#Marketplace

Today at #GoogleNext19, we are launching Cloud Run.Allowing you to run any stateless http container in a fully managed environment, paying only for the exact resources you use. https://cloud.google.com/run 
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Recent musings on payments as it relates to $SHOP + $FB: first some basics, then a few thoughts on recent developmentsTLDR: Capturing % of GMV great for SHOP (already well
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$MWKI know a lot of people have shared their thoughts on this one recently. Definitely some overlap from others but here is my DD and comments on some of the
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Having written at length about the debates about free speech on campus in Britain (as well as elsewhere) and the history of 'no platforming' in particular, here's a few thoughts
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#AgriculturalProductivity 1/ From the ZW statistics shown, tobacco&cotton are the only agricultural commodities that are being exported that are in the #Top10ExportGoods (2018).There is need to consider agricultural productivity commerc
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The new HH book AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 WORDS is OUT NOW!https://www.amazon.co.uk/Around-World-80-Words-Language/dp/1783964006The book tells the stories behind 80 different words and phrases whose origins lie on the world map—so
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Last week, Ant Group (the company behind Alipay) filed for potentially the largest IPO ever.If that doesn't make you listen, consider that in 2019, Alipay's payment volume was $16 trillion
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Went down the rabbit hole on the oldest online trading community and the trading gurus that rose in the 1990's."Everything old is new again."https://twitter.com/WallStCynic/status/1354098939285434368 The first community was Si
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Masks Masquerading as ScienceTM.I spent a good part of my career engineering emulsion PCR and Nebulization equipment for DNA and RNA shearing. I have a very different view on this
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Steps to reproduce:1. Search a high traffic keyword like wallpapers, scanner, VPN, etc.2. Download the top 5 search results3. At least one (often multiple) will be shady apps pushing expensive
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I feel like stepping on some toes tonight.A nice, long thread... I love when people (usually "celebrities" trying to be "deep", but also those who parrot these goofy hypotheticals --
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Thread: This Christmas choose locally made gifts. This curated list reflects important Irish artists & craftspeople, whose works are unique, to celebrate the holiday season. In buying from these talented
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“Ek’s saying that musicians need to look at themselves less as artists and more as content creators. We have no muse to serve but the marketplace, and without adhering to
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Debate/discussion/rants about app stores (or perhaps The App Store) have rapidly polarized to the point where it seems difficult to have a rational discussion. Even trying to discuss is viewed
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Big news: Mike Konczal’s Freedom from the Market is out. I got an early copy of the book and read it last month, but now that it’s officially published, you
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1/ Unity: A twitter thread of my fundamental investment thesis in $U."Democratize game (app) development by making it more accessible to developers"When 94/100 of top game dev companies by rev
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