The First Hedge Fund
A.W. Jones holds the distinction of being the world’s first hedge fund. It was started in 1949 by a middle-aged journalist with a masters in sociology and little-to-no investing experience. It’s probably a bit of an understatement to say that hedge fund founders today — type-A personalities with an obsession with finance — would find its […]
Law enforcement is spying on Americans’ mail, records show
The U.S. Postal Service has shared information from thousands of Americans’ letters and packages with law enforcement every year for the past decade, conveying the names, addresses and other details from the outside of boxes and envelopes without requiring a court order. Postal inspectors say they fulfill such requests only when mail monitoring can help […]
Rheinmetall and Anduril join forces to develop C-sUAS system
The Düsseldorf-based technology group Rheinmetall and Anduril Industries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during Eurosatory in Paris, one of the world’s leading trade shows for defence and security. Under this collaboration, Rheinmetall and Anduril will work together to design, develop, and produce new layered Counter small Unmanned Aerial System (C-sUAS) air defense systems. The […]
iDOS 3 Rejected by Apple
April 14, 2024 iDOS 3 waiting for review (rejected) Earlier quite a few iDOS users and supporters reached out to me to let me know about the recent AppStore policy change (Thanks, EU). In light of this, I decided to resubmit iDOS. However, it looks like Apple has blacklisted iDOS 2, preventing me from even […]
Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge this week as part of a plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will allow him to go free after having spent five years in a British prison, according to court documents. Assange was charged by criminal information — which […]
Round Rects Are Everywhere
Bill Atkinson worked mostly at home, but whenever he made significant progress he rushed in to Apple to show it off to anyone who would appreciate it. This time, he visited the Macintosh offices at Texaco Towers to show off his brand new oval routines, which were implemented using a really clever algorithm. Bill had […]
Fearing Losses, Banks Are Quietly Dumping Real Estate Loans
Some Wall Street banks, worried that landlords of vacant and struggling office buildings won’t be able to pay off their mortgages, have begun offloading their portfolios of commercial real estate loans hoping to cut their losses. It’s an early but telling sign of the broader distress brewing in the commercial real estate market, which is […]
Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
Microsoft has made OneDrive slightly more annoying for Windows 11 users. Quietly and without any announcement, the company changed Windows 11’s initial setup so that it could turn on the automatic folder backup without asking for it. Now, those setting up a new Windows computer the way Microsoft wants them to (in other words, connected […]
Ask HN: Those of you who’ve left the SWE world, what did you transition into?
After 13 years in SWE, working for startups, bigger companies, the golden handcuffs, etc, I can finally say that I think I’m finished. Right now I’m contracting to stay afloat, maintain flexibility and delve into entrepreneurship, but I truly don’t know what the future holds for me anymore if building my own company doesn’t work […]
The Sun Ra Arkestra’s Maestro Hits One Hundred
Deep-Space Music The Sun Ra Arkestra’s Maestro Hits One Hundred Marshall Allen, the musical collective’s sax-playing leader, is celebrating with a deep-spacey video installation at the Venice Biennale. By Robert Sullivan June 24, 2024 Illustration by João Fazenda Save this storySave this story Save this storySave this story The Sun Ra Arkestra, the musical collective founded […]