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The death of Google
Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com/the-death-of-google PDF: https://lauren.vortex.com/google-death.pdf Google Docs: https://lauren.vortex.com/google-death.gdoc
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Lambda School Announces $14M Series A Led by GV
Get the skills to land a job in the tech industry in BloomTech’s online programs. Learn about our Tuition Refund Guarantee!
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The Bermuda Triangle of Wealth
Three points motivated me to write this — forming a Bermuda Triangle in which the average American’s savings disappear without any apparent cause. 1. Considerations on Cost Disease — the observation that certain costs (Education, Medical Care, Housing) have increased many times fas
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The Economics of a Commune in the Ozarks
East Wind Nut Butters manufactures premium bulk and wholesale nut & seed butters, including Organic Valencia Peanut Butter, Almond Butter, Cashew Butter, and Organic Tahini for foodservice and private-label partners.
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Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers
Findings and actions from Project Strobe—a root-and-branch review of third-party developer access to Google account and Android device data and of our philosophy around …
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New North American Trade Deal Has Bad News for Canadian Copyright
Earlier this week, the U.S. Trade Representative announced a replacement deal for the North American Free Trade Agreement, the nearly 25-year-old trade deal between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Amid the long list of tariff-free products and restriction-free cheese names [PDF] in the new trade deal...
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What Businessweek got wrong about Apple
The 8 October, 2018 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek incorrectly reports that Apple found “malicious chips” in servers on its network in 2015.
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GitHub and Jira Software Integration
New integration enables software teams to connect their code on GitHub.com to their projects on Jira Software Cloud
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Bloomberg’s ‘The Big Hack’
One way or the other, there is more to come on this story, and either Bloomberg’s or Apple’s and Amazon’s credibility is going to take a significant hit.
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10 years of gog.com
Download the best classic and new games on Windows, Mac & Linux. A vast selection of titles, DRM-free, with free goodies and 30-day money-back guarantee.
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Startups I Want to Fund
I hear a lot of startup pitches. I’ve been angel investing now for ~4 years, and I’m an LP and advisor to a number of VC funds. I also heard a lot of pitches through my work at Firebase (the company I co-founded), as many of its customers are startups. I like being pitched – partly because I enjoy meeting smart…
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Data Factories
Facebook and Google and other advertising businesses are data factories, and regulation will be most effective if it lets users look inside
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Brendan Eich Writes to the US Senate: We Need a GDPR for the United States
Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave, has written to the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to present the case for GDPR-like data protection standards in the United States.
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Kubernetes Is a Surprisingly Affordable Platform for Personal Projects
Hi I'm Caleb Doxsey and welcome to my website. I'm a software developer. If you'd like to contact me, you can email me here: [email protected] .
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U.S. Congress Renews $5M Open Textbook Pilot for Second Year
Congress approved legislation that will renew and strengthen the federal Open Textbook Pilot, which provides grants to expand OER in higher education.
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How YC Has Changed
As YC grows, founders are wondering how it’s improved over time. This is a valid line of questioning – clearly much has changed about YC over 13 years. We have new leadership [http://www.ycombinator.com/people/], much larger batch sizes [https://blog.ycombinator.com/category/batch-stats/], we invest more money…
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New Standard Deal
We are changing the standard deal at YC and increasing our investment from $120K to $150K. The $150K investment for 7% will be made on a post-money cap safe. We believe the post-money safe is simpler, making ownership and dilution easier to understand. This new deal will start with our Winter 2019 batch, and replaces…
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MacOS Marzipan
I haven’t been running Mojave on my machine in the beta period. I always wait for public releases before updating the software on my (only) Mac. I knew what to expect of course. I don’t have my head in the sand. I watched the WWDC keynote, I saw all my friends’ complaints on Twitter, I was braced for it. But, man…