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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close October 14 – October 21, 2020 196 stories · Vol. 20 · Catalogue 43 · Issue 295 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 9 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 166 stories

  1. Combating abuse in Matrix – without backdoors

  2. U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly

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

  2. Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings

  3. A warning about Glassdoor

  4. Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time

  5. Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur

Entertainment 8 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. Show HN: I wrote a book on writing good developer resumes

  3. FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify

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