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What is the business model for DuckDuckGo? (2017)
We’re proud to be profitable without making your personal information the product. Here's how we make it work (and how other companies can, too).
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The most popular blog posts about tech industry & business on Hacker News. 16,886 posts.
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Autoenshittification. How the computer killed capitalism. – by Cory Doctorow
How the computer killed capitalism.
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The WeWork IPO
The WeWork IPO is defined by audaciousness and excess, all of which is driven by unlimited access to capital.
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We need someone who has done “it” before
Have you (or your company) tried repeatedly to hire for Role X?
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The Orange Juice Test (1985)
The key to hiring quality employees is with using the Orange Juice Test, which is designed to sort through candidates based on how they can handle difficult situations and tasks.
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Factorio Future Plans
Hello, the 1.1 release is the final release of the vanilla game. It will be maintained, so bugfixes, simple modding interface additions, or minor tweaks can happen, but that's about it.
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BigQuery prices increasing by more than 100% for many users
New BigQuery pricing editions and autoscaling let you choose the right price-performance for your workloads, and pay for only what you use.
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PlanetScale is now generally available
PlanetScale is now GA.
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We Switched to Mattermost
Secure workloads with Identity-First Reachability. NetFoundry closes inbound ports and replaces VPNs for simpler, zero-trust networking.
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No longer loving Google
I stopped working at Google in 2006 but I only stopped loving it this month. I’ve frequently defended the company in public, explaining unpopular actions from what I imagine their side is. Google has often been in the right but the company is terrible at explaining itself. I felt with my understanding of the company I…
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LMArena is a cancer on AI
Would you trust a medical system whose only metric was “which doctor wins the Internet?” No, you'd call that malpractice. Yet that's LMArena.
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Launching Our Crowdfunding Campaign
Today we kicked off our first crowdfunding campaign with the goal of raising enough funds to cover about one month of our operations - $200,000. That amount covers the operational and engineering staff, the hardware and the software, and general operating expenses needed to securely and reliably issue and manage many…
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Grindr and OKCupid Sell Your Data, but Twitter’s MoPub Is the Real Problem
On January 15, a Norweigian Consumer Council (NCC) investigative report exposed the ways that Grindr, OKCupid, and eight other apps are collecting and sharing extremely sensitive personal data. Grindr in particular was sharing users’ age and location tied to a device ID that would allow trackers to...
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Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay
There have been so many articles posted on Steve Jobs in the past week, I really thought I wasn’t going to add one here on my blog. However, yesterday, John Lilly wrote a great piece on Steve…
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Welcoming Shopify as a Ladybird sponsor
Hello friends!
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Congratulations on IE10: from Mozilla with cake
Back when Firefox 2 was released (six years ago this week!), the Internet Explorer team started a friendly tradition of sending Mozilla a cake as congratulations. This continued for Firefox 3 and Firefox 4 . After Firefox switched from major releases once or twice a year to incremental updates every six weeks, they…
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The New Funding Landscape
October 2010 After barely changing at all for decades, the startup funding business is now in what could, at least by comparison, be called turmoil. At Y Combinator we've seen dramatic changes in the funding environment for startups. Fortunately one of them is much higher valuations. The trends we've been seeing are…
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Release of the Full TPP Text Confirms Threats to Users’ Rights
Update [11/9/2015]: President Obama formally notified Congress of his intent to sign the TPP on Thursday November 5—90 days after which he may sign the agreement and send the agreement to Congress for ratification. Trade offices involved in negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement...
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Your Credentials Are Worthless Here
House cleaning, home cleaning, furniture assembly, TV mounting and other handyman services. Book in 60 seconds. Top-rated local professionals. Handy Happiness Guarantee.
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Remember QR Codes? They’re More Powerful Than You Think
China’s mobile payment ecosystem, the largest in the world, is built upon QR codes. But that technology extends far beyond shopping to ease friction throughout daily life. On a recent trip to China, I personally interacted with QR codes 42 times in a single day—to ride the train, to book a workout, to charge my...
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You shouldn’t use a spreadsheet for important work
I envy economists. Unlike computer scientists, they seem to be able to publish best-seller books with innovative research. One such book is Piketty's Capital. The book is reminiscent of Marx's capital in its scope. If you haven't heard about the book yet, it has a simple message: the yield on capital is higher than…
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Stack Overflow reduces global workforce by approximately 15%
This is a key moment in our company’s history, as the whole world is dealing with significant uncertainty. Know that you are not alone. We are facing this situation together. Our goal is to stay focused on living our core values and actively connect with teammates, our community, and our customers.