be as worthy as movies</strong> - From the archives: 15 years ago around Thanksgiving, Ebert set video game Internet ablaze. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=93834">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Linus Torvalds doubts Linux will get ported to Apple M1 hardware</strong> - “Id absolutely love to have [an M1 laptop] if it just ran Linux,” Torvalds said. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1725660">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Apples M1 MacBook Air has that Apple Silicon magic</strong> - Review: No piece of hardware is perfect, but man, this is a hell of a laptop. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1725460">link</a></p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</h1>
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BAMBOOM!
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fwooshersimmo"> /u/Fwooshersimmo </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/k2mw84/6_yr_old_son_made_this_up_what_do_exploding/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/k2mw84/6_yr_old_son_made_this_up_what_do_exploding/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>A balding white haired man walks into a jewelry store with a beautiful much younger gal at his side…</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF --></p>
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He told hte jeweler he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend. The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring.
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The man said, No, Id like to see something more special.
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At that statement, the jeweler went to his special stock and brought another ring over.Heres a stunning ring at only $40,000the jeweler said. The ladys eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled with excitement. The old man seeing this said, We will take it. The jeweler asked how payment would be made and the man stated, By check.I know you need to make sure my check is good, so I will write it now and you can call the bank Monday to verify the funds; I will pick the ring up Monday afternoon.
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On Monday morning, the jeweler angrily phoned the old man and said Sir…Theres no money in that account.
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I know, said the old man…But let me tell you about my weekend.
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/X0ttaby4"> /u/X0ttaby4 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/k2gvgz/a_balding_white_haired_man_walks_into_a_jewelry/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/k2gvgz/a_balding_white_haired_man_walks_into_a_jewelry/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>It was George the Mailmans last day on the job after 35 years of carrying the mail through all kinds of weather to the same neighborhood. When he arrived at the first house on his route, he was greeted by the whole family who congratulated him and sent him on his way with a tidy gift envelope.</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF --></p>
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At the second house, they presented him with a box of fine cigars. The folks at the third house handed him a selection of terrific fishing lures.
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At the fourth house, he was met at the door by a strikingly beautiful blonde woman in a revealing negligee. She took him by the hand, gently led him through the door, which she closed behind him, and took him up the stairs to the bedroom where she blew his mind with the most passionate love he had ever experienced.
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When he had enough, they went downstairs and she fixed him a giant breakfast: eggs, potatoes, ham, sausage, blueberry waffles, and fresh-squeezed orange juice. When he was truly satisfied, she poured him a cup of steaming coffee. As she was pouring, he noticed a dollar bill sticking out from under the cups bottom edge. ‟All this was just too wonderful for words,” he said, ‟But whats the dollar for?” ‟Well,” she said, ‟Last night, I told my husband that today would be your last day, and that we should do something special for you. I asked him what to give you. He said, Screw him. Give him a dollar. The breakfast was my idea.”
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/QuitePeep"> /u/QuitePeep </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/k2ec3y/it_was_george_the_mailmans_last_day_on_the_job/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/k2ec3y/it_was_george_the_mailmans_last_day_on_the_job/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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The bartender says, “You can get those damn deer the fuck outta my bar!”
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>a roman citizen walks into a bar raises two fingers and says to the waiter,</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF --></p>
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“five beers, please”
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/processocivil42"> /u/processocivil42 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/k2mbtf/a_roman_citizen_walks_into_a_bar_raises_two/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/k2mbtf/a_roman_citizen_walks_into_a_bar_raises_two/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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