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by nitashatiku 4y ago
"To spearhead the effort, Musk has been recruiting Igor Babuschkin, a researcher who recently left Alphabet’s DeepMind AI unit and specializes in the kind of machine-learning models that power chatbots like ChatGPT. In an interview, Ba
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TechStars NYC poaches Eugene Chung, a former VC at New Enterprise Associates(betabeat.com)
2 points by nitashatiku 14y ago|0 comments
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VCs bring back pay-to-pitch, rebrand it as a deli counter(betabeat.com)
6 points by nitashatiku 14y ago|0 comments
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Rap Genius: Impish Ivy Leaguers Raise Millions for Internet Decoder Ring(betabeat.com)
50 points by nitashatiku 14y ago|37 comments
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Bitcoin Foundation Launches to ‘Standardize, Protect and Promote’ Bitcoin(betabeat.com)
89 points by nitashatiku 14y ago|27 comments
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by nitashatiku 14y ago
I've since updated that number in Betabeat with the figure from tonight's NYT article, which says Uber planned to launch with 105 pre-registered cabs and plans to add 100 a week. (The initial, incorrect number was what I had when I broke th
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by nitashatiku 14y ago
I would pay $13 to watch "Timescape" in 3D.
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Mobile Payments Startup Venmo Acquired By Braintree(betabeat.com)
5 points by nitashatiku 14y ago|0 comments
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by nitashatiku 14y ago
If he's so anti-originality, he should have stolen Fabulous Fab for his nickname.
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by nitashatiku 14y ago
Why do you think MongoDB is "fall"-ing?
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by nitashatiku 14y ago
@Riley Have you guys ever had a problem with someone scraping public OkCupid profiles?
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by nitashatiku 14y ago
"But every new dating site faces the same problem: finding souls to mate." Just ask the new-and-improved Nerve.com!
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by nitashatiku 15y ago
PG: planning on hosting another YCNYC this year?
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by nitashatiku 15y ago
"Win because you promise more? That sounds like a government project." Ha, ding ding ding ding ding ding!
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by nitashatiku 15y ago
Yeah, the idea of knowing how to build in NYC was a big plus. There's actually still so many hoops to jump through still: the land use agreements, any remediation of the site, potential community benefits, etc.
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by nitashatiku 15y ago
No, we (Betabeat and I) totally welcome feedback in any form--criticism, questions, concerns, etc. Have at us! We usually change the headlines from paper to blog and from the blog to Hacker News only because the paper ones tend to be more o
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by nitashatiku 15y ago
The question is whether Stanford dropped out because they weren't interested or because they were about to lose to Cornell.
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by nitashatiku 15y ago
Thanks for your comment. Most of our posts on Betabeat take way less than 5 minutes to read. In fact, I'd peg the bulk of the breaking blog posts on news about the campus at about a minute. This was an investigation into the backstory of ho
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How Cornell Beat Stanford's Bid to Build an Engineering Campus in NYC(betabeat.com)
28 points by nitashatiku 15y ago|13 comments
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Stanford Hopes Its $2.5 B. StanfordNYC Proposal Can Beat Out NYU(betabeat.com)
36 points by nitashatiku 15y ago|21 comments
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The Evolution of Pastebin:From Coders to Hacktivists to Occupy Wall Street(betabeat.com)
4 points by nitashatiku 15y ago|0 comments
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New York City Gets Its Own Hackers Union(betabeat.com)
5 points by nitashatiku 15y ago|0 comments
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The Debut of the Hacker League(betabeat.com)
18 points by nitashatiku 15y ago|3 comments
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by nitashatiku 15y ago
Roosevelt island is in the borough of Manhattan and counted as Manhattan in the census. It's sort of independent but definitely associated with Manhattan proper.
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by nitashatiku 15y ago
Yeah, it's cheap city-owned land and a chance to get in on NYC's bid to become the innovation capital of the East Coast.
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Stanford & Cornell Fight to Win Bid for Engineering Campus in Manhattan(betabeat.com)
31 points by nitashatiku 15y ago|12 comments
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Jimmy Buffett Stopped by Spotify to Meet Some Devs(betabeat.com)
1 points by nitashatiku 15y ago|1 comments
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by nitashatiku 15y ago
That was supposed to be funny! But I guess the real LOL is on journalism.
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4chan Is Already Trying to Dox the Author of the New 4chan Book "Epic Win"(betabeat.com)
3 points by nitashatiku 15y ago|0 comments
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by nitashatiku 15y ago
I think the Microsoft heavy part is changing a bit. Starting with the IDF programming units mentioned in the article switching over to new languages that have gained traction. As well when start-ups pivoting into the consumer web. Avner Ami

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