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Published: Sept. 16, 2022, 5:30 a.m.

This week we discuss Oracle\u2019s Cloud Growth(?), Starbuck\u2019s blockchain-based loyalty program and Andr\xe9 Staltz\u2019s \u201cTime Till Open Source Alternative\u201d article. Plus, some thoughts on free coffee\u2026

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• It\u2019s about me
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• Workshop it
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• I stand with the workers of Goldman Sachs
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• This is their Popeye moment
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• Pulitzers and free coffee
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• Financial shenanigans
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• Hide the gift shop in the data center
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\n\nRundown\n\n

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• No more free coffee as bankers return to Goldman Sachs
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• Oracle on Verge of Becoming World\u2019s Hottest Cloud Vendor
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• Starbucks details its blockchain-based loyalty platform and NFT community, Starbucks Odyssey
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• Andr\xe9 Staltz - Time Till Open Source Alternative
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• Google canceled its next Pixelbook and shut down the team building it
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\n\nRelevant to your Interests\n\n

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• What if those green bubbles aren\u2019t Android\u2019s fault? - The Hustle
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• Tim Cook says \u2018buy your mom an iPhone\u2019 if you want to end green bubbles
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• Uber Eats goes driverless with Nuro partnership
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• GM is betting on its electric Equinox, starting at $30,000, to kick-start 'massive adoption' of EVs
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• Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life
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• Cheating Allegations Shake the Chess World After Champion Suffers Stunning Defeat
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• The Book of Reed Hastings, Revisited
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• Explainer: Understanding Ethereum's major 'Merge' upgrade
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• Patreon security team layoffs cause backlash in creator community
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• Bolt's $1.5 billion deal to buy Wyre dies
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• Citrix Plans to Explore Sale of Wrike Unit After Buyout Closes
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• Meta moves PyTorch to Linux Foundation
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• At Google, 'Rest and Vest' for Sr. Employees is Over, Says CEO
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• Large railroad labor unions say they will strike if quality of life is not addressed in new contract
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• Heat wave knocks Twitter data center offline
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• Linux Foundation Announces an Intent to Form the OpenWallet Foundation - Linux Foundation
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• What Silicon Valley "Gets" about Software Engineers that Traditional Companies Do Not
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• Twitter shareholders approve $44 billion Elon Musk buyout
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• Tech stack
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• Productionizing Envoy Mobile at Lyft
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• Squishable computer runs calculations depending on how you squish it
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• iOS 16 - New Features
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• IKEA Responds To Balenciaga\u2019s $2,145 Bag That Looks Exactly Like IKEA\u2019s 99-Cent Tote Bag, And It\u2019s Hilarious
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• We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business
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