Episode 494: We are going to move the couch

This week, we cover Netflix’s streaming hiccups, cloud earnings updates, Red Hat’s CNCF donations, and the potential sale of Chrome. Plus, a few thoughts on parenting.

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Runner-up Titles

• The dog peed on it.


• Jamin’s favorite Excel macros.


• Change up the noodles.


• 0.7 good tips there


• The tiniest of rebellions


• Win one for the stockholders


• Candor


• A datacenter with a gift shop.


• VP of Cables has cucumber water with VP of Monitors.


• You can’t open source a monitor.

Rundown

• Netflix
  
  
  • Netflix’s Boxing Event, Customer Acquisition vs. Churn Mitigation, Accounting for Events
  
  
  • Disney sets India Cricket Viewership Record for TV, streaming during World Cup
  
  
  • Netflix Culture
  
  


• Earnings
  
  
  • Amazon Reports Record $15.3 Billion Profit
  
  
  • Clouded Judgement 11.1.24 - Amazon, Google, Microsoft & Meta on AI and CapEx
  
  
  • Amazon Earnings, Robotics and Amazon’s Expanding 1P Business
  
  
  • Cloud market share shows vendors eyeing a $1T opportunity
  
  
  • Windows 365 Link is a $349 mini PC that streams Windows from the cloud
  
  


• Going Open Source
  
  
  • Red Hat to Donate Podman Along With Other Container Tools to CNCF
  
  
  • Salesforce’s Heroku platform open-sources Twelve Factor project
  
  
  • Twelve-Factor App Methodology is now Open Source
  
  


• DOJ Will Push Google to Sell off Chrome to Break Search Monopoly

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• AI companies hit a scaling wall


• Invisible asymptotes — Remains of the Day


• Clouded Judgement 11.14.24 - Market Tipping to Growth


• For the first time in 25 years, the number of software engineers dropped


• The CNCF's plan to crowdfight patent trolls


• Maybe Bluesky has “won”


• Having 30,000 followers makes you a celebrity, UK advertising watchdog rules


• The Influence of Bell Labs


• Leaked Amazon memos identify critical flaws in the upcoming AI version of Alexa


• RIP to RPA: The Rise of Intelligent Automation | Andreessen Horowitz


• Twenty is building an open source alternative to Salesforce


• Chips
  
  
  • RISC-V — the CPU you didn’t know you already have
  
  
  • Arm to Cancel Qualcomm Chip Design License
  
  
  • The RVA23 profile is now ratified, so RISC-V gets satisfied
  
  
  • Intel losses hit $16.6B as restructuring efforts take a toll
  
  
  • Intel Was Just Dropped From the Dow
  
  
  • How much Apple Silicon improves with each release
  
  

Nonsense

• Bojangles to install ordering kiosks across its system


• 'Simpsons'-themed broadcast means Bengals-Cowboys won't be flexed

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• Brandon: Silo Season 2


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