The Daily Index — Wednesday, September 13, 2023 · TLDR Index

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CHARTER-DISNEY WINNERS AND LOSERS

Disney and Charter Communications have reached an agreement to restore popular channels to the cable operator, ending a blackout that lasted for more than a week. The agreement marks a seminal moment in the relationship between pay-TV providers and entertainment companies. Charter appears to be the winner in the standoff as Disney has been forced to give up its attempt at double-dipping by getting paid by Charter for channels and charging subscribers directly for the same content. However, Disney may end up being the long-term winner. More details about the agreement and its implications are available in the article.

stratechery.com · 12 min

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THE WAY THAT JENSEN HUANG RUNS NVIDIA IS WILD

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes that the flattest organization is the most empowering one, so there are no 1:1s in the company and everything happens in the group setting. There are no status reports within Nvidia - Huang believes that these are too refined by the time they get to him. Anyone in the company can email Huang with whatever is on top of their mind and he will read it. The company doesn't have any formal planning cycles, but strategy meetings are open to all employees. Nvidia is optimized for attracting amazing people and allowing information to travel as quickly as possible.

twitter.com · 2 min

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CHINA AI & SEMICONDUCTORS RISE: US SANCTIONS HAVE FAILED

US sanctions aimed at limiting Chinese firms' ability to manufacture high-end chips have clearly failed as China is rapidly developing exascale supercomputing capabilities - the country has announced its intent to become the world leader in AI by 2030.

semianalysis.com · 21 min

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OFF

Unity is implementing a pay-per-download pricing scheme that charges developers a flat fee any time a game using Unity software is installed starting from January 2024 - these fees will only be applied to games that meet certain criteria.

theverge.com · 7 min

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LEARNED

This article looks at how a team built out a tool that no one wanted, the lessons the team learned while building the tool, and why the team decided to shut down the service.

earthly.dev · 20 min

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APPLE’S VISION PRO HEADSET IS ON TRACK TO SHIP EARLY NEXT YEAR

Tim Cook announced that production of the Vision Pro headset is on track and that the iPhone 15 Pro will be able to capture spatial video for the headset at the Wonderlust launch event.

theverge.com · 1 min

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THE RULES OF MARGIN COLLAPSE

Margin collapse is when adjacent margins overlap in CSS - understanding the rules behind this mechanism can make writing CSS clearer and less surprising.

joshwcomeau.com · 10 min

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CENTURY

The Justice Department claims that Google abused its monopoly power in its search engine business in the first major monopoly case to make it to trial in decades.

npr.org · 6 min