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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close October 25 – November 1, 2018 193 stories · Vol. 18 · Catalogue 44 · Issue 305 Get it by email ↓
The week's top story

In Groundbreaking Decision, Feds Say Hacking DRM to Fix Electronics Is Legal

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Business 10 stories

  1. In Groundbreaking Decision, Feds Say Hacking DRM to Fix Electronics Is Legal

  2. Some private equity firms are furious over a paper in a dermatology journal

  3. Microsoft completes GitHub acquisition

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  1. What is the revenue generation model for DuckDuckGo?

  2. YouTube marketing horror story

  3. Fidelity launches trade execution and custody for cryptocurrencies

  4. Feds: Chinese spies orchestrated hack that stole aviation secrets

Sports 4 stories

  1. With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work on Linux

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  1. Copyright Office Adds DMCA Exemption for 'Abandoned' Online Games

  2. One Windows Kernel

  3. The Surprising Power of the Long Game

Technology 156 stories

  1. IBM acquires Red Hat

  2. iPhones are allergic to helium

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  1. Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app

  2. Copyright Office Ruling Imposes Sweeping Right to Repair Reforms

  3. We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook approved all of them

  4. Compare career levels across companies

  5. Google paid Andy Rubin $90M while keeping silent about a misconduct claim

Entertainment 15 stories

  1. Clojure at Netflix (2013) [slides]

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  1. Show HN: Algojammer – an experimental Python code editor inspired by Bret Victor

  2. Show HN: SQL Trainer – Learn SQL by doing live data exercises

  3. Show HN: Jobs Done – A ritual app for ending the work day inspired by Deep Work

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