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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close August 17 – August 24, 2018 200 stories · Vol. 18 · Catalogue 34 · Issue 236 Get it by email ↓
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Startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo Day 1

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Business 10 stories

  1. Startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo Day 1

  2. Startup School: Every Company That Applied Is Now Accepted

  3. Open source takes continued investment, and that must be subsidized somehow

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  1. Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized betting marketplace

  2. SEC Charges Rothenberg Ventures in Fraudulent Scheme

  3. Malaysia Resists China’s Investments, Fearing ‘Colonialism’

  4. Venezuela devalues the bolivar by 95% and pegs it to ‘oil-linked’ cryptocurrency

Sports 7 stories

  1. Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows Games on Linux

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  1. Apple and Google Face Growing Revolt Over App Store ‘Tax’

  2. This AI is bad at drawing but will try anyways

  3. Elusive mitochondrial connection to inflammation uncovered

Technology 159 stories

  1. Intel microcode license updated to permit redistribution

  2. Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

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  1. Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?

  2. My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

  3. How I recorded user behaviour on my competitor’s websites

  4. Stacking concrete blocks is a surprisingly efficient way to store energy

  5. Don’t Do This in Production

Entertainment 14 stories

  1. Show HN: git-bug – Distributed bug tracker embedded in git

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  1. A visualization of the prime factors of the first million integers

  2. Netflix is the latest company to try bypassing Apple’s app store

  3. Show HN: Find recommendations from good people

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