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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close August 10 – August 17, 2019 189 stories · Vol. 19 · Catalogue 33 · Issue 229 Get it by email ↓
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Business 13 stories

  1. I've reproduced 130 research papers about “predicting the stock market”

  2. AI startup claims to automate app making but actually just uses humans

  3. Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to Invest

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  1. U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss

  2. Japan surpasses China as largest foreign holder of US Treasurys

  3. CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978

  4. Danish bank launches negative interest rate mortgage

Sports 4 stories

  1. Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Flared, Growing 75 Times as Bright for a Few Hours

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  1. Kaspersky AV injected unique ID allowing sites to track users in incognito mode

  2. I quit my job today to make video games full time

  3. Big Coal Plants Begin to Close

Technology 157 stories

  1. Hong Kong Airport shuts down as protesters take over

  2. Ebola Is Now Curable

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  1. NULL license plate not such a bright idea

  2. What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type?

  3. Japanese anime studio Khara moving to Blender

  4. Cloudflare S-1

  5. Verizon to Sell Tumblr to Automattic

Entertainment 8 stories

  1. The IT Guy vs. the Con Artist

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  1. Show HN: Divjoy – React Codebase and UI Generator

  2. Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

  3. YouTube shuts down music companies’ use of manual copyright claims

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