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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>Apple cuts App Store commission rate to 15% for many developers with new Small Business Program - 9to5Mac</strong></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Its not a gaming PC… but Rust in ultra settings at 1440p on a fanless laptop without dedicated graphics is revolutionary!</strong></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>iOS 14.3 beta 2 lets you run shortcuts from the home screen without launching the Shortcuts app</strong></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Hey, Apollo for Reddit app guy here back with the results of the iPhone 12 Pro/Max/Mini commenter giveaway that ended yesterday. Thanks to all that entered, that was a ton of comments! So without further ado, the winner is… 🥁🥁🥁</strong></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Small Business Program is a huge, clever U-turn by Apple</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>Show HN: Podcast API</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25139833">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>TailwindCSS v2.0 Released</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25140604">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Spying with Your Robot Vacuum Cleaner: Eavesdropping via Lidar Sensors [pdf]</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25140505">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Six Months of Tiny Projects</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25135752">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Free and liberated e-books, carefully produced for the true book lover</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25138534">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Writing a technical book: from idea to print</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25138216">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Show HN: <em>scratch</em>.js Interactive JavaScript Scratchpad</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25138872">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Dropbox saved $75M over two years by building its own infrastructure (2018)</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25139673">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Openstreetmap is having a moment the billion dollar dataset next door</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25137235">Comments</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>How to Survive a Critique: A Guide to Giving and Receiving Feedback</strong> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25137443">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>What Kind of Economy Will Joe Biden Inherit?</strong> - Following positive news about coronavirus-vaccine trials, the long-term macroeconomic environment that the next Administration will face has become a hot topic among economists.</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>How We Can Contain the Second Wave of the Coronavirus</strong> - An epidemiologist on Bidens COVID-19 response team describes the challenges of slowing the spread.</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>Republican Officials Have Got to Start Telling Their Voters the Truth About the Election</strong> - How voters evaluate Trumps statements of election fraud depends, to a significant degree, on what they hear from the people they voted for down the ballot.</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>The Abortion Protests in Poland Are Starting to Feel Like a Revolution</strong> - The Polish government has delayed implementing the court decision that sparked the demonstrations, yet people continue to flood the streets all over the country.</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>Global Warming by the Numbers, Because This Week the Reality Is Too Much</strong> - In a few days, Hurricane Eta cost Honduras the equivalent of around twenty per cent of its G.D.P.—as Iota crashes into the same terrain, its residents are suffering an impossible fate.</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>Indias England series could have spectators</strong> - ECB unveils fixtures for 2021 season</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>Wriddhiman Saha back at nets, on road to recovery</strong> - Veteran wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha was back at the Indian team nets here on Wednesday, showing signs of recovery from an injury with four weeks lef</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>Prajnesh enters second round</strong> - Fourth seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran defeated lucky-loser Sadio Doumbia of France 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the $52,080 Challenger tennis tournament</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>ATP Finals | Zverev gets past Schwartzman to stay alive</strong> - Tsitsipas saves a match-point before subduing Rublev to remain in contention; Thiem assured of a semifinal spot</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>Alvaez to face Smith on Dec. 19</strong> - Canelo Alvarez will return to the ring in a super middleweight title fight against Callum Smith on December 19 in the United States, the boxers announ</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>Youth arrested for murder</strong> - The city police on Wednesday arrested a 20-year-old youth for his alleged involvement in a murder that was reported at Gollapalem under Bhimili police</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>BJP supports remarks madeby Somu on Nandyal incident</strong> - YSRCP, TDP resorting to vote-bank politics ahead of Tirupati LS bypoll: Vishnuvardhan</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>Lord Malayappa to go for Karthika Vanabhojanam on Nov. 22</strong> - Deity on Gaja Vahanam to reach Parvetu 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>PDDF to step up campaign to realise Ramayapatnam port</strong> - Will move the apex court and mobilise political leaders for it</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>Large chunk of students switch from pvt. to govt. schools</strong> - Enrolment in State schools up by 2.68 lakh, thanks to reforms</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>Berlin Covid protest broken up near Brandenburg Gate</strong> - Thousands gathered near the Brandenburg Gate to oppose measures to curb the spread of the disease.</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>Migrant crisis: Hundreds evicted from Gran Canaria port as arrivals surge</strong> - It follows a sharp rise in the number of people arriving in Spains Canary Islands from Africa.</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>German regional minister resigns over far-right links to gun purchase</strong> - Lorenz Caffier denies any involvement with extremist groups he was in charge of fighting.</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>Vincent Reffet: French Jetman dies in training accident</strong> - Vincent Reffet was part of the Jetman Dubai team, and performed airborne stunts around the world.</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>Spain hit Germany for six</strong> - Manchester City winger Ferran Torres scores his first career hat-trick as Spain inflict Germanys heaviest competitive defeat to join France in the four-team Nations League finals.</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>Cisco rolls out fix for Webex flaws that let hackers eavesdrop on meetings</strong> - Security flaws found as Web conferencing spikes because of work-at-home routines. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1724092">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Chargepoints charging app now works with Apple CarPlay</strong> - After four years, Apple finally opened the platform to EV charging apps. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1724058">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Apple drops its cut of App Store revenues from 30% to 15% for some developers</strong> - The cut benefits only developers who pull in less than $1 million annually. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1724035">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Bitcoin price soars above $18,000, the highest level since 2017</strong> - Until this week, bitcoin was above $18,000 for only four days in December 2017. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1724033">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Pfizer reports final vaccine results: 95% efficacy</strong> - Experts are eager to see the full data, but the top-line results are very positive. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1724024">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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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>A 55 year old lady suddenly started learning to swim instead of her usual routine of going to a temple !!!!</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF --></p>
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Everyone was curious and asked her: “why the change in your interest to swimming now a days?”
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The lady, with a look of helplessness replied: “Whenever my son and daughter-in-law quarrel with each other my Daughter-in-law always asks my son : -”If your mom and I fall into water, whom will you save first?"
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And because I do not want to put my son in a difficult position, I am learning to swim!"
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A few days later husband and wife were quarrelling again and the daughter-in-law unreasonably asked: " now tell me! If your mom and I fall into water, whom will you save first?"
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Husband replied: “I dont have to get into the water, my mom knows to swim, she will save you.”
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Wife refused to relent: “No, you have to jump into the water, and have to save one of us”. Whom will you save ?
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Husband replied: “Then you will surely die…. because I dont know to swim …. and my mom will definitely save me first.”
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/omarkhn26"> /u/omarkhn26 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/jwii7y/a_55_year_old_lady_suddenly_started_learning_to/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/jwii7y/a_55_year_old_lady_suddenly_started_learning_to/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>A Roman Catholic priest is on his way to Rome when he runs into an old childhood friend.</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF --></p>
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“My goodness, Mary!” He says. “How have you been?”
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“Oh, could be better,” she says. “My husband and I have been trying to have children for fifteen years, but we are barren.”
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“Im so sorry,” says the priest. “Im on a pilgrimage to Rome, and I promise to light a candle for you in the great cathedral.”
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Mary thanks him, and after chatting a little longer, they part ways.
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Five years later, the priest is eating dinner when theres a knock at his door. He opens it, and to his surprise, its Mary.
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“Im so glad I found you!” She exclaims. “Remember that candle you lit for me, years ago? Well, my husband and I now have two sets of twins and a set of triplets — and I just found out Im pregnant with quadruplets!”
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She then hands the priest an all-expenses paid ticket to Rome.
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“Oh Mary!” Says the priest. “Your joy is my joy. You didnt need to give me a thank-you gift.”
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“Oh no, its not a thank you,” says Mary. “Its so you can blow out that motherfucking candle.”
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/lukeknep"> /u/lukeknep </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/jw8nw6/a_roman_catholic_priest_is_on_his_way_to_rome/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/jw8nw6/a_roman_catholic_priest_is_on_his_way_to_rome/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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The train driver spots them and starts hooting but they ignore it.. He applies brakes so hard and the train stops just a few yards away from the couple.
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Driver jumps from the engine and walks to the boy who just finished and is standing up and zipping up his pants…
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The driver shouts out to the boy "Do u realize that if I had not seen you, this would have been your last fuck..!!!
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Boy goes…Listen dude, you were coming… she was coming…. and I was coming…. and then I realised …. only you have brakes.
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/friskyfrog"> /u/friskyfrog </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/jwimer/a_boy_was_having_sex_with_a_girl_on_a_railway/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/jwimer/a_boy_was_having_sex_with_a_girl_on_a_railway/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Do you remember when air was free at the gas station, and now its $1.50? You know why?</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF --></p>
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Inflation
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Holy smokes this blew up, THANK YOU all for the awards and the silver!!
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/M0ng078"> /u/M0ng078 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/jw4ypm/do_you_remember_when_air_was_free_at_the_gas/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/jw4ypm/do_you_remember_when_air_was_free_at_the_gas/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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God meets them at the pearly gates and asks if they have any questions. One of them says, “yes, what were the real results of the 2020 election and who was behind the fraud?”.
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God says, “my son, there was no fraud. Biden won the electoral college fair and square, 306 to 232”.
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After a few seconds of stunned silence, the one guy turns to the other and whispers, “This goes higher up than we thought”.
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/boukhfif"> /u/boukhfif </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/jw0qyk/two_hardcore_trump_supporters_die_and_ascend_to/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/jw0qyk/two_hardcore_trump_supporters_die_and_ascend_to/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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