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It is a sign of the times that Amazon gets to call this fair use
This 404 report justly been getting considerable coverage. Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training dat...
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Launching Route 53 Files
Four decades ago, when the Berkeley Internet Name Domain Server launched, it stored DNS records in "zone files". You could edit these files in vi , but BIND had to be told to reload them before your changes took effect. Later, other DNS servers came along, like Daniel Bernstein's tinydns, which served records directly…
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The evolution of OpenAI's mission statement
As a USA 501(c)(3) the OpenAI non-profit has to file a tax return each year with the IRS. One of the required fields on that tax return is to “Briefly …
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When moving fast, talking is the first thing to break
When you make speed and “moving fast” the biggest priority on a project or in an organization, the first thing to breakdown is talking to each other. Talking takes time. Consensus is expensive and slow. In a pressurized environment there’s no time to schedule calls, get input from subject matter experts, or resolve…
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Porsche will contest Laguna Seca in historic colors of the Apple Computer livery
Preview, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Round 4, Laguna Seca
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Wikipedia Workers to Seek Union Recognition
COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION 24/06/2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wikipedia workers in Britain are setting a “global first” by becoming the first body of workers at the online encyclopaedia to seek union recognition. British-based employees at the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) wrote a letter to mana
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Dario Amodei – "We are near the end of the exponential" [video]
"That's why I'm sending this message of urgency"
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EV Stupidity Checklist
Automobiles have been around for well over a century. During that time, we’ve gotten pretty good at designing and building their basic components and controls: seats, doors, pedals, steering wheels, mirrors, etc. But when today’s automakers decide to make an electric vehicle (EV), they seemingly forget much of what…
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"I'm Embarrassed on Behalf of the Tech Industry"
That’s something Ben Thompson said a recent episode of Dithering . He was referring to how he felt while trying to help his mom get control of her digital…
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Toyotas and Terrorists: "Why are ISIS's trucks better than ours?" (2023)
One of the hottest commodities in the military, or even for civilian contractors, is having a vehicle down range when you are deployed in the Middle East. Anyone who is someone has their own Ford
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Cash issuing terminals
In the United States, we are losing our fondness for cash. As in many other countries, cards and other types of electronic payments now dominate everyday commerce. To some, this is a loss. Cash represented a certain freedom from intermediation, a comforting simplicity that you just don't get from Visa. It's funny to…
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The Sovereign Tech Fund invests in Scala
We’re truly excited to share that Scala has received an investment from the Sovereign Tech Fund to strengthen Scala’s long-term security, maintenance, and developer experience.
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If you stop hiring juniors, your senior engineers own you
The 'AI replaces junior engineers' argument ignores basic economics. Junior employees aren't just cheap labor. They're salary insurance, pipeline protection, and the only hedge companies have against a senior workforce that increasingly doesn't need the job.
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Why current LLM costs are not sustainable
AI has a cost problem. The solution that will emerge will be simpler than we expect.
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The Self-Help Trap: What 20 Years of "Optimizing" Has Taught Me
“We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is to learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.” — Aldous Huxley, Island It was cold out, but none of us were cold. I sat with five men in the mountains of Montana. As the sun set, the fire […]
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Assistant to the Regional Manager
The problem with utopia
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Moving fast in hardware: lessons from lab to $100M ARR
How to move fast when building for the physical world
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Verisign .com Domain Name Registry Consumer Class Action
WHAT'S THE ISSUE?
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TerraPower in deal with Meta for eight Natrium 345 MW nuclear plants
TerraPower in Mega Deal with Meta for Eight 345 MW Natrium Advanced Nuclear Plants DOE Awards $2.7 Billion for Uranium Enrichment Oklo, Meta Plan 1.2 GW Nuclear Energy Development in Southern Ohio …
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Ratchets in software development (2021)
So there's a thing we use at work which I call a ratchet. In our codebase, there are "patterns" which we used to use all the time, but we decided to stop using them, but removing all of the existing instances at once is too much work. We want to remove all of these instances eve...
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Gas Town: From Clown Show to v1.0
TL;DR: Gas Town and Beads have both released version 1.0.0 today. Enjoy!
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Apple capped engineers at a $200 daily AI budget
The world's richest company is suddenly rationing compute for its own builders.
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Reviewers rarely talk about reliability. Owners bring it up twice as often
Across 654 products in 19 categories, Reddit owners bring up reliability and support in 13% of their opinions, YouTube reviewers in 7%. On apps, 71% of owner opinions are negative. Data to download.
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United Wizards of the Coast recognized by NLRB
Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected.From this day forward, we have a union!To the thousands who signed our petition letter, the…
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The truth about being a manager
I vividly remember most of my own journey into engineering management over the years. Throughout my career, I’ve also mentored several people taking the step from engineer to engineering manager. It’s a challenging and often lonely journey, and here are a few truths most new managers realize the hard way. (If you…
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Founding is a snowball
It can happen to anyone.
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The AI Demand Bubble
If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It's $70 a year, $18 a quarter, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 10,000 to 18,000 words, including vast, detailed analyses of NVIDIA, Anthropic