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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close August 18 – August 25, 2020 184 stories · Vol. 20 · Catalogue 35 · Issue 238 Get it by email ↓
The week's top story

If founders treated their investors the same way they treated their employees

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Business 12 stories

  1. If founders treated their investors the same way they treated their employees

  2. Apple helped make 'top secret' iPod for US government

  3. Apple becomes first U.S. company to reach a $2T market cap

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  1. Citibank's $900M Blunder

  2. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is stepping down after 21 years

  3. Startup mistakes: Lessons from failed startups

  4. The dual PhD problem of today’s startups

Sports 7 stories

  1. Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better

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  1. A tale of webpage speed, or throwing away React

  2. Showing a sunrise/sunset realtime 24/7 with the use of unsecured CCTV cameras

  3. Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports

Technology 146 stories

  1. Wildfires in Big Basin Redwoods State Park

  2. Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

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  1. Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life

  2. Can't you just right click?

  3. New academic journal only publishes 'unsurprising' research rejected by others

  4. Being OK with not being extraordinary

  5. Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests

Entertainment 14 stories

  1. Leaked S-1 screenshots show Palantir losing $579M in 2019

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  1. Streaming Is Laying Bare How Big ISPs and Big Tech Work Together Against Users

  2. Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting

  3. Netflix Conductor: Open-source workflow orchestration engine

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