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It’s true that, due to its volatility, Bitcoin is currently not a good store of value, at least in the short term. There’s an underlying truth, though, which is that Bitcoin is a p…

I followed YC from the time it was just a glimmer in pg’s eye ( http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html ). By the time I went through YC myself, in the Winter 2008, I felt like I was …

I’ve been following this project closely (oshams is a friend and I’m an investor in the company), and to echo Darmani’s comment both the product and the pace of development have be…

This point is explicitly addressed in the post: I haven’t tried everything on this list, mainly due to cost. But you’d be surprised how cheap most of the things on this list are (e…

The Tau Manifesto shows how using tau = C/r makes the geometric meaning of Euler’s formula (and hence of Euler’s identity) even clearer. Disclaimer: I am the author of The Tau Mani…

This is a free resource on custom domains from https://www.learnenough.com , written by me and Learn Enough cofounder Lee Donahoe. Free downloadable ebook versions (PDF/EPUB/MOBI) …

For the latest tau updates, see this year’s State of the Tau newsletter: https://tauday.com/state-of-the-tau

Today is the 10th anniversary of the original publication of The Tau Manifesto, which I launched on Hacker News on Tau Day (6/28), 2010: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=146834…

The article mentions Jean-Pierre Serre, with whom Grothendieck corresponded extensively, and Pierre Deligne, widely regarded as Grothendieck’s greatest student. While investigating…

I recently enjoyed listening to this interview with someone who knew Grothendieck. It takes a while to get going, but some of the stories are quite gripping. https://youtu.be/L--9b…

My read is that the parent commenter isn’t saying that Google is a failure, but rather that the “Alphabet” branding was a failure.

The article appears to be confusingly written, making reference to a time “before” the Big Bang: Just before the Big Bang launched the universe onto its ever-expanding course, phys…

This is the newly updated 6th edition of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, now updated for Rails 6. Over the years, HN readers have been some of the most enthusiastic and loyal supporter…