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Privacy Update: Third-party Tracking
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The most popular blog posts about tech industry & business on Hacker News. 1,121 posts.
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Leaving Mozilla
I don’t think any little girl grows up with the goal of “I want to be an OSS Android browser developer” and to be totally honest, even as an adult I just kin...
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Is BI dead? – On dismantling data's ship of Theseus
On dismantling data's ship of Theseus.
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative sunsetting science research platform meta.org
Meta.org will sunset March 31, 2022
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OPPA: Ohio could become the third US state to enact a new consumer privacy law
We enable the world to secure the web. Burp Suite, the Web Security Academy, and world-leading research from PortSwigger — the AppSec community’s home.
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Excalidraw+
We introduce Excalidraw+, built on the open-source, enhancing the whiteboard app with several team features.
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The Roblox Microverse
Roblox is something new and interesting that abstracts away the platforms underneath it.
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Is Norway the New East India Company?
Gas and oil, and opium
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75% of the original Disney+ executive team is no longer at Disney
Ricky Strauss' departure was a longtime coming
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The Unauthorized Story of Andreessen Horowitz
Why media whisperer Margit Wennmachers is going direct.
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Why inflation is not a threat
I have just posted this thread on inflation on Twitter. It will feature in 'Money for nothing and my Tweets for free' in due course: Current debate about inflation isn’t really about whether it’s likely: it isn’t. Instead it’s about whose vision of the future is going to win. Is it...
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Analyzing the legal implications of GitHub Copilot
Explore the potential legal challenges GitHub Copilot faces regarding copyright infringement and license compliance of its code suggestions.
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India’s new intermediary liability and digital media laws will harm the internet
In in a sudden move that will have disastrous consequences for the open internet, the Indian government has notified a new regime for intermediary liability protections.
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Adobe: The Psychology of User Offboarding
Discover the user offboarding tactics used by Adobe and how to design a great subscription cancellation flows without relying on unethical dark patterns.
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Scaleway announces measures against abusive Chia plotting and farming
Chia is a few months old, and we are already witnessing the impact of Chia on all our products. Speculative farmers are forcing their way in to make as much money as possible, as quickly as possible.
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Vivaldi Browser 5.0
Get all of the highlights and details of this release by visiting the blog. Read the release blog • [New][Themes] Theme sharing (VB-38363) • [New][Translate][Panel] Provide a new way to translate…
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Tailscale free for open source projects
Tailscale is now free for open source projects using GitHub organizations. Enjoy up to 25 users, 5 devices per user, and more.
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We need new data books, so we published one
A site around enabling companies and knowledge workers to be informed and enabled with the data they need for their work.
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Jakub Konka Hired Full Time
Thanks to continued growth of our generous donors, Zig Software Foundation’s financial status is healthier than ever. With our low overhead and efficient organization structure, we point the flow of money directly towards contributors.
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Early Retirement (2006)
The joys, challenges, and some practical aspects of retiring young.
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Repealing Section 230 won’t do what anyone wants
Abolishing platform immunity won’t do what anyone wants
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Engineering productivity can be measured, just not how you'd expect
Bring all your engineering data in one place and build dashboards in minutes
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McKinsey taught Big Pharma how to price-gouge
Leaked slides document the lies, sleaze and profiteering.
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“Buy and Hold” No More: The Resurgence of Active Trading
Conventional wisdom holds that passive trading is the rational investing strategy. Active traders are often portrayed as gambling rubes or lucky opportunists who will (eventually) be handily beaten by index funds. But the steady growth of platforms like eToro and Robinhood, coupled with the acceleration of investing…
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The Amazon Empire Strikes Back
Amazon’s logistics investment makes the company increasingly attractive to 3rd party merchants.
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I believe US could see rolling series of “Ireland events” over next 2 months
I believe there is a non-trivial chance that the United States will experience a rolling series of “Ireland events” over the next 30-45 days, where the Covid effective reproductive number (Re not R0) reaches a value between 2.4 and 3.0 in states and regions where a) the more infectious UK-variant (or similar) Covid…