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by andirk 4y ago
Brave browser uses "attention" as the main factor. It's currently used for their paying the content creators and charging for ads, but with their new search engine [0] it may be a factor there too. [0] https://sear
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by andirk 4y ago
Sorry the word is "prism", not spectrum.
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by andirk 4y ago
Google added some "plus" button when Google+ was pretending to be a thing. It made no sense though as how would someone know it's a good result before they visit it?
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by andirk 4y ago
My favorite was LinkExchange. An interesting little success story too [0]. We should also bring back the term "webmaster" so when people ask what you do, respond, "I'm a webmaster". [0] https://en.wikiped
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by andirk 4y ago
Remember that Facebook "whistleblower" revealed that Facebook "put profits over people"? That will never not be funny.
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by andirk 4y ago
Is there some way to make this comment a billboard? The lenses are manufactured per individual according to their need. Granted it's within a spectrum of choices such as it's -1.5 or -2, not -1.66421 (right?). Then one can add fea
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by andirk 4y ago
Delete them from your phone and only access them via desktop. OR use them enough that you get banned for some benign thing.
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by andirk 4y ago
Is it possible that the angle TikTok strives for simply lacks substance? I'm working on making something called The Laugh Track where you send your friend (singular) the type of laugh you just did (from a select list of types of laughs
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by andirk 4y ago
I agree that a few people can be held on to, but when orgs get dropped, there will be a lot of talent let go. Let this be a reminder to all of us that we must, to some extent, always work toward making those 1-3 bullet points on our resume
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by andirk 4y ago
If I was running a successful tech company, these layoffs would be a godsend. Plenty of amazing devs let go simply to lower headcount costs. I'd be poaching this list ASAP! And please, use this time to sharpen your skillset! You'l
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by andirk 4y ago
Democracy can be defined as a popularity contest; democracy does not = good. When I and others say "democratized money", it's not to say it is identical to the definition of democracy as it pertains to a populous voting 1 per
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by andirk 4y ago
Update: > employees who lose their jobs will be provided with at least four months of salary as severance OK yeah for a decently skilled software engineer, that's 1 year of free rent in a very nice place in San Francisco. Those not
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by andirk 4y ago
While I don't agree with the sentiment in this incident, the "accountable" word often means like "I wish I could make this better by doing absolutely nothing".
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by andirk 4y ago
Layoffs are always unfortunate, but didn't his company have the bright idea of making meetings all day into a virtual Second Life world where you can actually _see_ the other person's dog barking on the call? The experimental part
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by andirk 4y ago
Not a stablecoin. Bitconnect is my favorite crypto scam so far! It was so obviously a scam, and the bros promoting it were even dumber than that shitcoin. A lot of crypto projects can appear scammy because a handful of people are working on
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by andirk 4y ago
The fact that no patients were harmed, or as I understand it, in any way exposed to potential harm, her case seems common: someone promotes their new idea before they get it off the ground, fake it til they make it. Her tech didn't mak
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by andirk 4y ago
Did the company actually believe that the breakthrough could be made? That is a huge distinction between a scam and a scientific experiment that did not yield positive results. It did become an outright scam after a while, though. Moral of
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by andirk 4y ago
Great link! Where did the money go exactly? If the investors invested in her company, and the company didn't really make any investments itself, isn't there a pile of money somewhere where they can give it back? If much fewer doll
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by andirk 4y ago
I earned $1,200 from Gemini's stablecoin GUSD's interest last year. Withdrew the extra and bought some nice pendant lights for my new kitchen.
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by andirk 4y ago
Why not both? Centralized where people trust, decentralized where people don't trust. In my interpretation, the Bitcoin white paper states that BTC is an answer to _the lack of regulation_ that allowed the fat cats to abuse the money s
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by andirk 4y ago
Here's where Techcrunch cancelled themselves because Erlich Bachman's garbage standup said "bitch", but not because they crowned Theranos as the next big thing [0]. [0] https://youtu.be/I6jsjTVeJYk?t=6556
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by andirk 4y ago
I should have more sympathy for all of these addicts, but I don't. I sympathize w/ a herion addiction because it's physically addictive, etc etc. Addicted to Facebook, to other people's baby pictures?? Consider this: eve
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by andirk 4y ago
Breathe. I agree that stalking people without their permission (can one be stalked with permission?) should not be an option and is a bad necessity of a business. The goal of the customer is to use the product to its fullest potential. Re:
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by andirk 4y ago
You can even call them in IG, but I've heard several people say they would find it highly insulting to get a call via Instagram.
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by andirk 4y ago
Why not just use the various social media outlets less? Is this an addiction? Because people talk about it like it is.
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by andirk 4y ago
All the web3 talk is scoffed at by many, but I believe in decentralizing the internet as much as possible and am a big fan of Bittorrent. To quote Satoshi Nakamoto, "For transferable proof of work tokens to have value, they must have m
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by andirk 4y ago
They're big fans of bittorrent, it appears.
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by andirk 4y ago
Let me guess next article: And you can only pay via [...dude buys buncha Doge again...] Dogecoin!
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by andirk 4y ago
So only ppl with money can tweet? Thats like cash bail.
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by andirk 4y ago
He said twitter is garbage bc all the bots and crypto is garbage bc it's only for scams. Now the guy owns Twitter (by force) and pumps'n'dumps crypto. Integrity at its best.

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