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by davidw 9mo ago
It's a good one: but it's also good to see that most of these are applicable to all kinds of organizations, not just "Google Scale" places.
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by davidw 9mo ago
I'm really excited about Nike's self driving shoes though
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by davidw 9mo ago
"Groupthink"... Uh, you're free to form your own groups and say what you want. There are a few old-school conservatives I follow on Blue Sky. They're clearly not the mainstream there, but they do exist. It sure beats the
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by davidw 9mo ago
He just called it a "war" on TV, and only Congress can declare war.
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by davidw 10mo ago
At the university canteens/cafeterias in Italy they had wine and beer on tap next to the soda. It wasn't very good, but I was amazed the first time I just saw the tap there in the middle of the cafeteria where anyone could just go
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by davidw 10mo ago
And are they making progress? Genuine question, I don't know much about China.
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by davidw 10mo ago
Because of the positive network externalities involved in social networks, people still using X are indirectly supporting his white supremacy and propping up his propaganda weapon.
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by davidw 10mo ago
I don't think he's a hero, particularly, but he also does not strike me as a villain like some of the modern day billionaires either. I read a biography of him and he seems like an interesting guy. I don't think the 'hum
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by davidw 10mo ago
I'm letting my mind wander and thinking what a French insect wrangler looks like. I'm kind of imagining a mix between French style, a cowboy hat, and lab gear.
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by davidw 10mo ago
Ah, yes. They're a step up from Substack in some ways though, from what people say, so it might be worth a switch compared to staying on Substack.
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by davidw 10mo ago
https://www.beehiiv.com/ is another one.
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by davidw 10mo ago
It's going to be the "cybertruck of the seas" is what it's going to be if it's not quietly shelved when he gets distracted by some other thing that offends him.
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by davidw 10mo ago
There are also plenty of behind-the-scenes roles where you can help elect people and influence them. Start showing up at your local Dem meetings and talking to people and see what clicks.
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by davidw 10mo ago
I loathe the idea of being beholden to large corporations for what may be a key part of this job in the future.
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by davidw 10mo ago
> getting the peace prize Maybe if they can pinpoint its whereabouts at a specific time when it's not heavily guarded, they can send a team to snatch it with minimal casualties.
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by davidw 10mo ago
Sadly, companies like Apple don't have quite the resources that local credit unions do, so they can't do that kind of tech support. Apparently...
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by davidw 10mo ago
It's not a binary on/off thing. It's a lot, lot worse right now.
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by davidw 10mo ago
I feel like it's time for a new direction in tech. Open source was a lot of fun (because I was young), but then it sort of became the default for a lot of infrastructure. I liked PG's take on startups and some cool ones came out o
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by davidw 10mo ago
> does keep a close eye "kept", I think.
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by davidw 10mo ago
Meanwhile... https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
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by davidw 10mo ago
And in any event, to be extra nitpicky, the mountain climber guy depicted is representative of neither the western frontier, nor the western front.
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by davidw 10mo ago
As someone born and raised in the western US, I think of "western front" as WWI, not the westward expansion of the US. There are different terms for that. The famous book refers to WWI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by davidw 10mo ago
The 'western front' was a lot more like the ending of Blackadder than a place with a lot of rapid innovation, from my understanding of history.
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by davidw 10mo ago
Health care is the more complicated one of the examples cited, but housing definitely is an 'own goal' in how we made it too difficult to build in too many places - especially "up and in" rather than outward expansion. S
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by davidw 10mo ago
I wouldn't really trust either one. Plenty of big companies have known how horrible their own products are, like cigarette companies, or fossil fuels. We'll probably learn about social media companies in a few years. That said, ju
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by davidw 10mo ago
> But at least it wasn’t bought by Larry Ellison There are already noises about FCC or DOJ leaning on things in order to 'correct' that.
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by davidw 10mo ago
If Google does it, maybe it'll work out for my small business, right...?
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by davidw 10mo ago
I don't know about the phrase, but I share the sentiment. The owner is a racist promoting racist things. It's not a 'public square' because he controls the algorithm, so it'll never be a 'fair fight' for t
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by davidw 11mo ago
Depending on how much of a bubble it is. When things really heat up it's sometimes more like "just send it, bro".
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by davidw 11mo ago
I think Biden was sort of the last gasp of trying to "turn the other cheek" and show by deeds and words what an inclusive, forward thinking administration looked like. I think a lot of people are now done with that, and are lookin

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