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Introducing Michael Abrash, Oculus Chief Scientist
The Path to the Metaverse I'm tremendously excited to join Oculus, and when I think back, it's astonishing how unlikely the...
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Tech CEO sentenced to 5 years in IP address scheme
Amir Golestan , the 40-year-old CEO of the Charleston, S.C. based technology company Micfo LLC , has been sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud. Golestan’s sentencing comes nearly two years after he pleaded guilty to using an elaborate network of phony companies to secure more than 735,000 Internet Protocol…
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Microsoft is employing dark patterns to goad users into paying for storage?
Lzon.ca. A personal blog, by a programmer and IT expert.2026395 points245 commentsTech Industry & Business details
A personal blog, by a programmer and IT expert. Essays, Articles, Guides, and Recipes. As well as Code, Quotes, and Links.
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Story of Mattermost: Open-Sourced Competitor to Slack
The Open Sourced competitor to Slack
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I Hope Twitter Goes Away
About seven months ago, I abruptly quit Twitter. Though I’d been thinking about it for a while, ultimately leaving was a snap decision for me. Lately I’ve been reflecting on why I hate Twitter so much.
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Seattle City Council votes to ban surveillance pricing in sale of groceries
If signed, Seattle will become the first city in the nation to prohibit the pricing tactic Seattle, Washington – The Seattle City Council today passed…
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Your app is not compliant with Google Play Policies: A story from hell
Hello, I'm Sylvia. I like to hack on things.
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Cryptic, allusive messages from Hong Kong's wealthiest tycoon
August 18, 2019 @ 12:31 am · Filed by Victor Mair under Decipherment , Language and history , Language and literature , Language and politics
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Why Stack Overflow Doesn’t Care About Ad Blockers
Hi! I’m Steve Feldman, Senior Ad Ops Manager at Stack Overflow. My whole life I’ve been fascinated by advertising. Even as a kid, I wondered what a company was trying to tell me by using one word instead of another in an ad. Over time, I developed a strong (read: subjective) opinion of what makes an ad ’good,’ and…
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Microsoft to acquire Nokia
The latest news and stories about how technology is helping people around the world solve problems, innovate and do more each day.
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Honestly.com – Not acting so honestly
I hate to have my first blog post after over a year be a negative one, but I feel like these guys need calling out. I recently received an email from a company, Honestly.com, that…
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The SaaS CTO Security Checklist Redux
Learn how to protect your SaaS applications with the SaaS CTO security checklist. Doing the basics goes a long way in keeping your company and product secure.
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LibraryThing Is Now Free to All
Starting today, LibraryThing is free to all! We’re dropping all membership fees and limits.
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Bolt announces layoffs
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I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried to explain it
Avoided emissions seem like a (well-intentioned?) shell game
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Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 staff
Today, our cofounder and CEO Drew Houston shared the difficult news that we’ll be making reductions to our global workforce. He sent the following email to all employees:
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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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Laying myself off from Amazon
Yesterday, I resigned from Amazon. My final day is next week, right before Thanksgiving. I realize the timing of this is quite coincidental— as this week Amazon began layoffs. My team was not affected by these layoffs (as far as I know, apparently the full scope is not yet known at the time of this writing.)
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You don't want to hire "the best engineers"
I think this might be the meanest thing I've ever written.
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Chinese Markets Halted, Equities Plunge Another 7%
Sea of Red in Asia There's another bloodbath in Asian equities his morning, the second in a week. click on chart for sharper image C...
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Surprise, pay $1000
What's the right behaviour when "try for free" ends?
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Funding for Covid-19 Projects
I’m trying to fund startups/projects helping with COVID-19, because it’s basically the one thing I know how to do that can help. I think we will soon have enough testing capacity, so now I’d like...