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by cm2012 7mo ago
This shows a really fascinating dynamic. In theory, the government doesn't need the ad exchanges which have very lossy information. They have access to the ISPs and cell service providers, etc, with a warrant. Dictatorships like China
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by cm2012 7mo ago
The effect of that data is serving you better ads. Its not a big deal. Dystopian governments have way better sources of citizen data than anonymized ad exchanges. It basically just powers product discovery in a giant global marketplace.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
He cant write in proper case to lay off $4k people?
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by cm2012 8mo ago
I am sorry to say this, but there is a zero percent chance your letter influenced their product roadmap in an 8 month timeline.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
There is a massive body of research showing this is not true
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Makes sense, I have never worked for a company with more than 200 employees or so. NYC area.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
In my 15 year career, I have never paid less than $10k per year for just me and my wife for health insurance. And I basically try to pick the most sensible and affordable option, not luxury plans.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Its like getting access to an amazing engineer, but you get a new individual engineer each prompt, not one consistent mind.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
There's actually been fascinating discoveries on this. Post the mid 2010 ISIS attacks driven by social media radicalization in Western countries, the big social platforms (Meta, Google, etc) agreed to censor extremist islamist content
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by cm2012 8mo ago
The average person does not make meaningful interest or investment income, its not practical to on individual small salaries.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
This has been such a good HN thread. Really high quality comments.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Mongolian empire was so large because it is cheap to run an extractive regime
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Almost no plastic waste in first world countries ends up in the ocean, thankfully
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Check this comment in 10 years!
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Uh, yes? Food and consumer electronics are larger or similar scale to fashion and undamaged goods for both are landfilled at massive/similar rates to clothing. Books are the same logic as apparel, "print more than needed, pulp wha
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Climate change will probably solve itself within 10 years due to exponential growth of solar panels, batteries and electric cars.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Also: this will lead to it being harder to find clothing in your size in the EU (since each size is a new sku and must be inventory managed per the law)
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Essentially: unsold clothing is worth less than zero and recycling most clothing creates more emissions than it saves. So the law is forcing headache for nothing.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Which in many cases is less environmentally efficient than the alternative
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Incredibly, unbelievably stupid law. Waste is made when something unwanted is created, not when it is thrown out. Destruction or landfill is often the best option for all involved and modern landfills are very safe and sustainable. I worked
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by cm2012 8mo ago
I have run a lot of multi-sided marketplace scaling (for doordash, thumbtack, reddit, etc) with ads. Happy to chat/advise for free, just DMed you on Twitter. This project is so fun!
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Tech press learned it gets a lot more clicks being anti-tech than being accurate. There is a big anti AI or anything related to it zeitgeist.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Consumer doesnt mean "prey" to me at all.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Beer/liquor is in the same category of status good. People pay a lot to show the brand.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
The only products that sell this in advertising actually provide those brand features. Essentially people pay money to increase their perceived status. Like, if you sell a luxury handbag. When people buy it, they know 70% of the value com
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Advertising is just companies saying "This is what you can purchase from me - it's awesome - please consider purchasing it". I have managed hundreds of millions in ad spend for major brands. None of them rely on weird ad magi
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Another way of describing this - they find people lose interest almost immediately, and so if you want to actually show a consumer something new, you have to get to the point with your ad.
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Edit: Deleted for dumb math
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Same is true for diet and exercise
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by cm2012 8mo ago
Each person eats two slices though

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