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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close October 26 – November 2, 2023 194 stories · Vol. 23 · Catalogue 44 · Issue 306 Get it by email ↓
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Grammy-winning artist Jason Isbell talks about the craft of songwriting and his latest music

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell sits down with CBS News anchor John Dickerson to discuss inspiration, gratitude and the craft of songwriting. Isbell talks about his latest music and performs an acoustic version of "Cast Iron Skillet."

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Business 8 stories

  1. The slow death of authenticity in an attention economy

  2. Private equity is devouring the U.S. economy

  3. Google to invest up to $2B in Anthropic

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  1. U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter, better than expected

  2. IBM cancels 401k matching, replaces with proprietary pension fund RBA

  3. We need to talk about funding

  4. Rare 2,100-year-old gold coin bears name of obscure ruler from pre-Roman Britain

Sports 11 stories

  1. Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education

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  1. The fun factor of the video game Uplink

  2. Replacing WebRTC: real-time latency with WebTransport and WebCodecs

  3. The Windows installer of ImageMagick will no longer be signed

Technology 157 stories

  1. The Cloud Computer

  2. German court prohibits LinkedIn from ignoring "Do Not Track" signals

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  1. Cosmopolitan Third Edition

  2. I accidentally saved my company half a million dollars

  3. Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max

  4. Phind Model beats GPT-4 at coding, with GPT-3.5 speed and 16k context

  5. Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is real doomsday scenario

Entertainment 8 stories

  1. Show HN: OpenSign – Open source alternative to DocuSign

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  1. Jury Finds Realtors Conspired, Awards Nearly $1.8B in Damages

  2. Xbox will block third-party controllers to "preserve the console experience"

  3. Lemming Suicide Myth: Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior

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