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ctr··on Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly
The plan is explicitly described as "Premium accounts for family members under one roof" on their website. https://www.spotify.com/us/family/
ctr··on The standard American household is now a millionaire, according to the Fed
Note that IRA contributions require earned income so IRAs are effectively unavailable to kids until they're in their teens.
ctr··on Searching for 'Telegram' on Twitter is blocked
Interestingly enough, if you search for "telegra", the search results shown display a message "Including results for "telegram."
ctr··on Electoral Precedent 2020
There's text hidden behind the 2016 panel but I can't make out what it says. Anyone?
ctr··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2020)
Bloomberg | New York, NY | Senior Software Engineer | Full-time | ONSITE | VISA

The FX and Commodity Trading system (“FXGO”) within Bloomberg facilitates over $300 billion per day in over-the-counter currency and commodity trading. Our group develops the infrastructure, libraries, systems and user interfaces that allow this trading to happen.

We are looking for someone with solid C++ and design skills, someone who is focused on building systems both for performance and for ease of support and maintenance.

Apply here (please mention HN): https://careers.bloomberg.com/job/detail/81197?qe=Senior+Sof...

ctr··on New York Beats Out San Francisco to Be World’s Best Tech City
With over 75% of their revenue reported to be software revenue (https://talkingbiznews.com/1/report-bloombergs-revenue-hit-1...), I'd call them a tech company. The public perception is focused on the news aspect because that's the most accessible part of their business.

I don't have any other examples at or above their size.

ctr··on New York Beats Out San Francisco to Be World’s Best Tech City
Bloomberg is a multi-billion dollar tech company started and HQed in New York.
ctr··on Life in the People’s Republic of WeChat
Their balance sheet. Bloomberg is a private company.
ctr··on Critical Security Release for GitLab 8.2 through 8.7
But GitLab is and that's what the comment was about.
ctr··on Responsive CSS grid, reordered with native HTML5 drag and drop
The download button has a typo in it: 'Downlaod Latest Release.'
ctr··on Seagate to produce 5TB hard drive next year, 20TB by 2020
That's exactly what they're doing with SSDs.