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by flokie 4mo ago
love the interior, not sure how i feel about that front end however. "The lowest drag coefficient in Ferrari history" is not what i would have guessed just seeing the picture alone, so props to them on making this possible!
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by flokie 1y ago
In the US (to start) there's now a flavor of Gemini 2.5 to power Search experiences like AI Mode and AI Overviews. Should be sufficiently good at this point. source: https://blog.google/products/search/google-
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by flokie 2y ago
Dumb question, but how do they know it's not an escaped (or abandoned) pet? There are sadly many exotic pets on display on social media, particularly in this area of the world.
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by flokie 2y ago
What about just plain old query() SQL i usually find the easiest vs. mucking around with pivot tables.
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by flokie 3y ago
His work is always a good reminder the open web is still an amazing place!
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by flokie 3y ago
requiring a telephone contact (SMS verification or code from robocall) would provide enough sufficiency in scaring the perps to probably solve 90%+ of these.
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by flokie 3y ago
It seems pretty clear that's what you get when you use the campaign? https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ... "After you make an app or game available for pre-registration, users
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by flokie 3y ago
The challenge with that approach is the variation in both (a) queries and (b) other players. (a) There are a small % of queries that are knowable for you to target on exact, or you are required to update and prune infinitely over time. [ h
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by flokie 3y ago
My partner made a lot of spelling mistakes, instant human tell :)
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by flokie 3y ago
Would respectfully disagree. Matching a consumers query to an ad, and optimizing that outcome at a given return on investment threshold is a task best left to a computer to optimize. It is a perfect use case for reinforcement learning, and
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by flokie 3y ago
yes but "{person name} memo" is not the same as "Google Memo" (published and endorsed by the company)
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by flokie 4y ago
I would agree with this, SWE is actually the easier role to replace with AI given the literal binary nature of the work. Dealing with humans is much more complicated, given they do not directly follow logic.
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by flokie 4y ago
Doesn't work very well - asked for dramas shot in Hawaii and got a bunch of good comedies
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by flokie 4y ago
> Cause of death: https://twitter.com/bettersoma Why would any business set up shop in these conditions. Remote or not, plenty of safer & cleaner spots in America to do business.
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by flokie 4y ago
+1..get a yubikey or similar device, problem solved.
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by flokie 5y ago
this. the incentives are bound by the underlying tech.
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by flokie 5y ago
good one :)
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by flokie 6y ago
blog post Jan 27 mentions how they're prepping iOS apps: https://www.blog.google/products/ads-commerce/preparing-deve...
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by flokie 6y ago
This including no results from Pinterest is a great combo
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by flokie 6y ago
exactly the void Shopify fills
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by flokie 6y ago
I know the community is generally very negative/skeptic on this (at least based on the 21 comments so far below), but this is an amazing technical & business accomplishment. Congratulations! The blog post is relatively clear that r
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by flokie 6y ago
↑ this.
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by flokie 6y ago
Just curious - how do you know it's lifted from Wikipedia vs. the other way around? It's quite hard to trace the sources. E.g. did a quick search for Jerry Seinfeld, CNW is a lot more robust than Wikipedia (or the inc. magazine ar
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by flokie 6y ago
The reality is that it did. Do you distinctly forget having to go to a library to do research for a book report? Only getting the slice of news offered locally? The internet is amazing! Easy to forget when we're wired for extraordinar
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by flokie 6y ago
It sounds like you are operating a cloud.....
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by flokie 7y ago
The SEC does decide.... https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-sec-wants-to-know-why-...
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by flokie 7y ago
Query "best pizza place" Result "Hardcore teen sex" Why is this trending?
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by flokie 7y ago
Nothing more to add but just wanted to say well said.
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by flokie 7y ago
"Full stack adaptive delivery" - wut ? Wouldn't surprise me if bounce rates are high. Took quite a bit of reading to figure out what industries and use cases are
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by flokie 7y ago
agree..OP does a poorly formed search query and complains. try "reddit best phone to buy 2020" you're welcome!

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