DevKoala

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by DevKoala 6y ago
This is good, however, it ignores the fact that the US media is governed by six major entities and each one is strong enough to carry out the intentions of foreign actors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_of_
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by DevKoala 6y ago
A friend of my girlfriend is on that situation, $1600/wk is more than what she earned previously, and isn’t looking forward for the store where she worked on to re-open or looking for a different job. It gives me a mixed feeling about
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I forgot about that. It's just a referrer check, it opens on cmd/ctrl + click just fine.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Was there really a walkout? According to jwz there wasn’t. https://www.jwz.org/blog/2020/06/everyone-at-facebook-is-qwh... I am not defending Zuck, but it seems like the media is trying to paint a story about
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I think he is angry because the demonstration by employees at Facebook was made up. https://www.jwz.org/blog/2020/06/everyone-at-facebook-is-qwh...
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Use a system that lets you add tags to your notes for quick indexing.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I wish there was a way to index the web which was not so susceptible to marketers gaming the ranking system; it is clear Google has lost the battle there. Moreover, I don’t believe it is in Google’s best interest to surface the best results
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by DevKoala 6y ago
> But generally, they are activists, taking aim at those they accuse of misusing power. They do so in very public ways, such as hijacking websites or forcing them offline. Not sure about that.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I am disappointed this is just an opinion piece. I was hoping for some data that backed the assertion.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I understand that it is just sophisticated look alike targeting. Also, I don’t mean to say that the original intent of the designers is evil. However, the effects on viewers have to be analyzed, and most likely some changes are needed to st
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I love this tool. I have one terminal window always open with it.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Of course there are actors that downright pursue infecting the minds of people. However, the problem did not get out of control until the content platforms found those who were more susceptible to their message “at scale”.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Those shock jockeys didn’t use your browsing history to determine exactly which conspiracies you will be most susceptible to. Denying the responsibility of YouTube, Facebook and other platforms that pursue viewer engagement at any cost by c
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by DevKoala 6y ago
When the objectives are clear, we understand our priorities, and there is very little reason for interruption. Today for example, outside of meetings, I don’t think I communicated with a single coworker. I had a few 1-1’s for pair programmi
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by DevKoala 6y ago
We have planning meetings in which we determine priorities once a week and everyday during standup we reevaluate priorities. Do you experience these interruptions daily? If a team has to constantly revise priorities in the middle of the day
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by DevKoala 6y ago
You don’t prioritize your personal focus, you prioritize an objective. Most often these objectives are very clear to the rest of the team. Also I can’t believe you “know” something is “important enough to interrupt them”. I work for a place
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I am definitely not knocked out of the zone when someone asks me a 5 second question and I give an even shorter reply. I am confident that in a different environment I would have to adapt the method, but in the physical environment I work o
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Not at all. The person asking for attention will communicate what topic they want to discuss. I can then evaluate if that topic is more important than whatever I am working or focused on. If I tell the person that they need to wait, they co
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by DevKoala 6y ago
There is also an easy way to not prioritize people at the office. You tell them in a polite manner that what you are doing is a bigger priority and requires your attention. Over time people learn to coordinate discussions when you are free
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by DevKoala 6y ago
You don’t ignore people who come to talk to you. You tell them politely that you are focused on a task, and to wait until you are free. Over time people learn to send you a message first to coordinate when you are free to talk. At the comp
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by DevKoala 6y ago
This is very true. The proof is in the pudding. If someone messages you or calls you, you might dismiss them easily, but if someone stands next to you and asks you “do you have a moment?” Will you dismiss them as easily? PS: Working with a
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by DevKoala 6y ago
In the example I saw, you could go through a mini site experience; you can “visit” the site without leaving the AMP. I don’t believe this one change, serving images from the AMP cache, is the issue. My concern is with the proliferation of A
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I work in ad tech, with years of experience doing identification and targeting. I understand exactly what is happening. I wrote a reply to joshuamorton were I expressed my concerns.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
> You'll only ever retrieve Google AMP cache results from the Google search page, where they were already able to track if you made such a request, since the link you clicked has trackers in it. So from that perspective, nothing cha
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by DevKoala 6y ago
The publishers are not mentioning to the visitor they are adding one more third party looking at your data; one that maintains an ad exchange and will be an intermediary on every resource request. A publisher is free to switch to AMP, but c
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Because now every asset you download from the web is a Google tracking resource. Is it really unclear what’s going on? When you perform a GET request for these assets you are being monitored. These requests end up being part of the profile
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by DevKoala 6y ago
The platform is constantly evolving. At any point millions of individuals could be part of an A/B test that alters their experience. How can a third party navigate these conditions without corrupting their findings?
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Why are you asking third parties to conduct this research? Why isn’t this an initiative driven by an internal team? Where applications for this program advertised outside of Facebook? Is $2M realistic for this research? I know I wouldn’t b
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I am sorry. I empathize because I know that a great deal of my confidence as a software engineer came thanks to financial security; I don’t fear being fired so I will speak my mind. However, had I failed to achieve that, would I have stood
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I had the same reaction. However, I work for a small team with driven developers. It is expected from our engineers to learn “best practices” on their own time when we introduce new technologies. We are also compensated extremely well accor

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