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by m52go 9y ago
Gah, can't edit that post anymore. Here's the study. It's dated March 21 2018: "Exposure to Opposing Views can Increase Political Polarization: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment on Social Media" https:&#
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by m52go 9y ago
Impressive reply. I find this topic fascinating, and you've given me a lot to think about. Yes, TV is terrible, but also keep in mind that social media's role in the world has changed dramatically too--often it straight-up drives
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by m52go 9y ago
Facebook is 1 entity, and even though mass media has consolidated quite a bit, it's still not all controlled by just 1 entity. Also, advertisers in mass media can't algorithmically target consumers with specific ideological messag
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I think the important take-away here should be that Facebook has tremendous (nondemocratic) power to sway elections. Sometimes that power can be used for good, and sometimes that power can be used for bad. But the fact that it's contro
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No company survives forever...every company eventually declines, and then either shuts down or gets acquired. It's clear Facebook won't just disappear--its assets (data) are too valuable. Intriguing questions to ask: what happens
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Silicon Valley Data Is the New Wall Street Debt (2014)(livefreeortry.com)
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> If my news feed is tainted by a group like CA manipulating it at the algorithm level, what hope can I have that anything I’m receiving over the Internet isn’t compromised? Was it CA doing the manipulating, or was it Facebook? It's
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by m52go 9y ago
> Isn't the Cambridge Analytics headline really just, "Group doesn't follow website's terms of service from five years ago". I think the the headline people are seeing is more like "Group doesn't follow
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Cool! What's the login for?
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While I agree with you, he's exponentially more powerful now to champion privacy now beyond WhatsApp with the billions he got from that sale.
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The initial goal was to make a background app that ran on its own with 0 user input (books would change on their own every few minutes, and the user would just see what they saw, thus creating a sense of serendipity...that's the whole
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by m52go 9y ago
This is an Android version of a Chrome extension that did extraordinarily well on here back in May of last year. It occurred to me afterward that I should've titled this post > Show HN: 100 Million Books for Android – An Anti-App (
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Show HN: 100 Million Books for Android – Discover All the Books Ever Published(play.google.com)
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You didn't cite the whole tweet. The real tweet is a bit longer, cites analysis written by Uber, and in context, does not come across as childish: MIT = Mathematically Incompetent Theories (at least as it pertains to ride-sharing). @t
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Dolly Parton Donates 100 Millionth Book Through Imagination Library Nonprofit(knoxnews.com)
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100M Books for Android: An Effort to Alleviate Smartphone Addiction(medium.com)
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Exactly. I've only seen a little bit of her stuff so far but that's been enough to put her high on my list of people to check out more deeply. I find this response from her hysterical: https://twitter.com/100millio
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by m52go 9y ago
His interview with Camille Paglia is a gem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-hIVnmUdXM
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Sorry you keep getting hassled for such a simple point. The tax is being levied on all overseas money (mandatory) and some companies are deciding to bring that money back to the USA (voluntary). Not sure what's so hard to understand ab
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by m52go 9y ago
Center gauges are unusual, but not unique to Tesla. There aren't too many more modern examples than the ones you mentioned. Most (if not all) cars with that dashboard style are budget-oriented cars. This Tesla costs well over 50,000
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by m52go 9y ago
Apple's own laptops give warnings when the battery has been reached a certain level of usage. Why they wouldn't also do this on their phones is mighty suspicious.
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I was addressing the 4 issues raised by the parent, none of which were price fluctuation.
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If you take the time to learn what's trustworthy, principled, and safe...you won't have any of these issues. Except (2), but that's being worked out right now. Furthermore, it's way too early to compare crypto to establi
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Got a kick out of this gem from the reddit comments: > My S2000 car alarm would be set off whenever I microwaved blueberries. Some experimentation revealed it was anything with excess water. Buying a new microwave solved the issue but I
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by m52go 9y ago
Thank you. While last mile device monopolies we certainly relevant, the root issue here is that this really isn't a federal government problem. Which is probably why the courts have been rejecting the FCC's attempts at enforcing n
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by m52go 9y ago
Off-topic, but in the video: the signatures of every team member were inscribed inside the casing of each computer? That's mad cool. Had no idea they did that.
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Ah, maybe. But I think a title is a risky thing to make into a joke, especially in this day and age (clicks), if it obfuscates its own meaning.
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I haven't read Fowler's original work, but I found the samples in this article to be hard to understand (i.e., a tad bit unreadable). Still, as someone who runs a couple of services to help people write more concisely, I agree wit
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by m52go 9y ago
Hmm, thanks for your thoughts. Yeah I actually removed all mention of the paid version shortly after posting here because I think I might have jumped the gun on it. I'm going to expand this beyond Gmail to work on any website with a te
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Show HN: Supercharger – Make every email you send more compelling & concise(writebattle.com)
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