Matt joined Verge reporter Julia Alexander and me on a special Vergecast interview episode to chat about the deal, how it came together, what Automattic’s plans for Tumblr look like, and whether Tumblr might become an open-source project, like Wordpress itself. (“That would be pretty cool,” said Matt.)
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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on what’s next for Tumblr
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How COBOL Still Powers The Global Economy At 60 Years Old
Estimates as high as 80% of financial transactions use common business-oriented language, or COBOL. Now as programmers retire and fewer are joining the workforce to replace them, the future for the language is uncertain. But rumors of COBOL’s demise are nothing new.
Tagged with cobol programming
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Codes that Changed the World: COBOL
Aleks Krotoski explores the history of COBOL the language that computing into the hands of business.
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The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 256, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
The Talk Show
‘A Bit Too Thin’, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
Sunday, 30 June 2019
Special guest Ben Thompson returns to the show to talk about Jony Ive’s departure from Apple.
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Yours truly on Ive’s departure.
Thompson’s take on Ive’s departure.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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Make Do #35: Merlin Mann and Vulnerability - Relay FM
We get a visit from Merlin Mann, and talk about - well, a lot of stuff. What to call yourself, tall poppy syndrome, and micro-creativity.
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36 Seconds That Changed Everything – How the iPhone Learned to Talk
How the iPhone Learned to Talk
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EARTH: The Cement Ban | Flash Forward
Today we travel to a future where we try to break up with cement. Can it be done? How did cement because so ubiquitous? And what’s so bad about cement in the first place?
https://www.flashforwardpod.com/2019/03/26/earth-the-cement-ban/
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Ian McEwan: Machines Like Me - The Long Now
Ian McEwan is the author of Enduring Love (1997), Amsterdam (1998; Booker Prize), Atonement (2001), Saturday (2005), The Children Act (2014), and others. Twelve movies have been made from his novels and short stories, five of them with screenplays by McEwan.
Ian McEwan’s Homepage Ian McEwan’s Wikipedia pageIn his new novel, Machines Like Me, Ian McEwan uses science fiction and counter-factual history to speculate about the coming of artificial intelligence and its effect on human relations. The opening page introduces a pivotal character, "Sir Alan Turing, war hero and presiding genius of the digital age.”
The evening with McEwan will feature conversation with Stewart Brand, based on written questions from the audience, along with some readings.
Ian McEwan is the author of Enduring Love (1997), Amsterdam (1998; Booker Prize), Atonement (2001), Saturday (2005), The Children Act (2014), and others. Twelve movies have been made from his novels and short stories, five of them with screenplays by McEwan.
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Fermi’s Paradox: 3 Theories About Why Humanity Hasn’t Made Contact With Alien Life - The Atlantic
Humanity may be as few as 10 years away from discovering evidence of extraterrestrial life. Once we do, it will only deepen the mystery of where alien intelligence might be hiding.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/but-seriously-where-is-everybody/563498/
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A Minimalist Approach to Business
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