“Benjamin Graham, one of the great investors, suggested to his protégé Warren Buffett in 1951 that Buffett ought to sit out the market: the Dow had been below 200 every year in history except 1951, so why not wait a […]
“One thing it took me quite a while to understand is how few bits of information it’s possible to reliably convey to a large number of people.” | learn more
It’s interesting that to have a shot at replacing SQL, the new language has to build on top of it. “Malloy is a language for anyone who works with SQL–whether you’re an analyst, data scientist, data engineer, or someone building […]
“This piece undertakes a daunting set of tasks: 1) understand what Microsoft is, 2) chart a path for its global domination, and 3) apply learnings from the company to the startup ecosystem.” | learn more
I heard Stella Garber allude to this on a podcast interview and had to look it up. The company publishes some content describing the system (to attract engineers) and it sounds impressive. “[BigBrain] tracks every single KPI we have here at monday.com.” | learn […]
So says Parker Conrad, founder of Rippling and of Zenefits, in this video interview. The traditional advice to founders is to narrow scope and focus to create a fighting chance to succeed. He makes the case for why startups with […]
“Abbott’s is a risky bet for the grid, yet one that Bitcoiners have been promoting for years. On one hand, the industry creates unprecedented financial incentive to produce more energy. On the other, it ultimately involves bringing greater demand and […]
“It’s unknown how much waste entered the tributary, but it had a “significant short-term impact on the aquatic community and the ecology of the tributary,” a City of Austin memo stated.” Later in the article they state that the pH […]
“I built a system to take photos of all of the airplanes that fly over my house.” I don’t know where he lives but looks like there’s a new photo every 10 minutes! | learn more
“A visual essay about the (mis)representation of women in the news.” | learn more