lastpingstandin

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by lastpingstandin 4y ago
I worked for Amazon on a team that touched this, and I can confirm this is basically true. For recommended products, Amazon's algorithm prefers widgets that generate more revenue (which sponsored products has a huge advantage with), an
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by lastpingstandin 7y ago
If there was some grand conspiracy here, wouldn't it make more sense to release a working front end, and do whatever evil machinations / rigging behind the scenes... Intentionally releasing a broken app is an idiotic excuse for a
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by lastpingstandin 7y ago
I'm pretty sure caucus votes are public anyway, it's not a secret ballot. You can't really rig votes even with an app. Hanlon's razor probably applies here; never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by
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by lastpingstandin 7y ago
I seem to recall that the reason marketing costs seem high relative to R&D is that large firms typically acquire much smaller firms, small firms which invested a ton of money developing a drug but without the means of distributing it. W
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by lastpingstandin 7y ago
India's hunt for illegal immigrants is transparently aimed at the country's Muslims. Any suggestion otherwise is just wrong. The government, over the last few years, has subjected many of its citizens to a bureaucratic nightmare t
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by lastpingstandin 7y ago
Agreed. I recall people were talking about turning back to piracy in response to the fragmentation of streaming services. Disney plus will cost around 7 dollars a month, Netflix costs 13, HBO costs 15. This is about 23, 45, and 50 cents per
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by lastpingstandin 7y ago
> targeted psychological manipulation to you This seems exceedingly hyperbolic. With advertising, we can enjoy many services free of charge. Using google as an example, google maps, search, android, etc all provide tremendous value to th
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by lastpingstandin 7y ago
This isn't some moral position, it's an economic one. ISP's make money with the data they gather. Once you remove that as a revenue stream, it'll naturally increase the prices those companies are willing to charge.
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by lastpingstandin 7y ago
The tax breaks used to encourage electric vehicles is almost entirely paid for through fossil fuel exports. While I appreciate any move towards better sustainability, let's not forget that Norway is effectively exporting its emissions.