antongm

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by antongm 9y ago
Author here. Curious how many on HN knew anything about the various hacks Cubans use to get online: the 'paquete' (a giant sneakernet), or SNET (a respectably large adhoc mesh network covering a good chunk of the island).
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Inside Cuba's DIY Internet Revolution(wired.com)
33 points by antongm 9y ago|2 comments
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by antongm 9y ago
This might be the first time anyone has accused me of modesty.
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by antongm 9y ago
It might also be awkward to ban the author of the op-ed we're all discussing. Assuming you want an author to respond to comments, that is.
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by antongm 9y ago
I'm the author of the op-ed we're all discussing. :)
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by antongm 9y ago
Did you even read what I said? You're literally repeating it. Funny, and you're citing Custom Audiences, for which I was the first PM, as some sort of counter-example. LOL.
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by antongm 9y ago
It's not a title, it's a headline, and it's written by the editors. This is how newspapers work. Media title inflation is standard. Every 'senior' this and that you've ever read about is also bullshit, in case
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by antongm 9y ago
Skim? You should read it.
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by antongm 9y ago
That's on the Wayback Machine, not that it was the Gettysburg Address or anything.
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by antongm 9y ago
Indeed. Zuck was forced to backtrack his denials following the election, and is now committed to tackling fake news. They sing a very different tune now.
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by antongm 9y ago
There have been dozens of page recommender units, which have come and gone.
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by antongm 9y ago
The Jay-z example was real and the tool was shot down by policy. Some targeting is really prohibited thanks to policy.
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by antongm 9y ago
Dumb reader is dumb. It's an op-ed not an article. For the details, perhaps open FB's ad creation UI. You are indeed correct you don't target ads like you enter a search query.
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by antongm 9y ago
Lol. Nope. It's been out less than a year. How many writing careers do you follow?
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by antongm 9y ago
Those ads are actually prohibited, or at least were when I was there. :)
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by antongm 10y ago
Author here, for all your trolling needs.
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by antongm 10y ago
OK. You're right. My editor told me it's actually positive. I fixate on the negative to much. There it is...
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by antongm 10y ago
You're right.
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by antongm 10y ago
Kind of, yes.
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by antongm 10y ago
Facebook was a bit frat boy, but also had a really cohesive culture. Twitter was a more hipsters and design-y, but they didn't seem to have the balls to ship every day all day.
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by antongm 10y ago
Indeed! But there are workarounds...
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by antongm 10y ago
Preferably all three. But I definitely think Berkeley grads are relatively underrated to Stanford ones.
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by antongm 10y ago
Well, we agree on that one! I think he just didn't like the voice, but couldn't admit it wasn't enlightening.
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by antongm 10y ago
I paid more, but yeah...it can work out.
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by antongm 10y ago
That's right. If you can pony up the cash, and maintain the boat (read: elbow grease) it's not a bad choice. But you have to love the boat, and the sea.
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by antongm 10y ago
True!
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by antongm 10y ago
I drank a lot, and did stupid things. It was really self-destructive. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Really.
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by antongm 10y ago
No offense, but not the HN crowd. Supposed to be mainstream normals. Sales, yo....
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by antongm 10y ago
Author here, for all your trolling needs.
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by antongm 10y ago
By the way "this blathering, fawning, puff-piece nonsense" is what some call an actual prose style. Perhaps you've heard of it (if never actually seen it in person). I'd almost pay money to read your review of a Franzen

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