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RStudio becomes a public benefit corporation
We started the RStudio project because we were excited and inspired by R. The creators of R provided a flexible and powerful foundation for statistical computing; then made it free and open so that it could be improved collaboratively and its benefits could be shared by the widest possible audience.
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Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it
At City Observatory, we try to stick to a wonky, data-driven approach to all things urban. But numbers don’t mean much without a framework to explain them, and so today we want to quickly talk about one of those rhetorical frameworks: specifically, how we talk about driving.
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America vs. Singapore: You can't save your way out of economic shocks
Saving regret has less to do with procrastination than we thought, and more to do with whether your country absorbs economic shocks or lets them hit your savings
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How this Ends
We are in the middle of one of the great asset bubbles of modern times. It has been brought on by the easy money policies of central banks around the world aimed at weathering the global Covid 19 pandemic. Interest rates are near zero or negative in most developed economies and asset prices have gone […]
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Why is China smashing its tech industry?
Maybe because what countries think of as a "tech industry" isn't always the same
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Trump
I'm going to say something very unpopular in my world: Trump is right about some big things. He's right that many Americans are getting screwed by the system. He’s right that the economy is not...
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Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
Google Duo is an app available for Android and iOS that takes the complexity out of 1-to-1 video calling.
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Google Cloud Spanner is now half the cost of Amazon DynamoDB
Alongside lower costs, Cloud Spanner provides single-digit ms latencies and strong consistency across multiple availability zones in the same region.
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IRS guidance for thieves, drug dealers, and corrupt officials
IRS guidance for thieves, drug dealers, and corrupt officials. IRS illegal activities guidance helps taxpayers determine how to report their income.
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Why does the Librem 5 phone cost that much?
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
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Amazon establishes new Counterfeit Crimes Unit
The global team will investigate crimes and bring legal action against counterfeiters to protect our customers and brands.
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The quest for freedom and safety: Why I donated $100,000 to YesOn19
The common theme uniting most of my efforts is the desire to be free. One of the reasons I'm so interested in startups is that they give peo...
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FDA Authorizes Ten 23andme Genetic Health Risk Reports
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted 23andMe authorization to offer ten genetic health risk reports including late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, celiac disease, and a condition associated with harmful blood clots. For several years, 23andMe has worked on demonstrating that its reports are…
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Mobile is Eating the World
There is no point in drawing a distinction between the future of technology and the future of mobile. They are the same. In other words, technology is now outgrowing the tech industry.
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Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most countries
Update, 4/27: Twitter has now officially announced that they are killing off SMS in most countries. The Verge covers the story as well. View alternate
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An $89 remanufactured Ubuntu workstation
This website is for sale! symplepc.com is your first and best source for information about symplepc. Here you will also find topics relating to issues of general interest. We hope you find what you are looking for!
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The State of Software Security in 2019
My goal in this post is to skim my observations on the state of software design and development over the past year, and to try to find a meaningful way forward for myself for 2019. My perspective is limited by the fact that I have worked exclusively in client-side software security for the past 7.5 years. Still, I…
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ArXiv receives multiyear commitments to support it as an independent nonprofit
arXiv is pleased to announce that three leading philanthropic organizations have provided multimillion-dollar support for arXiv. These new multiyear…
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ChatGPT Health is a marketplace, guess who is the product?
If you read OpenAI’s recent announcement about ChatGPT Health, you might wonder why an AI company under immense financial pressure is venturing into the health business. The answer is buried...