In the past few weeks I wrote about corporate politics , distribution of power , and disregard for ethics . Dozens of people reached out to say the posts were dark, cynical and depressingly accurate.
Aurich Lawson The IRS denied a proposal to grant 501(c)(3) status to Yorba , a nonprofit organization that develops open source software for the Linux desktop. In a blog post yesterday, Yorba spokespe
On June 30, Yorba Foundation director Jim Nelson posted a blogentry reporting that the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had deniedYorba's application to be registered as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3)charity
Updated on December 29, 2022, at 12:10 p.m. The dramatic, multidimensional implosion of Meta; the nuclear train wreck of Elon Musk’s Twitter; the momentous labor uprising against Amazon—it wasn’t just
Most tech jobs are now in mainstream industries like health care, banking and retail, which are increasingly in need of workers with digital skills. Priya Natarajan, a software engineer, left Amazon t
Bourbon and rye used to be workaday drinks, but prices are being driven way up by speculators, a scramble for bragging rights and a large shot of hype. Customers waited in line this month for the rele
Posted in Florida December 28, 2022 by Florida has quite a few really impressive state parks, especially ones that stay under the radar regarding visitors. Little Manatee River State Park in Wimauma i
People who turn to social media to escape from superficial boredom are unwittingly preventing themselves from progressing to a state of profound boredom, which may open the door to more creative and m
Enlarge Aurich Lawson | Getty Images When 2022 dawned, there were a few things we knew we would be writing about: The global pandemic , whatever cool things Apple and Google did, rocket launches , and
New York Representative-elect George Santos speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19. David Becker/Washington Post via Getty Images
Amanda Northrup/Vox Marin Cogan is a senior correspondent at Vox. She writes features on a wide range of subjects, including traffic safety, gun violence, and the legal system. Prior to Vox, she worke
Cows graze on an allotment near the Naughton coal-fired power plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming, on November 22. Natalie Behring/Getty Images Dylan Matthews is a senior correspondent and head writer for Vox'
I have written many times about the Hour Of Code here at AVC . It is the highlight of the annual Computer Science Education Week which is the first week of December, which is this week. Yesterday Marc
When markets are in turmoil, like they have been for most of this year, I like to have a buy-and-hold mindset when it comes to making new investments. It is hard to know when you’ve reached the bottom
I’ve been reading Fred Wilson’s blog AVC most days for 4 or 5 years now. I admire the way he writes: simple sentences that have a clear point of view. He doesn’t hide behind complexity or jargon, and
The Gotham Gal and I just spent the last two weeks in Paris. We have been going to Paris together for around forty years and have had a place there for the last decade. It is a place we can go to get
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an American in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a mortgage. I don’t know if you should buy a house. Nor am I inclined to give you personal fi
This article contains spoilers through the Season 1 finale of The White Lotus. “This is a lot of pineapple. Not subtle with the theme.” Midway through The White Lotus , Mike White’s acerbic satire on
This article contains spoilers through the Season 2 finale of The White Lotus. In an interview with NPR’s Fresh Air last week, the writer and director Mike White suggested that his hit HBO series The
Published: December 19, 2022 . Filed under: Django , Python . This is the second in a series of posts I intend to write about how to build, deploy, and manage Python applications in as boring a way as
News Raspberry Pi 5 Not Launching Until After 2023 By published 20 December 2022 Raspberry Pi Taking a "recovery year" in 2023 (Image credit: Future) As we have previously reported , Raspberry Pi CEO
Sign up for Kaitlyn and Lizzie’s newsletter here. This is part two of a special three-part Famous People series about a single weekend in California. Check back in the coming days for part three! (If
Preferred vs. common stock Common and preferred stock both represent a proportional share of ownership in a company, but you are entitled to different rights depending on which you invest in. Both pre
Summary Companies Backtracks on plan to favour cash payments for small items Measure seen favouring tax evasion, pleasing only a minority Unable to stop digital payments spread, culturally damaging MI
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