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Three Delusions: Paper Wealth, a Booming Economy, and Bitcoin
The reason that delusions are so hard to fight with logic is that delusions themselves are established through the exercise of logic. Responsibility for delusions is more likely to be found in distorted perception or inadequate information.
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At Scale, Rare Events Aren’t Rare
I’m a connoisseur of failure. I love reading about engineering failures of all forms and, unsurprisingly, I’m particularly interested in data center faults. It’s not that I delight in engineering failures. My interest is driven by believing that the more faults we all understand, the more likely we can engineer…
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How to Get Your First 1,000 Customers
There are a variety of methods to attract your first 1,000 customers, but launching with the press is my favorite. I’ll explain why and how to do it.
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Why You Should Hire an Old Programmer
You should hire an old programmer. It’s true! Sure.. older programmers are not going to work as many hours as someone fresh out of college. They have kids and spouses and mortgages and softball games to attend. They won't hang out at the office playing Xbox and ping-pong all night. They will not work 80 hour weeks and…
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Candy Japan 2017 Year in Review
This was another tough year for Candy Japan, with many factors combining to a sharp decline in subscriber numbers. Contains revenue numbers, site statistics and learnings from 2017.
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If companies interviewed tech recruiters the way they interview programmers
(The inspiration for this post came from here: https://medium.freecodecamp.com/welcome-to-the-software-interview-ee673bc5ef6)
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Interview with Mr. Money Mustache
Pete Adeney, more commonly known as Mr. Money Mustache [https://twitter.com/mrmoneymustache], retired at 30 after working as a software engineer for about ten years. He blogs at MrMoneyMustache.com [http://MrMoneyMustache.com] about how he saved money, where he invested it, and how he achieved “financial freedom…
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Uber's New CEO
Uber has a new CEO, and the reason he is a great choice explain why the Uber job is still an attractive one.
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Satellites Taking Pictures of Rockets Carrying More Satellites
In the hours leading up to our recent Soyuz launch we determined that a Dove would be near enough to Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to get a shot of our newest flock launching.
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A modest proposal
AdamW on Linux and more
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The Age of Nvidia
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The blockchain paradox: Why DLTs may do little to transform the economy
Vili Lehdonvirta is an expert on the politics and economics of digital platforms. His current research focuses on the geopolitics and geoeconomics of digital infrastructures.
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Ajit Pai is right
Any regulation, including those around net neutrality, should be put to a cost-benefit analysis. In this case regulation advocates come up short.
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Google's response to the European Commission fine
When you shop online, you want to find the products you’re looking for quickly and easily. And merchants want to promote those same products. That's why Google shows sho…
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