mttddd

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by mttddd 2y ago
content but also better ad targetting by better understanding all of the content that users post
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by mttddd 2y ago
the tools but not necessarily the data, presumably they have internally trained versions
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by mttddd 3y ago
Meta seems to be doing fine financially besides the VR money pit. Also in a weird way having TikTok around just bolsters their case against any sort of anti trust enforcement. That said I am sure they would be happy if TikTok did get banned
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by mttddd 4y ago
privacy and security is a pendulum, it swung hard to security post 9/11 and is swinging hard towards privacy currently. Id be surprised if we ever actually reach a happy middle ground but I am sure at some point we will see things swin
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by mttddd 5y ago
anecdotally from a few folks I know who work there it does get completely deleted after a month or two I believe. Like you said between GDPR, the FTC settlement and just general bad press they actually take deleting data pretty seriously
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by mttddd 5y ago
yep, its because of the FCO ruling. The other thing I think everyone spouting money are missing is that FB would much rather be able to use the link between your FB and IG accounts to better serve you up ads based on that combined data.
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by mttddd 5y ago
yep, a lot of this is fallout from the financial crisis and all of the bank mergers that have happened. A number of the big banks i worked with a few years ago had sooo many different systems from all their acquisitions and what they really
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by mttddd 5y ago
I have worked a lot with lobbyists and part of the reason is that the tech companies dont work together. When the banks or oil companies go to capital hill their lobbyists are generally in alignment. The sense iv gotten from folks I talk to
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by mttddd 5y ago
yep I think alternatives have improved but pre covid i traveled all over the world for work and the big thing was Zoom worked the best on iffy connections and also played best with multiple companies IT systems
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by mttddd 6y ago
Gold is certainly more popular in India then the western world but most married people are walking around wearing a wedding ring and id guess the majority of those are gold? Gold also has very practical industrial applications which give it
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by mttddd 6y ago
I agree with your points and I am generally pro encrypted messaging. However, I am a bit concerned that FB messenger going encrypted means you will get all the same algorithmic boosts/spread for misinfo tightly coupled with a product t
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by mttddd 6y ago
I guess it is not the efficient market in the sense of valued according to the underlying financials. But to me at least it is "efficient" in the sense that the price is now basically tied to supply and demand. You have a stock th
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by mttddd 6y ago
Ya anecdotal for sure but a ton of my friends bought their significant others some new fangled thing they only heard about because they saw it on Instagram. HN loves to bash marketing (and FB/google) but it has never been easier to spi
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by mttddd 6y ago
It is going to be interesting to see how these big tech companies deal with so much localized regulation and enforcement be it anti trust or privacy. Ironically a lot of that will also just further entrench their market position.
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by mttddd 6y ago
I dont feel particularly strongly one way or another on the encryption debate but everyone always points at the fact that crimes like child exploitation have existed for forever or that bad actors will just move to encrypted platforms. That
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by mttddd 6y ago
Ignoring for a second the NSA sitting in the middle sucking up everything I think a lot of this is just down to domestic law enforcement wanting the status quo. Currently you send an email/message and its encrypted between you and Goog
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by mttddd 6y ago
This is my issue with the act, it doesnt spell out who would be subject to this rather leaves it up to the DOJ to spell out the rules later. I am probably in the minority here on HN but I think bundling together encryption with platforms li
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by mttddd 6y ago
I suspect you are right and most of the top talent is in major cities but even then most faang jobs are in the bay area. Anecdotally (and with all the caveats that go with that) I wanted to work for a faang but turned them down several time
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by mttddd 6y ago
In high school i took a robotics course that took up part of the school day and went later than typical school. Your comment resonated with me because what i found great about it was that we were given the resources and freedom to build&#x2
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by mttddd 7y ago
I imagine there are some, a lot of factory operation optimization uses heavy operations research which isnt a huge jump to some sort of AI/ML
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by mttddd 9y ago
all the new crypto exchanges popping up and anything that can convert between fiat and crypto
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by mttddd 10y ago
I agree however as someone who works with a number of H-1Bs (who id argue should be here) my concern is always the collateral damage. But regardless either way things seem broken
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by mttddd 10y ago
yep, as a consultant who has done work in the automotive industry you need to show up in one of their vehicles
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by mttddd 10y ago
I am just hoping self driving cars come out in the next 5-10 years and hopefully that expands the geographic area you can reasonably live in and still commute to work.
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by mttddd 11y ago
This, I think letting individuals/teams figure it out is the best option. Some projects, and even specific times within a project, call for being physically with the team and other times i am more productive being able to just focus on
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by mttddd 11y ago
I work in the ediscovery industry, we very regularly need to send large collections which can easily be a TB+ to another location on short notice. One of our favorite things to do with new folks is have them hop on a plane with a hard drive
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by mttddd 11y ago
The flip side of that is that with the new monthly phone payment option you are now able to upgrade yearly
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by mttddd 11y ago
this in my opinion is the real issue, when i fly international people tend to check bags/the planes have ample overhead bin space i always find that the boarding process goes surprisingly fast. On domestics inevitably someone boards th
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by mttddd 11y ago
They bought a tool called Equivio too, i work in the ediscovery/legal world and it was very rapidly becoming the industry standard. My understanding is Microsoft is going to integrate alot of the functionality into office/outlook,