strongpigeon

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by strongpigeon 14d ago
You’re partly right. It’s indeed mostly about AdX but also because Google owns all three sides of the equation (publisher-side via AdSense (and to a lesser extent DFP), AdX, and buy-side via Google Ads)
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by strongpigeon 29d ago
Sophisticated advertisers measure “incrementality”, which is exactly what you’re talking about. Alas, most advertisers are not sophisticated.
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by strongpigeon 1mo ago
I thought this was pretty well known already. Being “overfat” is the problem, not being overweight (though they’re often correlated). BMI is really easy to measure, and is mostly accurate, that’s why it’s so pervasive. However it remains a
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by strongpigeon 2mo ago
> Lastly, and perhaps most egregiously, Google quietly stopped respecting budget caps by a factor of 2x. For example campaigns we’ve been running for years with $1000 daily budget caps suddenly began spending $2000+ per day When I worked
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by strongpigeon 2mo ago
Noteworthy: - Negative free cash flow for the quarter - $98B in unrealized gains on equity securities - Cloud revenue are up 82% to $24.8B
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by strongpigeon 3mo ago
What’s crazy is how Oracle’s free cash flows have gone from “money-printing machine” to deep in the red due to their data center investments. My guess is that some of those cuts are to try to balance that?
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by strongpigeon 3mo ago
At the risk of sounding overly negative, these things are pretty much always vanity projects. Someone wanted a really cool boat and managed to get some investors onboard. It’s more about an aesthetic than a business case. We’re talking here
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by strongpigeon 3mo ago
Echoing the article, anyone who has experienced both will agree: it’s far easier to work with an under engineered code base than an over engineered one.
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by strongpigeon 3mo ago
The second point is only true if you don't do any RL, right?
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
This is cool, but wasn't this a "Verily" project about 10 years ago? What is new here and what has happened since then?
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
It's a luxury tax that only affects people wealthy enough to have a second home in NYC. These people, by virtue of not living there, aren't paying income tax and thus don't contribute as much as someone who is.
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
> The rates sound a bit steep. Agreed, but you also have to keep in mind that those people don't pay NYC income tax.
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
This specifically targets people who don't live in New York though (and thus don't pay income tax).
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
I really liked Google Domains, but alas…
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
I think some of it is due to the lay off, some of it due to the supply situation not being as bad as SF (though construction has slowed recently), and a lot of it due to interest rates making "effective prices" much higher.
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
> but it always was that way. I don't think that's true. I remember the very early days of Stack Overflow and it felt much more fun and friendly than it did 6-7 years later. I have so many 15+ years question/answer that
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
> You don't have to worry about rent increases I'd also argue there are financial advantages (on top of the psychological ones) to the price stability as you don't have to hedge against your housing cost shooting up as muc
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
HOAs can be a big variable cost, yes, especially in the case of underfunded condos associations with a lot of delayed maintenance. Insurance can vary a lot, but is usually a much smaller amount than your mortgage payment (though I only have
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Wi-R: Using the human body as a "wire" for inter-device communication(ixana.ai)
3 points by strongpigeon 4mo ago|0 comments
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Gemini Omni(blog.google)
5 points by strongpigeon 4mo ago|0 comments
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
Unlike a startup that pays with illiquid RSUs, Meta paid its people extremely well for its bets though. I dont think Zuck is a great leader at all, but he’s definitely willing to pay for talent.
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
To add to this, I would assume that advertisers are more diverse and numerous than donors are, therefore reducing the influence any single one of them can have.
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Blue Origin may need external funding to hit ambitious launch targets(arstechnica.com)
4 points by strongpigeon 4mo ago|0 comments
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
Calling it "just a speculative research project" is severely underestimating how big of an effort Fuschia was. At its peak it had a couple hundred eng IIRC.
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
Not that I disagree with you, but I’ve heard of such tactic being used in some orgs at both Google and Microsoft as well. It seems like a common conclusion from a management that wants to push for AI adoption. I doubt it’s super effective,
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
Having worked in big tech, I can almost guarantee you you’re overthinking this.
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
I’ll never forget how when I was at Google, every email with subject line “An update on X” meant X was getting axed. Like, just say so in the subject line…
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by strongpigeon 4mo ago
Wow, exempting people over 60 from property tax is such a fiscal self-own... The way to do it is to provide a deferral with interest which becomes a lien on your property. This way you can still live in your house, take advantage of your as
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by strongpigeon 5mo ago
> That's 600 million per year in revenue. According to your math, that's $600 million per day
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by strongpigeon 5mo ago
Meta is going to surpass Google this year in revenue. I agree on the diversification front though

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