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by cbtacy 5y ago
A serious question which I hope people will truly consider and not just downvote me for asking.... What is the Venn overlap between web3 promoters and techno-libertarians? In other words, is web3 first and foremost a political movement driv
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The Metaverse (Already) Has a Groping Problem(technologyreview.com)
3 points by cbtacy 5y ago|2 comments
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by cbtacy 5y ago
> if you would really remember how the old web worked or ever used Altavista or other early search-engines to look for stuff, you'd realise the web is a LOT more accessible today, with a lot more information available. I would d
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Facebook exec blames society for COVID misinformation(axios.com)
197 points by cbtacy 5y ago|354 comments
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by cbtacy 5y ago
True. But let's be honest... this is neither the first such outage in US-east-1 nor the last. So I'd argue it's long past time for Amazon to pay the bill and go multi-region.
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by cbtacy 5y ago
Because it's terrible and has always been terrible? After 2017 I'll never use US-east-1 again. Hell... I should have learned that particular lesson in 2011 but it took two catastrophic failures for me to figure it out. There are n
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by cbtacy 5y ago
It's funny but when I saw "AWS Outage" breaking, my first thought was "I bet it's US-east-1 again." I know it's cheap but seriously... not worth it. Many of us have the scars to prove this.
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by cbtacy 5y ago
I would say first and foremost... decide if you want a PA, or if you want an EA. They are different, require different skillsets, and should be managed differently.
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by cbtacy 5y ago
That is simply not true.
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by cbtacy 5y ago
The color in the image is misleading. They are very bright red. Honestly, I have no idea how this could have happened without at least two people simply not doing their job, at all.
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The New Monarchy a.k.a. Why Hawaiians Hate Mark Zuckerberg(businessinsider.com)
3 points by cbtacy 5y ago|1 comments
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by cbtacy 5y ago
Given that most people (even here) confuse and conflate "Strategy" and "strategic" it's no shock that people mistake metrics for Strategy.
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Venture Insanity Calculator(grid.is)
2 points by cbtacy 5y ago|0 comments
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Notes on Web3(society.robinsloan.com)
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by cbtacy 5y ago
I got the poly call 48 hours after getting notification of my clearance. My boss told me, "just assume they know the answer to any question they ask and tell the truth, regardless of what it is."
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Andrew Bosworth says Meta requires “Disney level” safety, which they can't do(ft.com)
18 points by cbtacy 5y ago|17 comments
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by cbtacy 5y ago
We started working out of a coffee bar, using our pooled savings along with credit card debt (representing about 7 months runway). We were introduced to a great Angel investor by a former boss who gave us glowing recommendations. This Angel
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by cbtacy 5y ago
Growing up poor and hungry tends to turn some people into hustlers. That's how it worked for me. Then it was just "right place, right time." First startup was acquired after Series A by a publicly traded company. Second start
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by cbtacy 5y ago
I founded 4 startups after moving to SF with $600 (and without support from my family). It's easy to make excuses for why you can't start a company and in fact there are a million great reasons why you should never do so. Starting
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Facebook says it can’t keep pace with its own Oversight Board(protocol.com)
15 points by cbtacy 5y ago|1 comments
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The Case to Reform the Share Button, According to Facebook’s Own Research(bigtechnology.substack.com)
3 points by cbtacy 5y ago|0 comments
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by cbtacy 5y ago
“We believe this technology has the potential to enable positive use cases in the future that maintain privacy, control, and transparency, and it’s an approach we’ll continue to explore as we consider how our future computing platforms and
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Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t(vox.com)
3 points by cbtacy 5y ago|1 comments
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by cbtacy 5y ago
Thank you. Yes... this is almost certainly happening because of the intersection of the Illinois settlement, the current microscope FB (no, I will not refer to them as M*a) finds themselves under, and the Consent Order that they have almost
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by cbtacy 5y ago
From the article... "Facebook was considering new products targeted at children as young as six years old, according to a new document handed over to Congress by whistleblower Frances Haugen."
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by cbtacy 5y ago
"Facebook was considering new products targeted at children as young as six years old, according to a new document handed over to Congress by whistleblower Frances Haugen."
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The Facebook name was such a drag that employees referred to it as a ‘brand tax’(cnbc.com)
2 points by cbtacy 5y ago|0 comments
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by cbtacy 5y ago
"Everybody should keep this firmly in mind – this was not something that they've been thinking about for a long period of time," he said. "This is something they've put together in desperation to try to divert atten
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by cbtacy 5y ago
Ahhh.... LambdaMOO! You're taking me back. I'd say no. It doesn't include the spatial computing aspects. You can say it was a precursor to the metaverse, but by the earliest definitions (Snowcrash et al), the metaverse has to
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by cbtacy 5y ago
> I actually think in retrospect, those friendships were probably more important than the homework That might be the saddest thing I've ever read, and perhaps the first time I've ever felt sympathy towards Mark Zuckerberg.

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