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Naval Ravikant on Reading, Happiness, Decision Making, Habits [audio]
In his most in-depth interview, Naval Ravikant discusses reading, happiness, decision making, habits, the meaning of life, and Mental Models.
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New Ubuntu-based Precision line-up
Update: Precision 7520 and 7720 available as of March 28; Dell Precision 5720, a 27” All-in-One available as of April 18. Today I am excited to announce the next generation of our Ubuntu-based Pre…
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The Rent Seeking Economy
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100% User-Supported
If you want to build principled software, avoid becoming VCware. Stay user-supported. It is now possible for tiny teams to build principled software that mil...
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Polars: Company Formation Announcement
We are excited to announce the start of company that will build around Polars, enabling data processing at any scale.
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We Looked for Work as a Software Development Team
Part of this story is a common one. Established company in an industry undergoing major disruption hires developers to innovate back to viability. Management lacks clear vision of what that means and so chops and changes ( not pivots, that’s something else) technology strategy several times. After two years of hard…
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How cold calling (properly) works better than AdWords
How cold calling succeeded where AdWords failed, producing a 100% conversion rate and all the information needed to create a scalable business.
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Solar-plus-storage technology is improving quickly
On how plummeting battery prices make 24/7 solar power a reality today.
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LibreOffice 7.1 Community Edition
A brand new version of the best free open source office suite, based on the LibreOffice Technology platform for desktop, mobile and cloud productivity Berlin, February 3, 2021 – LibreOffice 7.1 Community, the volunteer-supported version of the best open source office suite for desktop productivity, is available from…
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Apple Silicon M1 Die-Shots
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Crazy Eddie Fraud
The Crazy Eddie fraud may appear smaller and gentler than the massive billion-dollar frauds exposed in recent times
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After the Deadline: Acquired
Today I have big news to announce for After the Deadline. But first, I have to tell you a story. I left the Air Force in March 2008 to pursue my dream of launching a startup and to finish graduate…
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Wirecard – The “German Enron”, and a personal history
For those who just came back from a 15 year space mission: Wirecard is a German company that according to its website is ” one of the world’s fastest-growing digital platforms for fina…
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Swedish union declares strike for Tesla employees
The main reason for IF Metall to take industrial action at Tesla is to ensure that our members have decent and safe working conditions. Over a long period of time, we have attempted to discuss with Tesla the signing of a collective agreement, yet without success. Now we see no solution other than to take industrial…
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Windows On ARM Users Need Browser Choice Too
For the past eight years, users and developers have enjoyed a Windows platform environment that offered users a choice of browsers to navigate their digita
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What I've Learned From Female Founders So Far
On the whole, I got a great response to my request for feedback about how YC could encourage female founders. It's clear there are two separate problems: 1) Some women already starting startups...
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Culture eats policy
The government has a culture problem, making it difficult to implement well-intentioned policies.
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Tips for Noogler Engineers (Noogler = New at Google)
I'm surprised by the number of people inside Google who actually read my blog. I once did contemplate writing a "career guide for Googlers",...
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My platonic ideal for how engineering hiring should work
I’ve become increasingly disgruntled at the state of hiring, and now I’m mad enough to write this blog post.
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Zig Software Foundation 2024 Financial Report and Fundraiser
Zig Software Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which I am proud to say makes extremely efficient use of monetary resources . Unlike many of our peers, our primary expense is direct payments to contributors for their enhancements to the Zig project.
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The GitHub Availability Report
What is the Availability Report? Historically, GitHub has published post-incident reviews for major incidents that impact service availability. Whether we’re sharing new investments to infrastructure or detailing site downtimes, our…
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A comparison to Waymo’s auto liability insurance claims at 25M miles
Understanding the safety impact of Automated Driving Systems (ADS) is crucial for their widespread adoption, yet robust real-world evaluation remains a critical area of development. By leveraging insurance industry third-party auto liability claims, we analyze the Waymo ADS performance across 25.3 million fully…