MarkMc
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Comment · 1 month ago
Remember that while Bill Gates was worrying about downloading a video editor, he was ceding search to Google
Comment · 1 year ago
Ultimately a large number of people identify with Trump. So when he says he inherited an awful economy and the tariffs are the cure, they believe him
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks that's a good idea! I think I'd need to use AI to categorise each story, then maybe have different tabs on the page for each category...
Comment · 1 year ago
The presence or absence of an image depends on user votes. If you feel an image is not useful, click the '...' button and select 'Suggest or Choose an Image' > 'This story does not need an image'
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks! No fixed plans for future development - it kind of depends on how much traction it gets. If it gets a lot of interest I might add a 'AI editor' that chooses images and write subtitles (or deletes boring ones which have been written by the article's author). But even if it gets little use besides myself, hosting costs are minimal so it will be around for a while :)
Comment · 2 years ago
OK that's cute, but when is Facebook going to release this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EohIA7QPmmE
Lex: "It just feels like we are in the same room. This is really the most incredible thing I've ever seen".
Comment · 2 years ago
Not just magazines. I remember being amazed in 2018 how my flatmates were watching YouTube on their living-room TV instead of a broadcast TV channel.
This change of attention is also affecting movie studios like Disney
Comment · 2 years ago
Waymo really needs to do an A/B test to demonstrate the safety of their cars: When you order a ridesharing car you randomly get assigned one of their driverless cars or an Uber with a human driver.
After a year see which group has the safest record. Simple.
Comment · 2 years ago
My doctor was target of bitcoin extortionists. Now her system is so locked down and doesn’t interface with any other system. To transfer information to another system she prints it out and scans it into the new system
Comment · 2 years ago
Mark Cuban made a great point:
> If advertisers were getting results from their X ads, or possibly If you posted data that showed that ads on this platform were effective and produced results, you would be in an entirely different position.
> If your ads produce results, businesses would tell you they understand how difficult it is to completely eliminate hate on the platform.
> If they don't produce results, there is no reason for a big company to fuck around and find out that their ads showed up next to a hateful post.
> I can't tell you how many times I get Cheech ,(or is it Chong?) ads for CBD gummies. Shit I would never buy. ..
> On other platforms ads sometimes are eerily relevant to my interests.
> That never occurs on this platform
When asked if he ever advertised on X:
> Multiple of my portfolio companies have. And I always ask them to check. Without exception, all have said it doesn't give the same returns as other platforms
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