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>>> The vulnerability is based on “traffic analysis,” a decades-old network-monitoring technique, and relies on surveying internet traffic at a massive national scale. The document…

You are absolutely right. Yes, Tesla did introduce a seismic shift into the automotive industry. Their stock was an appreciation and acknowledgement of that? They were valued more …

A grim day. As a tech worker, my solidarity is entirely with the employees of Twitter. The irony is that Twitter, more than any other social platform, helped create the aura around…

Also worth noting That ev platforms are now essentially closely engineering the power train and the battery systems to work and extract maximum juice ( similar to Apples battery/cp…

a) I really like how Paul G had phrased this - http://www.paulgraham.com/kids.html "I had plenty of happy times before I had kids. But if I count up happy moments, not just potenti…

Given the recent influx of EVs, some of these charts explain why certain brands seem to have launched them now. Hyundai, kia and Genesis for instance, share the same ev platform. V…

Yikes, ring, the security system is also down. Wonder if crime rates might eventually spike up if aws goes down, in an utopian world where Amazon gets everyone to use ring.

Becoming the next smart TV platform is the real war here. By becoming the go-to platform for smart tv apps, the winner gets the following advantages - rich access to search and voi…

4 way dipping. Roku also takes a cut for every transaction that goes via its platform. If I end up subscribing to HBO via roku, Roku takes a cut too. On a related note, is it just …

https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html This might be the second or third (and possibly redundant too) Tim urban blog post here. This uses a visual representation to drive…

Reddit currently supports many third party freemium clients ( Ala Twitter 2012). These third party apps offer a no ad experience too. Unsure how much revenue reddit shares with the…

I usually schedule these on my calendar as small self-contained chunks, scoped to 25 minutes (recursively break the next actionable step into it) That has helped me a bit in making…

This will certainly help give Google an advantage if they enter into health insurance. Aplhabet has non trivial stake in Oscar health, and this fitbit acquisition plays right into …

Congrats to Doordash! The pandemic certainly helped accelerate this process, but I will add that within the bay-area, anecdotally, my first circle were all Dashpass subscribers for…

Pre ordered a model Y RWD around 15 months back. Have received two calls from sales reps to move or upgrade my order to Model Y AWD, and take the delivery ASAP. Held off on both oc…

Replied above, I use headspace a lot.

For me the most effective one has been following my breath. The principle there is that nothing can get more real than your breath right now. You are , only if you breathe. ( or at…

Had a severe stutter as a child. It wasn't until I started meditating about 4 years back, that my stutter no longer holds me back. My experience here lines up with the experience c…

Well O 1 visas not dual intent though. In order to actually obtain permanent residency, you would still need to move to a h1b. There are several valid reasons to seek permanent res…

I am wondering why there are two separate rounds of layoffs. Isn't it better for morale to just have the band aid ripped quick, once and for all? What context does Uber have now, t…

Uber's q4 2019 revenue was 4B $. A drop of 20 million (ignoring the fact that quarterly results look at YoY, as opposed to quarter to quarter) from expectations would be... quite i…

Nit - I think you mean April 28.

It's fascinating how Ring's business model benefits from local crime prevalence, which in turn might lead people to invest in home security. It is also fascinating how media compan…

https://bitbucket.org/blog/sunsetting-mercurial-support-in-b... - might be relevant.