madads

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Regulation Fails Citizens(youtube.com)
2 points by madads 3y ago|1 comments
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by madads 3y ago
Excellent presentation on regulatory capture.
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by madads 6y ago
Great book for SV outsiders. And reflective of what I have read on here and in tech media.
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by madads 6y ago
Disappointing to see that MSM and more disappointing that even here there are not more people questioning the data and situation. Also, where did the free thinking go? Not ostracising everyone that has a different view than the current worl
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by madads 7y ago
I like the explanation that simply explains "privacy": When you are going to the toilet, and everybody knows that your going and what you'll do there, but you still close the door (for the most of us, most of the time).
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by madads 7y ago
I would like to simply block irrelevant YouTube ads while my toddler indulges in ‘Land before time’ episodes. Is that possible? Last time I checked they use some randomised domains to load ads...
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by madads 8y ago
A ‘better’ non-paywall version: https://outline.com/mNDfrH
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by madads 8y ago
Pyramid schemes all eventually fail.
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by madads 8y ago
And thus another pyramid appears...
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by madads 8y ago
In a roundabout way Google are more like Pinterest than you think. Both utilising other people’s content. All just glorified databases with different UI really. Yelp kind of has original content in people’s opinion of db entries. YouTube ho
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by madads 8y ago
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Promoting “breathing” without thinking and not taking your thoughts too seriously has got me through a lot of emotional turmoil and “life situations”. Incredible even 5 years later.
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by madads 8y ago
Germany has 1,500 local not-for-profit community banks. >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC0G7pY4wRE >> https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/local-banks...
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by madads 9y ago
Store of value comes to mind, a la crypto currency phenomena.
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by madads 9y ago
I've received 160 emails over around 200 days after signing up with a temporary email to load up ads. I've even filmed this: https://youtu.be/xUwjs2Te5hw They are a juggernaut.
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by madads 9y ago
Is there any way an amateur can verify claims of a missile being fired? Does it appear on radar at all? Thinking one of the flight tracking sites. In today's world I'm skeptical to say the least.
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by madads 9y ago
It really was a great way to run their economy.
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by madads 10y ago
I immediately thought landing because the entire plane doesn't look like it has nice "straight" angles aligning with the runway. But I guess it is hard to tell from the angle of the photo itself. On take off, the back wheels
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by madads 10y ago
As he says in short the masterplan is to: "Build sports car. Use that money to build an affordable car. Use that money to build an even more affordable car. While doing above, also provide zero emission electric power generation option
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by madads 11y ago
Good tip, but likelihood of anyone clicking is low anyway and you don't pay for impressions. Time better spent on other areas such as ad copy.
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by madads 12y ago
I guess, but they really are just directing traffic to a an app rather than a browser. A subtle difference to sum, but when you take into consideration that that app would have probably been downloaded through their store, it keeps people i
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by madads 12y ago
Google showing results that go directly to an App is an important piece of this whole puzzle: https://developers.google.com/app-indexing/webmasters/
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by madads 13y ago
What are the chances that it is just ocean debris? I would say it's quite high. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_garbage_patch ?
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by madads 13y ago
Should consider what Jacob Applebaum revealed in his CCC preso about Hard drives: http://youtu.be/vILAlhwUgIU?t=46m25s Cross out WD, Seagate, Maxtor and Samsung drives. Hitachi wins!