A Smart Bear: Longform

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

A startup can beat a large, successful incumbent, if it does things the incumbent can not or will not do. Here are those things.

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Derek Sivers

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This is a lukewarm little story with a few connected bits, but it might be interesting or even helpful. Follow the links in it, for full effect. Esperanto start For decades, I’ve wanted the experience of carrying on a conversation in another language. My language-teaching polyglot friend Benny Lewis said that if you’ve never really spoken another language, then the best strategy is to start with the easiest possible language to learn, which is Esperanto.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

In solidarity with Professor Muhammad Yunus Impact Hub Network firmly stands in solidarity with Professor Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, currently faced with unfair charges and continuous judicial harassment. We emphatically call for the proceedings concerning Grameen Telecom’s labour practices to be conducted fairly, equitably, and free from any harassment.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Tabnine, the Tel Aviv-based AI coding platform company, has announced significant enhancements to its coding assistant. At the heart of these enhancements is the integration of retrieval augmented generation techniques, which enable the platform to deliver finely-tuned suggestions by drawing on specific code and engineering patterns found within a team’s codebase or integrated development environment.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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