29 August 2022

35 links · Monday

The Toothpaste Argument for Universal Basic Income

The following argument is based on the words of the late Götz Werner, who was a long-time supporter of the concept of unconditional basic income in Germany, who gained a unique understanding of UBI as a successful businessman and billionaire co-founder of the …

Being a part-time founder

Working full-time and found a startup seems to be impossible. With huge motivation, a structured day and an amazing team it is possible.

How to nationalize the internet in Canada

Rogers had a catastrophic failure in July 2022. It affected emergency services (as in: people couldn't call 911, but also some 911 services themselves failed), hospitals (which couldn't access prescriptions), banks and payment systems (as payment terminals sto…

Stable Diffusion is a really big deal

If you haven’t been paying attention to what’s going on with Stable Diffusion, you really should be. Stable Diffusion is a new “text-to-image diffusion model” that was released to the …

90's Cursor Effects

JavaScript mouse effects that follow your cursor or finger!

KTool: Read Hacker News on Kindle

Read Hacker News discussion on your Kindle. Sync notes & hightlights with your favorite note-taking apps. KTool.io

Welcome Home, Garry Tan | Y Combinator

Today we're excited to announce that Garry Tan will be YC's next president and CEO. He is a visionary and builder — having founded the earliest blogging platform and advised hundreds of startups over the last decade.

RavenDB 5.4 is out

That actually happened over a month ago, but I’m afraid that July / August hasn’t been kind of either my attention span or the ability to actually keep track...

Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers

Google has announced last month that they will be changing their Play Store policies for developers. These changes aim to improve the ads experience, tighten security and limit misinformation according to the company. The policies are going into effect later i…

The silent majority

The “silent majority” was used by President Richard Nixon during his presidency and his campaign. In this usage, it referred to those Americans who did

Experts warn of the first known phishing attack against PyPI

The Python Package Index (PyPI) warns of an ongoing phishing campaign to steal developer credentials and distribute malicious updates. The Python Package Index, PyPI, this week warned of an ongoing phishing campaign that aims to steal developer credentials and…

Using Generics in C# - Code Maze

In this article, we are going to learn about Generics in C#, covering what they are, why we should use them, along with some examples.

We Are All Nerds: The Literary Works of Neal Stephenson

If you and I ever had a longer conversation, chances are that Neal Stephenson might have come up once or twice. As contemporary authors go, Neal’s books are by far the most enthralling on my long and ever-growing reading list. This post is primarily written fo…

Episode 436 - App Services on Kestrel

Episode 385 - Cloud Native apps in AzureRob Vettor, a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, has a lot to say about Cloud Native Apps and te...Episode 148 - Cognitive ServicesWe talk to Anna Roth, a PM with the Azure Cognitive Services team. She gives is the l…

Git from the Bottom Up – Commits

We are committed to continuing our deep dive into Git from the Bottom Up by John Wiegley, while Allen puts too much thought into onions, Michael still doesn't understand proper nouns, and Joe is out hat shopping.