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Mike is doing an incredible job of finding ways to make it harder for attackers to abuse PyPI (see the PyPI quarantine project). At Safety (previously PyUp) we've been tracking a s…

Safety (previously PyUp) - https://getsafety.com - software supply chain security. Offices in Vancouver but team is all over Canada. Raised a large seed round from First Round and …

[I’m a PM on EventBridge] This is correct. Tim Bray, who built CloudWatch Events (which later became Amazon EventBridge) participated in the early CloudEvents spec, but as Erik sai…

Check out Vonage Video: https://www.vonage.com/communications-apis/video/ Their tech is based on a company they acquired, Tokbox. I used Tokbox’s services for large-scale real-time…

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Which is why I said gross margin. And isn’t the point that traditional manufacturers like BMW are also going to have to invest in similar levels of R&D, superchargers, and sales co…

The model 3 is estimated to have a 30% gross margin [1]. So it seems incorrect to say that the traditional manufacturers are waiting for battery prices to fall, as it’s clearly pos…

Adam Savage (of Mythbusters) did a hilarious fake TED Talk at the Amanda Palmer ninjaTED show the other day: https://huzza.io/amandapalmer/live-stream/amanda-palmer-ninj... "What i…

Agree with you about enterprise being a more exciting space. I think the appeal for me comes from the fact that enterprise clients are a lot more likely to pay for something useful…

I find that Flipkart does a pretty good job of managing your expectations in terms of delivery, even though you're buying from a 3rd party supplier. They update you when the seller…

Great post! Really enjoyed how Justin explores a future that is so difficult to comprehend/envision right now.

As HN places significant value on innovation and entrepreneurship, I suspect that there will be a number of comments on this post calling out Rocket as a parasitic clone machine wh…

I tried to register with a .co.za (South Africa) domain name and it caused the following error: not a valid email address? Looking forward to seeing the product!

Thanks for this - will definitely get in touch with them.

Good point - New York City! I've edited the primary submission to reflect. Thanks for the headsup!

Hi, I'm a techy business dev. working for an app development company in Cape Town, South Africa. I'll be in New York City on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th September; and would love…

I think the Google Search, plus Your World explanatory video has some pretty concrete examples on how social can improve search: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedde…

I was wondering whether I was the only person who firebugged the background to #FFFFFF before reading?

Glad the author used the Bloomberg stock finder input as an example. I've been teaching my father in law how to use the Bloomberg app on his iPad and this was one of his biggest st…