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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close August 17 – August 24, 2020 185 stories · Vol. 20 · Catalogue 35 · Issue 237 Get it by email ↓
The week's top story

If founders treated their investors the same way they treated their employees

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Business 13 stories

  1. If founders treated their investors the same way they treated their employees

  2. The Case of the Top Secret iPod

  3. Apple expands independent repair program to Mac after US antitrust investigation

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  1. Apple becomes first U.S. company to reach a $2T market cap

  2. Citibank's $900M Blunder

  3. Startup mistakes: Lessons from failed startups

  4. The dual PhD problem of today’s startups

Sports 8 stories

  1. Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better

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  1. A tale of webpage speed, or throwing away React

  2. Showing a sunrise/sunset realtime 24/7 with the use of unsecured CCTV cameras

  3. Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports

Technology 144 stories

  1. Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

  2. Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life

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  1. Can't you just right click?

  2. I fear App Review is getting too powerful (2015) [pdf]

  3. New academic journal only publishes 'unsurprising' research rejected by others

  4. Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests

  5. Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics

Entertainment 14 stories

  1. Architecture of the Nintendo DS

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  1. Leaked S-1 screenshots show Palantir losing $579M in 2019

  2. Streaming Is Laying Bare How Big ISPs and Big Tech Work Together Against Users

  3. Show HN: Dropbase 2.0 – Turn offline files into live databases

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