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YC Investment Policy and Email Listblog.ycombinator.com
We’re making a change to the rule for YC partners making follow-on investments. Previously, partners could invest in companies after they had either raised $500k or 3 weeks after Demo Day. This... -
Designing a Personal Knowledgebaseacuriousmix.com
As a graduate student, much of my time is spent acquiring knowledge from various sources. Indeed, this is a quintessential feature of academic work, which I enjoy very much. Since so much knowledge... -
OMG Markdownspin ½ | spin ½spinhalf.net
Again, twitter erupted into its own little controversy. This time, @codinghorror got together with a bunch of smart fellas and tried to tame Markdown. This has sparked a lot of flame throwing with arguments ranging from hijacking what is, supposedly, J... -
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New York Police Officers to Begin Wearing Body Cameras in Pilot Programnytimes.com
A federal judge had ordered the department to test the cameras for one year in five police precincts, though the introduction of the cameras was not done in consultation with the court. -
Peter Thiel disagrees with youfortune.com
The tech financier and intellectual provocateur has some ideas that may turn you off. But there's no arguing with his commercial achievements. That's why Silicon Valley hangs on his words. - daemonology.net
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Zappos is going holacratic: no job titles, no managers, no hierarchyqz.com
Zappos is known for its zany corporate culture. The company’s Q4 “All Hands” meeting in November was aptly-themed “Gone Wild”: one female employee voluntarily climbed into a case filled with tarantulas to win a $250 gift card. The event opened with a L... -
Tech insiders: Firms halted spread of grisly videonews.yahoo.com
PARIS (AP) — Tech companies were better prepared to scrub the Web after a second grisly video showing the beheading of an American journalist by Islamic State militants was released, a Silicon Valley insider said Wednesday. - google-latlong.blogspot.com
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Uber Is Currently Fighting the Battle That Jitneys Lost 100 Years Agopaleofuture.gizmodo.com
The mid-1910s saw an explosion of people driving unlicensed cabs. They were called jitneys (slang for a nickel, which was also what they typically cost) and cities across the U.S. scrambled to regulate them. -
How Should We Program Computers to Deceive?psmag.com
Placebo buttons in elevators and at crosswalks that don't actually do anything are just the beginning. -
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How 3 Startup CEOs Gave Up Fortunes To Turn Half Their Employees Into Millionairesbusinessinsider.com
Three CEOS explain how, and why, they turned one-third to half of their employees into millionaires. -
Google To Pay Out At Least $19M To Settle FTC Complaint On Kids In-App Charges | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
Some closure to the ongoing FTC investigation involving parents who were billed for charges made by their children on apps that their kids were not.. -
How Caffeine Evolved to Help Plants Survive and Help People Wake Upnytimes.com
In a new study, an international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of Coffea canephora, one of the main sources of coffee beans. -
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