cm2012

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I have lots of experience with digital advertising and comment on it pretty frequently here.
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Comment · 6 days ago
This is such a thoughtful way to split the subject I agree with it completely.
Comment · 6 days ago
From my 15 years being involved in startups, I would agree with this. Especially in marketing teams, which has been my area. There is no right answer which can be confirmed easily so you just have to really really care.

I will also say this is not the same as hard work. Hours and intensity is not the same. I would be considered a very successful person by most, but I have never "worked" more than 30 hours a week. But I've cared very very intensely about the results of the work that I'm doing.

You also can't expect it of employees unless you're paying them a fuck ton/have incentives.

Comment · 8 days ago
To me this exposes the extreme limitations Wikipedia has given itself. My location could have 10 times as many Wikipedia articles nearby about things that are interesting, unique, or historically relevant. But those articles would all get denied.
Comment · 8 days ago
This information is available in the annual reports of all these companies. It's the advertising revenue per user per year. For Meta it's like $100 a year for U.S. users.
Comment · 10 days ago
This will be successfully appealed. It is an outrageous verdict for something with zero actual harms.
Comment · 13 days ago
Documentaries and video in general are just dramatically, intensely worse mediums for communicating factual learnings compared to books and text in general.
Comment · 13 days ago
Fielder has said that setting the tone with music in documentaries is among the most important things he does. I also find that unsettling.
Comment · 16 days ago
Its basically how all the ad platforms fundamentally work: they use conversion events to train their ad algorithms.
Comment · 17 days ago
Like a meeseeks
Comment · 17 days ago
Logistics and shipping cost a lot. Amazon is one of the cheapest warehouses that you can use for this purpose.
Comment · 20 days ago
Comparing a dissafected american programmer to a real slave is just not the right take
Comment · 21 days ago
This is the kind of person for whom AI is making the most negative change. I feel sad for them. For me, I love this new world. I never took pleasure in craftsmanship or perfectionism, I just want things to work and then iterate on it with as little effort as possible.
Comment · 22 days ago
I love this comment. It is extremely accurate to my experience.

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