mattwg

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by mattwg 10y ago
I think it makes a bit of sense. For a lot of companies Twitter is already a major point of customer interaction and retention. Maybe Salesforce feels like they could monetize that aspect of Twitter, with the advantage that a ton of consume
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by mattwg 10y ago
Thanks for following up with details! I wasn't aware you could do this with Messages, that's a nice interface to know about.
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by mattwg 10y ago
> Do you really believe this? They are doing so using a private company. Do you have to be a non-profit to do good? > I hope the pitchforks come out against Chan Zuckerberg. They are doing everything possible to build exactly the oppo
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by mattwg 10y ago
I hadn't heard about that before, thanks for sharing it. The idea makes for a comically evil headline, but it isn't obvious to me that the concept is necessarily nefarious or exploitative. It seems very similar to the blood transf
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by mattwg 10y ago
> I ended up just scripting Messages.app on a real Mac and that works really well, even 2 years after. I remote control my house that way. That sounds pretty neat, do you have more details written down anywhere?
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by mattwg 10y ago
How is this true of the Gates Foundation? Or Good Ventures? Chan Zuckerberg is specifically aimed at improving equality. Do you have any actual examples of wealthy philanthropists using "the rest of us" as guinea pigs to cure them
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by mattwg 12y ago
Yikes, gotta be confident about that one. Apparently the Oasis of the Seas is also able to retract it's chimneys (I'm sure that's not the correct word) to get a bit of extra clearance. Video of this ship, and it's sister