- The algorithm is extremely aggressive and antagonistic. Any signal (linger, view) on a post indicates you might want to see more of whatever it is. Usually it is posts that provoke the most reaction.
- Posts with links are automatically down-ranked.
- I've been seeing some of the most inexplicably offensive ads.
X has been a good way to find my news blindspots. Unfortunately it seems to be taking a hard right lean lately.
Advertising incentivizes engagement driven content amplification which is usually best manifested in outrage unfortunately. On Twitter (X), Instagram, TikTok, it seems any minute signal (view, like, scroll, linger) algorithmically retunes your posts to maximize engagement, which is the root of all the problems.
VW cleaned up their image. Now they have a different problem - China is no longer buying and their current offerings are not as interesting to consumers everywhere else.
I too normally like this channel but a few minutes in and it started to sound whiny. Encouraging “coning” was pretty low. It is starting to become pretty obvious that the many benefits of progress in this area overwhelm minor grievances.
The Shining is one of my favorite King books and I always thought the movie was a bastardization of his work. One of my biggest peeves is the fact that Wendy in the book was a much stronger character than the one played by Shelley Duvall. Also the hotel was actually haunted and not a mental breakdown by John. There was a very real supernatural element.
To say Dikembe was an awesome guy is an understatement. It was pretty common to see him around town either at the store or in line at the bank and if you talked to him he was always happy to engage.
This is it. Loss of trust and disagreements on money/equity usually lead to breakups like this. No one at the top level wants to be left out of the cash grab. Never underestimate how greed can compromise one’s morals.
The iPhone, and really, most phones today, are pretty amazing pieces of technology in a glass slab. Expecting phenomenal changes between versions at this point might be asking for too much. Apple stuck itself in a corner with "stock" driven development.
I too divested. One concern I think about constantly these days is that the Tesla we supposedly own is vulnerable to the whims of the CEO. I worry that software updates pushed to my car to satisfy a man (who has absolute control) might not be responsibly thought out and could pose real risks to me and my family. While this might be an overblown concern, it is a real one. He believes he is responsible to no one but himself.
I've often heard the narrative from hiring managers over the years that a prospect who's been laid off probably doesn't make a good hire, especially if they've been laid off multiple times.
In this wonderfully written and inspiring piece, perhaps we should consider that the real issue isn't the individual's capability but rather that their potential has been misdirected or they haven't been in environments that recognize and cultivate their unique skills.
The British could have said exactly the same of any of their colonies. Who knows, Hawaii could have been as prosperous as Fiji or even more given the chance.
We'll continue to see diminishing returns as time goes. The low hanging data sources have all been consumed and now everyone is battling for scraps of what's left. There's still a lot of optimization that can be done as illustrated by GPT-4o.
Basically the same trap as CPU's in the 90's early 2000's where the naming convention had to change to reflect the fact that speeds can't continue to double every 2 years.
I’ve been paying for Kagi for a little while now. The biggest thing for me is knowing each search is independent of the next like a good unit test. It does not feed, as a signal into some algorithm. Any time the thought of canceling Kagi comes to mind, I think about the confidence of searching for really sensitive information, eg medical. I can’t do that on Google confidently.
Apple getting sued in the US and EU is really about finding an equilibrium between 3 stakeholders - Apple, Users & Developers. The status quo favors Apple and Users. Developers led by companies like Epic just want a bigger piece of the pie. That's it.
It is both impressive and concerning how well their app store optimization efforts were, for what seems like a major keyword/phrase. These type of shenanigans were usually reserved for the Play Store. No more.
To be fair many crypto wallet apps are deceptively simple applications.
If you own a house, an EV is a no brainer. I drive an ICE vehicle and my wife drives an EV. My car feels like antiquated technology after driving the EV. It is hard to describe how simple, cheap and fun they are to operate. To date we haven't had to use a charging station because charging at home or at the office (for free) has been sufficient. We had range anxiety maybe the first few weeks but that is long gone. It just works.
I am in a similar predicament. I tried Threads and that had some traction due to the built-in instagram connection but it doesn't take long to see that the Instagram and Twitter audiences are very different. Bluesky is starting from scratch which is very unattractive to anyone who's built an audience on Twitter from the past 10 years or more even if it seems X (Twitter) is mostly bots these days.
From what I can see so far on Bluesky, it seems like a journalist circle jerk.
This is a typical approach for SaaS companies - especially ones that house sensitive data like Okta/Auth0. A CISO’s nightmare is someone who’s been laid off, disgruntled and still has access to the network.
Reading articles was restricted to the in-app web view which was chock full of ads. By the time they got around to allowing you to use an external browser, I’d moved on.
As exciting as this should be, the soaring cost overruns on this project means we Georgians have been left holding the bag. There’s now a “Nuclear Construction Cost Recovery” line item on my bill, so electricity costs more rather than less.
I’ve never seen the marketing you speak of from Cadbury and immigrated to the US over 20 years ago. I still can’t stand Hersheys. What horrible chocolate. The only people that like it grew up on it and didn’t know any better, so I understand. I truly hope American palates can rescued from this travesty.
Tung Nguyen who runs this project has done a stellar job managing it. He is super responsive and it is amazing how much time and effort he's put into it. I've been pretty active with Jets for the last 4 years.
It is becoming clear these days that bilateral trade interdependence reduces the probability of inter-state military conflict. They may hate your guts but trading with each other humanizes us. Also it is much more efficient.
I’ve used and implemented both. A case can be made for Google Workspace as an IDP if you don’t need all the bells and whistles. It is extremely secure and generally, engineering practices at Google give me much more confidence than Okta.
I’ve spent quite a lot of time interacting with Okta support over system issues and frankly that experience does not leave me assured. My sense is that perhaps they’re wrangling software that has grown exponentially in size and complexity as they try to accommodate the myriad use cases.
Thankfully many open source projects stem from people solving for their own problems then benevolently sharing their solution. It isn’t for everyone and we are all grateful for their contributions.