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by mrkramer 1y ago
>New, US-specific TikTok App, separate from the main TikTok app in content and users. I'm from Europe so if I want to follow US content creators, I need to download separate US specific app?! Kinda silly.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
YouTube's biggest strength is its scale; there is no web service out there that let's you upload literally unlimited amount of data for free.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
If I were to make Wikipedia once again from the ground up I would put more attention into building reputation system of contributors. If you have more reputation you are allowed to edit something and/or your edit has more weight.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
I remember when teachers in school use to tell us that Wikipedia sucks because there in no scientific peer review. They couldn't wrap their heads around the concept of casual crowdsourcing.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
Why banks don't make their own blockchain or public distributed database of transactions or whatever else you want to call it. There are thousands of banks in the world and each of that bank can be a validator node. Seems like pretty r
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by mrkramer 1y ago
>- no company generates revenue in its first second. Even if you start a lemonade stand tomorrow, you'll have to buy some lemons first. The time-to-revenue might be very short, but it's never zero. Therefore, making no revenue
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by mrkramer 1y ago
>A secure browser was never a concern. Because majority of malware if not all was written for PCs. Nowadays still most of the malware targets PCs but now attacks targeting web users are more prevalent. Attackers attack through compromise
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by mrkramer 1y ago
Any word from Microsoft?
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by mrkramer 1y ago
It increased my interest because LLMs can explain me something that would usually take days or weeks to research and learn.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
In capitalism everybody specializes in something, retailers in trading, logistics in storage and transport and producers in producing. The most efficient way to improve all that is to have vertically integrated business where you do all of
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by mrkramer 1y ago
Maybe they will go back to mining crypto coins.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
>Researchers at MIT published a report showing that 95% of the generative AI programs launched by companies failed to do the main thing they were intended for — ginning up more revenue. AI startups were meant to solve problems in novel w
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by mrkramer 1y ago
I don't find short videos addicting because I feel like I'm not getting enough context and information from short videos. I like long form videos.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
They offer "spying" services for your big data. Essentially something like Facebook and Google but without selling ads, instead spotting patterns that seem interesting for whatever reason.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
I often compare China to the British empire: ruthless autocratic capitalistic dictatorship.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
Payment ecosystem is so complex and convoluted that it is hard to tell. I was using my Visa card for years on Steam and all of a sudden Steam started refusing it. Steam support was repeatedly telling me that the problem is not on their end
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Steam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world(pcgamer.com)
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by mrkramer 1y ago
Cryptocurrency like Bitcoin can probably be made by LLM so if you have a good idea for cryptocurrency or some crypto token and you can vibe code it with LLM, perhaps it can reach a $1bn market cap.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
>without permission If it is without permission than it is illegal and people can sue otherwise web scraping is legal.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
The only viable and useful alternative to Wikipedia that I found is https://golden.com/ (it somewhat loads slow for me but it is useful.) Often when I search for startups and their founders I can't find information abo
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by mrkramer 1y ago
My idea was to have Wikipedia like platform where you could write about yourself and then have your friends, family and colleagues confirm that information or vouch for that. You can even turn things around and give permission to your frien
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by mrkramer 1y ago
Facebook and Instagram are too cheesy, I want something more genuine.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
Ironically enough rampant piracy turned out to be the best method for preserving history because that way thousands of people have x or y thing on their hard drive stored and preserved in decentralized fashion. One way centralized archiving
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by mrkramer 1y ago
I don't understand why somebody didn't fork the Wikipedia and build the version where you can self promote. It kinda sucks that you are not allowed to claim and edit your Wikipedia page.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
I doubt Google and Facebook are any better but the catch and the question is; how to measure awareness of ads e.g. if I see an ad and it sticks in my mind but that doesn't show up in advertiser's ad campaign analytics? Raw stats a
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by mrkramer 1y ago
Maybe screen on your eyes(AR glasses like Zuck wants) or chip in your brain.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
No I want my YT vids and AI summaries! /s
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by mrkramer 1y ago
Yahoo wanted to be internet's hotspot for everything....ironically enough Google become that despite the fact that they rose to power because of their minimalism and search focus.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
>in 2008, Microsoft offered $44.6 billion to acquire Yahoo. Steve Ballmer was even more crazier than I thought.
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by mrkramer 1y ago
>Inclined because, for example, Viaweb didn't become Shopify Who cares, it gave Paul Graham money for the Y Combinator.

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