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Dear Open Collective Community, It is with sad hearts that we have heard the news about Open Collective Foundation decision to dissolve, effective December 31. The full content of their announcement, which came as a surprise to us, can be found here, and they have also created an FAQ. We
This article exposes the unfair reality of spare part prices. To make repair affordable, we need reasonable prices for original parts, clear acceptance for the use of compatible parts (third party, used or 3D-printed) and a solid ban on parts pairing.
It’s no secret that the bulk of AAA games market revenues come from in-game purchases , mostlyfrom live-service games. It’s also impossible to ignore that the live-service market is fiercely competitive.
Mobile before iOS and Android
1 sites already link to thisisalot.com, after 2 years online. Listed at $195 — keep the equity.
I once worked at a company that priced everything with a .95 ending. The bestselling software package was $999.95. Add-on products were $9.95, or $19.95, or $49.95. Everything ended with a .95. It had been this way for more than twenty years. One day, one of the VPs suggested we change all prices to end […]
Blog post: Answering Legal Questions with LLMs
GE Vernova announces 2.4 GW order for Pattern Energy’s SunZia wind project
I had a plumber over the other day. I was worried that my water service line might be leaking. There was a wet patch in the yard and I noticed that one of my sink’s water pressure seemed to be lowe…
The product’s failure should further dispel the myth of tech inevitability
The Washington Post writes The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers? This article has some good data, but I think misses the point with sub-heads like “Shine has co…
Title insurance is grossly overpriced relative to actual risks involved. Why is that?
I got a pull request from "tea.xyz" related individual and unraveled a mess of a disappointing project.
Now that we’re increasingly concerned about the dominance of ‘big tech’, Open Source is often mentioned as an alternative, especially since our governments are carrying out a Total Migration to Microsoft. This is the English version of this Dutch piece. In Dutch we say you can’t compare apples and pears, but that’s…
"Destroying silos" is a clumsy solution to team isolation
Regulation-induced monocultures meet unfortunate but explicable engineering decisions.
Tae Kim's terrific new book on the story of Nvidia and Jensen Huang
xAI is pleased to announce our series B funding round of $6 billion.
The ElephantSQL team announces that ElephantSQL will discontinue its services.
We have been encountering significant problems with Intel CPU stability. Despite all released microcode, BIOS, and firmware updates, the problem remains unresolved.
Here’s a gem from the archive of the NY Times. One day in September 1976, NY Times food critic Mimi Sheraton and Colonel Harland Sanders stopped into a Manhatta
Cinder is part of a growing list of US-based tech companies that encounter engineering applicants who are actually suspected North Korean nationals. Here's what we're doing about it.
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Llama models are approaching 350 million downloads to date, and they were downloaded more than 20 million times in the last month alone, making Llama the leading open source model family.
The donation is structured in two 150k USD payments, one due right away, the second one year from now.
Designer News is dead. Designer News was an online community for product designers. For years it was the best forum to discuss designing software.
Wishing for a more orderly disruption may misunderstand the nature of government reform
