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What Netflix Could Have Said This Week
In the 14 years since we started Netflix, we’ve gained more than 25 million customers worldwide by providing the best DVD by mail service anywhere. Along the
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Ways Data Projects Fail
Introduction Data science continues to generate excitement and yet real-world results can often disappoint business stakeholders. How can we mitigate risk and ensure results match expectations? Working as a technical data scientist at the interface between R&D and commercial operations has given me an insight into the…
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We will never have enough software developers (2020)
Developers are dropping out of the profession in large numbers despite efforts to grow the number of computer science graduates and software engineers.
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Hard-won lessons about money and investing
Any time you talk about money, you risk sounding like a jerk. I’m going to take that risk in this post. I’ll start out by talking about a couple ways I shot myself in the foot financial…
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What I wish I knew before building a Shopify App
I spent the last week building an App for the Shopify Marketplace. It was unlike anything I've done before on the Web. Knowing some of the things I'm going to share, before you start building, could save you some headache.
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IPhone vs Android? No. We're fighting the wrong fight
We have been distracted by ridiculous arguments and fabricated “wars” for too long. We have been distracted by thinking that Google is Microsoft and Apple is Apple in a doomed fight alr…
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A founder-friendly term sheet
When I invest (outside of YC) I make offers with the following term sheet. I’ve tried to make the terms reflect what I wanted when I was a founder. A few people have asked me if I’d share it, so...
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Is technical analysis just stock market astrology?
Technical analysis is a part of finance that studies price moves to guide investment decisions.A lot of investors seem skeptical of the use of past price dat...
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AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics
AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics, boosting the economy, and beginning to approach the railroad boom
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Chess.com vs. Lichess
A comprehensive comparison of the two most popular chess websites.
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Roku filed an 8-K saying that of its $1.9B of cash, $487M is stuck at SVB
“$ROKU filed an 8-K saying that of its $1.9 billion of cash, $487mn is stuck at $SIVB (mostly UNINSURED)” is published by Vikash Ruhil.
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Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)
A subtle change has been made to the comments links, so they no longer pop up. Does this in any way help with the problem about comments not appearing on permalinked posts, readers? Update: seemingly not Update: Oh yeah!
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I algorithmically donated $5000 to Open Source
Notable case of algorithmic approach to open source and non-profit giving
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Evaluating Modest SaaS Business Ideas
I'm evaluating new SaaS business ideas, and I wanted to share a little bit about exactly how I'm evaluating them.
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Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident
Here is a photo of my family. I love them more than anything. Images have power, I hope. Normally we try to be pretty private, but in this case I am sharing a photo in the...
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Europe's Software Problem
This article is part of a series on (European) innovation and capabilities. Europe’s communication needs are currently almost exclusively delivered by Chinese hardware that connects us to US-based platforms. For a variety of reasons, this is not a good idea. As stated recently by Charles Michel, President of the…
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The New Apple Advantage
On the dearth of Apple-caliber products from companies other than Apple.
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Before Growth
We tell startups all the time that they have to grow quickly. That’s true, and very good advice, but I think the current fashion of Silicon Valley startups has taken this to an unhealthy...
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How to be a leader when the vibes are off
...and the vibes are definitely off It feels different in tech right now. We’re coming off a long era where optimism carried the industry. Something has curdled. AI hype, return-to-office mandates, and continued layoffs have shifted the mood. Managers are quicker to fire, existential dread has replaced
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How Zidisha (YC W14) Is Misleading the Public About Its Interest Rates
Of all the microcredit innovators in recent years, one of the most interesting has been Zidisha.org. As Wikipedia explains , "Zidisha is...
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TPP Text Confirms Massive Loss to Canadian Public Domain
The New Zealand government posted the official Trans Pacific Partnership text today after years secret negotiations and occasional leaks of the text. It is an enormous deal with dozens of side letters between countries - Canada alone has eight side letters on intellectual property with seven TPP countries - that will…
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The 'Return to Office' Lies
i vent about return to office bullshittery.
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Tokens are getting more expensive
"language models will get cheaper by 10x" will not save ai subscriptions from the short squeeze
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Tech Debt: My Rust Library Is Now a CDO
Bringing the great successes of financial engineering to Rust.
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Safari to Include DuckDuckGo as a Built-In Search Option
Link to: http://www.apple.com/osx/preview/apps/
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Why I Sold My Company and Didn't Tell Anyone for a Year
"I worried about what would happen to her without me, and what you would think of me for abandoning her. I worried about how I could explain. I worried about it all the time. And when the day finally ca...
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