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After 20 years I turned off Google Adsense for my

After 20 years I turned off Google Adsense for my

Soon after I launched this blog in February 2005, I signed up for Google AdSense. My goal was to make a little money and learn about the industry from the inside. In particular, if I was going to cover the nuances of the online advertising industry, being an AdSense publisher would help me understand the

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Shooting down ideas is not a skill

Shooting down ideas is not a skill

Someone proposes an idea in a meeting. It's new, it's different, and it would take effort. Before they've finished explaining it, three people have already thought of reasons it won't work. "I haven't heard any customers request this." "We can't use Python for that, it's too slow." "That introduces too much complexity." "We tried something

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Claude just shut the door on OpenClaw (unless you pay

Claude just shut the door on OpenClaw (unless you pay

Anthropic’s latest move hits power users right in the wallet. Claude / OpenClaw Anthropic just pulled a move that’s… let’s just say, not going to win it many fans among power users. One of the most popular ways to supercharge Claude, using OpenClaw, is effectively being paywalled out of existence. And yeah, it’s as messy

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Dinosaur Polo Club has released a new co-op game and

Dinosaur Polo Club has released a new co-op game and

Two pieces of good gaming news today. First: Dinosaur Polo Club has shadow dropped a brand new game today. Second, it's available for free on both PC and Mac from Itch.io. The project is called Read the F*cking Manual , or RTFM, and it is a co-op game based on working in tech support. Dinosaur

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Android Developer Verification

Android Developer Verification

Posted by Matthew Forsythe, Director Product Management, Android App Safety Android is for everyone. It’s built on a commitment to an open and safe platform. Users should feel confident installing apps, no matter where they get them from. However, our recent analysis found over 90 times more malware from sideloaded sources than on Google Play.

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There is No Spoon. A software engineers primer for demystified

There is No Spoon. A software engineers primer for demystified

There Is No Spoon A machine learning primer built from first principles. Written for engineers who want to reason about ML systems the way they reason about software systems. 🎯 Who This Is For You're a strong engineer. You can draw a software system on a whiteboard from your own hard-earned mental model. You understand

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Meta will fund seven new natural gas plants to power

Meta will fund seven new natural gas plants to power

Meta will essentially foot the power bill for the $27 billion mega data center it's building in Louisiana. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company struck a deal to fund the energy infrastructure needed for the project. Through a deal with Entergy Louisiana, Meta will fund seven new natural gas power plants

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Apple discontinues the Mac Pro

Apple discontinues the Mac Pro

Apple has confirmed to Engadget that the Mac Pro, the desktop tower-shaped computer that was last updated in 2023, has been discontinued. As 9to5Mac notes, the computer no longer appears in the lineup of Macs on Apple's website or in its storefront. That means at least for now, the Mac Studio is the Apple's top-of-the-line