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by passwordoops 4y ago
The Dad Force is strong in this one
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by passwordoops 4y ago
As people on fintwit have mentioned Madoff was in handcuffs less than 24 hours after his fraud was exposed. Bit this dude who literally described his business model as a Ponzi scheme?... I can't help but feel a bit of cynicism over eve
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by passwordoops 4y ago
The upside to waiting is also gaining experience. There's something to be said to learning in environments that work before taking a stab yourself. I'm sure many founders over 40 avoid many mistakes this way
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by passwordoops 4y ago
Windows 11 feels like a more invasive, user-hostile, worse performing Chromebook. I installed Ubuntu with my last laptop for home and I'm not looking back. Thanks, Microsoft for turning me to Linux
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by passwordoops 4y ago
Funny how markets and analysts lose their minds when the numbers don't match exactly the predicted when there are no error bars associated to either the estimate or the value. Coming under or over is a lot different when we're tal
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by passwordoops 4y ago
Recall that Texas of all places leads the US in renewables integration. It's definitely not because of mandates, it's because their environment makes wind and solar profitable for the energy companies... Provided there's no m
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by passwordoops 4y ago
What you describe is actually the "pre-Musk" Twitter - I created a new account late last year and it was as you describe. It has been an excellent source of information for me, but I am sure to follow good accounts (authors, podca
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by passwordoops 4y ago
I use time based feed and the recommended crap is massively reduced compared to "Home" but they manage to sneak in recommendations once in a while
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by passwordoops 4y ago
The fact that Texas, heart of O&G country, is a leader in renewables is a perfect illustration of the free market at work
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by passwordoops 4y ago
>is because an Engineer (with technology selection blinders on) will jump to a What/How before the Why actually lands in a conversation. I'm in marketing/biz dev now at an engineer-led company, and in a meeting last week a
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by passwordoops 4y ago
And in one or two decades, my mortgage should be paid off... Does that mean I don't have to worry about making payments or cash flow today?
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by passwordoops 4y ago
I usually come to HN from Front page, because the discussions are often as good (if not better) than the original link. However, my useage pattern is to peruse the top articles, then switch to New Having said that, HN isn't ad driven a
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by passwordoops 4y ago
That discovery is the only reason I stay on the platform. It's instantly noticeable when they automatically switch me back to 'Home'
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by passwordoops 4y ago
It's "duh" to HN users, not so much to the normies. So studies like this are still needed, unfortunately
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by passwordoops 4y ago
I've long wished all social media platforms had a "Under no circumstances do I wish my feed to be curated. Ever." Just show me content on a genuine, unfiltered timeline from accounts I have chosen to follow. Doesn't matt
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by passwordoops 4y ago
Not necessarily. He brings up the point that in Australia, newspapers are hiring pretty aggressively again, and the way the proposed US legislation is framed, the incentives for VC-owned media would shift from slashing to hiring and investi
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Should we save newspapers from Google?(mattstoller.substack.com)
8 points by passwordoops 4y ago|3 comments
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by passwordoops 4y ago
Interesting analysis of how concentration in ad markets led to the decline of journalism. Then goes into the use case of Australia that the trend can be reversed with anti trust legislation, and the political hurdles (not all tech lobby) fa
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by passwordoops 4y ago
Interesting, but the title should mention it's localized to Australia so as to avoid arm waving from either side