tech, startups, internet
The employee buyout playbook
This is an interesting case study of an employee buyout of VC-backed company harmon.ie. | learn more
Author: rohit
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Federal appeals court holds cop can’t be sued personally for excessive force
A woman’s boyfriend was horsing around with her at a pool. Somebody called the cops saying it was domestic abuse. Upon leaving the pool, cops show up and arrest boyfriend despite woman’s protests and clarifications. Then another cop tackles her […]
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Air Canada must pay $15k to an upset French-speaking couple
They’ve been complaining formally and frequently about the fact that the word ‘lift’ is engraved on seatbelts in English but not French. The court has forced Air Canada to pay up for this transgression. | learn more
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‘Young’ Chinese streamer revealed to be a 58-year old after filter glitch
“Popular Chinese streamer known online as ‘Your Highness Qiao Biluo’ on the live-streaming platform Douyu was recently unmasked by a technical glitch and viewers were shocked to discover that she was actually a 58-year-old auntie.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
How biotech startup funding will change in the next 10 years
From YCombinator partner Jared Friedman. “Because you can start cheaply, it’s now possible to start a biotech company the way people start a tech company. By raising money incrementally, rather than a giant amount upfront, you can keep control of […]
oh, chicago
Cicero is a special place
“Because while in Cicero trying to serve a subpoena to Cicero Town President Larry Dominick, [process server] Rivera got tossed in jail. Then Cicero cops went to his home in Chicago and searched his house, allegedly without a warrant, and […]
oh, chicago
Mayor Lightfoot to ask legislature for new taxes
Rumor has it she “wants state authorization to tax high-end professional services and raise the real estate transfer tax on the sale of $1 million-plus homes.” | learn more
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Faster internet isn’t worth it
“WSJ testing shows typical U.S. households don’t use most of their bandwidth while streaming and get marginal gains from upgrading speeds” | learn more
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Are optical illusions cultural?
Hadn’t really thought about it before, but a book I’m reading (it’s called Range) prompted me to inquire. It turns out that not everybody is subject to the same illusions. | learn more
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Why Hawaii has weird cans
I noticed this strange can top all over the island. Naturally, I had to look up the back story. “As can tops started to shrink around 1980, they also lost their neck ridging, leaving Hawaii as the last state to […]