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Culture eats policy
The government has a culture problem, making it difficult to implement well-intentioned policies.
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 16,891 posts.
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Stripe – Apple Pay
Online payment processing for internet businesses. Stripe is a suite of payment APIs that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes.
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Facebook Ads: The Cheapest Traffic You'll Ever Buy
Whenever people talk about Facebook Ads (or even more generally "Can Facebook justify their $50bn valuation?") the conversation always tends to swing around to how poorly Facebook Ads perform. ...
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The Amazon Machine
Amazon is a machine to make a machine, and the machine it makes is more Amazon.
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Google Acquires Quickoffice
We're happy to announce that we have acquired Quickoffice, a leader in office productivity solutions.
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Meanwhile, just East of Silicon Valley, in Tupelo Mississippi...
I did an unvacation in Tupelo, Mississippi this past week. An unvacation is my new M.O., in which I travel to someplace fun but don’t take significant time off while there. My old friends Henderson and Rebecca live in Tupelo, and it was a really special opportunity to spend some time with them. One of the many great…
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The social physics of conversation: Communication patterns matter
Discover how communication patterns shape team performance, innovation, and collective intelligence. Learn why idea flow matters more than talent alone.
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Use.GPU Goes Trad
Old is new again
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Why Twilio Wasn’t Affected by Today’s AWS Issues
Twilio posts cloud communications trends, customer stories, and tips for building scalable voice and SMS applications with Twilio's APIs.
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SurveyMonkey Acquires Wufoo (YC W06)
We are delighted to announce that we have signed a definitive agreement to be [acquired by SurveyMonkey](http://www.surveymonkey.com/PressRelease04252011.aspx), the world’s leading […]
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Make Boring Plans
You’re probably familiar with the concept of Choose Boring Technology. If you’re not, I’ll wait for you to read the excellent blog post by…
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Pixar: The Early Days A never-before-seen 1996 interview
A never-before-seen 1996 interview
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Winter & Cold Weather EV Range Loss in 7,000 Cars
All vehicles lose efficiency and range in very cold weather. Electric cars are no different. The good news, however, is that this range loss is temporary and not as limiting as many people may think.
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A Worsening Culture War
When leaders run out of unifying myths, division is the last currency. Why this Thanksgiving, America is a "death cult" versus "radical socialists"
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Golden Handcuffs
Stock-based compensation plans throughout the startup and tech sector are based on “golden handcuffs” – the idea that an employee can’t leave because they would be giving up too much money if they do. I’ve never loved that concept. It feels like staying in a bad marriage for the kids. So I have been involved […]
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Apple now strives to design and build products that last as long as possible
I think Lisa Jackson’s presentation at the September 2018 iPhone launch event was perhaps the most interesting and most profound. Lisa Jackson is Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy…
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Apple Captures 75% of Global Handset Market Operating Profit in Q2 2021
Counterpoint Research Insight
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What is wrong with Microsoft buying GitHub
According to Bloomberg Microsoft is said to have agreed to buy GitHub . GitHub which reportedly has been losing money being acquired is a major development because of its central role in the development of many open and closed source projects.
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Databricks is raising a Series K Investment at >$100B valuation
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — August 19, 2025 — Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced it has signed a term sheet for its Series K round, which it expects to close soon with backing from existing investors. This funding values the company at >$100 billion.
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Is Sora the beginning of the end for OpenAI?
On my podcast this week, I took a closer look at OpenAI’s new video generation model, Sora 2, which can turn simple text descriptions into ... Read more
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Zed's Pricing Has Changed: LLM Usage Is Now Token-Based
From the Zed Blog: We're moving Zed AI from prompt-based limits to token-based pricing.
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Founder Ethics
One of the most valuable parts of Y Combinator is our community. As of Summer 2014, we have funded over 1,400 founders, and as the YC family grows, the continued strength of our network depends on founders behaving well. Starting with this batch (YC S14), we’ll be asking founders to review YC’s statement of founder…
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The worst users come from referral programs, free trials, coupons
Above: Many small business figured out the hard way why coupon sites generate worse users
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Kagi Teams
To satisfy the growing demand for our services in work environments, we are launching Kagi for Teams - bringing our unmatched quality, privacy-focused search and AI tools to businesses worldwide. While most enterprise tools force you...