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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close August 13 – August 20, 2024 187 stories · Vol. 24 · Catalogue 34 · Issue 233 Get it by email ↓
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A mom with a license plate that reads 'PB4WEGO' wins a battle with the state to keep it

If you're a parent, the conversation with the kids as you head out the door for a car ride probably starts like this: "Did you go to the bathroom?"

CNN · 1 sources

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Business 8 stories

  1. Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules

    reason.com · 1 outlets

  2. CEOs are running companies from afar even as workers return to office

    bloomberg.com · 1 outlets

  3. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Leaked Stanford Talk

    github.com · 1 outlets

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  1. Ex-Google CEO: AI startups can steal IP and hire lawyers to 'clean up the mess'

    theverge.com · 1 outlets

  2. Banks Are Now Accused of Cheating Customers Billions

    franknez.com · 1 outlets

  3. Why did Borland ignore the Macintosh market?

    retrocomputing.stackex · 1 outlets

  4. Ditch banks – Go with money market funds and treasuries

    thefinancebuff.com · 1 outlets

Sports 11 stories

  1. Roblox is the biggest game in the world, but is unprofitable

    matthewball.co · 1 outlets

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  1. Interviewing the Interviewer: Questions to Uncover a Company's True Culture

    praachi.work · 1 outlets

  2. Crafting a 13KB Game: The Story of Space Huggers

    frankforce.com · 1 outlets

  3. I spent 2 years building my own game engine (Rust, WASM, WebGPU)

    legendofworlds.com · 1 outlets

Technology 144 stories

  1. Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand

    torrentfreak.com · 1 outlets

  2. All of Earth's water in a single sphere (2019)

    usgs.gov · 1 outlets

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  1. Font with Built-In Syntax Highlighting

    blog.glyphdrawing.club · 1 outlets

  2. How I won $2,750 using JavaScript, AI, and a can of WD-40

    davekiss.com · 1 outlets

  3. 13ft – A site similar to 12ft.io but self-hosted

    github.com · 1 outlets

  4. Google removed Organic Maps from the Play Store

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

  5. Inside the "3 billion people" national public data breach

    troyhunt.com · 1 outlets

Entertainment 17 stories

  1. Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

    ytch.xyz · 1 outlets

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  1. Disney seeks dismissal of wrongful death lawsuit citing waiver in Disney+ terms

    wdwnt.com · 1 outlets

  2. Show HN: PgQueuer – Transform PostgreSQL into a Job Queue

    github.com · 1 outlets

  3. Notris: A Tetris clone for the PlayStation 1

    github.com · 1 outlets

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