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by Hoasi 10y ago
http://www.staticgen.com (hosted and maintained by Netlify, article's author) is similar although stats differ...
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by Hoasi 10y ago
True. Ad blocking is also a stance against advertising per se. Reasons to block ads that may come before the tracking issue for a lot of people. In no particular order: - Plain dislike of ads - Miss targeted ads are (even more) annoying - M
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> The book is like the spoon: once invented, it cannot be bettered. —Umberto Eco, from This is Not the End of the Book: A conversation (2011)
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True. And this is sound technology too. Proven over centuries...
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> As long as media will give endless publicity to multiple murderers, they create a niche for people who want to make a difference for a political cause or their own ego. Right on.
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The late, great Patrick Edlinger survived a terrible fall before retiring, only to fall into depression.
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You can't prove a design is better than another but you can measure it. You can use beta releases or focus group and other methods. Abstract things like feelings and intuition tell you one design is better than another. Relying on intu
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Not quite. Granted, the act of starting to work on a task requires some effort. But assuming a procrastinator's task is within reach, it is in the realm his or her capabilities. The point is that if starting is the hardest part, you mi
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> to beat procrastination, a simple trick is to imagine starting the task as opposed to finishing it You could also just start the task, basically accomplishing the same thing. Skip the imagining part if it is a distraction.
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> Facebook is TV. It wants to be TV. It's a great comparison. TV, in many ways is an obsolete medium, and yet it is still efficient and remains popular despite the advent of streaming and other media offering.
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"Do free work" "Negotiate after you’ve started" Terrible advices, right there.
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See also the concept of "Dérive"[1] or purposeless walking as defined by Guy Debord[2] and used by the Letterist and Situationist movements. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dérive [2]: http://ww
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by Hoasi 11y ago
True, but it might just be even more interesting to decipher. Imagine you could rebuilt 3D visualisations of dolphin thoughts.
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It certainly looks to be working for Adobe: http://venturebeat.com/2016/03/17/adobe-sees-record-1-38b-re...
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King, yes, for the time being maybe; yet I can't help but think Facebook's presence / dominance will wane eventually.
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It seems they are, although the ad industry never shied from hurling gross statements either.
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Really? Selective commenting seems a terrible way to handle the matter if that's the case.
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> Lots of people say that if we all start blocking ads, then lots of content will go away. I'm perfectly fine with that I don't think people (hackernews users) really have thought about how much innovation on the internet is di
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Avalon is a fantastic movie with an excellent soundtrack as well. A must watch if you loved Ghost in the Shell.
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Interesting — What would you suggest using for comics though?
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The thing is, marketers are still ”experimenting" for the most part. Just as traditional advertising was sold to clients for years even when its efficiency could not be measured. Right now, it can be measured better through tracking,
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It's not an extremely complicated problem. The solution is use a phone to talk to people (if you must). That's what a phone is supposed to do. You probably do not need all the other stuff. It's all a matter of choice.
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Lawsuits. They ruin everything.
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Yes, and don't forget to mention using Brave since early 2016, for good measure.
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Good question. The jury might still be out on this one though. You could argue one way or another, as it depends on what is your definition if advertising. Advertising is not art but the industry used to have its share of regretful artists.
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The old guard dies, it does not surrender.
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This is reminiscent of David Graeber’s essay “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs” http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ and its commentary on the Economist http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange