acobb99

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   Show HN: I built a personalised HN digest to stop wasting 30min/day scrolling(hnscraper.com)

   1 points by acobb99 1y ago|0 comments
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   by acobb99 2y ago

   This made me laugh. I was thinking more social matching with people not already in your network. For example dating or finding a roommate.
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   by acobb99 2y ago

   True, but if the dataset already exists, why not use it to benefit you?
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   by acobb99 2y ago

   Didn't know this but super interesting. Thanks for sharing!
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   by acobb99 2y ago

   Not that I'm disagreeing with your first line, but is there any business that doesn't exist to separate people from their money?
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   by acobb99 2y ago

   Some nice ideas. I think recommendations (health, products, news etc.) would be really useful. But you're right, none are as big a market as ads.
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   by acobb99 2y ago

   Yes I agree. An issue I have is hearing about a future event that has now sold out of tickets because when I heard about it so did everyone else. It's a catch-22. Are you suggesting your online data could predict which events you might
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   by acobb99 2y ago

   Interesting ideas. So you're learning more towards the recommendations (and eventually agent) use-case. I find having to provide ChatGPT / Claude with context before prompting to be a real inefficiency and them having access to yo
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   Are there any positive uses of our online data beyond targeted advertising?

   7 points by acobb99 2y ago|22 comments