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2019-09-24
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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close September 17 – September 24, 2019 184 stories · Vol. 19 · Catalogue 39 · Issue 267 Get it by email ↓
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Back surgery saved him from paralysis. Then the bills arrived: over $650,000

Frank Esposito, a tool and die maker from Long Island, New York, drained $49,000 from his retirement account and still owes over $220,000

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Business 13 stories

  1. Gitlab More Than Doubles Valuation to $2.75B Ahead of Planned 2020 IPO

  2. Stripe’s new funding round values company at $35B

  3. Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO

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  1. NY Fed rescues overnight lending market with $53B

  2. Google is investing $3.3B to build clean data centers in Europe

  3. Automattic raises $300M at $3B valuation from Salesforce Ventures

  4. Federal Prosecutors Conducting Criminal Probe of Juul

Sports 11 stories

  1. Why I Write Games in C (yes, C)

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  1. Almost one in five men admits to having no close friends, a survey has found

  2. Solar and Wind Power So Cheap They’re Outgrowing Subsidies

  3. Cosmoteer: A starship design, simulation, and battle game

Technology 136 stories

  1. United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against Edward Snowden

  2. Serverless: slower and more expensive

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  1. Colorado Town Offers 1 Gbps for $60 After Years of Battling Comcast

  2. Apple’s New Mac Pro to Be Made in Texas

  3. ColorBox by Lyft Design

  4. What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL (2014)

  5. Nim 1.0

Entertainment 13 stories

  1. Show HN: See a Satellite Tonight. No Telescope Required

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  1. Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Facebook

  2. Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To Piracy

  3. Show HN: I made a neural net that analyzes privacy policies

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