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Moving on from 18F
I had a wonderful job, until I didn’t. This is about what happened—and what is still happening.
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 80,864 posts.
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We installed a single turnstile to feel secure
After the acquisition by a much larger company, security became a top priority. Our company occupied three tall buildings, each at least 13 stories high. Key card readers were installed next to every
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Prefer strict tables in SQLite
I prefer strict tables in SQLite because they avoid some datatype problems, such as putting text in number columns.
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What We Look for in Founders
(I wrote this for Forbes, who asked me to write something about the qualities we look for in founders. In print they had to cut the last item because they didn't have room.) 1. Determination This has turned out to be the most important quality in startup founders. We thought when we started Y Combinator that the most…
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Success at Work, Failure at Home
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
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Skype group video calling becomes free
Start free Teams video calls instantly! Connect, collaborate, and communicate effortlessly. Enjoy features like video calls, chat, file sharing, and more. Perfect for personal use, freelancers, solopreneurs, PTAs, teachers, small businesses and social events. Get started today!
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Introduction to Immutable Linux Systems
In this article, you will learn what stands behind the label immutable when it comes to Linux systems
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Play GTA V in your Browser, Sort of
Inspired by a blog post to run your own cloud gaming service which uses a VPN and Steam's In-Home Streaming, I thought I could do this, too, but in the browser.
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The Web’s Cruft Problem
The Web's Cruft Problem is out. Stay connected to Telerik Blogs for .NET, JavaScript, cross-platform app development (and beyond) news and tutorials.
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YouTube cancelled my Nextcloud installation how-to
Chris McCormick - News
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Firefox 51.0
We'd also like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox!
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Group sex app leaks locations, pics and personal details
We’ve seen some pretty poor security in dating apps over recent years; breaches of personal data, leaking users locations and more. But this one really takes the biscuit: probably the worst security for any dating app we’ve ever seen And it’s used for arranging threesomes. It’s 3fun. It exposes the near real time…
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Elsevier threatens others for linking to Sci-Hub but does so itself
Sci-Hub is a copyright-violating site that provides infringing access to scholarly publications that are behind paywalls. Its ethics are problematic but it’s...
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Deno v1.8 – support for WebGPU, private modules, Intl, and much more
Deno 1.8 adds experimental support for the WebGPU API, adds support for importing private modules, stabilizes import maps, revamps coverage tooling, adds ICU to provide internationalization out of the box, and a whole lot more.
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Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Open Letter to Congress
When sophisticated adversaries want to hack a network, they ultimately win. A government mandated encryption backdoor would make Americans less safe.
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Using Fibonacci numbers to convert from miles to kilometers and vice versa
I recently learned an interesting fact about Fibonacci numbers while watching a random number theory video on YouTube. Fibonacci numbers can be used to approximately convert from miles to kilometers and back. Here is how. Take two consecutive Fibonacci numbers, for example 5 and 8. And you're done converting. No...
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Factorio that you can touch
Hello, we have very unusual Friday facts for you.
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Ten years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned
1/ After 10+ years of publishing professional writing at https://t.co/ddc2F89IIV , I have a couple opinions on how to get your stuff read
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The Insane Innovation of TI Calculator Hobbyists
In the mid-to-late 2000s, you either knew, or were, that kid in grade school. You know. The one who could put games on your graphing calculator. You may be surprised to learn that some of these people didn’t exist totally in a vaccuum. There was in fact a thriving scene of hackers who had bent these calculators to…
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The Best Article Ever Written About Bragging
After feeling belittled, I journey into the heart of bragging and discover 17 modes of showing off.
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Images Created from Prime Numbers
Inspired by James McKee’s Trinity Hall prime, physics researcher Gilles Esposito-Farese (of the self-descriptive pangram) has worked out that this 2,258-digit prime number: 53084469288402965415857953902888840109250315594591772197851275320 59910735745658243457138160802170063601085186072703319516241231606…
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