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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close April 1 – April 8, 2024 187 stories · Vol. 24 · Catalogue 15 · Issue 99 Get it by email ↓
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Fentanyl test strips used to be illegal in California. Now, state law requires them on community and state college campuses. We put fentanyl test strips to the test, and what we found could save someone you know.

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Business 9 stories

  1. OpenAI removes Sam Altman's ownership of its Startup Fund

  2. Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO's private jet

  3. A16Z blogs are just glorified marketing

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  1. Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloader unlock tools

  2. Lago, Open-Source Stripe Alternative, banks $22M in funding

  3. US Government funds pilot project for heated sand energy storage

  4. Groq CEO: 'We No Longer Sell Hardware'

Sports 5 stories

  1. Avoid blundering: 80% of a winning strategy

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  1. Intel discloses $7B operating loss for chip-making unit

  2. Apple Updates App Store Guidelines to Permit Game Emulators, EU Music App Links

  3. A Japanese hikikomori released a game after 6 years of development [video]

Technology 148 stories

  1. German state moving 30k PCs to LibreOffice

  2. Mario meets Pareto

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  1. 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza

  2. Anatomy of a credit card rewards program

  3. The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining

  4. Timeline of the xz open source attack

  5. Tips for linking shell companies to their secret owners

Entertainment 15 stories

  1. Show HN: I've built a locally running Perplexity clone

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  1. Re-creating Disney's sodium vapor process [video]

  2. Show HN: Online database diagram editor

  3. Show HN: Plandex – an AI coding engine for complex tasks

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