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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close September 5 – September 12, 2024 192 stories · Vol. 24 · Catalogue 37 · Issue 256 Get it by email ↓
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2M users but no money in the bank

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Business 6 stories

  1. 2M users but no money in the bank

  2. Cracking an old ZIP file to help open source the ANC's "Vula" secret crypto code

  3. The muscular imagination of Iain M. Banks: a future you might want

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  1. The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

  2. My business card runs Linux and Ultrix (2022)

  3. Video - BNN Bloomberg

Sports 10 stories

  1. Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison

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  1. Keyhole – Forge own Windows Store licenses

  2. A MiniGolf game for Palm OS

  3. Core: an experimental new way to write videogames

Technology 157 stories

  1. We spent $20 to achieve RCE and accidentally became the admins of .mobi

  2. Synthetic diamonds are now purer, more beautiful, and cheaper than mined

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  1. GPT-fabricated scientific papers on Google Scholar

  2. James Earl Jones has died

  3. QUIC is not quick enough over fast internet

  4. Did Sandia use a thermonuclear secondary in a product logo?

  5. Why GitHub won

Entertainment 10 stories

  1. An NFC movie library for my kids

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  1. Show HN: I mapped HN's favorite books with GPT-4o

  2. Show HN: Konty – A Balsamiq-alternative lo-fi wireframe tool for modern apps

  3. Sleep duration, chronotype, health and lifestyle factors affect cognition [pdf]

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