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The venture capitalist's dilemma
The embarrassing investor meltdown surrounding Silicon Valley Bank should drive us to consider new models.
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 8,982 posts.
Tech Industry & Business
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Apple fears the killer app
Ok, so were finally getting down to it. On at least two fronts, Apple has now essentially thrown out its draconian rules on what developers can and cannot do on its platform, and replaced them with essentially, no rules. The new “rules” appear to be, “its OK to do what you want in your app if we say so. And we’ll…
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Why I'm Close to Giving Up on Windows Phone 7, as a User and a Developer
<p><strong>Jun 2013 Update:</strong> <a href="/2013/05/farewell-windows-phone-you-cant-say-i-didnt-try-hello-android/">I've made the switch to Android. More info can be found here</a>!</p>
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Reasons robotics is hard
And why you should ignore demo videos
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Security Is a Useless Controls Problem
We're all a bunch of chimps in a cage
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Architecture astronauts take over
It was seven years ago today when everybody was getting excited about Microsoft’s bombastic announcement of Hailstorm, promising that “Hailstorm makes the technology in your life work t…
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My view on the current situation of Bitcoin and the Blockchain
In a previous post, I wrote that I believe the Blockchain has the potential to be as disruptive -- and...
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Piracy Doubled My App Sales
Experience flawless mythic raid runs with our WoW mythic raid boost. Earn rare loot, conquer tough bosses, and elevate your gameplay effortlessly.
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Cutting their own throats
Back to: World building 201: Heuristics | Forward to: Upcoming reading in Edinburgh
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Interpreting some of Twitter’s API changes
Twitter has posted some of their upcoming API-policy lockdowns and restrictions in this post from Michael Sippey , euphemistically titled “Changes coming in Version 1.1 of the Twitter API”.
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I hacked Gumroad’s API and broke a bunch of tools
A critical security vulnerability in Gumroad's API allowed anyone to generate unauthorized license keys for paid products without making a purchase.
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Paypal's logo designed to look like a recommendation?
Karl Seguin's Blog - A mix of coding and creative writing
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The Unhealthy Desire for Prestige
There is an unhealthy desire for prestige and money that is ruining people's lives. At the end of all the striving, you might end up feeling empty inside. The desire for prestige and money is why we: 1) spend an outrageous sum of money on education despite it being free, 2) kill ourselves at jobs we
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Nokia’s Suicide Note
Stephen Elop has jumped his company off the burning platform, all right. And, I judge, straight into the fire.
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KDE Asking for Donations
Why do we ask for donations so often? Because it’s important! As KDE becomes more successful and an increasing number of people use our software, our costs grow as well: Web and server hostin…
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Always have 18 months of cash in the bank
programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups
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Serious doubts about the App Store
Update: Thanks, Fake Steve Jobs ! I’ve always wanted to be yelled at and berated by the real Steve Jobs, but this is probably as close as I’m going to get. On with the original post:
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How to Give Your Product Personality
There’s a really great post on Fred Wilson’s blog (AVC [https://web.archive.org/web/20160320050249/http://avc.com/]) about building a “ Minimum Viable Personality [https://web.archive.org/web/20160320050249/http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/09/minimum-viable-personality.html] “. Of course, this is a
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The Apple Voice
Written pieces, talks, and other bits by Zach Holman.
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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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