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Why Linus’ Speech Matters (to Jews)
But honestly, I appreciate the Peanuts special more for how it looks directly at the Christianity of it all. It’s not trying to hide the ball. It is …
Why Linus’ Speech Matters (to Jews)
Shared by my good friend Shanan; a wonderful read.
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Distribution in digital products
This was a great story about how Google’s search distribution deal dramatically increased cost of entry for Neeva, a putative competitor.
This also reminded me of the Monster/AB InBev deal mentioned in “The Little Book that Builds Wealth:”
To be fair, it is occasionally possible to take the success of a blockbuster product or service and leverage it into an economic moat. Look at Hansen Natural, which markets the Monster brand of energy drinks that surged onto the market in the early part of this decade.
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Mastodon, ActivityPub, the Fediverse and how standards actually work on the internet.
This is a great article from Ars Technica that explains how a bunch of published and defacto standards come together - more or less - to make Mastodon go and create a decentralized social web.
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