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Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#40) Europe's Greens; jobs and the Great Replacement; tariffs and development; rent control; service...
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Vanity milestones Eric Ries uses the phrase “vanity metrics” to refer to metrics that founders cite to demonstrate...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Eric Ries uses the phrase “vanity metrics” to refer to metrics that founders cite to demonstrate progress but that are actually false…
Rest of World -...
OpenAI cuts its last and most important link to China A milestone in the militarization of AI.
a year ago
Aaron's Essays
Raise less money Over the last few years, I’ve noticed that good companies are increasingly over-diluting themselves...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed that good companies are increasingly over-diluting themselves in their seed and A rounds. Counterintuitively, dilution seems to rise along with price. One would expect the opposite correlation. Strong founders who command high prices should...
Rest of World -...
How China is gaining ground in the Middle East cloud computing race Huawei and Alibaba are outpacing established U.S. providers by aligning with government priorities...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Huawei and Alibaba are outpacing established U.S. providers by aligning with government priorities and addressing data sovereignty concerns.
Rest of World -...
How this mental health care app is using ChatGPT to improve its chatbot Andrea Campos is the founder and CEO of Yana, a mental health care app and chatbot for Spanish and...
a year ago
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.
10 months ago
Noahpinion
Immigrant memoir comics! Learning about the immigrant experience by reading graphic novels
a month ago
42!
My first ever app I made and sold... I was digging through a cupboard today, when I came across the package shown below. I was initially...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I was digging through a cupboard today, when I came across the package shown below. I was initially flabbergasted that I still had a copy on hand, but that soon gave way to feelings of nostalgia that took me back 30 years (yes, that is 3 decades) to when I first created this. It...
Rest of World -...
Chinese EV sellers found a loophole to export cars around the world A gray market grows for Chinese EVs in Russia, the Middle East, and beyond.
a year ago
AVC
AI Art There has been a lot of discussion about how AIs can make art and possibly replace artists, but I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There has been a lot of discussion about how AIs can make art and possibly replace artists, but I think the opposite is more likely to happen. Artists have been using AI to make art for a while now and the pace has picked up a lot in recent years. I have always loved the […]
Rest of World -...
Humanoid robots, astronauts, and huge lines: Photos from China’s pavilion at the World Expo Chinese firms iFlytek and Hytera highlighted AI translation and public safety tech — sidestepping...
2 months ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Never Forgive Them In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting worse, despite what tech’s “brightest&
SatPost by Trung...
Roger Ebert, MKBHD and the Job of a Critic The best critics (or reviewers) educate, entertain and help us spend our time better.
a year ago
Unpacked
Instagram Threads: The Problem With The "Everything for Everyone" Approach In recent times, Twitter has been through a roller coaster of events. What started with Elon Musk's...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In recent times, Twitter has been through a roller coaster of events. What started with Elon Musk's turbulent acquisition has now been followed up by a series of controversial product decisions. To list a few: Twitter limited the number of daily tweets
Noahpinion
"Luxury" construction causes high rents like umbrellas cause rain The NIMBY mindset persists in the face of evidence.
over a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Barry Diller: Facebook is trying to "steal" Tinder's cofounder Their attempts to hire Sean away from us potentially indicate they believe something like Tinder...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Their attempts to hire Sean away from us potentially indicate they believe something like Tinder could be replicated by them. I’d like to avoid that, though I don’t know that FB itself makes it that much more likely to succeed than anyone else.
SatPost by Trung...
11 Best Things of 2024 My favourite book, film, podcast, quote, meme, purchase and more for the year.
8 months ago
Noahpinion
Only fools think Elon is incompetent Underestimate a man like this at your peril.
6 months ago
Steve Blank
Why Investors Don’t Care About Your Business Founders with great businesses are often frustrated that they can’t raise money. Here’s why. I’ve...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Founders with great businesses are often frustrated that they can’t raise money. Here’s why. I’ve been having coffee with lots of frustrated founders (my students and others) bemoaning most VCs won’t even meet with them unless they have AI in their fundraising pitch. And the AI...
Articles
Can you change customer behavior?
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Indonesia is trying to block LGBTQIA content from the internet A new broadcast bill imposes curbs on LGBTQIA content and other “negative” material, potentially...
a year ago
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a year ago
A new broadcast bill imposes curbs on LGBTQIA content and other “negative” material, potentially hurting content creators and broadcasters in Indonesia.
SatPost by Trung...
Why Are the Olympics So Expensive? Olympic host cities take on enormous financial risks in hopes of economic and cultural rewards....
a year ago
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a year ago
Olympic host cities take on enormous financial risks in hopes of economic and cultural rewards. Tokyo 1964 was the ultimate triumph, but Paris 2024 may find it harder to justify the expense.
Platformer
OpenAI's alignment problem The company's board failed the institution. But did it have a point?
a year ago
Noahpinion
America's supply chains are a disaster waiting to happen A guest post by Yann Calvó López and Ben Golub.
11 months 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
Noahpinion
Come watch my live chat with Paul Krugman today! Tune in at noon Pacific/3 PM Eastern
7 months ago
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
Noahpinion
The danger of another American civil war is low Re-upping some arguments I've made before.
over a year ago
Working Theorys
How to Go Direct Owning your own message, with intermediaries
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Inside the collapse of Builder.ai: Was it even an AI company? The implosion of a white-hot startup has employees asking how it all went wrong.
a month ago
SatPost by Trung...
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Pixar Revisiting the studio’s early highs (one lunch led to $6B at the box office), creative struggles...
a year ago
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a year ago
Revisiting the studio’s early highs (one lunch led to $6B at the box office), creative struggles (stale IP, original flops) and why "Inside Out 2" could trigger a renaissance.
XO Capital - Field...
v2 XO V1 concluded with 10 acquisitions and 1 "fund". The V1 "conclusion" is really a line in the sand...
a year ago
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a year ago
XO V1 concluded with 10 acquisitions and 1 "fund". The V1 "conclusion" is really a line in the sand but it feels right as we continue to offload assets to focus on larger deals using outside capital. This will transition us into v2 which we'
Articles
Business is like a game of Frogger
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Is Apple’s iPhone 17 launch a win for India? We asked experts All U.S.-bound iPhones will reportedly be produced in India, showing how U.S.-China tensions are...
3 days ago
Rest of World -...
China is six months behind the U.S. on AI, the US has to move faster: Div Turakhia The India-born tech investor, entrepreneur and billionaire businessman spoke to Rest of World about...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
The India-born tech investor, entrepreneur and billionaire businessman spoke to Rest of World about the promise of AI technology, why the U.S. needs to move faster to compete with China, and the advantage the UAE has in building AI.
Noahpinion
Why has American pop culture stagnated? Predictably, my theories are all technological and economic.
4 months ago
Platformer
How Google's Bard AI could shake up search Dependence on search traffic has already kickstarted a race to the bottom for publishers. Will...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Dependence on search traffic has already kickstarted a race to the bottom for publishers. Will Google's new AI tools accelerate it?
Aaron's Essays
Unbundled Capital The way we talk about fundraising is wrong. Specifically, I don’t think that founders sell equity...
over a year ago
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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...
Articles
Why are you doing this? How to make business decisions that optimize for the life you want.
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Brazil is the first stop in the Latin American electric motorcycle market Vammo, an electric mobility company for delivery workers, chose to launch in the country because 85%...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Vammo, an electric mobility company for delivery workers, chose to launch in the country because 85% of its electric grid runs on renewable energy.
Inverted Passion
Why is there something rather than nothing? Brace yourself for some wild speculations! Been thinking if nothing is even possible. I think it’s...
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Brace yourself for some wild speculations! Been thinking if nothing is even possible. I think it’s impossible for nothing to exist. When we’re sleeping, it’s not as if we’re feeling nothing. There’s actually no feeling then. It’s as if such moments don’t even exist, and that’s a...
essay – snarfed.org
Interactive navigation in embedding space tdjgordon, Pixabay Discussed a fascinating idea for a foundation model tool at lunch today:...
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7 months ago
tdjgordon, Pixabay Discussed a fascinating idea for a foundation model tool at lunch today: interactive navigation in embedding space. Right now, you prompt most generative models with human language. That works, but it’s imprecise and coarse. If you’re generating an image of an...
Articles
Podcasts and Capital Thoughts on the podcast industry in 2021: investors are acting as if podcasting is bigger than it...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Thoughts on the podcast industry in 2021: investors are acting as if podcasting is bigger than it really is.
Noahpinion
Announcing the winners of our semiconductor policy contest! Some good ideas in here.
11 months ago
Rest of World -...
Building a food delivery app in the internet shutdown capital of the world Jammu and Kashmir’s Gatoes was founded in 2020 in the middle of a months-long government-imposed...
a year ago
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Jammu and Kashmir’s Gatoes was founded in 2020 in the middle of a months-long government-imposed internet restriction. It is now expanding in north India.
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Oracle and OpenAI Are Full Of Crap This week, something strange happened. Oracle, a company that had just missed on its earnings and...
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This week, something strange happened. Oracle, a company that had just missed on its earnings and revenue estimates, saw a more-than-39% single day bump in its stock, leading a massive market rally. Why? Because it said its remaining performance obligations — contracts signed...
Noahpinion
There's not that much wealth in the world A little-understood fact.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
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
Entrepreneur's Edge
The Power of Beliefs The significant role that our beliefs play in our outcomes.
over a year ago