Quick test: B2 as Bandcrash CDN
Just testing using Backblaze’s raw object storage as a means of serving up a Bandcrash player for cheap. I’ll be documenting the upload process soon, if actual playback performance is sufficient.
For-Profit Online University
how the fuck was this amazing parody of 2020s tech trends made in 2013
❤️ The map-reduce is not the territory
❤️ An exceptionally good thread about liberal arts education
❤️ Publishers on social media are between a rock and a hard place
Like: Publishers on social media are between a rock and a hard place
Pretty good overview of the current social media landscape, especially with how it relates to journalism.
❝ Don’t personally guarantee your startup
Quoted: Don’t personally guarantee your startup
Based on their literature, Paintbrush provides a $50,000 loan with a very low-friction application and a fast decision. But the total repayment amount can be as much as $75,000, tied to a personal founder guarantee. That means that if your startup doesn’t work, you as a founder are required to pay that amount back at an amount pegged at 15% of your pre-tax income. For example, if your total income was $150,000, you would pay back $22,500 a year. That amounts to around 22% of what your post-tax takehome pay would be before payments like health insurance and rent.
So basically this is all of the downsides of traditional VC with none of the upsides. Yeesh.
In traditional VC, it’s the investors who are taking the risk of funding the company. This scheme is doing none of that and is instead what amounts to a payday loan.
❤️ How to give advice on the internet without being an utter menace
⭐️ The Right Benchmark for GPT
Bookmarked: The Right Benchmark for GPT
A great little rant about how “better than nothing” isn’t really the right frame of mind for considering ChatGPT et al.
💬 Re: Merging a branch in GitHub - the hard way
In reply to: Re: Merging a branch in GitHub - the hard way
Had you ever considered just using history rewriting in git itself?