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by seven4 6y ago
True... though "588/user" is more digestable than "588/current user but likely accounting for future growth which is why there is a premium - though we can't be sure that userbase does continue to grow consider
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by seven4 6y ago
Yeah, i guess full ownership gives them all the upside/control/ability to integrate with their other projects/ambitions.
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by seven4 6y ago
hmm you're right. I wonder why that is...maybe the percentage skew of content creators to consumers..I'm sure there's more to it too
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by seven4 6y ago
“At a market cap of $755 billion (at point of writing) Facebook’s per user value is around $288. If Facebook is some leading indicator for the pinnacle of per user value for social media, then at $50 billion for the roughly 85 million Amer
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by seven4 6y ago
“We’re competing against free,” Jeffrey Katzenberg says referring to the likes of youtube and social media platforms like TikTok. “We have to offer something that is meaningfully, measurably, quantifiably, creatively different. They don’t
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by seven4 6y ago
The original google blog post being referenced - http://ai.googleblog.com/2020/05/federated-analytics-collabo... ‘A ctrl+f for ‘privacy’ brought the word up thirteen times – the subtext was very much ‘at Google,
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Engagement with NY-Times after SlateStarCodex fallout hasn't tapered
2 points by seven4 6y ago|0 comments
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by seven4 6y ago
"Mahajan describes six tools: dimensional analysis, easy cases, lumping, picture proofs, successive approximation, and reasoning by analogy. Illustrating each tool with numerous examples, he carefully separates the tool—the general pr
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by seven4 6y ago
Edit: I'm 50:50 on whether they take the negative press hit of publishing this anyway. If they publish without name included - everyone still finds out the name of the "flippant" writer. If they don't it just concedes th
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by seven4 6y ago
paywalls are getting more and more effective. I remember when it used to lag and you could stop the page before the paywall kicked in!
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by seven4 6y ago
I've heard the term seamfulness in design before without properly grasping it and it took me some time to flesh out. The basic gist as I understand it is that our experience of the "real world" is characterized by intrinsic k
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by seven4 6y ago
What a beautiful way to map out the terrain - I immediately feel inspired to use this as a starting point for hobby-research projects. Only problem is now i'm inclined to check the alternatives to "ego graphs" as a starting p
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by seven4 6y ago
Great read on the possible rationale - Summarising #1 It Hurts Google - erodes googles dominance vis a vis commercial access to geospatial data + a viable reason to collect valuable location data on end users. #2 It Complements Their Augmen
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by seven4 6y ago
"As with the carrion crow study, when these crows were presented with playback of a more familiar acoustic style—in this case a Japanese speaker—they didn’t show a strong reaction. Play them what was likely a completely unfamiliar lan
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by seven4 6y ago
Well said. I can't help the feeling that i encounter more "eager contrarians" both in real life and online (moreso online). Perhaps the way social media is though - pays to be adversarial?
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by seven4 6y ago
Agree - original comment was on the meta not the specific. So where there is no specific group or context in which to place said "contrarian" - just a description of what was felt/instinctive. Would change immediately once we
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by seven4 6y ago
As a counter-point to this being a "veiled reference" - Your comment that the article is a reference to something that's happening in the world could conceivably apply at any given point in time. There will always be conten
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by seven4 6y ago
Thanks for clarifying. Exactly what i was getting at - my "default state" was based on the Contrarian sans context (i.e. for the sake of it). Think it's an interesting thought exercise.
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by seven4 6y ago
With all due respect - I think you've oversimplified a bit. It goes without saying that "intellectual curiosity to opposing ideas is good". I think anyone would agree contrary views should be treated with intellectual fairnes
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by seven4 6y ago
Yep - I can definitely agree with the need for checks/balances. I was just fascinated to find this implicit bias in my "starting point" and wondered if others had a similar or different experience
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by seven4 6y ago
"algorithm shows it first to a small subset of users. These people may or may not follow the creator already, but TikTok has determined they may be more likely to engage with the video, based on their past behavior. If they respond fa
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by seven4 6y ago
"You will likely have a sense of where you fall in the orbit of the group(s) you affiliate with: closer to the core or closer to the fringes of some formation. Your feelings about IGCs will probably depend to some extent on this.&quot
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by seven4 6y ago
Digging around on the same page i stumbled into this which i think is a fun/interesting look at the history..though sounds like the ratio was in use even before its referenced here. Anyone know more about it? "letter, written in
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by seven4 6y ago
Whenever i have someone ask me where to get started on CS - i give them a few options tiered to try and ensure some stickiness/higher utility for them specifically. ~Some Existing Touch Point With CS Teachyourselfcs.com is definitely i
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The un-cuddly truth about pandas(wsj.com)
3 points by seven4 6y ago|1 comments
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by seven4 6y ago
Was thinking to myself - why do pandas seem so bumbling/miserable - at pain in their existence. This article at least suggests that's not their always-state. "In their shrinking natural habitat, the bears are tough, sexually
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by seven4 6y ago
"My warmest wishes to you Joyce. I can’t follow your banner any more than you can follow mine. But the world is wide and there is room for both of us to be wrong." Thats HG Wells for - "You Suck".
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by seven4 6y ago
Thanks - this more or less echos what i suspected but never really delved into. It is a touch disheartening - and I don't see who would be incentivised (or even capable of) clarifying/simplifying things.
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by seven4 6y ago
"The last known bootlegger growing the corn died, and the corn almost died with him. Two ears were rescued from his plot and gifted to celebrated local farmer and seed saver Ted Chewning, with the suggestion that he grow it out for hi
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by seven4 6y ago
What a delectable rabbit hole! My favorite from that thread probably Dwarf Fortress - a game that uses text symbols for graphics to create an enitre fantasy world. This article from 2013 talks about how Notch drew inspiration for minecraft

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