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by s3r3nity 8y ago
I would LOVE to go back to a dumb phone like this, but three use cases really prevent me from doing so at the moment: 1) GPS / Maps for navigation: I agree with your sentiment, but I find that I"m _more_ likely to travel or take
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
In most cases I might agree with you - but as a counterpoint I would posit a huge problem among the medical community: patient compliance with treatment. Sometimes health outcomes have nothing to do with the treatment itself, but rather the
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
If you want to criticize the entire field of neuromarketing, fine - it's an interesting discussion to have. But I agree with parent commenter in that let's not pretend Facebook is doing anything unique and/or the only ones do
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
Thanks for the chart - surprising to see that "Services" is now #2! Can't sleep on that iCloud / Apple Music growth
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
I'm curious to hear how folks, who are more knowledgeable than I and have done more research, reconcile data points like these with the data showing lack of success in places like Finland.[1] [1] https://nypost.com/2018
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
Just curious: why don't you consider Apple as a "non-spying" alternative? Or are you just saying that there's room for yet another option?
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
I think this is the most frustrating paradox of Silicon Valley : we're living in a time where humanity is connected via virtually instant communication services more so than any other time in our existence, building tools to enable thi
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
Annecdotally from experience of advocating for less-open offices and more cubes / mini-offices, there's not a lot of concrete data out there from reputable sources to counter research from strong sources like HBS and the like just
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
I agree with your premises, but there's no reason to think that an action can't be pro-consumer + pro-ecosystem + pro-company all at the same time.
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
I tend to like this idea as well, but struggle with how to make it privacy conscious in a way that satisfies everyone. As an example, I toss around with the idea of "localized recognition" a la I upload a contact and his/her
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
Wait - wouldn't you _want_ the system to retain that information in your first case if you were mis-identified as a terrorist? I.e. you were recognized, but you were confirmed not a terrorist - so you won't be flagged later. Or ma
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
Damned if they do - damned if they don't? If they supported its use: "Microsoft is back to its old ways and is untrustworthy." When they do something pro-consumer & pro-privacy: "Microsoft can't innovate in the
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
I'm not sure I understand your comment. How would you _not_ retain data/metadata information about recognition and still provide any utility? Wouldn't the analogy be like Facebook identifying your face in photos, but not reta
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
I don't love a _fully_ open office, but I do enjoy some middle ground. I think my best working experience was when I worked at a startup where there was a big "bullpen," but it was mostly for customer service; all other teams
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
Every time I read these threads against the open-plan office, I think back to two arguments that an old boss put forth for them that I haven't been able to find a good answer for: 1) If it works for some of the most successful tech com
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
> Can someone tell me why these tech companies even publish these numbers? Because if you don't, it looks even worse. So my guess is publicity and PR.
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
Depends upon what type of data you want. If you want to check solar energy prices for your _home_, then I'd recommend EnergySage ( https://www.energysage.com/ ). I think they have a tool for commercial buildings as well,
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
"[T]he economy is centrally planned, using opaque algorithms not fully understood by their users" Loved this thread, but I think this one lost me. Does anyone know to what this is referring and mind explaining? Is this a comment o
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
Search in general is _hard._ But vertical specific searches & use cases can be tackled by different apps. I would argue that my pushing for more prolific relationships with developers, you sort of chip away at this competitive threat wi
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
This. So many folks (myself included) rely on our phones for GPS & navigation, and having the UX for that be monopolized by one player is leaving a huge use case for your phone in the hands of your biggest competitor. I think Apple has
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
Not to jump on the bandwagon critical of Google's Product Marketing / Branding, but this just bothers me: why center it as "Duplex," and not just a new feature for "Google Assistant?" This in no way diminishes
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
While I didn't agree with Gruber, I could understand and see there are many reasons / incentives. Two possibilities 1) Getting excitement about a product before it's fully baked and ready 2) Evaluating consumer response to a
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
Cool stuff - I'll check it out!
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
I think that's the best way it can work: it has to replace those other tools, and have buy-in from the group to almost exclusively use Slack.
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
My theory is that the extra entropy / noise / cognitive load of booting up yet another tool when you turn on your computer didn't match the gain in utility (productivity, etc.) For both cases we used Slack, I agree with your
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
Not sure why you're getting downvotes - it's a reasonable question to ask: "why use something that makes you crazy / stressed out? Not to set up a straw-man, but I'd imagine a similar reaction if someone wrote a pos
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
In two companies where we had piloted Slack, I led successful campaigns to transition away from it. Combining your choice of Email / IM client (Gmail / Hangouts or Outlook / Skype) satisfies 99% of use cases for Slack. Overal
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
The problem is that it's really not fair (nor ethical, I would argue) to equate "wealthy" with "white." Conflating any characteristic with race/gender/etc., regardless of how accurate it might be, is stere
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
As a die-hard Excel lover ("you can pry it from my dead hands!") and recent convert to Msft Teams, I agree with you 100%.
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
I remember reading Howard Schultz's book "Onward" about his tenure as CEO of Starbucks, and how there was a significant return in their investments in employee education / benefits / stock incentives / better s

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