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   by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

   I think at least two things are wrong with this kind of logic: 1. It’s never as simple as “if this then that”. Yes, there are studies that show short-term mood improvements in people upon leaving social networks. There are also studies on l
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   by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

   I find it strange when people downplay network effects of facebook/instagram. It’s not as simple as switching to another brand of toothpaste. These platforms have huge network effect, so good luck trying to connect with your friends ov
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   by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

   Note: the website, unfortunately, does not do a good job explaining details of this technique. Woop (named after four steps: setting wish , envisioning outcome , envisioning obstacle , planning your way around the obstacle) is a simple
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   Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan(woopmylife.org)

   1 points by smugglerFlynn 5y ago|1 comments
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   by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

   Problem with targeted advertising is that it won’t magically go away because end users don’t want ads. This whole business model has at least four more sides: content creators, content platforms (like Facebook/Medium), infrastructure s
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   by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

   RSS users aren’t seem to be concerned with the single most popular way content creators make money: by displaying ads. While there are RSS-compatible solutions for that (like AdSense in-feed ads), it is obvious that there is not enough fina
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   by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

   There are all sorts of deceptive tactics used in Sales as well. I think it all boils down to your personal professionalism and culture in the end: some people choose to go the easy route, some people don’t. Unfortunately, mass culture of bo
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   by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

   MBTI (or other non-scientific test) stressing that there’s no “good” personality behave just like tobacco companies prior to regulations, trying to whitewash downsides of the product. People rely on these things to make hiring decisions. I
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   by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

   A piece that has no facts backing the point, which exploits confirmation and conformity biases in readers, is just a badly researched and biased piece, regardless of author.
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    This article reads like an anecdotal rant. > Groups never admit failure. > I’m hard pressed to find examples in history of large groups that said, “We thought A, but the answer’s actually B.” First statement does not follow from the s
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    Many of those businesses wouldn’t have existed in the first place without simplicity offered by cloud.
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    Example presented in the article uses 5 whys for introspective - there is no complex system to analyze, only author’s own reactions. Author already knew deep enough that reading emails is busywork, otherwise answering one of the Whys in tha
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    You’d have to call it “Rust/Linux”
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    Hehe, that’s what I meant, but my math failed me
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    Thanks for that. Evil Corp narrative is strong on HN. Years working in corporate and I am yet to see people who are “serving shareholders” and “squeezing customers”. There are strategies that fail, and sometimes there are people who maximiz
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    I agree with the article’s thought about phase where “everyone understands the magic”, and I agree with your point about making reality obsolete. Problem is, Big Tech amasses great amount of resources to survive this event and delay own dem
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    > the only reason we weren't the ones making money was a lack of capital I understand your point. But all that is just saying “The only reason I am not Batman is my lack of batsuit, mansion and a butler”. Most important, I think “te
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    I don’t think it is fair to say Instagram has shifted from building functionality to increasing engagement. I don’t think you can separate these things at all. At any stage of a business (which product is part of) you focus only on those th
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    > Do you want some nontechnical banker making decisions about what startup gets funding or someone who actually understands the scientific and social impact of a technology? On one hand, the latter would be cool. On the other, I want dec
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    Sure grandpa let’s get you to bed
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    Apple TV did just that, but you have to manually purchase all the separate streaming services available locally
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    This guy builds cool open-source tools for this kind of visual analysis (and, importantly, music-making): https://chromatone.center/
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    Engineers and marketers are all steered into that direction by C-level visionaries who bet on a very high-risk / high-reward idea. This idea dials up all kinds of biases in people. For example, the article which started this thread cri
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    I think it depends on what kind of product Twitter Blue would become. Getting all the publishers in one app, and getting “news reading experience” designed right, may attract users who were not paying anything to publishers before. I just w
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    Is there at Metaverse White Paper published somewhere? People throw this around like it’s a certain thing.
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    I really like the Metaverse cherry on top of this cake. Originally a strategy trick made to steer attention away from fundamental ethical problems of Facebook brand, it just adds so nicely to that whole situation. “Why? Because we will need
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    by smugglerFlynn 5y ago

    Two swindlers arrive at the capital city of an emperor who spends lavishly on clothing at the expense of state matters. Posing as art dealers, they offer to provide him magnificent clothes that would be backed by a digital token which prove
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    by smugglerFlynn 6y ago

    I think approach this article talks about is more in the line of "People don't want a drill, they want a bookshelf on the wall". Two very different approaches to "Jobs to be Done" exist: one is about helping make be
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    by smugglerFlynn 7y ago

    Exactly. And the only company out there that was able to stitch together more or less usable UX for a group messenger is Slack. IRC has no such killer app (sorry IRC fans!..)