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Meta
Facebook’s reorganization into Meta is the ultimate bet on the power of founder control.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 16,889 posts.
Tech Industry & Business
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Meta: A Social Technology Company
CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta, a new company brand for Facebook apps and technologies.
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I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own
Learn to code with AI-powered tutorials from Codeamigo.
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Starship is still not understood
Another entry into my blog series on countering misconceptions in space journalism. I discussed this post on The Space Show on November 5 2021. It has been exactly two years since my initial posts …
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Open-Source Contributors Worth Sponsoring
A curated list of underappreciated open-source creators worth sponsoring on GitHub — maintainers whose libraries quietly power the JavaScript ecosystem.
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So you want to write a technical book
If you’re knowledgeable in a technical field, writing a book to teach others a few things can be a rewarding experience on many different levels. With the many avenues available for self-publishing these days, an important question to ask yourself is “Do I need a publisher?”. The answer depends on your particular…
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Closing email with “thanks” gets the most replies
When you’re drafting an email, ending it is the easiest part. Whether you sign-off with “Warmest Regards,” “Thanks,” or “Keep On Keepin’ On,” it only takes a second, and you probably don’t give it a second thought. Do email closings even matter? And if so, is “best” really best? We looked at closings in over 350,000…
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We need new data books, so we published one
A site around enabling companies and knowledge workers to be informed and enabled with the data they need for their work.
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Geothermal's path to relevance: cheap drilling
The following is part one of a proposal detailing the need for a geothermal focused research organization (FRO) . FROs try to push promising technologies through the chasm to reach wide commercialization.
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A patent troll backs off
We scared them off... this time.
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My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook Goodbye post
Bottom Line Up Front: Frances, if you read this, do please tell the DCMS committee up front (and don’t let them distract or dissuade you) that people need the privacy which end-to-end encrypt…
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Nim receives $100k in Bitcoin donations
Earlier this year we have had the privilege of receiving 1.868BTC (~117k USD at time of writing) to our long-standing Bitcoin wallet address.
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Percentage of Hacker News job postings that mention a remote option 2017-2021
The entire plot is generated by an R script that you can found here. Any suggestions (you can find my e-mail address on the "about" page) are welcome. There's a secondary plot here that displays the raw number of postings (total and remote). Caveats, and why this is just an …
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Community Banking and Fintech
How and why small, local banks power the fintech apps you use.
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Can we trust Microsoft with open source?
Programming, Coffee and Indie Hacking
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Kina Knowledge, using Common Lisp extensively in their document processing stack
Recently, the awesome-lisp-companies list was posted on HN, more people got to know it (look, this list is fan-cooked and we add companies when we learn about one, often by chance, don’t assume it’s anything “official” or exhaustive), and Alex Nygren informed us that his company Kina Knowledge…
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Chilling Effects
In what sense do 10% of people die of the cold? Also, why are heat-related deaths most common in Greenland?
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Building the Brex API
We’re excited to launch the Brex API this week! Now, customers can programmatically read their data, issue cards, invite users, send payments and much more.
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Decreasing service fees on subscriptions to 15%
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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FlixMobility Acquires Greyhound to Expand U.S. Intercity Bus Services
Launched in 2013 in Munich, Flix is a global travel-tech champion providing sustainable and affordable travel solutions to more than 500 million travelers since its launch, across more than 40 countries on 5 continents through its brands FlixBus, FlixTrain, Greyhound and Kâmil Koç.
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Eliminating gifted programs won’t make education fair
Recently equity-minded education reformers in New York City have been trying to curtail “gifted and talented programs,” saying they “do not condone a
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Android Apps on Windows 11
Windows is a platform for creators Windows is the most open platform on the planet for creators. Part of living our commitment to openness is welcoming partner technologies and content that deliver powerful experiences. And what makes Window