Given the fall in prices of these panels, couldn't you theoretically build a business where the TV is absolutely FREE in exchange it's programmed to track some anonymized usage behaviors for ad targeting AND the TV actually has an ad network built in that shows ads at a reasonable rate (assuming it can do things like pause Netflix automatically and insert an ad).
What if we took it to the next level and made it a game where two players compete to clean the most debris via remote controlled vacuum cleaners. A map would show areas cleaned and point values.
I think this person means it's very controversial to try to suggest population control especially when the majority of the growth will come from a population that is potentially discriminated against. Another common pushback point is that we like to point at developing countries as polluting the planet but forget that developed countries had no problem polluting for a long time until they got to their current state. Telling some countries that they should curb their industrial aspirations in the name of global benefit seems a bit selfish.
It goes beyond what customers want to the intersection of want & willing to pay for. I find that in a lot of companies, there's a lot of "customers said they want x, so let's build it" vs. "customers said they want x and we've validated that they are willing to pay for that feature." If your customers are not willing to pay, how important was that feature in the first place?
Surveillance does lead to that if it's how we identify where someone is located or leads to actionable intelligence which can then be used as justification for dropping a missile from the sky.
... I was somewhat expecting this to be possibility so we frontloaded our movie watching to get our money's worth but also bought through the Costco deal as we expect Costco to cover if they did go out of business given that Costco has a generous return/satisfaction policy.
This is interesting, I guess they're closing the current loophole where they can't actually determine which movie you're seeing from the debit charge. Currently, if you get blocked from seeing a movie that you've already seen, just pick another one and "check in" and the money gets loaded and just buy the ticket for whatever movie you actually want to see. Adding the receipt verification makes this much harder to pull off.
I don’t think they have any actual awareness of what movie is being bought on the card since it’s just money being loaded and a charge from the “Theater”. So if you wanted to watch Red Sparrow, just check into any movie and then buy the Red Sparrow ticket and run the card.
I think review inflation is a problem in general across any service where there might be a more human/personal interaction element where you might feel compelled to be nicer or more generous. It's very different than buying a product from a retailer or rating a product from a company you've never had a direct personal interaction with. I think for most of us, it's in our human nature to be more generous unless there's an egregious violation of standards/quality.
Airbnb employee here: That's a perfectly fine personal preference especially if those are the attributes you care about the most. There are tons of B&B's and boutique hotels that also satisfy those requirements that list on Airbnb. If you're looking for places with kitchens, a backyard, more interaction with a local host, larger space for a family gathering or a group event etc. then an Airbnb could do the trick. I personally also sometimes find that we have listings in places that hotels are not present in. For example, in San Francisco, all the hotels are pretty much concentrated either in downtown near the super commercial Union Square area or along Lombard St. in the Marina district. If you want to stay in the other 95% of the city, you're going to have very limited options.
Airbnb employee here: Re: the check-in and on-demand requirement, this means that there is 24 hour check-in available vs. a pre-set check-in time that you would have to coordinate closely with a host. This would mean that there's a keypad, lockbox with a key and/or a doorman or local key person who will bring the key on demand when requested.
Airbnb employee here: both parties have to leave a review before you can both see the review posted to prevent retaliatory reviews. Also, you can leave public feedback, private feedback, and feedback to Airbnb if you have specific issues with the guest/host that you want us to address.
I have an iPhone 6 that I brought in for battery replacement. Genius bar appointment was the next night and I stopped by after work. It took about 20 minutes before a technician was free so I enjoyed looking at the crazy large screen they installed in the store.
Technician confirmed my symptoms (battery won’t charge, random shut downs) and told me the batteries were 2 weeks back ordered. 2 weeks later, got a call that I could come in anytime to replace my battery with an overnight turnaround.
Dropped off phone, picked up the next morning for $29 never once got an upsell to a better phone.
Only if they attest that they are "uncomfortable with the guest" as their reason for canceling. Abuse of any type of cancellation in general on the host side will trigger thresholds for follow up action. This type of cancellation is not the norm.
I don't think that's an unreasonable preference (I work for Airbnb) and it's not for everyone. There is however, consequences, for hosts who do cancel on our guests last minute and we take those types of violations seriously unless it was an extenuating circumstance. Hosts can be penalized with financial penalties, they lose their Superhost status and eligibility, and this information is posted to their review section. Repeated violations also will result in suspension from the platform.
I thought this was going to be a retrospective from the HQ Trivia team about how they were mediocre given the scaling challenges and hiccups they are facing and then they solved it through ML!
This could be easily answered by asking on Blind for an anonymous confirmation of whether or not there is any biasing factor built into the codebase.
My opinion is not, the algorithm has been examined by 3rd parties and if there are bad actors it’s probably overeager salespeople who will say anything to make their quota.
I also tend to believe that fraud detection is also playing a big part in the form of false positives in identifying untrustworthy 5-star reviews. I’m a Yelper myself and my SO is Yelp Elite and it’s not very commmon that good reviewers write reviews on the spot (using cafe wifi) for restaurants. I’m sure some store owners prod their customers to create Yelp accounts to rate them or have a sign up with “Rate us 5-stars on Yelp” which is fine but would make these reviews from new members more suspicious.
I was pleasantly surprised to how much attention to detail and thought goes into the cartography design on Google Maps. Just yesterday, I noticed this little gem when searching for the Channel Islands off of California: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Channel+Islands+National+P...
Try zooming in and zooming out slowly and watch what happens to the labeling of the islands since they are actually a collection.
I think what would be helpful is some type of visual indicator on the buds (maybe a pulsing charging indicator) to express that the translation service is speaking so that the other party can see that you’re occupied with listening to the translation.
Especially the early ones where he just seems to be making shit up on the fly and taking really long pauses to think about a good answer. Then again, maybe that makes him more relatable to the average person?
I think the comparison to Adwords is misleading about what this idea really is. This is just a self-serve and automated marketplace for billboard ads.
Adwords is much more specific to the combination of targeting intent through search terms or content on a page (adsense)and then delivering relevant ads in an open auction. The type of targeting for these billboards will be closer to display advertising targeting based on demographics (who drives along this freeway, who rides this bus), seasonality, etc.
Makes sense, especially if someone divulges this in the comments like "that happened to my friend's son John Doe - read about the terrible event here!"
Could it be that some people who do know the identity of the victims are running searches with some type of pattern like "John Doe nightclub abuse ontario" and then clicking on the link to the reports about the case which Google then translates to relevant articles to "John Doe" in the future?
I removed the link and now just referenced that LinkedIn shows someone by that name working at the firm referenced in the story. Didn’t mean to dox just pointing out that there was an employee who claims to work there despite a receptionist at the firm denying it on the phone.