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It’s hard to believe today, but 10 years ago Wikipedia was widely considered a doomed experiment… Today, Wikipedia is widely considered an invaluable resource. There are occasional errors and...
over a year ago
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Embrace the medium An obvious but surprisingly under-practiced design principle is to “embrace the medium.”  Applied to...
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An obvious but surprisingly under-practiced design principle is to “embrace the medium.”  Applied to software, this means building…
Ed Zitron's Where's...
What're We Even Doing?
2 months ago
Noahpinion
Zohran Mamdani's policies will (mostly) not bring abundance to NYC Progressive ideas still try to defy economic realities.
2 months ago
AVC
A Conversation With Mike Zamansky Mike Zamansky is the person who got me interested in K12 Computer Science Education in NYC, a cause...
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Mike Zamansky is the person who got me interested in K12 Computer Science Education in NYC, a cause I have now contributed almost fifteen years of my life to. Our family’s public charity, Gotham Gives, has been funding the work we do in K12 Computer Science Education in NYC for...
Noahpinion
In defense of science fiction New technology is usually good, and it's good for sci-fi to inspire it.
a year ago
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Pitch yourself, not your idea There is a widespread myth that the most important part of building a great company is coming up...
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over a year ago
There is a widespread myth that the most important part of building a great company is coming up with a great idea.  This myth is reflected…
Paul Graham: Essays
The Hundred-Year Language
over a year ago
Aaron's Essays
20 Years Later Twenty years later, I can’t remember what I saw and what I think I saw. I remember listening to the...
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Twenty years later, I can’t remember what I saw and what I think I saw. I remember listening to the news with my mom, Judah, and Mimi as the anchors casually mentioned that a small plane seemed to have hit a tower. We were on I-95 - or maybe the Garden State - headed south to...
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U.S. targets Brazil’s payments platform Pix in trade spat Big Tech has struggled to compete against Brazil’s beloved digital payments system, with the U.S....
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Big Tech has struggled to compete against Brazil’s beloved digital payments system, with the U.S. government now investigating the country’s “unfair trade practices.”
AVC
The Blackbird Platform The first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird‘s platform. It is a friends...
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The first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird‘s platform. It is a friends and family program at a restaurant in Williamsburg Brooklyn called Gertie. Blackbird wrote about it today on their excellent Supersonic blog: Throughout, when you tap Gertie’s...
Internal Tech Emails
Steve Jobs emails Adobe's CEO One of us must change our policy. Please let me know who.
over a year ago
Data Boutique
What's New on Data Boutique Noteworthy stuff from the web data platform
a year ago
Tom Blomfield
Getting Shit Done I was recently talking to a handful of successful startups founders about issues they were facing as...
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over a year ago
I was recently talking to a handful of successful startups founders about issues they were facing as they scaled up their companies. Unanimously, hiring and retaining people who “get shit done” seemed to be their biggest problem. I’ve been thinking about this for the last few...
Paul Graham: Essays
Java's Cover
over a year ago
Stephen Diehl
Vim and Haskell in 2016
over a year ago
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The downside of accelerated investment decisions There has been a lot of talk about how early-stage valuations have risen dramatically over the past...
over a year ago
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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…
Paul Graham: Essays
General and Surprising
over a year ago
Articles
Don't sell to beginners
over a year ago
AVC
What Happened In 2023 I like to bookend the New Year holiday with two posts, one looking back at the year that is ending...
a year ago
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a year ago
I like to bookend the New Year holiday with two posts, one looking back at the year that is ending (What Happened) and one looking forward to the year ahead (What Will Happen). This is the first of these two posts. The second one will run tomorrow. I ended my What Will Happen In...
Articles
The cold months are coming
over a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Microsoft execs on Apple's music store We were smoked.
over a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
Beating the Auction Duopoly Sotheby's and Christie's are a combined 538 years old. Can the 48-year old Heritage Auctions topple...
a year ago
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a year ago
Sotheby's and Christie's are a combined 538 years old. Can the 48-year old Heritage Auctions topple this duopoly?
Data Boutique
From Zero to a Fully Automated Web Data Pipeline Step by step guide
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Why the U.S. should fight Cold War 2 And what it means to "fight" in this case.
over a year ago
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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…
Working Theorys
Writing Wrapped I published 52 pieces this year (plus favorite tweets and an essay from the vault).
8 months ago
Noahpinion
Patrick Collison interview + at least five interesting things (#58) Patrick interviews me; the energy transition; Americans die young; family and fertility; educating...
7 months ago
Noahpinion
The California Forever project is a great idea The implementation will be very tricky, but there's a big opportunity here.
a year ago
Articles
A better urbanism
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Cities and Ambition
over a year ago
Articles
Maybe you shouldn't be a solopreneur
over a year ago
Platformer
The OpenAI saga isn’t over just yet A new board and a promised investigation could threaten Altman’s happy ending
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Return of the Mac
over a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Art of Re-invention The icon's biggest financial film success came from his riskiest bet: the comedy "Twins".
over a year ago
Articles
The secret is to sell what people are already searching for Most purchases start with a search. While some purchases are impulse-driven (like seeing something...
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over a year ago
Most purchases start with a search. While some purchases are impulse-driven (like seeing something cool on Instagram and buying right away), most sales come from intent-based searches.
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Apple finally breaks Android’s grip on Southeast Asia Rising wealth in the region has young professionals ditching cheaper Chinese smartphones for...
over a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
The Generative AI Con It's been just over two years and two months since ChatGPT launched, and in that time we've seen...
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It's been just over two years and two months since ChatGPT launched, and in that time we've seen Large Language Models (LLMs) blossom from a novel concept into one of the most craven cons of the 21st century — a cynical bubble inflated by OpenAI CEO
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Big timing “Big timing” is a phrase I’ve heard a lot lately which refers to people who are “higher ranking”...
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“Big timing” is a phrase I’ve heard a lot lately which refers to people who are “higher ranking” acting disrespectfully toward people who…
Working Theorys
Two Shticks Everyone needs two shticks.
8 months ago
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Africa fell in love with crypto. Now… it’s complicated Trust is fading, startups are shutting down, and Web3 workers are reconsidering their career...
over a year ago
Articles
Why I would pay for Twitter
over a year ago
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Stack Exchange Today we are announcing that A16z is leading a $40M investment in Stack Exchange, along with earlier...
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Today we are announcing that A16z is leading a $40M investment in Stack Exchange, along with earlier investors USV, Bezos Expeditions, Spark…
Internal Tech Emails
"Let's leverage this position now!!!!" From: Steve Jobs
4 months ago
Folklore.org:...
First day with the Macintosh team Rod Holt, who remember every technical detail in the world, forgot he hired me
over a year ago
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"Natural languages are adequate, but that doesn't mean they're optimal" Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic...
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Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with…
Articles
The myth of the niche market
over a year ago
Blog posts of...
How i make investment decisions 🏝 The goal of this article is to break down how i make investment decisions in the hope that it helps...
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The goal of this article is to break down how i make investment decisions in the hope that it helps founders to see their fundraising effort from the “other side”.
Ed Zitron's Where's...
You Can't Make Friends With The Rockstars You cannot make friends with the rock stars...if you're going to be a true journalist, you know, a...
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You cannot make friends with the rock stars...if you're going to be a true journalist, you know, a rock journalist. First, you never get paid much, but you will get free records from the record company. [There’s] fuckin’ nothin' about you that is
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Fed up with ChatGPT, Latin America is building its own Dozens of organizations in the region have partnered to develop a large language model that better...
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Dozens of organizations in the region have partnered to develop a large language model that better understands Latin America’s cultural and linguistic nuances.