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by tguedes 1y ago
It really depends on the query. I'm not a Google query expert, but I'm above average. I've noticed that phrasing a query in a certain way to get better results just no longer works. Especially in the last year, I have found i
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by tguedes 1y ago
It looks like this will support physical buttons. From the article: "Drivers can also use onscreen controls, physical buttons, or Siri to manage both standard vehicle functions like the car’s radio and climate, as well as advanced, veh
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by tguedes 2y ago
I don't think the first amendment protects this. The first amendment protects against prosecution from speech. In this case, they are not being prosecuted, they are just being denied funding. Where are you getting that the "First
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by tguedes 2y ago
I suppose that means you don't know about the rich history of college protests that were instrumental in progressing human rights over the last 100 years?
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by tguedes 2y ago
My understanding is that it's basically a cost benefit calculation where it would cost nearly as much or even more than a worker because of the mechanical repair cost over time and a restaurant still wouldn't be able to automate t
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by tguedes 2y ago
I completely agree with Jevron's paradox being the right way to think about this. Much like ERP and HR software made it so you needed less back of office staff to accomplish the same task, but it allows these huge, multi-national compa
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by tguedes 2y ago
My hope is that it will be the death of the aggregators and there will be more value in high quality and authentic content. The past 10-15 years has rewarded people who appeal to the aggregation algorithms and get the most views. Hopefully
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by tguedes 2y ago
The headline is rather click-baity. As noted in the article, most of the exciting and powerful AI features are not yet available in the beta. So I'm not sure you can review "Apple's new AI" without testing those features
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by tguedes 3y ago
Because that has additional hardware instead of using your hands and does not allow seamless transition between the real world and virtual.
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by tguedes 3y ago
Cause the features in this are the features that are needed to make this widely adoptable. Using the finger gestures instead of needing additional control hardware is key but expensive. Being able to switch between the virtual world and the
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by tguedes 3y ago
It's important to recognize the bubble you're in. Go to the American south and the Ford vs Chevy vs Dodge is a major identity for a lot of people. You'll see ridiculous bumper stickers like "I'd rather push a Ford t
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by tguedes 3y ago
Because there are less opportunities to show ads with a chatbot, especially if its voice based. From a user perspective it’s an enhancement. From a revenue perspective, it’s harmful
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by tguedes 3y ago
Services also includes the amount that Google pays Apple each year to be the default search engine on iOS. It’s estimated to be $15+ billion a year https://www.makeuseof.com/why-google-pays-apple-billions-of-... That’s pure
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by tguedes 3y ago
It’s funny that you mention Sony considering almost all of their first titles are from studios they’ve bought over the last 15 years. I guess it’s fine when Sony did it in the past to get ahead of the competition but now when Microsoft is d
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by tguedes 3y ago
Agreed. To me the most interesting part is what is going to happen to the large community specific subreddits, i.e the sports subreddits like r/soccer, r/music, r/movies, r/anime, etc. Those mod teams are generally very
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by tguedes 3y ago
Id never thought I would see a comment about 100 gecs in hacker news
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by tguedes 3y ago
Absolutely. Between Apple Silicon, Apple Watch, AirPods, and scaling operations to be able to sell the amount of products they do in a year, that is hard to argue against being an overwhelming success for Tim Cook as CEO. Is it equal to the
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by tguedes 5y ago
The problem is that's 1 person. For Tesla's autopilot, that's the hundreds of thousands of cars running that broken model. The scale of the problem is much larger.
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by tguedes 5y ago
For years McDonalds and other fast foods in America bundled toys with Happy Meals. Building cheap little toys is way less expensive than big budget media.
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by tguedes 5y ago
1. It's Brad Stone, probably the person who has the most connections to people inside Amazon than anyone else, not just a random blogger. 2. You would blindly trust the words of someone who has to justify spending billions of dollars t
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by tguedes 5y ago
Are you sure about that? Amazon is one of the most loved brands in the country https://www.zdnet.com/article/theres-a-new-list-of-americas-... and has been for quite awhile
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by tguedes 5y ago
From https://stratechery.com/2021/distribution-and-demand/ : `I do get the argument that Prime Video is a waste of money for Amazon; Brad Stone notes in his new book Amazon Unbound that “there was little evidence o
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by tguedes 5y ago
Except in America our neighborhoods are heavily influenced by race so I doubt you could legally ban against hiring from a neighborhood made up 90%+ African Americans.
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by tguedes 5y ago
I think his point is that a lot of people are blaming the Americans for this when the 2 largest and greediest clubs in the world are "run" by fans. So it has nothing to do with the Americans, it's that European football has b
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by tguedes 6y ago
This used to be a debate and it’s really not anymore. It was primarily the right that used to argue that the reason people committed crime was because of their attitudes and social norms. But with over the last few decades, large parts of w
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by tguedes 6y ago
He means Shopify. Shopify merchants (and other DTC companies) heavily use Facebook/Instagram to target the specific audience they are targeting. Shopify has since announced that there will be a tighter integration with Facebook Shops
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by tguedes 6y ago
Slack has actual administrator tools unlike Discord. Discord very clearly has no interest in the capturing any significant market share in the business space.
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by tguedes 6y ago
When Netflix first came out with streaming, there was certainly the Netflix effect. You mention Breaking Bad, they didn't take off until they were added to Netflix, so people could catch up on the past seasons. Same thing happened with
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by tguedes 6y ago
This is geopolitics, not grade school.
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by tguedes 6y ago
They've created new revenue streams by allowing the music labels to purchase advertising on spotify to promote new singles/albums. More singles/albums coming out -> More competition for listeners -> Drives up advertisin

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