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Strategy 101: An introduction to power
If you’re interested in strategy, this post will be valuable to you. It shares the the tools that I’ve found most valuable so far.
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Inflation, part 1: On shelter futures
A deep-dive
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Product Market Fit
Kevin Lin builds tools for humans and agents.
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Open Source Bait and Switch
When OSS advocacy goes too far & corporate greed takes over, free software is used as a tool to destroy competition and hurt the developer community.
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Talking about layoffs
We don’t really talk about layoffs. When you hear someone say they got laid off, it’s likely the next thing you hear from them is about the new job they’re starting. But we don’t talk about what it’s like in between those two events - which means we’re not acknowledging how traumatic it is to be laid off.
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How can we know if paid search advertising works?
Addressing causal problems on major eBay and Facebook
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FogBugz goes dark
Today I got an email titled ‘Your Manuscript Account Balance’ which said: Your Manuscript account is now in arrears in the amount of $31.25. Use this link to specify a credit card for y…
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I Bond’s variable rate will rise to 9.62% with the May reset
May 2, 2022 update: Treasury holds I Bond’s fixed rate at 0.0%; composite rate soars to 9.62%. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Based on the March inflation report, which concluded the six-month rate s…
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Being on a board as an employee
I recently left my job at Honeycomb. They’re a fantastic company, and I think they will be wildly successful. Still, life circumstances are such that I wanted to explore an opportunity at a much larger technology organization. More on that in another post, perhaps. In this post, I want to reflect on a unique aspect of…
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How To Know Everything
At its simplest, this book deals with the art of asking questions. In reality, it’s about Socratic philosophy. It’s about our willingness to open our minds, close our mouths and listen. The c…
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The fake artists problem on streaming platforms
Recent revelations from an alleged industry insider paint a disturbing picture
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An Interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger
An interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger about IDM 2.0, the acquisition of Tower Semiconductor, and the choices Intel did not make.
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How do poor countries get rich?
An overview of 4 theories
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A small Stripe fraud story
A story post about the time a Stripe account I used years ago had thousands of pounds worth of unexpected payments flood in.
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DALL-E, the Metaverse, and Zero Marginal Content
Machine-learning generated content has major implications on the Metaverse, because it brings the marginal cost of production to zero.
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EU DSA: Industry and government interests prevail over citizens’ digital rights
After 16 hours of discussion, negotiators from the European Parliament and EU governments have just made deal on a new EU Digital Services Act. Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer sat at the negotiating table as Rapporteur for the Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) and summarises: "We were able to p
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Subscriptions are out, refills are in
Everything these days is a subscription. And honestly, on reflection, subscriptions are complete horseshit.
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Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
How do habits work? How do you change your habits? How do you hold yourself accountable? This complete habits guide contains everything you need to know.
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Inflation is differential and restructuring (2021)
When it comes to inflation, economists get it wrong. Inflation is always and everywhere differential.
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Why hasn’t technology disrupted higher education already?
The key question about AI and school is about the past
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Bye, Twitter
Today I’m leaving Twitter, because I don’t like making unpaid contributions to a for-profit publisher whose proprietor is an alt-right troll. But also because it’s probably going to break down. Read on for details.
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The high price we pay for social media
Sitting exams is unpleasant at the best of times, but my daughter believes she has extra cause to complain. Two of her A-level papers are scheduled for the same time, so she must take a break betwe…
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Reflections on my time in Y Combinator
A quick intro: This is the first post I’ve written in quite a while, but it’s also the first time I feel like I’ve had a chance to breathe this year. I’m on a “vacation”, although it stops feeling like that when you have a toddler
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“Blue Light” creating capacity for nothing (2007)
This is one of my favorite stories from all of my years in applying TOC. I use it frequently in my consulting work and again it's totally tr...
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Trump's Trading Card Grift Is Worse Than You Think
Shell companies, rubbing elbows with international criminals, and worse in his scam of scams
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Welcome to Hotel Elsevier: you can check-out any time you like – not
In December 2021, Robin Kok wrote a series of tweets about his Elsevier data access request. I did the same a few days later. This here is the resulting collaborative blog post...
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Micro-SaaS Alternatives to BigTech/VC
A list of small internet startups built by solo developers or tiny teams which can be used as alternatives to big tech/VC-funded startups. Choosing these alternatives helps their founders make money to live their lives and focus on working on their products.
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Resumes are dangerous?
I've been interviewing engineers for a while now, and it seems the more interviews I do, the more I realize how many my initial assumptions about hiring were wrong. For example, take resumes. Initially, before every interview I'd carefully review resumes. I'd look at candidate's past
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Helium
A major reason that cryptocurrencies have become such a problem is that mainstream journalists normally just regurgitate the hype they are f...