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OpenAI doesn't have the cash to pay Oracle $300B

Posted by elmar on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @03:10AM
from the sherwood.news dept.

https://sherwood.news/markets/openai-doesnt-have-the-cash-to-pay-oracle-usd300-billion-raising-it-will/

Marc Andreessen says AI model makers are in 'a race to the bottom'

Posted by elmar on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @02:49PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/marc-andreessen-says-ai-model-makers-are-in-a-race-to-the-bottom-and-its-not-god-for-business/

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X staff to write a one-page summary of their achievements to get stock options

Posted by elmar on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @10:08AM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tells-x-staff-to-prove-deserve-stock-options-2024-8

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You Can Use Spotify Entirely from the Command Line

Posted by elmar on Thursday July 11, 2024 @07:46AM
from the lifehacker.com dept.

https://lifehacker.com/tech/spotify-player-command-line

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Re:The 'worst moment' of Sam Altman's OpenAI ousting happened just bef... on Thursday June 27, 2024 @07:27PM (#40816294)

https://archive.is/Rwst9

The 'worst moment' of Sam Altman's OpenAI ousting happened just before midnight

Posted by elmar on Thursday June 27, 2024 @07:26PM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-worst-moment-in-openai-ousting-airbnb-chesky-2024-6

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In 2024, many Y Combinator startups only want tiny seed rounds

Posted by elmar on Friday June 07, 2024 @08:50PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/07/y-combinator-yc-startups-tiny-seed-rounds-vc-investors-not-interested/

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The One Billion Dollar One Person Startup

Posted by elmar on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @11:55PM
from the forbes.com dept.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/aytekintank/2024/06/04/why-now-is-the-best-time-to-be-a-solopreneur/

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Re:Windows AI feature that screenshots everything labeled a security '... on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @12:45AM (#40570770)

Could this be the best contender to the stupidest idea on the last 10 years by a big tech corporation?

Re:Ask HN: Can I go to YC Headquarters and ask for an interview? on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @09:03PM (#40507195)

In the past several people have done this I have know of at least four, they got the interview but no success story of getting in, best of luck.

Re:AI for Attention – Seeking Feedback for YC interview on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @06:19PM (#40303307)

Nice idea, did you manage to get into YC?

Re:Ask HN: Why music streaming services have identical pricing? on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @03:18AM (#40283189)

Because it's a perfect competition market and there are no significant differences between players, they all offer the same catalogue and almost the same user experience.

After years of waiting looks like lossless option is coming to Spotify

Posted by elmar on Friday May 03, 2024 @11:34AM
from the theverge.com dept.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/3/24147887/spotify-hifi-lossless-audio-music-streaming-ui-leak

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Re:Show HN: I made an startup advisor chatbot based on YC public content on Thursday May 02, 2024 @12:16PM (#40237954)

No free trial?

Music Streaming Services Are Getting Record Amounts of Money

Posted by elmar on Saturday March 30, 2024 @09:05PM
from the cnet.com dept.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/music-streaming-services-are-getting-record-amounts-of-money/

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High Court orders temporary suspension of Telegram's services in Spain

Posted by elmar on Sunday March 24, 2024 @12:42PM
from the reuters.com dept.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/high-court-orders-temporary-suspension-telegrams-services-spain-2024-03-23/

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Spain's High Court orders block on Telegram app as a precautionary measure

Posted by elmar on Saturday March 23, 2024 @02:51PM
from the euronews.com dept.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/03/23/spains-high-court-orders-block-on-telegram-messaging-app-as-a-precautionary-measure

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Covid-19 Deaths Are Being Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency. Here's What That Means

Posted by elmar on Friday May 01, 2020 @06:59AM
from the sciencealert.com dept.

https://www.sciencealert.com/covid-deaths-are-being-linked-with-vitamin-d-deficiency-here-s-what-that-means

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Italy: 101-year-old influenza survivor beats Covid-19

Posted by elmar on Sunday March 29, 2020 @05:39PM
from the aa.com.tr dept.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/italy-101-year-old-influenza-survivor-beats-covid-19/1783890#

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Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of closed captions in violation of the ADA

Posted by elmar on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @05:30AM
from the abcnews.go.com dept.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/deaf-man-sues-pornhub-lack-closed-captions/story?id=68354500

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British woman revived after six-hour cardiac arrest

Posted by elmar on Friday December 06, 2019 @06:12AM
from the bbc.com dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50681489

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Why Did PayPal Pay $4B for a Coupon Browser Extension?

Posted by elmar on Sunday November 24, 2019 @07:23AM
from the wired.com dept.

https://www.wired.com/story/paypal-honey-4-billion-dollars/

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Man sues Burger King for cooking vegan burger and meat on same grill

Posted by elmar on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @06:46PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/19/vegan-man-sues-burger-king-cooking-impossible-burger-same-grill-meat

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Re:World's oldest person, 116, eats diet of bacon and eggs (2015) on Saturday November 16, 2019 @09:20AM (#21552740)

Correct I have updated the title to reflect that.

Unfortunately she died in May 12,2016.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susannah_Mushatt_Jones

The nine-year-old about to graduate from college

Posted by elmar on Saturday November 16, 2019 @09:18AM
from the msn.com dept.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/science/this-nine-year-old-boy-is-about-to-graduate-from-college/vi-BBWOBdN

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World's oldest person, 116, eats diet of bacon and eggs (2015)

Posted by elmar on Saturday November 16, 2019 @08:26AM
from the telegraph.co.uk dept.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11721581/Worlds-oldest-person-116-eats-diet-of-bacon-and-eggs.html

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Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival on Friday November 15, 2019 @04:34PM (#21549014)

> Previously someone mentioned the idea of a $1/mo. social network.

Dalton Caldwell currently chief of admissions at YC, tried exactly this at App.net a couple of years ago.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Caldwell

US could end up running on gasoline forever, leaving electrics to China/Europe

Posted by elmar on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @04:40AM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-cars-versus-gas-cars-america-compared-china-europe-2019-11

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Re:Mexican mammoth trap provides first evidence of prehistoric hunting... on Monday November 11, 2019 @05:04PM (#21509393)

Related interesting info:

Eating bone marrow played a key role in the evolution of the human hand

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180711105725.h...

Prehistoric humans ate bone marrow like canned soup 400,000 years ago

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191009142902.h...

Re:How Not to Die (2007) on Monday November 11, 2019 @01:30PM (#21507361)

Personally I Think Paul Graham is very under appreciated, his legacy on the Startup ecosystem and zeitgeist will probably only be recognised many years on the future. It's a great pity that he doesn't write these wonderful essays for some time now.