TikTok seemed to run off of Alibaba Cloud (from what I read which may be wrong) so it's an interesting move to buy Cloud Services from Google. I probably read this as a way of strengthening the case that they're an "American" software company since they run on the same infrastructure as any SV startup.

Loved this TedX talk that Michael gave a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWR31GRu3_A

"I really think the act of making and doing things is the salvation of our crumbling society. It has to be as someone commented over lunch -- creation is the opposite of destruction."

RIP

I remember our high school history teacher taking us to an aviation museum in Toronto. They had a section of the plane out on display and it was a beautiful piece of work.

But I'll never forget the way the tour guide described the story of the arrow and the hurt in his voice as he recanted the decision to scrap the plane.

For that generation of Canadian aviation geeks, it was truly a gut punch.

My masterpiece https://music-grid.surge.sh/#2569-20-130-0-40-64-544-21-72-1...

I have a personal theory that Reddit is a great source of startup ideas. There are many communities that have special behaviours that can be a source of inspiration for such ideas. A good example is /r/borrow where you can take a loan from another person in the community. But targeting niche subreddits is a very good strategy :)

I've noticed it makes sign ups super easy which is great if you're building a new service and want to get users fast.

But what I wrestled with is the verification of the user on the server side after they've signed up (Apple suggests doing a daily verification of each user that uses Sign in with Apple) and also the annoyance of setting up trusted domains to be able to email your users.

Overall, it's great for users and for privacy but gosh it's a nightmare to setup for developers. Hopefully, Apple can somehow make it more seamless for developers in the future.

His argument is to reduce mobility in the short term to combat the uncertainty and unknowns associated with the Coronavirus. The R0 (reproductive ratio) of the virus is increasing and it’ll probably take longer to know how much havoc it’ll reap.

It’s unclear to what level the paper is referring (reduce flights on a global level, between cities in China or people leaving areas where the contagion started)