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- Windows Phone is currently five times more profitable for us than the iPhone http://blog.anlock.com/?p=28 33 comments
- Steve Bannon Will Plead Guilty in Fraud Case to Avoid Prison Time https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-will-plead-guilty-border-wall-fraud-case-2029068 5 comments politics
- EU Imports More U.S. LNG Than Russian Pipeline Gas For The First Time Ever https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/EU-Imports-More-US-LNG-Than-Russian-Pipeline-Gas-For-The-First-Time-Ever.html 106 comments worldnews
- A woman will oversee global trade for the first time https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/08/business/wto-director-general-trade/index.html 12 comments worldnews
- For the first time since 13 Nov 2019, one of the two Wild Card playoff spots in the Eastern Conference is held by a team in the Atlantic Division. http://www.shrpsports.com/nhl/stand.php?link=Y&season=2020&divcnf=cnf&month=Nov&date=13 13 comments hockey
- AMA Announcement: Pratik Sinha, co-founder Alt News, Indian fact checking website. AMA time - Jan 3rd, 2020, 6 PM IST (i.e today afternoon!). Spread the word!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltNews.in 20 comments india
- Giannis and Luka both currently have a PER of 32.9, this would be the highest single-season PER of all time https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=mp&c1comp=gt&c1val=500&order_by=per 38 comments nba
- To add onto the misery of Embiid's 0-11 performance last night: His performance ranks as tied for the 31st worst performance of all time by Basketball Reference's game score. https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=game&year_min=1947&year_max=2020&is_playoffs=E&age_min=0&age_max=99&season_start=1&season_end=-1&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=game_score&c1comp=lt&c1val=-8&order_by=game_score&order_by_asc=Y 96 comments nba
- [Keith Downie] As per reports elsewhere, former Bolton boss Phil Parkinson is set to be named Sunderland’s new manager tomorrow - in time for Saturday’s trip to Wycombe https://twitter.com/skysports_keith/status/1184574007049412609?s=21 10 comments soccer
- [Walker] Many of Jay Gruden’s former players were disappointed to see the coach let go. Others felt it was time for a change as the team hasn’t practiced in pads in two weeks, there was too much of a laid back culture and for an 0-5 team there wasn’t enough seriousness https://twitter.com/instantrhiplay/status/1181649306740244480?s=21 29 comments nfl
- Should ghc allow additional -O optimizations which increase compile time for the benefit of reduced runtime? https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/cw7x2s/should_ghc_allow_additional_o_optimizations_which/ 21 comments haskell
- Dozens of Dems vote 95 percent of time with AOC despite Pelosi's claim that bloc is 'like five people' https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-vote-ocasio-cortez-pelosi 3 comments politics
- Help me compare two job offers. Independent contractor, 1099, at $90,000/y or full-time employee, W2, at $65,000/y https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/amavwf/help_me_compare_two_job_offers_independent/ 1067 comments personalfinance
- Price denies Ovechkin his game winning hat trick in spectacular fashion with no time remaining https://streamable.com/u62nt 466 comments hockey
- UP govt mulling ban on liquor, meat in entire Ayodhya district - Times of India https://m.timesofindia.com/city/lucknow/up-govt-mulling-ban-on-liquor-meat-in-entire-ayodhya-district/articleshow/66582795.cms 151 comments india
- Today wasn't the first time drivers have had trouble with kerbs in Austria. Here's Schumacher in 98. https://streamable.com/e8uqf 28 comments formula1
- What is the best possible all-time lineup of only 7-footers? https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/7o9391/what_is_the_best_possible_alltime_lineup_of_only/ 32 comments nba
- "Their own media megaphone": what do the Koch brothers want from their purchase of Time magazine? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/27/koch-brothers-time-magazine-media-power 21 comments worldnews
- Verstappen hoping it'll be third-time lucky in Singapore http://www.tnp.sg/sports/others/verstappen-hoping-itll-be-third-time-lucky-singapore 14 comments formula1
- [Rovell] - "The Yankees, for the first time ever, will have names on the back of their jerseys on the field for games from Aug. 25-27" https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/895321929908838403 213 comments baseball
- Article - Yes, you can buy happiness — if you spend it to save time https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/6pny9i/article_yes_you_can_buy_happiness_if_you_spend_it/ 95 comments financialindependence
- Full time military and full time college - Take help desk for stepping stone? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/62s16b/full_time_military_and_full_time_college_take/ 9 comments cscareerquestions
- For only the second time in the past 26 years, the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers will be in the playoffs at the same time. https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/62qdm1/for_only_the_second_time_in_the_past_26_years_the/ 181 comments hockey
- FIFA WC Remembers Eusébio - 3 years ago today he passed away, also 40 years ago he played against S.L.Benfica for the first time https://twitter.com/fifaworldcup/status/816930399582646272 8 comments soccer
- How do loops and delta time updates work for programming an application? https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/5m5n3h/how_do_loops_and_delta_time_updates_work_for/ 3 comments learnprogramming
- Donald Trump calls the U.N. ‘just a club for people’ to ‘have a good time’ http://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/26/donald-trump-united-nations-club-people-good-time/ 5 comments politics
- With 56 yards next week, Tom Brady would pass Dan Marino for 4th all time in passing yards... In Miami. https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/5k8vc3/with_56_yards_next_week_tom_brady_would_pass_dan/ 283 comments nfl
- When was the last time you had crush on someone? And how did it go? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/4xjo51/when_was_the_last_time_you_had_crush_on_someone/ 38 comments india
- TIL that Richard Norris Williams survived the Titanic sinking, but spent such a long time in the icy Atlantic ocean that doctors wanted to amputate his legs. He refused, recovered and went on to win his 1st US Tennis Championship that same year. (X-post r/todayilearned) https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/4gqyl2/til_that_r_norris_williams_survived_the_titanic/ 7 comments tennis
- Google wants to make its Fiber service 1000 times faster than it is today http://www.businessinsider.com/google-wants-to-take-fiber-beyond-gigabit-per-second-speeds-2016-3 25 comments technology
- President Obama Is Right: It's Time for Mandatory Voting http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-wellington-ennis/president-obama-is-right-its-time-for-mandatory-voting_b_6906610.html 13 comments politics
- Andrei Alexandrescu, C++ guru, leaves Facebook to work on D language full-time http://forum.dlang.org/thread/xsqrdgwnzehdmfmvcznn@forum.dlang.org 595 comments programming
- This is the first time the Leafs have allowed nine goals in a game since 1991. https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/534908017498943488 69 comments hockey
- Iran To Launch Monkey And Spy Satellite Into Space - International Digital Times http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/10581/20120802/iran-monkey-spy-satellite-nuclear-war-space.htm 3 comments worldnews
- Time Warner Cable (TWC) patents method for disabling fast-forward function on DVRs http://www.fiercecable.com/story/time-warner-cable-patents-method-disabling-fast-forward-function-dvrs/2012-06-19 36 comments technology
- "The killer problem with Scala is that the tools are just not ready for prime time" http://alarmingdevelopment.org/?p=562 8 comments scala
- Support the Troops? - What kind of person joins the military at this particular point in time – a point when the US is engaged in endless wars of aggression, and stories of atrocities committed by "our" soldiers are coming out all the time? http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/10/07/support-the-troops/ 16 comments politics
- Remember the 2000 election, when a lot of us thought it didn't matter who won? Let's not make the same mistake in 2008. It's time to take sides and take back the country from the neo-cons. http://www.theseminal.com/2008/09/07/taking-sides/ 42 comments politics
- Going UP!!!! - and elevator 225,000 times taller than the Empire State Building http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/175/going-up-the-space-elelvator/ 5 comments science
- "Black Americans are 10 times more likely to be imprisoned for illegal drug offenses than whites, even though both groups use and sell drugs at the same rate" http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticnews/idusn0453686820071205 32 comments politics