Mefis
Joined 9 years ago
Joined 9 years ago
I know I am worth ~50$ a year to the Ad business. I'll gladly pay $60 a year for access to content. That $60 gets redistributed to content providers based on the share of my viewership they get.
Basically, cut the middle man (ad companies in this case).
Tidyverse was super easy to pick up, and I can do almost anything I want with. Why would I want to switch to Panda?
Has anyone tired the python tydiverse port? How does it compare to the original?
For me what's astounding is:
"Lastly, nothing is transmitted from the individuals device to the receiving server over HTTPS — all in plaintext via HTTP — and updates are unsigned. This means all the data the app collects is transmitted to the unknown entity on the receiving end in a way that allows someone with a trivial amount of technical knowledge to intercept and potentially manipulate" [0]
Is there any reason besides incompetence why the apps developers would do this?
[0] https://www.opentech.fund/news/app-targeting-uyghur-populati...
Edited: formatting
Doesn't sound so bad...
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20180906IPR...
https://www.economist.com/business/2018/06/09/how-e-commerce...
Rwanda too, with Zipline.
When I’m working on a model I just put my headphones and I know people will disturb me only if they really need to. Which is fine, I’m here to help in the first place.