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Amazon 2020 Letter to Shareholders
To our shareowners:
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It's not a talent shortage, it's a hiring problem
I just started a new job at Microsoft and the hiring process has been on my mind a lot lately. I read articles on the Internet and hear people talking about how hard it is to find good development ...
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'Source available' is not open source, and that's okay
DHH's Fizzy license blocks competing SaaS offerings, so it is source available, not Open Source, which has a specific shared meaning; the real issue is sustainability.
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The Evolving Economics of Bitcoin, Gold and Fiat Currencies
Find information for Bitcoin Futures Contract Specs provided by CME Group. View Contract Specs
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30% of US Workforce Need License to Perform Their Job
Nearly 30 percent of workers in the U.S. need a license to perform their job. It is important to realize that occupational licenses are not mere state-sponsored certificates to signal that workers have completed some level of training; occupational licensing laws forbid people from practicing in their occupation…
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The “strategic reserve” exposes crypto as the scam it always was
Today, President Trump announced that the US Government would begin using taxpayer dollars to systematically buy up a variety of cryptocurrencies. Crypto prices shot up on the news. This is revealing, as crypto boosters have argued for years that cryptocurrency has legitimate economic value as a payment system outside…
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How renewables are saving Texans billions
A dive into ERCOT data reveals how solar energy is driving down electricity costs for Texas
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Microsoft: No GPLv3 Software for Windows Phone and Xbox Apps.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer and this is my PERSONAL blog. This article reflects my PERSONAL opinion and does not necessarily represent the position of my employer.
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Vivaldi 1.2 release
It’s a web browser. But fun. It comes with a bunch of clever features built-in. It’s super flexible and does not track you. Get the Vivaldi browser for desktop, mobile, and your car!
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Three kinds of AI products work
The very first LLM-based product, ChatGPT, was just the ability to talk with the model itself: in other words, a pure chatbot. This is still the most popular…
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Are founders really 1000x more valuable than their employees?
Is it fair for founders to own about 100% of a startup while employee #1 only owns a few percent? Are founders 10-1000x more valuable than employees? The answers are Yes, it is fair. Value doesn…
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The YC Winter 2022 Batch
For the Winter 2022 batch, we received 17,000 applications from founders around the world and funded 414. Today, these founders will present their companies to an invite-only audience of investors at Y Combinator’s 34th Demo Day.
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Twitter Killing Its Mac App
Holy smokes: For the full Twitter experience on Mac, visit Twitter on web. ???? https://t.co/fuPJa3nVky — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) February 16, 2018 I’m glad Twitter got rid of all of the Nazis and Russian bots on their platform before this.
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Has Agile Become Addiction to Instant Gratification?
“Agile” in software engineering has become the de-facto mode of operation for quite some time now. If what Bill Gates said is true, that…
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Ubuntu pre-installed and in retail worldwide
In the early days of Ubuntu, it was always a challenge to promote an OS that was so new and little known to the market; we were often asked ‘Ubun what…?”! Over the years, Canonical has grown rapidly, has innovated even faster and the community has spread the word all across the globe. Today, with […]
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One item purchased, ten emails
A single online order now generates ten emails. A look at how retail email got this far out of hand.
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How Amazon Can Blow Up Asset Management
Amazon’s home page is arguably the most valuable real estate in the world. What happens if that page offers an ASSET MANAGEMENT tab?
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The Economics of Sex Robots
This is a lightly edited version of an article I wrote that first appeared in Jacobite. I had a great conversation about this article and evolutionary psychology more generally (link here) with Joh…
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Stop A/B Testing and Make Out like a Bandit
This is the blog post that led to Myna . Sign up now and help us beta test the world’s fastest A/B testing product!
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InVision design collaboration services shutdown
Speed up product development from ideation to launch. Align teams, break tool silos, and ship what customers need in one AI-powered visual platform.
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Is it the “New York Review of Each Other’s Books”?
Measuring the extent of self-reviewing at the New York Review of Books from 1963-2022
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The venture capitalist's dilemma
The embarrassing investor meltdown surrounding Silicon Valley Bank should drive us to consider new models.