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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close October 13 – October 20, 2020 194 stories · Vol. 20 · Catalogue 43 · Issue 294 Get it by email ↓
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Congress should invest in open-source software

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Business 8 stories

  1. Congress should invest in open-source software

  2. Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp

  3. I found black-hat content marketers: sockpuppet bloggers, fake Reddit/HN accts

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  1. Intel exits memory business, sale to Hynix for $9B

  2. First Bitcoin “mixer” penalized for violating anti-money laundering laws

  3. An oil tanker with 60M gallons of oil aboard is currently sinking [video]

  4. Real-Life Angel Investing Returns 2012–2016

Sports 11 stories

  1. Monospace: A JavaScript demo in 1021 bytes, winner of the demo competition

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  1. Launch HN: StartPlaying.Games (YC W20) – Tabletop RPGs run by pro game masters

  2. Chewing Food More Thoroughly Results in Reduced Insulin Output (2013)

  3. Microsoft just force restarted my Windows PC again to install more unwanted apps

Technology 161 stories

  1. AWS forked my project and launched it as its own service

  2. Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings

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  1. A warning about Glassdoor

  2. Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time

  3. Animation of how bridges were built in Central Europe in the Middle Ages [video]

  4. Facebook account banned after linking Oculus account

  5. Facebook, Twitter block the NY Post from posting

Entertainment 9 stories

  1. Foxconn’s empty buildings, empty factories, and empty promises in Wisconsin

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  1. Show HN: I made earrings that work like earphones

  2. Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too soon

  3. Show HN: Low-Level Academy, an explorable systems programming course

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