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2008-10-18
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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close October 11 – October 18, 2008 179 stories · Vol. 08 · Catalogue 42 · Issue 292 Get it by email ↓
The week's top story

Freemium is Not a Business Model

Business 25 stories

  1. Freemium is Not a Business Model

  2. Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy

  3. Hedge Fund Manager: Goodbye and Good Luck

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  1. I find this startup rather disturbing...

  2. Do I Look Like a CEO?

  3. Paul Graham on a New Attitude for Startup Acquisitions

  4. Contains Spoilers (New MacBooks/MacBook Pros)

Sports 9 stories

  1. Paul Krugman wins economics Nobel prize

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  1. The eyeballing game

  2. 2009 TED Prize Winners

  3. 280 North (YC Winter 08) speaks at FOWA

Technology 130 stories

  1. Reflections of a YC Dropout

  2. The genius of late bloomers - Gladwell

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  1. Paul Krugman: How I work

  2. Whiner Jerkins All Hands Meeting Powerpoint Revealed

  3. Warren Buffett editorial in NYT: Buy American. I Am.

  4. Elastic Tab Stops: A Better Way to Indent and Align Code

  5. What's your story? Why start Balsamiq?

Entertainment 6 stories

  1. The Term Paper Artist

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  1. "Counter­terrorism in the airport is a show designed to make people feel better"

  2. Delicious, Upcoming Founders To Show You Political Bias Of News Sites

  3. Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)

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