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Paul Graham: Essays
The Airbnbs
over a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
SpaceX's 5-Step Design Process How rapid failure and iteration will get Starship to orbit and beyond.
over a year ago
Noahpinion
My sci-fi novel recommendations A repost with some updates, just in time for the holidays.
a year ago
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How to conduct a good demo of your SaaS Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash Frequently, when we finish a demo session of our HR app,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash Frequently, when we finish a demo session of our HR app, customers will tell us “Wow, that was a great demo!” when signing off. I never really thought about it, other than the fact that I usually had a good time showing them around, and that...
AVC
AIVC I was approached by a company this week that has trained a large language model on all of the blog...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I was approached by a company this week that has trained a large language model on all of the blog posts I have written here at AVC. There are 9059 of them for those that are counting. They wanted to offer me a chat bot called “ask Fred.” I told them no thanks. Let me […]
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Inside-out vs. outside-in: the adoption of new technologies There are broadly two adoption paths for new computing technologies: inside-out and outside-in....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There are broadly two adoption paths for new computing technologies: inside-out and outside-in. Inside-out technologies are pioneered by…
Tech + Economics +...
The internet is broken. Here’s how we fix it. In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, an engineer working on the ARPANET project — the predecessor to the...
a year ago
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a year ago
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, an engineer working on the ARPANET project — the predecessor to the Internet — sent the first email. The message was nothing profound; it was a series of random characters that looked more like the utterance of a toddler on a typewriter than a...
Noahpinion
The "corporate feudalism" thing won't work Warrenite progressives are not going to catch populist fire by bashing corporations.
2 months ago
Working Theorys
Cool Self There are a lot of theories about the meaning of life. About what we go through life searching for....
10 months ago
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10 months ago
There are a lot of theories about the meaning of life. About what we go through life searching for. What we’re lucky if we find. Some of these theories give us answers, but many prompt us to ask more questions. Recently I’ve landed on my own theory, one rooted in a kind of common...
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
This Chinese startup believes it can take augmented reality glasses mainstream Peng Jin, co-founder and head of commercialization at AR glasses startup Nreal, discusses how his...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Peng Jin, co-founder and head of commercialization at AR glasses startup Nreal, discusses how his product will revolutionize the display experience.
Blog posts of...
Peter Thiel’s Startup Class Notes as PDF @bgmasters created an awesome series of blog posts covering his notes of Peter Thiel’s startup class...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
@bgmasters created an awesome series of blog posts covering his notes of Peter Thiel’s startup class CS183. Personally i try to re...
Rest of World -...
The Turkish TikToker teaching young women to be religious girlbosses Şule Kayatürk has become a star by making videos about being an observant Muslim who is also a...
7 months ago
Noahpinion
America's supply chains are a disaster waiting to happen A guest post by Yann Calvó López and Ben Golub.
7 months ago
Essays - Benedict...
When big tech buys small tech ‘Big tech’ buys hundreds of startups, but what are they, what does that mean for competition, and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
‘Big tech’ buys hundreds of startups, but what are they, what does that mean for competition, and how does this fit into the broader market? How many more Instagrams are there, and how many DAOs?
Dylan Huang Blog
I Reviewed 1,000s of Opinions on Serverless From DHH shunning serverless, Ahrefs saving millions by using a cloud provider at all, to Amazon...
a year ago
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a year ago
From DHH shunning serverless, Ahrefs saving millions by using a cloud provider at all, to Amazon raining fire on their own serverless product, serverless has recently faced significant scrutiny.
Platformer
OpenAI's alignment problem The company's board failed the institution. But did it have a point?
a year ago
Noahpinion
New technologies, new totalitarians Thanks to smartphones, social media, and globalization, liberalism faces a new and terrifying kind...
a year ago
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a year ago
Thanks to smartphones, social media, and globalization, liberalism faces a new and terrifying kind of opponent.
Rest of World -...
Filipinos are embracing electric three-wheelers faster than officials can regulate them Unregistered three-wheelers big enough for whole families are a popular antidote to the country's...
8 months ago
Blog posts of...
Take Trump Seriously In his first presidency he was verbal shit-posting and looking what sticked and rotated people...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
In his first presidency he was verbal shit-posting and looking what sticked and rotated people around him until something fitted. This time he comes prepared and is very intentional about what he says and does.
Unpacked
Uber Ads: Accelerating the path to profitability What makes advertising attractive is that it's a 100% margin product that can subsidize the lower...
a year ago
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a year ago
What makes advertising attractive is that it's a 100% margin product that can subsidize the lower margin core business.
SatPost by Trung...
Las Vegas, F1 and the sport's long history in America PLUS: An unexpected Netflix hit and the world's most popular artist.
a year ago
Tech + Economics +...
The fuckery. I start each day with the intention of writing positively about tech and AI and startups and vc...
a year ago
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a year ago
I start each day with the intention of writing positively about tech and AI and startups and vc and then I open my laptop and…there it is. There’s the fuckery.
Articles
How to choose an audience for your blog
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Make Pittsburgh a Startup Hub
over a year ago
Working Theorys
Make Something Heavy You're creating more than ever, but it weighs nothing.
2 months ago
Aaron's Essays
Pro rata is a bad term For a long time, I was a strong believer in investor pro ratas. As a founder, I understood the trade...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
For a long time, I was a strong believer in investor pro ratas. As a founder, I understood the trade and was comfortable with it. As a partner at YC, I thought it made enough sense that I helped design an entire programmatic pro rata system that covered every investment YC made....
Noahpinion
Once again: Imports do not subtract from GDP I've explained it before, and I'll keep explaining it until the world understands.
7 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
“If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they… “If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they...
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
In India, buying a gun is a WhatsApp message away An analysis of more than 8,000 messages by Digital Witness Lab at Princeton University finds the...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
An analysis of more than 8,000 messages by Digital Witness Lab at Princeton University finds the Meta-owned platform is a thriving illegal firearms marketplace.
Rest of World -...
The Book of Unexpected Make way for the robot elephants: Technology is providing surprising updates to long-standing...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Make way for the robot elephants: Technology is providing surprising updates to long-standing traditions.
Noahpinion
We’re entering a golden age of engineering biology A guest post by Joshua March and Kasia Gora
a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Steve Jobs on iPod and DRM Guys – We need to make sure that when Music Match launches their download music store they cannot...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Guys – We need to make sure that when Music Match launches their download music store they cannot use iPod. Is this going to be an issue?
haseeb qureshi
Another decade I recently turned 30. When the decade began in 2010, I was still 20, a professional poker player, a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I recently turned 30. When the decade began in 2010, I was still 20, a professional poker player, a college dropout, and deeply unhappy. What did I believe I’d be doing a decade later? I don’t think I knew, only that I definitely wouldn’t be playing poker anymore. I’d be doing...
Noahpinion
Don’t Rock the Vote Democrats are the party that benefits from low voter turnout. They just don’t know it yet. (Guest...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Democrats are the party that benefits from low voter turnout. They just don’t know it yet. (Guest post by Wally Nowinski)
Blog posts of...
AngelList is the NASDAQ of our generation. It’s fair to say that Angellist is the most exciting (web/mobile) tech startup in 2013. Even before...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It’s fair to say that Angellist is the most exciting (web/mobile) tech startup in 2013. Even before they launched syndicates, earl...
Platformer
Utah's war on social networks is a symptom of a larger problem Congress failed to act — and now a patchwork of bad state laws is eroding our privacy
over a year ago
Essays - Benedict...
Netflix, Shein and MrBeast What does Netflix have in common with Shein, and why is MrBeast more interesting than Disney Plus?
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
The winners of Rest of World’s photography contest From Cape Verde to Bhutan, we received 227 entries from over 45 countries around the world,...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
From Cape Verde to Bhutan, we received 227 entries from over 45 countries around the world, featuring everything from sprawling mines to biometric facial scans.
Rest of World -...
Influencers are getting young Nigerians hooked on online gambling While sports betting is legal in Nigeria, experts say the government should have more oversight on...
a year ago
Business Brainstorms
Daily briefing AI, Hello Fresh but better, building in a cave, postcard lead gen, controllable input... Hey, In this issue: idea for an AI-powered Gmail extension to streamline your digital life, private...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hey, In this issue: idea for an AI-powered Gmail extension to streamline your digital life, private prep cooks as a service, startup concepts inspired by Y Combinator data, prompt for SEO optimized articles. Plus, founder insights on the power of focus and advertising channels....
Rest of World -...
Conservative evangelicals use social media to sway Brazil election The popularity of evangelical content, which often amplifies criticisms of the ruling party, could...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
The popularity of evangelical content, which often amplifies criticisms of the ruling party, could play an important role during October’s municipal elections.
Unpacked
Apple Watch pulls blood oxygen feature, and how big a deal is the GPT Store really? Listen now | In the second episode of this year, we peel a few layers beneath Apple's decision to...
a year ago
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a year ago
Listen now | In the second episode of this year, we peel a few layers beneath Apple's decision to pull the blood oxygen feature after losing a patent battle against Massimo. We then pivot to understanding the GPT Store and our analyses / hot takes on how big a deal this really...
Articles
Don't sell to beginners
over a year ago
Stephen Diehl
Decentralized Woo Hoo
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Once you take money, the clock starts ticking One of the interesting things about having been investing in startups for a number of years is that...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One of the interesting things about having been investing in startups for a number of years is that at any moment you get an inside peek at…
Noahpinion
Japan isn't quite "back", but it has a fighting chance Here are some ideas for what it can do to be truly "back".
a year ago
Articles
Cynicism kills progress
over a year ago
Unpacked
Highlights: First Quarter of Unpacked Bold product moves, AI things accelerate, Tech policy in the front seat, Interesting things...
a year ago
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a year ago
Bold product moves, AI things accelerate, Tech policy in the front seat, Interesting things continue. This post is a bird’s eye view of the seventeen articles published on Unpacked in the past quarter.
Aaron's Essays
Pots of Gold Here’s a painful contradiction at the heart of spending time on startups: all the good stuff you can...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Here’s a painful contradiction at the heart of spending time on startups: all the good stuff you can create is in the future, but all the patterns you look at to learn what to do are in the past. This makes your brain do funny things. On the one hand, you see how huge things can...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The experience economy Before World War 2, the middle-class in the developed world struggled to afford basic needs. In the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Before World War 2, the middle-class in the developed world struggled to afford basic needs. In the post-war boom, standards of living rose…
Noahpinion
Heat pumps, heat pumps, heat pumps!! A simple but incredibly useful machine is quietly transforming our buildings.
a year ago
Noahpinion
The debt ceiling deal: What was the whole point? A manufactured crisis leads to an ineffectual "solution"
a year ago
Articles
How to get people to choose your product Anything you build has to compete for attention with the other available options. If someone can...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Anything you build has to compete for attention with the other available options. If someone can just as easily buy a similar product from a more trusted brand for the same price, why would they choose you? To compete with established brands, you’ll need to figure out how to...
Noahpinion
Why do economists get paid more than sociologists? An economic explanation.
a year ago
Throwable
What's Next For Software The software development industry is moving faster than ever before.
a week ago
Noahpinion
Our climate change debates are out of date Solar and batteries are going to win, and our thinking needs to adjust accordingly.
a year ago
Inverted Passion
Why time seems to pass faster as we age 1/ I’ve been mega-obsessed with this feeling. A year as a 36-year-old seems so much shorter as...
a year ago
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a year ago
1/ I’ve been mega-obsessed with this feeling. A year as a 36-year-old seems so much shorter as compared to when I was a kid or even as a teen. It seems cosmically unfair – we have fewer years to live, and each year flies by faster. 2/ But, why is that happening? My tentative...
Rest of World -...
The entrepreneur navigating fintech’s ups and downs for 15 years Bipin Preet Singh is the co-founder and CEO of Indian fintech major MobiKwik.
a year ago
Noahpinion
America has become a laughingstock This is no longer a serious country.
a week ago
Articles
Hypothesis: Nintendo Switch is a social play
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
India’s election wasn’t the deepfake doomsday many feared So far, AI-generated content has been more about trolling than information warfare.
11 months ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#13) Climate messaging, antitrust, Chinese consumption, the Fed and inflation, marriage and happiness,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Climate messaging, antitrust, Chinese consumption, the Fed and inflation, marriage and happiness, historical data, and some Star Trek recommendations
Stephen Diehl
Dive into GHC: Intermediate Forms
over a year ago
Unpacked
Reddit's IPO Filing & India's AI Regulation | EP 7 Here are the highlights from the podcast episode. You can find a longer form analysis on both topics...
a year ago
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a year ago
Here are the highlights from the podcast episode. You can find a longer form analysis on both topics in the podcast episode - Spotify | Apple Podcasts. The podcast follows the same core principles as the writing (primarily analysis driven with occasional opinions sprinkled in)....
Tom Blomfield
Advice Starting a company is a challenging process - you’re thrown into the deep-end with nothing but your...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Starting a company is a challenging process - you’re thrown into the deep-end with nothing but your wits to help you. Often, though, advice will be forthcoming. This post is about that advice, and how to spot the difference between good and bad. Some advice is expert - your...
Noahpinion
Too many Americans still fear the future Some progress is being made, but politics is getting in the way.
3 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Two Kinds of Judgement
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
A Version 1.0
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
India’s persistent, gendered digital divide As the government moves towards gender parity, India’s glaring digital gap is an extension of all...
a year ago
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a year ago
As the government moves towards gender parity, India’s glaring digital gap is an extension of all the biases women contend with.
Internal Tech Emails
"OpenAI is on a path of certain failure" There obviously needs to be immediate and dramatic action or everyone except for Google will be...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
There obviously needs to be immediate and dramatic action or everyone except for Google will be consigned to irrelevance.
Ed Zitron's Where's...
CoreWeave Is A Time Bomb Soundtrack: EL-P (ft. Aesop Rock) - Run The Numbers In my years writing this newsletter I have come...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Soundtrack: EL-P (ft. Aesop Rock) - Run The Numbers In my years writing this newsletter I have come across few companies as rotten as CoreWeave — an "AI cloud provider" that sells GPU compute to AI companies looking to run or train their models.  CoreWeave had intended
haseeb qureshi
What explains the rise of AMMs? Imagine a college friend reached out to you and said, “Hey, I have a business idea. I’m going to run...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Imagine a college friend reached out to you and said, “Hey, I have a business idea. I’m going to run a market making bot. I’ll always quote a price no matter who’s asking, and for my pricing algorithm I’ll use x * y = k. That’s pretty much it. Want to invest?” You’d run...
Articles
Your business isn't about finding a great idea
over a year ago
Aaron's Essays
Distributed Capital In theory, the hard part about finding capital for unproven founders with unproven technologies in...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In theory, the hard part about finding capital for unproven founders with unproven technologies in unproven markets should be that no one wants the risk. There was a time when that was true, but it isn’t anymore.[1] For a founder, the issue is different: venture capital is...
Paul Graham: Essays
The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups
over a year ago
Noahpinion
A better way to build a downtown It's time to learn a Japanese word: "zakkyo".
7 months ago
Noahpinion
Five possible reasons China's productivity slowed down A repost, with some updates.
4 months ago
Rest of World -...
Traffic laws can’t keep up with Mexico City’s electric mopeds Chinese-made mopeds have become popular in the traffic-clogged city, but users and manufacturers...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Chinese-made mopeds have become popular in the traffic-clogged city, but users and manufacturers aren’t sure which laws apply to them.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Is now a good time to start a company? Back in 2006, my co-founder at Hunch, Caterina Fake, wrote a blog post called “It’s a bad time to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Back in 2006, my co-founder at Hunch, Caterina Fake, wrote a blog post called “It’s a bad time to start a company.”  There were no doubt…
Roberto Vitillo's...
Counting at scale How engaged are users for a certain segment of the population? How many users are actively using a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
How engaged are users for a certain segment of the population? How many users are actively using a new feature? One way to answer that…
Rest of World -...
A tale of two feeds Car smuggling in Bolivia is booming, despite thieves and theft victims widely documenting the...
a year ago
Noahpinion
All the arguments against EVs are wrong EVs are just going to win.
over a year ago
XO Capital - Field...
Consolidating Our Portfolio 💡 We've finally rolled out a small community of folks interested in acquiring saas businesses. The...
a year ago
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a year ago
💡 We've finally rolled out a small community of folks interested in acquiring saas businesses. The first few weeks of it have been a delight. It's the highlight of my week chatting with other people interested in this space. Join us! https://notes.xo.capital/community/
tomcritchlow.com
(Another) Quick Riff on Narrative Strategy I’ve been ruminating on the idea of narrative strategy for a while now. The last time I wrote about...
a year ago
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a year ago
I’ve been ruminating on the idea of narrative strategy for a while now. The last time I wrote about it was in 2020.
Articles
Believe in me
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
The New Funding Landscape
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
The List of N Things
over a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Have We Reached Peak AI? Last week, the Wall Street Journal published a 10-minute-long interview with OpenAI CTO Mira Murati,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published a 10-minute-long interview with OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, with journalist Joanna Stern asking a series of thoughtful yet straightforward questions that Murati failed to satisfactorily answer. When asked about what data was used to train...
Roberto's blog
Conquer dev environments with Nix I regularly use different devices with different OSs, such as a MacBook, a Windows desktop with WSL,...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
I regularly use different devices with different OSs, such as a MacBook, a Windows desktop with WSL, a couple of Raspberry PIs, and so on. I have a bunch of tools I like to have at my fingertips when I log into a machine, like fd and Neovim. Setting up and maintaining the same...
Blog posts of...
🙏 Over the years i met several people that left quite an impact on me and in many cases helped me...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Over the years i met several people that left quite an impact on me and in many cases helped me along the way. I tried to summariz...
Noahpinion
The age of SASEA South Asia and Southeast Asia are globalization's next frontier.
11 months ago
Rest of World -...
The U.S. is racing to source chips from Vietnam —  but engineers are scant A deficit of 15,000 engineers is predicted in the next five years. Just 89 students are enrolled in...
a year ago
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a year ago
A deficit of 15,000 engineers is predicted in the next five years. Just 89 students are enrolled in the country’s only comprehensive chip engineering degree.
Paul Graham: Essays
The Hacker's Guide to Investors
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Options on early stage companies I believe that what I’m about to say is accepted by venture capitalists as fact, even trivially...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I believe that what I’m about to say is accepted by venture capitalists as fact, even trivially obvious fact, yet very few entrepreneurs I…
Stephen Diehl
Haskell Poll Results
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Shein overstock is getting a second life in Latin America’s street markets Resellers are buying garments from Shein’s suppliers in China that would have ended up in a dump.
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Samsung’s predicament In the past year, Samsung went from being a moderately successful electronics manufacturer to the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In the past year, Samsung went from being a moderately successful electronics manufacturer to the leading non-iOS mobile device maker…
Noahpinion
Indian immigration is great for America This isn't ambiguous.
4 months ago
Articles
Good news for fans of the IT Crowd
over a year ago
Noahpinion
America needs a bigger, better bureaucracy They're from the government, and they really are here to help.
a year ago
Articles
What the podcast industry gets wrong about YouTube
2 months ago
Articles
A VIKA BYSKE standing desk
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Subject: Airbnb
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Skydio I’m excited to announce today that Andreessen Horowitz is leading a $3M financing of Skydio, a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’m excited to announce today that Andreessen Horowitz is leading a $3M financing of Skydio, a startup developing artificial intelligence…
Noahpinion
Vibes vs. data It's asymmetric warfare out there.
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Thomas Jefferson on Patents If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an…
Articles - Alex...
The digital dark side The advent of digital media promised so much. Savvy shoppers would no longer be surreptitiously...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The advent of digital media promised so much. Savvy shoppers would no longer be surreptitiously swayed by advertising alone. The internet would enable them to research products. Social media would allow them to share their experiences. And ecommence would provide the power...
Rest of World -...
India’s plan to export its wildly successful digital payments system After starting cross-border payments with Singapore, India is now setting up more international...
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
The truth behind VinFast’s stunning stock market debut Beware of EV companies bearing SPACs.
a year ago
Business Brainstorms
Madden ratings for humans, power plus difficulty equals virality, and things that don't work Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Madden Ratings for Humans “startup idea: madden ratings for humans if...
Noahpinion
Grading the economic schools of thought Who got the 2020s inflation right?
a year ago
Noahpinion
Do poor countries need a new development strategy? Bangladesh and Southeast Asia are defying the economists who say industrialization is dead.
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
A local ride-hailing service can’t beat Uber and Bolt, so its drivers are beating up their rivals Shesha was launched as a fair-minded local competitor to Western companies in South Africa. It has...
7 months ago
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Shesha was launched as a fair-minded local competitor to Western companies in South Africa. It has acquired an ugly reputation for intimidating drivers and passengers.
Articles
What makes you click on a YouTube video? As an indie business, creating videos seems to be a good search optimization strategy. We're trying...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
As an indie business, creating videos seems to be a good search optimization strategy. We're trying to rank for terms like "how to start a podcast," and well-made video can show up in search results (both on Google and YouTube).
Articles
More stuff or better stuff?
over a year ago
Articles
A better office
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Turn it up: Rest of World’s 2023 global party playlist Impress your friends by queuing up these chart-topping pop songs from the countries we cover.
a year ago
essay – snarfed.org
Sleep is so weird Ian Dyball Our bodies are designed such that we need to lose consciousness, entirely, for a full...
a year ago
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a year ago
Ian Dyball Our bodies are designed such that we need to lose consciousness, entirely, for a full third of every day. This is evidently necessary for some kind of regular brain maintenance, maybe forming long term memories, who knows what else. If we don’t sleep, we quickly become...
Noahpinion
People's Park and the Great American Infill After the 1970s, we agreed to all let each other have our space. That's over.
a year ago
Data Boutique
Generic data marketplaces are broken Misaligned interests and lack of value are the cause
a year ago
Rest of World -...
How a Japanese entrepreneur built Ethiopia’s fastest-growing EV maker Dodai is building 300 battery-swapping stations to cut costs and make EVs more accessible.
2 months ago
Tech + Economics +...
Internet access is a human right. Fast, reliable and independent internet access is no longer a luxury or a convenience. It has...
a year ago
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a year ago
Fast, reliable and independent internet access is no longer a luxury or a convenience. It has become a necessity and a function of modern society. The digital divide, the gap between those with and without internet access, has profound implications for an individual's...
Rest of World -...
The secret to becoming the world’s biggest digital bank: A user-friendly app From quick credit to digital banking, Nubank bet on an easy app experience to stand out to users and...
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Rest of World’s 2024 global playlist What's that sound? It's your perfect soundtrack to just about everything.
11 months ago
Rest of World -...
Venture capital’s cold war ...or how I learned to stop worrying and love decoupling.
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The most important question to ask before taking seed money There is a certain well respected venture capital firm (VC) that has a program for fledgling...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There is a certain well respected venture capital firm (VC) that has a program for fledgling entrepreneurs.   The teams that are selected…
Rest of World -...
The obscure social media app beloved by China’s tech scene Jike might be the most important social network in Chinese tech.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
The rise and fall of Argentina’s celebrity crypto pastor Generación Zoe promised investors massive returns thanks to market-predicting “robots” and a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Generación Zoe promised investors massive returns thanks to market-predicting “robots” and a cryptocurrency backed by gold. It sounded too good to be true.
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A Primer on Startup Metrics – Which Analytics Tool to pick. As a analytics consultant I am working with a lot of startups and help them in the topics of...
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I've been trying out Mastodon. Overall, I'm digging it. People bill it as a Twitter alternative. While there are some similarities, it's definitely its own thing.
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Startup Mentoring Sessions: How to get the most out of it. Everyone is doing pitch training. Almost no-one does training for the mentoring session, but this is...
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Everyone is doing pitch training. Almost no-one does training for the mentoring session, but this is where most startups get the m...
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The default state of a startup is failure If you are starting a company and wondering why nothing good seems to happen unless you force it to...
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If you are starting a company and wondering why nothing good seems to happen unless you force it to happen, that’s because the world wants…
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Chinese internet trolls are adopting American racism to taunt Black users Users are harassing Black creators with profile pictures of white police officers.
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Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
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Security through diversity Someone asked me the other day whether I thought the United States was vulnerable to a large scale...
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Someone asked me the other day whether I thought the United States was vulnerable to a large scale “cyber” attack. While I have no doubt…
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I Hate Writing (and So Will You) When I hate writing, it’s because I love it so much. An experienced writer is somebody who knows...
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When I hate writing, it’s because I love it so much. An experienced writer is somebody who knows when the hatred is temporary. The post I Hate Writing (and So Will You) appeared first on David Perell.
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Will there be a Millennial Big Chill? Millennials are finally doing OK economically. Will their politics moderate?
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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at...
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Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at the All-In Summit that was really two talks in one. The first part was railing against the consequences of regulatory capture on innovation and a second part, about the...
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Nine reasons screenshots are awesome By taking a screenshot, you can “export” from any app on any device. You can “import” screenshots...
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By taking a screenshot, you can “export” from any app on any device. You can “import” screenshots back into any app that imports photos…
Internal Tech Emails
Inside Apple's Marcom meeting To come back and suggest that Apple needs to think dramatically different about how we are running...
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To come back and suggest that Apple needs to think dramatically different about how we are running our company is a shocking response.
Noahpinion
There's not that much wealth in the world A little-understood fact.
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TikTokers are documenting — and monetizing — anti-government protests in Kenya At least 23 people have reportedly been killed as crowds oppose proposed tax increases.
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Reference checks as a service, the need for more competition everywhere, GPT travel planning,... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “Business idea: Reference checks as a service. Do...
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DeepSeek and chip bans have supercharged AI innovation in China Investors believe practical AI applications will fuel the next wave of growth, with startups...
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Investors believe practical AI applications will fuel the next wave of growth, with startups building on top of DeepSeek’s foundation.
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Defining Property
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Come see me speak about Japan! Plus: A bunch of fun posts I've written about Japanese urbanism and Japanese society.
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In a surprise win for the makers of Fortnite, a jury ruled that Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct by suppressing other app stores and banning alternate payments
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What I learned in year three of Platformer Has the Substack revolution come and gone? PLUS: What's changing in year four
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China’s EV giant BYD is picking up speed in Jordan How Jordan became a battleground for Chinese EVs.
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2024 Predictions: AI, Media, Advertising & more They say predictions is a bad business - You get it right, people say "duh". You get it wrong, you...
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They say predictions is a bad business - You get it right, people say "duh". You get it wrong, you are terribly wrong. So, of course we are kicking off with 2024 tech predictions. Listen in for hot takes across AI, Media, Advertising & more.
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How Chinese e-commerce fuels counterfeit fashion in Nigeria “Fake originals” make their way from sites like AliExpress and DHgate to a market in Lagos.
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Feeling strangely optimistic about Egypt It has many of the building blocks for a successful industrialization story.
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Robot chefs take over at South Korea’s highway restaurants, to mixed reviews Automation is posed as a labor shortage solution, but workers say robots are making their jobs — and...
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The jhanas are a series of eight (or nine) altered mental states, which progress from euphoria, to calm, to dissolution of reality – culminating in cessation, or loss of consciousness. They are induced via sustained concentration, without any external stimuli or substances. This...
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The augmented-reality app helping Muslims pray toward Mecca Miqat uses 360-degree views and mapping software to help users determine the exact right direction...
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Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about...
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Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
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Four reasons not to vote for Trump, and four reasons to vote for Harris Summing up my thoughts on the 2024 election.
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The best articles we didn’t publish in 2023 Our favorite global tech stories from publications not named Rest of World.
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Why Trump (or Harris) might fail to stand up to China A very real possibility that more people need to be worried about.
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Decoupling isn't phoney The global trading system is starting to rearrange itself, and it's mostly not Biden's doing.
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Why growing old in tech is hard This year, I gave a personal talk about growing old in tech, becoming jaded and depressed, and how I...
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This year, I gave a personal talk about growing old in tech, becoming jaded and depressed, and how I overcame it.
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Drop-shipping is a lifeline for unemployed graduates in South Africa Chinese e-commerce websites have proven popular in the country and are fueling a new line of work.
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Avoiding Errors in Demo Day Fundraising I’ll be addressing the topic below along with Alfred Lin from Sequoia and Ilya Sukhar from Matrix on...
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I’ll be addressing the topic below along with Alfred Lin from Sequoia and Ilya Sukhar from Matrix on 3/24: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qgghYDq4QxCiW9REOOrbmw It would be challenging to name all the fundraising mistakes that founders make during the many demo days...
Nothing Human
Reflections on Politics at Thanksgiving Dinner political incorrectness as bid for closeness
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What’s the relationship between cost and price? What’s the relationship between price – the ability to charge for your product – and cost – how much...
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What’s the relationship between price – the ability to charge for your product – and cost – how much it costs you to produce it? Price is a…
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Four predictions for 2024 It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
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At least five interesting things: Build Something, Dammit! (#56) Power vs. abundance; Chinese espionage; U.S. manufacturing woes; the growth of good jobs; Milei's...
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Non-Western founders say DeepSeek is proof that innovation need not cost billions of dollars The Chinese app has just “blown the roof off” and “shifted the power dynamics.”
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The People Deliberately Killing Facebook Over the last decade, few platforms have declined quite as rapidly and visibly as Facebook and...
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Over the last decade, few platforms have declined quite as rapidly and visibly as Facebook and Instagram. What used to be apps for catching up with your friends and family are now algorithmic nightmares that constantly interrupt you with suggested content and advertisements that...
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Why are you doing this? How to make business decisions that optimize for the life you want.
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What Does “Native” Mean When a new technology comes to market, we often look for “native” applications of that technology....
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When a new technology comes to market, we often look for “native” applications of that technology. What is a “native” AI application? What is a “native” Web3 application? I have not seen a better articulation of “native” than my partner Albert’s post from 2009 on native mobile...
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Ride-hailing unions in Africa are struggling for traction Drivers’ unions in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and Tanzania say they’re no match for...
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Drivers’ unions in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and Tanzania say they’re no match for companies like Uber, Bolt, and inDrive.
David Perell
Why You’re Christian Becoming an educated citizen starts with understanding the lineage of your beliefs. For example,...
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Becoming an educated citizen starts with understanding the lineage of your beliefs. For example, look at this iconic line from one of America’s founding documents: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.” The post Why You’re Christian appeared...
Articles
Why I'm building a new SaaS in 2018
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Last-mile delivery is so normalized that we can’t see the endgame approaching Latin American delivery businesses are now entering a new phase of consolidation into their own...
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Uber Eats drivers in South Africa are unionizing Citing meager wages, no safety gear, and exploitative working conditions, the country’s drivers are...
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Citing meager wages, no safety gear, and exploitative working conditions, the country’s drivers are organizing to demand better.
Ed Zitron's Where's...
What We're Fighting For Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the...
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Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the end of the world — watching as the growth-at-all-costs, hyper-financialized Rot Economy seemingly tarnishes every corner of our digital lives. My core frustration isn't just how...
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Indonesia’s e-bike shops are building their own batteries Battery-pack builders chase maximum range, despite safety risks.
a year ago
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How Careem went from Pakistan’s ride-hailing leader to stuck on the sidelines After falling from dominance, Careem is experimenting — from corporate rides to price bidding — to...
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The Explicit Choice by the SEC Not to Regulate Crypto
over a year ago
David Perell
Learning to Actually Listen I’ve been listening the wrong way my entire life — with just my ears. True listening is a...
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I’ve been listening the wrong way my entire life — with just my ears. True listening is a totalizing, full-body experience. The post Learning to Actually Listen appeared first on David Perell.
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The CEO helping thousands of women in Latin America launch successful online businesses Zach Oschin is the founder of Elenas, an app used by women to digitize their catalog sales.
a year ago
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Top 10 websites Top 10 websites in the US according to Quantcast: A few observations: As Josh Kopelman points out,...
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Top 10 websites in the US according to Quantcast: A few observations: As Josh Kopelman points out, 4 of the top 10 sites (YouTube, Facebook…
Noahpinion
Economic development is doing OK Poor countries aren't catching up as fast as we'd like, but they're catching up faster than before.
over a year ago
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How Prime Video failed so spectacularly in Africa Filmmakers, critics, and users blame the platform’s struggle in Africa on poor user experience, a...
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Filmmakers, critics, and users blame the platform’s struggle in Africa on poor user experience, a lack of local content, and mediocre publicity.
Platformer
Google goes to court On the eve of a major antitrust trial — and its 25th birthday — the company is bracing for a fight
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On the eve of a major antitrust trial — and its 25th birthday — the company is bracing for a fight
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Dow 10,000 and economic reflexivity People who criticize Obama’s economic policies forget that, around the beginning of this year, a lot...
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People who criticize Obama’s economic policies forget that, around the beginning of this year, a lot of serious people thought we were…
essay – snarfed.org
Logs as end user UI A long time ago, I decided to show Bridgy‘s end users its raw logs. Like, raw logs. HTTP requests,...
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over a year ago
A long time ago, I decided to show Bridgy‘s end users its raw logs. Like, raw logs. HTTP requests, database reads and writes, JSON objects, stack traces, etc. It’s an unusual UI feature, but it’s been an unqualified success, enough that when I built Bridgy Fed, I immediately...
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Capitalism just like Adam Smith pictured it From far away, things that are very different look alike. I grew up in a family of musicians and...
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over a year ago
From far away, things that are very different look alike. I grew up in a family of musicians and English professors. To them, the entire…
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Some thoughts on when to raise money, and the current financing environment A key question for founders is when they should try to raise money. More specifically, they often...
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over a year ago
A key question for founders is when they should try to raise money. More specifically, they often wonder whether to raise money now or wait…
Tom Blomfield
Automating Customer Service at a Startup Customer service can make or break a company; it has been one of the key differentiators as a new...
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over a year ago
Customer service can make or break a company; it has been one of the key differentiators as a new generation of startups seeks to compete against incumbents. While people remember examples of awesome customer service, the opposite is also true. At GoCardless, we decided early on...
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How UAE is shifting gears to lead Middle East’s EV revolution The oil-rich nation is racing toward an electric future with ambitious targets and expanded...
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What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? Short answer:  enough to get your startup to an accretive milestone plus some fudge factor....
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Short answer:  enough to get your startup to an accretive milestone plus some fudge factor. “Accretive milestone” is a fancy way of saying…
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The company that thinks it can succeed where Lime failed Russia’s Whoosh launched in Brazil last year, and plans to expand across the country by 2026.
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Noahpinion
How will you save small midwestern towns without mass immigration? What really happens when a "flood of migrants" gets "dumped" on a small heartland town.
8 months ago
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Good businesses have margin Margin for your time, your emotional and physical health, your relationships, your sanity, and your...
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Margin for your time, your emotional and physical health, your relationships, your sanity, and your integrity.
Ed Zitron's Where's...
One Month of Better Offline Hello! I have been deliberately not dropping every episode of my new show iHeartRadio/Cool Zone...
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Hello! I have been deliberately not dropping every episode of my new show iHeartRadio/Cool Zone Media show Better Offline onto the newsletter feed, as I don't want to start sending you two emails a week, or make you feel like you're being spammed. I am
Noahpinion
Comparing "Morning in America" with 2023 Are we better off?
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Roger Ebert, MKBHD and the Job of a Critic The best critics (or reviewers) educate, entertain and help us spend our time better.
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How China took over the world’s online shopping carts Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein, Temu, and TikTok Shop are going global with big ambitions.
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Internal Tech Emails
Apple execs on Facebook On Jul 11, 2011, at 8:03 PM, Steve Jobs wrote: I agree - if we eliminate Fecebooks third proposal it...
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On Jul 11, 2011, at 8:03 PM, Steve Jobs wrote: I agree - if we eliminate Fecebooks third proposal it sounds reasonable.
Dylan Huang Blog
I Reviewed 1,000s of Opinions on GitHub Copilot GitHub Copilot has recently taken the software engineering world by storm, hitting a milestone of...
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GitHub Copilot has recently taken the software engineering world by storm, hitting a milestone of $100M ARR. This achievement alone qualifies it to be a publicly listed company. Meanwhile, funding continues to flow into code-focused LLM use cases. But what do developers actually...
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The SoftBank-backed fintech that helped Nigerians through a cash crisis is eyeing “innovative... Olu Akanmu, co-CEO and president of OPay Nigeria, on the importance of cloud infrastructure and the...
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Entrepreneur's Edge
Revenue is easy, profit is harder The fundamentals needed to run a business in the next economic cycle.
over a year ago
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The Chinese app where women socialize over their menstrual cycles On Meet You, women track, discuss, and pray for their periods.
over a year ago
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Using AI to revive nostalgia — and preserve Hong Kong’s past Michael Chang, CEO of Capture.HK, talks about how the company helps digitize old albums and video...
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Stephen Diehl
Bitcoin: The Postmodern Ponzi
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Steve Blank
Apple Vision Pro – Tech in the Search of a Market A version of this article previously appeared in Fortune. If you haven’t been paying attention Apple...
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A version of this article previously appeared in Fortune. If you haven’t been paying attention Apple has started shipping its Apple Vision Pro, its take on a headset that combines Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). The product is an amazing technical tour de force....
Paul Graham: Essays
Disconnecting Distraction
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My secret phone call with Hamish
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Tesla arrives in Saudi Arabia after Musk’s tumultuous history Years after a dramatic fallout and a near-privatization saga, the electric vehicle giant is set to...
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Years after a dramatic fallout and a near-privatization saga, the electric vehicle giant is set to open showrooms in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The downside of accelerated investment decisions There has been a lot of talk about how early-stage valuations have risen dramatically over the past...
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There has been a lot of talk about how early-stage valuations have risen dramatically over the past few years. Financially, this is probably…
Business Brainstorms
Hiring a geo-guesser, change merchants, one distribution channel is all it takes Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “request for service: roast my onboarding for SaaS...
Roberto Vitillo's...
I am back It's been three years since my last post on my old Wordpress blog! You can still find my earlier...
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It's been three years since my last post on my old Wordpress blog! You can still find my earlier posts there as I was too lazy to move…
Data Boutique
Urgency Factor: Why Timing is as Critical as Cost The Issues of Planning Web Data Projects
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Mass deportation would accomplish nothing Trump's signature policy would frighten Americans without improving the immigration situation.
9 months ago
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Why African tech companies are ditching Google for a small Indian competitor Zoho has positioned itself as a cheaper alternative to Google and Microsoft, attracting the...
a year ago
Aaron's Essays
When to Shut Down Your Company I originally wrote this essay four years ago and published it over at YC's blog at the time. A...
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I originally wrote this essay four years ago and published it over at YC's blog at the time. A number of recent conversations I've had with founders made me realize that the framework below remains useful. As the market continues through its downswing, more founders will face...
Articles
The Prosumer market is underrated The normal advice for people building SaaS companies is: "Don't build software for consumers (B2C),...
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a year ago
The normal advice for people building SaaS companies is: "Don't build software for consumers (B2C), build it for businesses (B2B)." But, there's a third category that doesn't get very much attention: prosumers.
Steve Blank
Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 1 Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops into a...
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Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops into a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to...
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Our favorite Rest of World photos from 2023 39 photographers, 31 cities, 22 countries. This is what global tech looked like this year.
a year ago
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Why didn't my project take off? We think we should be rewarded for the effort, resources, and time we invest in a project.
over a year ago
Steve Blank
Is a $100 Million Enough? Capitalism has been good to me. After serving in the military during Vietnam, I came home and had a...
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Capitalism has been good to me. After serving in the military during Vietnam, I came home and had a career in eight startups. I got to retire when I was 45. Over the last quarter century, in my third career, I helped create the methods entrepreneurs use to build new startups,...
XO Capital - Field...
Fresh Cheddar Couple of announcements: We've got some fresh cheddar! We just got access to up to $2M to deploy....
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Couple of announcements: We've got some fresh cheddar! We just got access to up to $2M to deploy. We're looking for 1-2 businesses: b2b saas $30k+ MRR This is about 2x what we've already deployed so far which is a big deal. We will
Noahpinion
Let us pause to appreciate the remarkable U.S. economy It really doesn't get much better than this, folks.
7 months ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
The Cult of Microsoft At the core of Microsoft, a three-trillion-dollar hardware and software company, lies a kind of...
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At the core of Microsoft, a three-trillion-dollar hardware and software company, lies a kind of social poison — an ill-defined, cult-like pseudo-scientific concept called 'The Growth Mindset" that drives company decision-making in everything from how products are sold, to how...
Aaron's Essays
Unbundled Capital The way we talk about fundraising is wrong. Specifically, I don’t think that founders sell equity...
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over a year ago
The way we talk about fundraising is wrong. Specifically, I don’t think that founders sell equity when they raise money. It’s the other way around - founders use their equity to buy capital from investors.[1] Investors know this, which is why they spend so much time and money on...
Noahpinion
Hispanics as the new Irish A historical analogy to help us understand the present moment.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Should economists read Marx? Yes, but not for the reasons Marxists think.
4 months ago
Dustin Curtis
Blocked A couple of years ago, I posted a slight criticism of Elon Musk that led prominent venture...
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A couple of years ago, I posted a slight criticism of Elon Musk that led prominent venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to block me. Since then, I have been unable to view his posts1, which is a shame because I valued his thoughts and opinions. Today, X engineering announced...
Varun's Notes
Natural Language Is an Unnatural Interface How can we use familiar design patterns to constrain the unwieldy state space of large language...
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Basecamp's house of cards... Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash Character is like toothpaste - it really only comes out under pressure...
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Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash Character is like toothpaste - it really only comes out under pressure (unknown) I don’t know where I first heard the above quote, but the events of the last week have really shown how true this saying is. I will start by saying that I have been an...
Noahpinion
Uh, guys, we really should think about spending more on defense That's not a message many people want to hear, but it's true.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Market-rate housing will make your city cheaper Yes, market-rate!
a year ago
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The new economy According to the Business Insider, Facebook is “‘Beating The S— Out Of Its Numbers’ Thanks To...
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According to the Business Insider, Facebook is “‘Beating The S— Out Of Its Numbers’ Thanks To Zynga’s Virtual Goods.”  I wanted to try to…
Essays - Benedict...
Who cares about tech regulation? Tech regulation gets a lot of headlines, and seems like a big deal, but most people in tech don’t...
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a year ago
Tech regulation gets a lot of headlines, and seems like a big deal, but most people in tech don’t seem to care much. It’s boring, and years away, but more fundamentally, it really doesn’t affect what people spend their time working on.
SatPost by Trung...
9 Creative Lessons From Virgil Abloh Insights from the late designer who went from studying architecture, working with Kanye, founding...
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Insights from the late designer who went from studying architecture, working with Kanye, founding Off-White and leading menswear at Louis Vuitton.
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Why Tesla isn’t worried about BYD Two companies, two visions of our EV future.
a year ago
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How Starlink took over Africa’s largest internet market Elon Musk’s company is set to become Nigeria's top internet service provider.
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
The Shareholder Supremacy I promise you, everything that's happening makes sense. It all feels so chaotic, so utterly,...
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I promise you, everything that's happening makes sense. It all feels so chaotic, so utterly, offensively stupid, so disconnected from reality that it's hard to understand how Meta can run a terrible company with decaying services that's also wildly profitable, or how Meta,...
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The LEGO Star Wars Inception LEGO and Star Wars created a $1B+ a year toy monster by combining two iconic brands that appeal to...
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LEGO and Star Wars created a $1B+ a year toy monster by combining two iconic brands that appeal to both children and adults.
Aaron's Essays
Investors and their incentives It is incredibly important to understand the incentives of investors when you are raising money....
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over a year ago
It is incredibly important to understand the incentives of investors when you are raising money. This used to be fairly easy - you raised money from Venture Capitalists who wanted to see a big return on their investment. The best of these investors were incredibly focused on...
Rest of World -...
Venezuelan migrants helped build Colombia’s tech scene. Now the country is kicking them out New rules make getting a visa more difficult, even as Colombia struggles to find enough tech...
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Dustin Curtis
Bourdain on The Journey Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your...
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over a year ago
Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with...
Stephen Diehl
FPTs: Pure Fungibility on the Blockchain
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Trade deficits do not make a country poorer There are real problems with trade deficits, but Trump doesn't understand what they are.
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Unpacked
NVIDIA Explained: Origins, GPUs and AI stock bump | EP8 NVIDIA has seen their valuation 5x over the last 5 years and is now worth more than $2 trillion. In...
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NVIDIA has seen their valuation 5x over the last 5 years and is now worth more than $2 trillion. In the latest episode, we dive a few layers deep into the company. We start with the origin of the company and the launch of their first GPU in 1999 which unlocked several...
Platformer
Apple prepares for a platform shift Will the Reality Pro be the metaverse’s iPhone moment?
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Rest of World -...
23 Rest of World stories that defined 2023 This year, Rest of World published around 500 articles from more than 50 countries. Here are our...
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Some thoughts on the iPhone contact list controversy and app security 1. I’ve heard rumors that lots of apps have been uploading user contact lists for years. One person...
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over a year ago
1. I’ve heard rumors that lots of apps have been uploading user contact lists for years. One person who knows the iOS world well told me “if…
Paul Graham: Essays
The Top of My Todo List
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Articles
Why I bought your software
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The ideal startup career path For most people I know who join or start companies, the primary goal is not to get rich – it is to...
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over a year ago
For most people I know who join or start companies, the primary goal is not to get rich – it is to work on something they love, with people…
Essays - Benedict...
Tech questions for 2022 Sometimes the centre of gravity in tech is very clear, but as we enter 2022 there are lots of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Sometimes the centre of gravity in tech is very clear, but as we enter 2022 there are lots of areas where trillion dollar questions are wide open. These are the questions I wonder about today, from crypto to cars to fast fashion - there are others.
Internal Tech Emails
Apple exec on App Store complaints In the end it all really comes down to whether we will ever open up the iPhone for developers to...
a year ago
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a year ago
In the end it all really comes down to whether we will ever open up the iPhone for developers to distribute apps on their own, bypassing our store.
essay – snarfed.org
Moderate people, not code Dixit / Marie Cardouat The scope of the fediverse has been hotly debated recently. Are we a big...
a year ago
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a year ago
Dixit / Marie Cardouat The scope of the fediverse has been hotly debated recently. Are we a big fedi? Or a small fedi? Are instances just nodes? Or networked communities? Which Camp of Mastodon are we in? How far should our replies travel? How about our blog posts and Bluesky...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
It’s not that seed investors are smarter – it’s that entrepreneurs are Paul Kedrosky recently speculated that there might be seed fund “crash” looming. Liz Gannes followed...
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over a year ago
Paul Kedrosky recently speculated that there might be seed fund “crash” looming. Liz Gannes followed up by suggesting seed investors are a…
Articles
Same effort, but better results The best business opportunities multiply our efforts as founders.
over a year ago
Unpacked
Meta, News Outlets and the Canada Online News Act On Thursday last week, the Canadian Senate finally passed into law the Canada Online News Act, which...
a year ago
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a year ago
On Thursday last week, the Canadian Senate finally passed into law the Canada Online News Act, which will force tech giants (predominantly Meta and Google) to pay news organizations in Canada for content that is shared on these platforms. The foundational premise of the law is...
Rest of World -...
Amazon launched a program for Indian handicrafts. Local artisans say it’s not working Makers say Amazon Karigar has failed to distinguish their crafts from mass-produced items.
6 months ago
Data Boutique
Scrape Or Buy? The Zalando Case Study Cost of Web Data in a Real-Life Example
a year ago
Working Theorys
Angel Investing | Theory No. 28 A 5-year reflection & predictions on the practice of writing small checks into early-stage startups.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
The most important news from Apple isn’t about AI Reuniting the world’s text messages — one app at a time.
11 months ago
Platformer
How you want me to cover artificial intelligence Seven principles for journalism in the age of AI
over a year ago
Blog posts of...
Quick tips for hiring remotely You are most likely already experienced with hiring so think of this more as a quick FYI focusing on...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
You are most likely already experienced with hiring so think of this more as a quick FYI focusing on hiring remotely… What issues...
Rest of World -...
Fake Russian influencers are going viral on Chinese social media They are bolstered by growing pro-Russia, nationalist sentiment on the Chinese internet.
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
A Student's Guide to Startups
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Brazil’s flood disaster set off a torrent of AI misinformation Platforms like Instagram and Facebook are failing an early test of misinformation safeguards.
a year ago
Roberto Vitillo's...
Don't trust default timeouts Modern applications don't crash; they hang. One of the main reasons for it is the assumption that...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Modern applications don't crash; they hang. One of the main reasons for it is the assumption that the network is reliable. It isn't. When…
Rest of World -...
Argentines are recruiting friends, strangers into Worldcoin’s cash-for-eyeballs scheme With inflation and unemployment gripping the nation, a burgeoning network of intermediaries is...
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a year ago
With inflation and unemployment gripping the nation, a burgeoning network of intermediaries is convincing people to have their irises scanned at Worldcoin Orb centers.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Predicting the future of the Internet is easy: anything it hasn’t yet dramatically transformed, it... People love to focus on horse races:  NYC vs Silcon Valley, Facebook vs Twitter, IPO markets vs...
over a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
The Slop Society In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the...
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4 months ago
In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the company ended its fact-checking program, claiming that (and I quote) "fact checkers have been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've
Articles
How to get 1000's of paying customers
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Platformer
The platforms give up on 2020 lies For a time, they fought the good fight — but not any more
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Noahpinion
What's going to happen to Ukraine now? The most likely scenario is some form of Finlandization.
3 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
E-commerce startups Very few successful e-commerce companies were started in the 2000s. Since then, e-commerce startups...
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over a year ago
Very few successful e-commerce companies were started in the 2000s. Since then, e-commerce startups have enjoyed a revival. Dozens of…
Raw Thought (from...
How Looper Works
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Disagree
over a year ago
Noahpinion
In defense of science fiction New technology is usually good, and it's good for sci-fi to inspire it.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Chinese startups once downplayed their origin. Now some celebrate it.  Following DeepSeek's rise, more Chinese companies are highlighting their roots as they expand...
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Nothing Human
Meditations on Machinic Desire The philosopher and accelerationist Nick Land writes, in his 1994 essay Machinic Desire, three of...
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The philosopher and accelerationist Nick Land writes, in his 1994 essay Machinic Desire, three of the most insight-dense paragraphs I’ve ever encountered:
Rest of World -...
Casualties of the U.S.–China trade war: humanoid robots AI humanoid robots use advanced chips from the U.S. and parts from China. Trump’s trade war is...
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TikTok creators are being arrested for violating religious laws in Nigeria Digital rights advocates say social media companies like TikTok have a responsibility to protect...
over a year ago
haseeb qureshi
Flash Loans: Why Flash Attacks will be the New Normal Flash loans have been the center of attention lately. Recently two hackers used flash loans to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Flash loans have been the center of attention lately. Recently two hackers used flash loans to attack the margin trading protocol bZx, first in a $350K attack and later in a $600K copycat attack. These attacks were, in a word, magnificent. In each attack, a penniless attacker...
Essays - Benedict...
Ways to think about a metaverse Your boss wants a metaverse strategy, but what would that be, and what does metaverse even mean?...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Your boss wants a metaverse strategy, but what would that be, and what does metaverse even mean? If we strip away the noise, what can we say about this, and what can we predict?
SatPost by Trung...
Amazon's $43B ad business, explained Jeff Bezos long shunned ads. However, Amazon's juicy first-party data has enabled it to compete with...
a year ago
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a year ago
Jeff Bezos long shunned ads. However, Amazon's juicy first-party data has enabled it to compete with Alphabet and Meta in the new digital advertising landscape.
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week “There’s a way to do it better. Find it.” Thomas Edison 💡Human QA At least based on my experience...
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11 months ago
“There’s a way to do it better. Find it.” Thomas Edison 💡Human QA At least based on my experience this seems like a service a ton of companies desperately need. Automated checks are awesome, but they can never spot all the weird edge cases that a human can.