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by jsemrau 4y ago
You are likely mistaken. FB/Meta is still the leading data-broker because (a) they track you even though you are not on their app [1] (b) they own 55% of app downloads in the US [2] [1] https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-
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How is this news? This has been known for a long while. I, myself of all people, have written an article about how dangerous lobbying from these tech companies is [1] Corporations need to get their funding out of politics because it perver
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by jsemrau 4y ago
The basic functionality of Reddit includes upvotes and downvotes that provide a ranking which arguably can be seen to measure quality. Second, quality lies in the eye of the beholder. ;-)
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There is a big difference between rebuttals by an expert for a post and general commentary. This is specifically prevalent in the financial information space. Last week the news broke that the Twitter deal won't close. Naturally, every
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by jsemrau 4y ago
Could you expand what you mean here? If I open the Ubuntu App store there are some games, most are casual. Xonotic is one game that I tried and found impressive, but I am not much into FPS. Steam has Dota and Civ, but the selection is quit
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I think it's Gnome. Haven't changed anything from the default install. And I think that further underlines my point. I installed it, liked it, and for me it works perfectly.
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by jsemrau 4y ago
I am using Ubuntu as my main Desktop for the last 15 months and am much happier with it than 15+ years on the Mac. Virtual Desktops is really powerful to structure different workflows. Office can be covered entirely though online solutions.
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by jsemrau 4y ago
So what's the status of the Musk/Twitter deal? 3 key developments to note. Twitter, has laid off 30% of its talent acquisition team, per WSJ. https://lnkd.in/d38rGUvX Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter, is in peril,
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That is a nutshell is a variant of the Byzantine generals problem. Without a central authority that governs difficult decisions like censorship of nodes NK could launder their crime money through ETH validator nodes. On the other hand of t
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The irony is that this is exactly the problem of current social media. Everyone can comment on everything in any way they like and there is no way to validate their affiliations, intentions, or sponsorships on scale.
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That's reallyhelpful. I am building youtube integration right now and noticed how the search results are really weird.
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WeWork was only possible because of 2008. This wouldn't have worked on that scale anywhere else.
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Not as a client, more from a hiring perspective.
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At least from a VC perspective they are seen as the second coming of Christ.
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This is still a FAANG company with loads of people from the big schools. If the previous scandals (Cambridge Analytics, etc) haven't slowed down their hiring, this won't affect them as well.
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If you would have invested in 2017, you would be exactly in the same spot now after 4+ years.
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That's how you keep your company alive. Social is about to change quite heavily. FB as a product is now 15+ years old. This will be a really interesting space to watch.
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It's like the MCEU (Marvel Cinematic Extended Universe) you need to build up the stories and assets so they tie into each other.
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Thank you for pointing that out. The US economy is still excepted to grow at 2.5% in 2022. So I am not understand the narrative here. While everyone who is relying on cheap funding to grow their business will be suffering, companies that ha
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https://www.reuters.com/business/china-evergrande-faces-wind...
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by jsemrau 4y ago
To expand a bit more. At least in the SOPs that I wrote, is a loan declared default if a repayment of (interest and/or principal) has not been received after a certain cutoff (30+, 60+, 90+) or the company has been declared bankrupt, d
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Similar to CDOs in 2008 the risk of staked Eth was not well understood.
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Stargate is remarkable rewatchable. Such an amazing premise. Today's stories are so convoluted.
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Did same in Berlin. Also had a bunch of drunks. But it was 8 AM
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That sentence was much more confusing to me than it should have because "wetter" in German means weather. Thought it was interesting.
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As a former Chief Risk Officer, that is exactly why policies and standard operating procedures exist and need to be written out and Board-approved BEFORE you launch.
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You forgot front-running.
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I am building a platform like this. Also, you could try out Lunchclub.
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Finally. I hated when every Trump tweet was "breaking news".
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by jsemrau 4y ago
Reminds me of my first year on DeSo. Money really brings out the worst in people.

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