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2019-08-19
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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close August 12 – August 19, 2019 188 stories · Vol. 19 · Catalogue 34 · Issue 231 Get it by email ↓
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Business 10 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. U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss

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

  2. CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978

  3. Danish bank launches negative interest rate mortgage

  4. Nvidia CEO says Google is the only customer building its own silicon at scale

Sports 7 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 153 stories

  1. China Is Waging a Disinformation War Against Hong Kong Protesters

  2. Ebola Is Now Curable

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  1. How to Build Good Software

  2. NULL license plate not such a bright idea

  3. Japanese anime studio Khara moving to Blender

  4. Cloudflare S-1

  5. Verizon to Sell Tumblr to Automattic

Entertainment 10 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: Chart.xkcd – Xkcd-styled chart library

  3. Show HN: Saag as a Service – macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry

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