Nazare

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by Nazare 9y ago
> Remember that Facebook gives you zero access to users’ data just for being an advertiser. As an advertiser you can target users based on very specific details, and track any user that responds to your advertisement campaign. You get al
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by Nazare 9y ago
The first Ad Sales pitch deck for TheFacebook.com included a slide showing how advertisers can target students based on their sexual orientation, political bend, dating interests, gender, age, education, and social graph. All of which can b
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by Nazare 9y ago
> I'd like to see a proof of concept that your brain IS indeed the seat of your consciousness. The concept of "multiple realizability" says that a brain/consciousness/mental state can arise from non-biological ma
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by Nazare 9y ago
Investors are acting out of greed. They are perfectly willing victims. Please no more regulation, or American influence/special position ("I can get my money back, because you sold me a security, and the price didn't went to
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by Nazare 9y ago
Because long-term you'll end up with a situation, where your special profitable customers leave for greener pastures (those willing/able to pay higher fees) and your base customers can't or won't afford it. Short-term th
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by Nazare 9y ago
That is basically anti-net neutrality, but for energy, instead of information. Why should I pay more if I use my laptop for mining crypto, instead of playing the latest AAA video game on the highest settings?
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by Nazare 9y ago
Because miners would move to places where the electricity is cheap. In theory you could always keep raising the price of electricity, because everybody needs to buy electricity to keep the lights on. You can't have your cake and eat it
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by Nazare 9y ago
One could probably intellectually power a small third world country, if one rerouted all the mental energy that went into deriding Bitcoin's energy consumption into something useful (like getting more people to click on ads, HFT, or ra
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by Nazare 9y ago
English slides/presentation: http://jtemporal.com/serenata-ml-meetup/