In the spring of 2012, Blake Masters, who was in his final year at Stanford Law, sat in on a computer science class taught by Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal. During a lecture titled “Founder as Victim, Founder as God,” Thiel argued a kinglike leader was essential to innovation. “A startup is basically structured as a monarchy,” he explained. “We don’t call it that, of course. That would seem weirdly outdated, and anything that’s not democracy makes people uncomfortable.” Afterward, Masters tweeted that the lecture was the best 90 minutes he’d ever spent in a classroom and linked to the exhaustive notes he’d been taking on Thiel’s course. For months, everyone from tech bros to New York Times...
[ comments ]A collection of characters, stories, and other elements Many years ago, I did a brief stint at Google–yes, I’m an ex-Googler or Xoogler. A lot has changed since then, but even that brief exposure to Google's internal tools left a lasting impression on me. In many ways, the dev tools inside Google are the most advanced in the world. Google has been a pioneer not only in scaling their own software systems but in figuring out how to build software effectively at scale. They've dealt with issues related to codebase volume, code discoverability, organizational knowledge sharing, and multi-service deployment at a level of sophistication that most other companies have not yet reached. (For reference, see Software Engineering at...
Kartik Aaryan is probably the only celebrity who can turn his brand new Lamborghini into a table for food in front of a street food centre in Juhu. He is also probably the only one who, on being asked by a fan during his recent Europe trip if he indeed is Kartik Aaryan, promptly offers to show his Aadhar card, while digging into his takeaway food box. It is this down-to-earth charm and relatability that has made Aaryan the darling of the masses. I see this charm first hand, as Aaryan walks into the studio for this cover shoot with his understated swag. He is already dressed, and is in love with the look. He takes no time to warm...
You've made it to college. You step into your dorm room. It's new, it's fresh, it's exciting, it's... really plain? Dorm rooms aren't exactly known for being the most interesting places when you move in, with most colleges providing you with a bed and maybe if you're really lucky, a desk. Now, you want your dorm room to look as cool as possible, so you'll understandably want to fill it with the best dorm decorations and essential accessories you can find to make it a home away from home. that could be some color-changing lights, a Bluetooth speaker like the HomePod, or even something a bit special to watch Apple TV on. Either way, you're going to want some gadgets...
[ comments ]2022-07-12, updated: 2022-07-14Tags: release. Nyxt 3 Pre-release 1 We are so happy to announce that after 6 months some 1.5K+ commits, we are ready to show you a preview of Nyxt 3! As always, there's a lot of new features (bugs), so your feedback is critical! This is a test release for everyone to try out before the final release. It contains experimental features and some parts are still unfinished. Please feel free to share your feedback on our GitHub issue tracker! You can Download Nyxt 3 Pre-release 1 here. Notable highlights: The auto-config file is now suffixed with the major version number. This means that upgrading Nyxt to a new major version will ignore the previous auto-configuration...
