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> Rather, it will use the original cost basis, pay tax on gains up to the adjusted cost basis, and the inheritors will use the new cost basis should they sell in the future. This i…

Evidence Action - https://www.evidenceaction.org/ This is the "safe bet" in my giving. They do a good job at improving lives, in the most effective way possible. Center for Electio…

It's impossible for us to give you a good answer from outside your company. Sometimes, "best practices" are pure waste. Sometimes they are even counterproductive. Sometimes they wi…

> I've had trouble finding it, but years ago, I read the abstract of a study which looked at chess performance, pitting people who had access to some basic chess software against t…

Yes, we need that too. This happens a lot in climate policy discussions - "what about this other solution?" The answer is always "yes, that too!"

The churn now is meta-frameworks on top of React.

What is your team delivering, for customers? It's not tickets and story points. This recent article seems like what you need: https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/measuring-d…

There are many technologies that match this pattern: "While X can be a footgun, it can also be quite clean when you use A, B, and C." In practice, they don't end up "quite clean" o…

Because "urgent system-wide transformation" is just a euphemism for war.

TLDR: The first stanza, not necessarily the second: Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere an…

That's the niche for https://tailwindui.com - which is how the Tailwind creators make money. If you're convinced by the overall Tailwind philosophy, it's a steal at the price they …

It's an aquihire - they get the core team on staff. They can influence the open-source project roadmap, and get priority support for their integrations.

We're not gonna need it! No, we ain't gonna need it! We're not gonna need it anymore!

You can donate the crypto to charity, without selling. This avoids capital gains tax, and gives you a deduction on other income. If you want to enjoy the profits yourself, you shou…