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2019-07-27
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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close July 20 – July 27, 2019 198 stories · Vol. 19 · Catalogue 30 · Issue 208 Get it by email ↓
The week's top story

Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

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Business 11 stories

  1. Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

  2. GitLab – A $1B business where all employees work remotely

  3. IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency holders

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  1. Ubisoft joins Blender Development Fund to support open-source animation

  2. Toilets of the World

  3. The Man with the Golden Airline Ticket

  4. Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business

Sports 10 stories

  1. Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944–2019), 4.66920160910299067185320382…

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  1. Game Source Code Collection

  2. Fork: A fast and friendly Git client for Mac and Windows

  3. Wind is outpacing coal as a power source in Texas for the first time

Technology 159 stories

  1. GitHub is down

  2. How to assess the quality of garments (2014)

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  1. Decades-Old Computer Science Conjecture Solved in Two Pages

  2. How is it like to be a dev in Iran

  3. No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers

  4. YouTube was launched as a dating site

  5. Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation

Entertainment 11 stories

  1. Show HN: Ananas – a hackable data tool for beginners

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  1. Hackers breach FSB contractor, expose Tor deanonymization project

  2. Siri records fights, doctor’s appointments, and sex, and contractors hear it

  3. Puffer – Stream live TV in the browser

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