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The History of VisiCalc (1999-2018)
VisiCalc -- Links to the information from its creators, Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston, on this web site
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 16,888 posts.
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Is AI killing the stock photo industry? A data perspective
When Stock Performer started in 2010, there were a lot of complaints that the stock industry was dying. The rush of the agencies to implement subscription models, triggered mostly by Shutterstock’s success, led to a lot of uncertainty about photographers’ income. After all, customers were able to buy images for mere…
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Apple Vision
Apple Vision is incredibly compelling, first as a product, and second as far as potential use cases. What it says about society, though, is a bit more pessimistic.
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Digg's v4 launch: an optimism born of necessity (2018)
Digg was having a rough year. Our CEO left the day before I joined. Senior engineers ghosted out the door, dampening productivity and pulling their remaining friends. We had only one remaining shot at revival, launching our two-years in the making rewrite: Digg v4. It did not go as planned.
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Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
The U.S. Patent Office has proposed new rules about who can challenge wrongly granted patents. If the rules become official, they will offer new protections to patent trolls. Challenging patents will become far more onerous, and impossible for some. The new rules could stop organizations like EFF,...
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Google no longer automatically indexes websites?
Can you please take a few minutes today, go to Google, and search for your website using the site search filter? (EX: site:mysite.com) Do you have about the right number of pages showing up, or just a few pages, or worse yet – none? The reason I am asking you to do this is that […]
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Do we need copyright? (2012)
The concept of property is a social construction. Animals, such as cats, can own a piece of food, or a territory, but only as long as they are able to personally maintain a credible threat of violence. And animals can only defend concrete, physical properties, such as an area, a dead bird or a tree. … Continue reading…
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It’s infuriatingly hard to understand how closed models train on their input
One of the most common concerns I see about large language models regards their training data. People are worried that anything they say to ChatGPT could be memorized by it …
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Iceland: The emerging tech-ecosystem of the Nordics
An overlooked part of the Nordic tech-ecosystem
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The death of self-driving cars is greatly exaggerated
GM’s Cruise aims to turn self-driving into a billion-dollar business.
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OpenAI's plans according to Sam Altman removed at OpenAI's request
Last week I had the privilege to sit down with Sam Altman and 20 other developers to discuss OpenAI’s product plans. Sam was remarkably open. The discussion touched on practical developer issues as well as bigger-picture questions related to OpenAI’s mission and the societal impact of AI. Here are the key takeaways.
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The planning of U.S. physician shortages (2020)
Misguided modeling created a "physician surplus" narrative, the harmful consequences of which we are still dealing with today.
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I went down the rabbit hole of buying GitHub Stars, so you won't have to
Exposing the dark side of GitHub and open source projects
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Reddit API Pricing Would Cost Apollo Developer $20M per Year
Link to: https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/
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OpenAI's plans according to sama
Last week I had the privilege to sit down with Sam Altman and 20 other developers to discuss OpenAI’s product plans. Sam was remarkably open. The discussion touched on practical developer issues as well as bigger-picture questions related to OpenAI’s mission and the societal impact of AI. Here are the key takeaways.
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RISE: Accelerate the development of open source software for RISC-V
Enabling commercial-ready software for application processors using RISC-V architecture for segments including mobile, consumer electronics, datacenter, and automotive
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Why F# evangelism isn't working (2015)
If you skim this blog entry too quickly or just read the title, you might think I am someone who does not like F#. Nothing could be further from the truth. Over the last several months, I have become a big F# fan. It has become my preferred language for personal projects.
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Databricks acquires serverless Postgres vendor bit.io
bit.io is joining Databricks, where co-founders Adam Fletcher and Jonathan Mortensen and the team will apply their expertise to deliver groundbreaking new developer experiences for data and AI.
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Rheinmetall pilot project for curb stone chargers for EVs
Rheinmetall launches first pilot project for innovative curb stone chargers with the City of Cologne and TankE
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Production AI systems are hard
The relationship between humans and machines. Click to read Methexis, by Kevin Fischer, a Substack publication.
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Dolphin on Steam Indefinitely Postponed
It is with much disappointment that we have to announce that the Dolphin on Steam release has been indefinitely postponed. We were notified by Valve that Nintendo has issued a DMCA against Dolphin's Steam page, and have removed Dolphin from Steam until the matter is settled. We are currently investigating…
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Layoffs push down scores on Glassdoor – how companies respond
Several tech companies face a fresh problem after cutting jobs: their rating on Glassdoor nosedives. But there’s a way they manage to fix this. I show what companies are doing - and why.
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Ford EV Customers to Gain Access to 12,000 Tesla Superchargers
The official home for stories from Ford. Get the latest news, in-depth vehicle features, media site information, and meet the people and ideas driving our company forward.
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The tiny corp raised $5.1M
Here we go again. I started another company. The money is in the bank.
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Neeva acquired by Snowflake
Snowflake is acquiring Neeva, a search company founded to make search even more intelligent at scale by leveraging generative AI and other innovations.
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Watching Paint Dry: The unexpectedly interesting story of car coatings
The unexpectedly interesting story of car coatings and what they tell us about the modern world