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I use ledger [0] for all my personal finances. It's probably a little too nerdy for some folks but works perfectly for me: the combination of plain text [1] and the command line ke…

I doubt it's underrated by anybody reading it but worth mentioning nonetheless: Money Stuff by Matt Levine. Brilliant, hilarious coverage of all things money by a former lawyer and…

This shouldn't surprise anybody. Anecdotally speaking, most old folks I know (of) watch television, read physical newspapers, and call/write/see people. What do they need the inter…

11 million free trials pushed through the first page of the App Store and Apple website. Time will tell. Funny as I have the same problems with Apple music - it randomly deletes my…

Spotify need to work on an easier way to create and edit playlists - better search within the playlist and an easier UI would be a massive improvement.

Interesting that you mention the Music app in point (1). I understand the argument that having it all in one place and integrated throughout the OS is a benefit. But, I actually th…

Spotify is bundled with mobile phone contracts in the UK - my wife won't even try the Apple Music free trial because it's another UI she has to learn and Spotify is free with her c…

Nice list! Bookmarked.

Revelation. Thanks.

Thanks for the link. Interesting company! Nice summary here: https://medium.com/on-blendle/one-website-all-newspapers-and... . I like the idea of micro-payments for interesting, lo…

I disagree with your assertion that "paywalls don't work", which is fundamentally not true. Content produces need to raise revenue to pay for their costs and make a profit. One exc…

That may be the case in the City (I have images of interns jumping from City skyscrapers in the back of my mind...) but not in the general labour market in my experience. Generally…

Especially ones that probably won't leave me feeling like I know anything more about the world after finishing. I look forward to the brief HN user summaries over the coming hours.…

Really interesting post; the Mac Mini rack looks insanely cool. This has myself and a colleague wondering what Apple run in their data centres. Can anybody hazard a guess? Is it Ap…

In summary: (1) I dislike the UI, (2) I dislike Google apps on iOS devices, (3) it's Google, so it could be shut down at any moment and (4) my general dislike for moving all of my …

I read "Dropbox Notes" and instantly thought "awesome! I can finally ditch Evernote". Then I open the link and they talk about "a new way for teams to write together". Firstly, can…

I believe Safari solves this on iOS/Mac by treating the address bar as the "search option" - whether that's your memorised URL, stored bookmarks, google, history or (and my favouri…

You're absolutely right that "trickle down" occurs. Basic logic suggests that if lots of businesses have lots of funding, and that funding dries up, there will inevitably be job lo…

One of the later episodes of the a16z podcast featured Marc Andreessen and Benedict Evans. They were discussing technology valuations and made some good points. Though I disagreed …