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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close May 8 – May 15, 2009 188 stories · Vol. 09 · Catalogue 20 · Issue 135 Get it by email ↓
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Business 11 stories

  1. The First Digg Developer Dispels the Myths Surrounding Digg & Startups in General

  2. Profit per employee for some large tech companies

  3. Obama proposes no capital gains tax on qualified small business stock

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  1. Why there's nothing special about the business of software

  2. Idiot CEOs

  3. EU recognizes Internet access as a fundamental right, on par with freedom of expression

  4. The App Store Is a Classic Example Of A Broken Business Process

Sports 3 stories

  1. Nethack - Best Game Ever (2000)

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  1. In Attics and Closets, 'Biohackers' Discover Their Inner Frankenstein

  2. Ksplice wins $100,000 in MIT start-up contest

Technology 161 stories

  1. HN Frontpage ranked using only votes from accounts over a year old

  2. Don’t! The secret of self-control

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  1. Wolfram Alpha Demo by Stephen Wolfram [screencast]

  2. Noam Chomsky: Education is Ignorance (1995)

  3. Steve Blank: Gravity Will be Turned Off

  4. What lies beneath New York's rivers

  5. Why Did M.I.T. Switch from Scheme to Python?

Entertainment 5 stories

  1. Wolfram Alpha to Launch Live on Justin.TV

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  1. We need both engineers and artists in programming

  2. Hulu, a Victim of Its Own Success?

  3. Charles Stross on the future (and gaming) in 2030

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