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by aylmao 8y ago
> If extraordinary ability is a function of a percentile of the population, then a smaller population will have fewer geniuses and prodigies in art, literature, science, and politics I doubt it is, but if so, and education just "exp
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by aylmao 8y ago
If I recall correctly it's the default for Instagram videos too— they only show you who has watched it but not how many likes it has. I might be wrong here— it's been a while since I see a video in the app.
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Goldman Sachs cuts employee compensation by 20%(cnbc.com)
4 points by aylmao 8y ago|0 comments
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by aylmao 8y ago
Hugh, the article is much shorter than I expected— even past the paywall it seems to be mostly just a pointer at “The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: white Southerners after the civil war,” by P. Ager, L. Boustan and K. E
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Facebook Extends Its Dating Service to Mexico, Argentina(cnet.com)
1 points by aylmao 8y ago|0 comments
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by aylmao 8y ago
Sigh. I see you still don't see what I mean. I invite you to analyze the earlier replies not only by me but also by other people who thought what you were doing wasn't the best approach, because no one disagrees with your motivati
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by aylmao 8y ago
It's also fair to think that since it's so up in the air if the app will keep existing or what features they'll even be able to build, they're probably not sure wether they should keep investing on it or not /:
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by aylmao 8y ago
Each person's, hopefully.
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by aylmao 8y ago
Don't worry, I understand that, and I know that's what OP was going for. My point is that OP didn't seem aware that it opened a vector of abuse for family/friends. A commenter mentioned: > I appreciate the gesture you
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by aylmao 8y ago
Here's other takes: > Fox News exacerbates poisonous politics by creating filter bubbles of like-minded partisans, spreading hoaxes and inaccuracies, inducing anxiety and paranoia, rewarding clickbait and outrage, and so on ([1]) &g
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by aylmao 8y ago
I don't think you addressed what the previous comment asked: > How does making your family deal with extra bullshit from the awful parts of the internet make facebook suffer? Assuming this is your real account with your real friends
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by aylmao 8y ago
I don't doubt regulation would help Facebook in some respects, but (in usual Bloomberg fashion) this article is also stretching some things a bit. For example: > Start with harmful content, which Zuckerberg defines as “terrorist pro
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by aylmao 8y ago
Care to share a link?
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by aylmao 8y ago
This is better than I expected. Actually pretty cool, and would like to see it more places.
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by aylmao 8y ago
> Bezos famously says Amazon's "secret sauce" is "obsessive compulsive focus on the customer." Isn't this move at odds with that focus? Depends who you mean by "customers". Customers will be advert
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by aylmao 8y ago
The big difference here I think is for most things we buy, we're mostly control over their longevity. I can take care of something and have it last longer. This all ties into ownership. If I own something I have control over it, so I c
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by aylmao 8y ago
This is actually something that worries me, long term. There's people who still play 30+ year old games— you can still buy a used NES and play classic Tetris if you wanted. Mario Kart on the Wii still works. Online play is broken thoug
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by aylmao 8y ago
> I'm not sure, if you drive everyone else out the market then you are by elimination the best product in the market (since at that point you are the only product left). I think this can be read in two ways: 1. You're the only
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by aylmao 8y ago
Wouldn't any addiction do this? I think the better argument to make would be that Facebook is addictive.
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by aylmao 8y ago
I've heard this about smoking weed, but never tobacco. I guess it's just a cultural thing that varies from place to place ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
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by aylmao 8y ago
Of all the people who smoke never once have I heard the social argument as you describe it. I'm not trying to comment on the subject of the analogy, but just on the fact that I trying to apply the analogy to this space is a bit of a st
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by aylmao 8y ago
I disagree with people who claim you need to first learn how to draw. IMO painting is about color, texture, etc. not about image. I took a painting class in college and was stuck at one point making the initial drawing. I thought about usin
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by aylmao 8y ago
> But crucially, they’d have no way to moderate for bad actors. You can’t just kick a webpage off the net. Yeah. You could technically still kick them off the store for the sake of maintaining trust— like a forum. > Things like Reddit
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by aylmao 8y ago
In theory that's an easy problem: anyone could make an "App Store", especially considering they wouldn't have to host binaries or deliver updates. Something mimicking today's stores would essentially be links you ca
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by aylmao 8y ago
My biggest issue is that they keyboard shortcuts are not the same. If you could select a "Chrome" keyboard-shortcut profile that'd be ideal.
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by aylmao 8y ago
> The technological superiority probably wasn't there but the presumed pandemics caused by the contact may still have provided the invaders an advantage. Assuming there would've been a clash at all. The kingdom of Cusco (precur
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by aylmao 8y ago
> I have probably read a hundred article over the last 15 years predicting the demise of both, but in reality the exact opposite happens as California and Bay Area economy continue to crush the rest. Maybe I just wasn't paying atten
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by aylmao 8y ago
IMO this is part of why Facebook's user base is so resilient. From what I see, younger people experiment more, looking for something that fits their identity, what their friends use, what's new, etc. They also have more time and i
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by aylmao 8y ago
Isn't that what it's supposed to be? Facebook has the market of young people captured pretty broadly with Instagram. I doubt they would appeal so much to older people if they focused in appealing to younger people.
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by aylmao 8y ago
To be fair they added dating. It hasn't been released in the US, but it's out in Thailand, Colombia and Canada.

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