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WHAT IS NOSTR?

Nostr is a protocol for creating censorship-resistant global social networks. It is simple, extensible, and resilient. Nostr accounts are easily verifiable as they are based on public keys. This site guides readers on how to create an account on Nostr and learn more about how the Nostr protocol works.

2023.02.06
nostr.howToolTLDR Crypto

2023.02.03
theverge.com2 min readTLDR

ENTER THE HUNTER SATELLITES PREPARING FOR SPACE WAR

True Anomaly is a startup that was created to solve orbital warfare problems for the US Space Force. It is preparing to launch two orbital pursuit satellites to low earth orbit capable of maneuvering close to other satellites and surveilling them. The satellites will have sensors that can reveal surveillance and weapons systems and intercept communications. The mission will involve the two satellites spying on each other. There is no indication that True Anomaly is developing its own offensive weapons.

2023.02.03
archive.ph4 min readTLDR

RTX

rtx is a tool for managing programming language and tool versions. It can automatically switch shells to the correct versions for each project on a machine. rtx modifies PATH ahead of time so the runtimes are called directly.

2023.02.03
github.comGitHub repositoryTLDR

SIGNS THAT A STARTUP IS GOING BAD

The tech industry is experiencing a recession. People love to talk positively about startups on the way up. This article discusses how to assess a startup and tell when it is going bad. It looks at both externally observable indicators for people who are looking to join a startup and internally observable indicators for employees thinking about leaving a startup.

2023.02.03
swyx.io7 min readTLDR

GITMOJI

Gitmoji is an initiative to standardize and explain the use of emojis on GitHub commit messages for easier identification of the purpose of a commit.

2023.02.03
github.comGitHub repositoryTLDR

FLEXBOARD

Flexboard is a React component library for re-sizable sidebars.

2023.02.03
github.comGitHub repositoryTLDR

TETHER OWNERSHIP AND COMPANY WEAKNESSES REVEALED IN DOCUMENTS

Tether Holdings Ltd. is at the center of crypto's financial world. With a market cap of $68 billion, more USDT is traded each day than bitcoin. A review of documents dating back several years by the Wall Street Journal provides the most comprehensive view yet of the four men behind Tether. This article discusses Tether's ownership structure, the company's history, how its assets are managed, and more. Tether's founders and owners are from diverse backgrounds and have limited experience in financial ventures of this scale.

2023.02.03
archive.ph11 min readTLDR Crypto

FACTORY

Freeform Future Corp., a five-year-old startup based in Los Angeles, wants to turn entire buildings into automated 3D-printing factories. It has developed a technique that uses dozens of lasers to create rocket engine chambers or car parts from metal powder. The company estimates that this method could make metal parts 25 to 50 times faster than current methods at a fraction of the cost. It has raised $45 million so far from investors including Founders Fund, Threshold Ventures, and Valor Equity Partners.

2023.02.02
archive.ph8 min readTLDR

LAYOFFS BROKE BIG TECH’S ELITE COLLEGE HIRING PIPELINE

Most tech interns were not worried by the rumors of hiring freezes in the summer of 2022. They were wrong and hundreds of thousands of jobs were lost over the following months. Unlike other years, many interns were not guaranteed return offers of full-time jobs prior to going back to school. Soon-to-be graduates who assumed that they would obtain employment have had to reconsider the value of these companies, their own prospects, and what they want from their careers.

2023.02.02
archive.ph3 min readTLDR

APITABLE

APITable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps.

2023.02.02
github.comGitHub repositoryTLDR