eh_why_not

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by eh_why_not 3y ago
> This will only continue as Meta continues its exit from detailed ad targeting. Google is doing the same thing too. Meta and Google are exiting "detailed ad targeting"? How so?
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
Wikipedia article for a crypto mixer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency_tumbler
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
He's active as u/astro_pettit on reddit.
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
> The Lick Observatory is located in the San Jose mountains on a site chosen by James Lick, a wealthy businessman who donated to educational causes throughout California. He’s buried under the telescope, which began operations in 1988,
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
> ... only to find their device left with less functionality than a $30 webcam unless more money is handed over. $400, it would appear, is not enough to buy the device and run the services behind the scenes until Junior is old enough...
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
> “They’re just becoming ubiquitous,” she said, “as people are trying to find creative ways to move around noncompete restrictions,” which are gaining traction at the state and federal levels. It's crazy how much power asymmetry exi
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
Good point and a real concern. I considered an analogy to the physical world and used that: if you are a local business and want people to know about your product, you can rent a billboard in the town square, or buy a spot on a local TV cha
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
> This is an arbitrary moral line, and if you that's the one you want to draw for your own life, then fine. The moral line is that you do not spy on people in order to "improve" their "ad experience". Geography i
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
> If you don't think that all ads are bad... then I think you may agree that sometimes, ad targeting produces more useful ads. No. The most ad targeting that should ever exist is by geography, and that's it. Advertising has val
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
I wonder in these situations: why don't they spin it off / sell it to some other smaller company that doesn't need a Billion Users to succeed? Never used it myself, but it looks like a useful product. Shame to have it disappe
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
Wouldn't jump to that conclusion. It showed me a 0.xx% (i.e. a number less than 1%) just due to the "no JS" alone. So not allowing JS is a strong identifier on its own.
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
Thanks. For others like me not in the SEO world, extracted below the links for what "core updates" [0] and "helpful content updates" [1] are, according to Google. [0] https://developers.google.com/search&
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
> ... during the recent Google updates (core and "helpful")... What were those updates exactly?
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
Unfortunately there isn't much in those pages (hence the question) [0], and the journal articles referenced are paywalled [1]. Seems the main result was a suggestion (confirmation, maybe?) that meteorites came from asteroids. Was wonde
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
Beautiful! I was reading that there have been sample returns from asteroids before, like Hayabusa (by JAXA) in 2010. It's said that asteroid sample returns could shed light on the early days of our solar system. Anyone know what kind o
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
Contrary to many of the opinions in these comments, I actually appreciate Sabine's videos that are not in her area of expertise. Not because I think they're accurate, or fully informed, or anything like that. But because usually t
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
Thank you! Straightforward. Wish all titles were written like this.
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
Such an annoying trend of click-bait too, and it's all over news sites. "Click here to know who this _woman_ is who did something so great"... As if being a woman, to the author and their target readers, supersedes in importa
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
> As a scientist, I've seen lots of people who are overconfident in both themselves and overconfident in science. I feel that I've never had the first problem, but have definitely had the second. On one hand, there is the natur
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
Of course he understands. But it's hypocritical to be lamenting the lack of innovation when you are also actively working to block innovation and help create a monopoly for yourself.
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by eh_why_not 3y ago
Coming from the guy who went to Congress to advocate for using the force of government and licensing, to block the small guys from building large AI models that can compete with his products.