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by lxchase 4y ago
If your goal is to limit tracking, this does help, however it won't stop any server to server (versus client browser to server) data pass through. Any events the advertiser/publisher deems important, they can first-party collect t
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by lxchase 4y ago
Not only that, but at least since 8 years ago give or take, your cookies/other identifying info can be matched to an offline traceable tender such as credit card / loyalty program. 8 years ago, I could very much target viewers (no
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by lxchase 4y ago
Sadly no, would have loved to, but had to go through the server host which makes sense as they are the direct customer (albeit maybe not as well invested in the specifics or diligent). I've used MT with 2 different server hosts (one an
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by lxchase 4y ago
I used CF Magic Transit via one of their enterprise hosts to secure a game server from high 10-40 gbit/s attacks- worked great... however, it caused random dropped/slow UDP packets for legitimate users for a second every once in a
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by lxchase 4y ago
Reminds me of this fun story: A person at a company mistakenly created an email list segment (or lack thereof) resulting in an email to the entire email list of hundred of thousands of emails. This combined with inexistent (we were a naive
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by lxchase 4y ago
For others that are trying to avoid 3rd party sellers: look for Sold and shipped by Walmart.com As far as I'm aware they don't comingle 3rd party inventory like "Sold and shipped by Amazon.com" does.
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by lxchase 4y ago
Rasa | Performance Marketing Manager, Head of Retail Sales | Boulder, CO (Hybrid) or Remote | Full-time | https://wearerasa.com We're a ~18 person strong bootstrapped CPG coffee alternative company on a mission to change th
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by lxchase 4y ago
Something tells me a gate agent does not have the authority to hand out $10k via Apple Pay.
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by lxchase 4y ago
At this point, I just default to downdetector
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by lxchase 4y ago
tc (traffic control) is often not-mentioned but super powerful. It's lower-level/upstream from iptables and barely takes any overhead. Mirroring, port knocking, advanced byte dropping, etc are all possible. Documentation/exam
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by lxchase 4y ago
Rasa | Performance Marketing Manager, Head of Retail Sales | Boulder, CO (Hybrid) or Remote | Full-time | https://wearerasa.com We're a ~18 person strong bootstrapped CPG coffee alternative company on a mission to change th
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by lxchase 4y ago
I did find this very interesting. When you experienced the Scotoma, was that combined with pain by the eyes? I get migraines from time to time, but could never imagine pushing through the inability to focus my eyes because it usually comes
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by lxchase 5y ago
To name a few examples why one would have that mentality: - Feature set changes (take telemetry for example with Windows 10, or changes in group policy options) - Unknown/untested compatibility with small non-corporate backed pr
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by lxchase 5y ago
Used ruckus wireless AP on ebay. I have a R720, works great.
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by lxchase 5y ago
DoubleVerify is an adfraud and brand safety tracker. Basically, they ensure that your ads are displayed to people and not on questionable content if you dont want to. Most agencies and large direct advertisers add this 3rd party to ensure a
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by lxchase 5y ago
Surprised no one mentioned used enterprise gear that fits most requirements without being unwieldly: Ruckus Wireless. You're able to flash any enterprise hardware that is a part of a large deployment with a firmware designed for a sing
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by lxchase 5y ago
Grocery is really behind on technology. In fact if you do direct to store delivery as a smaller farm/food manufacturer, most orders are placed via text message from the buyer to a sales person at the manufacturer. There is very slow mo
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by lxchase 5y ago
I went a little more in-depth about how manufacturer coupons work in a comment above. Long story short there isn’t any “server side” verification. As long as you have the correct format, anyone can create a barcode that will scan and give y
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by lxchase 5y ago
Manufacturer coupons follow a GS1 standard in North America. It encodes values such as deal amount, if it’s a percent off or dollar off, minimum units required, if the coupon will work for a specific UPC or it works for the entire manufactu
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by lxchase 5y ago
My question is similar to yours, do I have to wait there for X minutes for the transaction to confirm?
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by lxchase 5y ago
To add to what I said, the general options and availability on the stack is something like: 1. Network level: - BGP Filtering (meaning in order to reach your IP range, packets must first route through another company that has sufficient ba
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by lxchase 5y ago
I’ve been a server operator and was subject to DDoS attacks. I’ve also tried self hosting since I am familiar with the challenges. Short answer is 80% of the time you will be able to block a <10gbps attack (assuming that’s your uplink sp
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by lxchase 5y ago
Wonder if has to do with Let's Encrypt's Root Certificate expiring. That's my guess; some supporting infrastructure didn't update.
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by lxchase 5y ago
I believe some prefer Copper despite length limitations or interference, because it’s less power and heat compared to fiber and the receiver to translate the light.
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by lxchase 5y ago
I was at a company that did something like this. However, the fallout was the sending IPs and domains got put on so many email blacklists, spent months on improving emails to no avail. Our sending success rate to Gmail never recovered even
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by lxchase 5y ago
Where do the millions of CPUs go? Second-hand market? Curious what Xeon models they are.
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by lxchase 5y ago
Ah, indeed. Appreciate that example. I guess my frame of mind comes from knowing what the large agency conglomerates are working around by using Unified ID or some other identity graph from pieces of data like hashed emails etc. Of course t
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by lxchase 5y ago
Could it be that the auctions got that much more competitive because display budget has gone elsewhere? (Genuine question, it's been a while since I heavily invested into search)
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by lxchase 5y ago
As someone who has helped build an attribution platform tying offline sales to online impressions, my hunch of what might happen is that the 3rd parties (in this case ad tech companies) will become more of the “connecting the pipes” role mo
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by lxchase 5y ago
As someone who helped connect various DMPs and server side systems in the ad industry, I don’t really understand floc. With first party cookies / server side data passing, things are tracked anyway is it not?

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