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Meta
Facebook’s reorganization into Meta is the ultimate bet on the power of founder control.
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 1,121 posts.
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Netflix's Annual Reports (10-Ks) used to be a work of art. What happened?
Netflix put some serious design resources into its Annual Reports pre-2010. What changed?
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Group Video Calls
Today's update lets you turn on your camera or share your screen during Voice Chats in groups – on all devices, including tablets and desktops. This brings voice chats to a whole new level, ready for online classes, business meetings and family gatherings.
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The Left-NIMBY Canon
Standing athwart urban history, yelling Stop
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Two Worlds: So Much Prosperity, So Much Skepticism
The demand for forecasts grows after a surprise.
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Windows 365 Cloud PC
Updated on August 2, 2021: Windows 365 is now generally available to businesses of all sizes. Learn more about Windows 365 and experience it today. As some regions begin to make their way out of the challenges and disruption of the past 18 months, we’re seeing a new world of work emerge.
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Where has all the productivity gone?
Why hasn't new technology made us more productive than it has?
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Repeat Yourself, a Lot
Learn why successful venture capital leaders and startup CEOs repeat key messages 7+ times to drive brand recall and align teams around strategic priorities.
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Why I have zero faith in crypto venture capitalists
Mostly the reason I have zero faith in crypto venture capitalists as an institution is that their primary value add is marketing, their due diligence is a joke, and they are functionally equivalent…
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Fixing a Tiny Corner of the Supply Chain
No product gets built without at least one good supply chain war story – especially true in these strange times. Before we get into the details of the story, I feel it’s worth understanding a bit more about the part that caused me so much trouble: what it does, and why it’s so special.
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Lambda School lays off 65 employees
Get the latest news about Bloom Institute of Technology, where you can launch your new tech career from anywhere in just 6-9 months.
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What happens in an IPO? – Part 1
Read time: 23 minutes
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The Michael Scott Theory of Social Class
Alex Danco's Newsletter, Season 3, Episode 2
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Funding GIMP developers for sustainable development
GIMP is developed by its community - support the humans behind
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Open source is coming to financial services
Open source will catalyze the financial services industry’s biggest evolution to date. This evolution will shift the power in this $25 trillion industry from business executives to developers, not just in fintech companies, but in centuries-old incumbents, as well. Until very recently, financial services were…
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The Fraud Supply Chain
Fraud is largely conducted by professionals operating in specialized firms, which have their own ecosystem of evil.
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Insurance is like gambling, don't overdo it
Insurance companies, like betting companies, need high margins to keep operating. You are paying that margin.
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Generalists vs specialists – Who has a greater chance of success? (2019)
The world often hands us what are called
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Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is back in its all-online format
Apple today announced it will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 7 through 11, in an all-online format.
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Why Telegram had to follow Apple and Google when they suspended a voting app
telegra.ph/why-telegram-had-to-follow-apple-and-google-when-they-suspended-a-voting-app-09-252021229 points168 commentsSociety, Policy & Culture details
Telegram gives its users more freedom of speech than any other popular mobile application. Unlike other apps, Telegram can't be pressured by shareholders, cloud providers or advertisers into unjustified censorship. Telegram doesn't exist in isolation, however. It depends on other companies to function, from banks and…
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EFF's response to social media companies' decisions to block Trump’s accounts
Like most people in the United States and around the world, EFF is shocked and disgusted by Wednesday’s violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. We support all those who are working to defend the Constitution and the rule of law, and we are grateful for the service of policymakers, staffers, and other...
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Adam Smith and Inequality (2014)
The assumption that Adam Smith accepted inequality as the necessary trade-off for a more prosperous economy is wrong, writes Deborah Boucoyannis. In reality, Smith’s system precluded steep inequalities not out of a normative concern with equality but by virtue of the design that aimed to maximise the wealth of…
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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…