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What are your company's anti-values?
Musing on what makes effective company values.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 1,158 posts.
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Akamai to Acquire Linode
Akamai today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Linode, one of the easiest-to-use and most trusted infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform providers.
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An unsolicited streaming app spec
I subscribe to a lot of streaming video services, and that means I use a lot of streaming video apps. Most of them fall short of my expectations. Here, then, is a simple specification for a streaming video app. Follow it, and your app will be well on its way to not sucking .
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Finality does not exist in payments
Many people believe some transactions are final. The reality is a bit more complicated, and involves technical, social, and legal factors.
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Version 100 in Chrome and Firefox
Chrome and Firefox will reach version 100 in a couple of months. Let's work together on fixing User Agent detection issues.
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Google Search Is Dying
(There is good discussion on this article on Hacker News and Reddit)
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Developing a new app is unreasonable condition that Apple imposes on dating apps
ACM (Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets)2022280 points325 commentsTech Industry & Business details
The revised conditions that Apple has imposed on dating-app providers are unreasonable, and create an unnecessary barrier. Apple must therefore pay another 5 million euros.
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What to know about the stock market (2007)
Everyone’s heard of the stock market — but few know why it works. Were you aware that each stock has two prices? That you can’t buy and sell for the same…
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Cryptocurrency off-ramps, and the shift towards centralization
The 'off-ramps' from crypto—that is, the firms who will exchange your cryptocurrencies back into traditional currencies—are increasingly taking the position that is so common in discussions about privacy: 'if you're not doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide?'
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The Cost of Financialization-Globalization: You Lost $500k and Gained $137.13
Ponder what a clawback of the $50 trillion might entail, and the immense benefits of returning to producing quality goods and services by co...
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Things Delta told the SEC about its SkyMiles program
Delta filed its SEC 10-K and buried in the 272 pages are several interesting tidbits about the SkyMiles program.
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Nearly a third of TV ads play to empty rooms
Jura Liaukonyte, associate professor at Dyson, and colleagues tracked ad viewership using tools that, instead of just monitoring the television, measured actual viewer presence in the room, and focal attention on the screen.
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Adobe XD, where did it go wrong?
From love to disillusionment with Adobe XD. Why I had to jump ship, and what went wrong for Adobe’s design tool.
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Privacy preserving attribution for advertising
Advertising provides critical support for the Web. We’ve been looking to apply privacy preserving advertising technology to the attribution problem, so t
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Meta is not threatening to leave Europe
Meta is not wanting or “threatening” to leave Europe and any reporting that implies we do is simply not true.
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Cloudflare announces fourth quarter and fiscal year 2021 financial results
Fourth quarter revenue totaled $193.6 million, representing an increase of 54% year-over-year; fiscal year 2021 revenue totaled $656.4 million, representing an increase of 52% year-over-year Record dollar-based net retention of 125%, representing an increase of 600 basis points year-over-year, driven by continued…
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AMD Receives Approval for Acquisition of Xilinx
View the press release archives from AMD.
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Lock-In and Multi-Cloud
Alone in a room with the customer’s CTO, I said “So, I spent this morning talking to your people, and it looks like you’re using low-level generic tech for everything and managing it yourself. You could save a shit-ton of money by using high-level managed services and get load-scaling for free.” “Yeah,” he said, “but…
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Interview questions to ask your interviewer
An interview should be a two-way street. Here are some questions you can ask the company during a software engineering interview.
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Are Product Hunt's featured products still online today?
Are Product Hunt's Products still online today?
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The Kelly criterion: How to size bets (2019)
Let’s play a game. I have a coin that lands heads 60% of the time and tails 40% of the time. You have $25 and can bet on either side of the coin — every time you’re right you double your bet, and every time you are wrong you lose it.
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Texas power crisis revealed flaw in market’s design
New research finds decentralized electricity markets are prone to underinvestment in resilience to rare events like the severe winter storms that crippled the Texas grid a year ago.
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Hello, Dynaboard
Today we’re launching the private beta of Dynaboard, a new platform that reimagines web application development and extends it beyond the text editor.
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Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone
Apple today announced plans to introduce Tap to Pay on iPhone, empowering merchants in the US to accept contactless payments.
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Intel Launches $1B Fund to Build a Foundry Innovation Ecosystem
Intel Newsroom delivers the latest news, announcements, and updates. Stay informed on Intel innovations.
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Jay Powell traded during blackout period; failed to disclose most trade dates
Jay Powell traded during restricted blackout period; failed to disclose most trade dates; apparently lied about muni conflict; directed massive Wall St bailouts despite conflicts