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Jessica - if you are reading the comments, I have to say - Founders at Work changed my career trajectory. I read it fresh out of college in 2008. I told a buddy to read it and it also changed his trajectory.

Guess what, after years of meandering (YC, Series A, big tech) I still come back to the moment I first discovered your book.

Also, please tell PG, I knew about your book before I knew what YC was :-)

I once flew with just those plus a toothbrush. Border control was very suspicious of me and was confused why I had no luggage or backpack.

Other comments already mentioned multiple services (from OpenAI to Cleanspeak). I want to provide a high level clarification from experience.

Moderation is a vast topic - there are different services that focus on different areas: such as, text, images, CSAM, etc. Traditionally you treat each problem area differently.

Within each area, you, as an operator, need to define the level of sensitivity for the category of offense (policies).

Some policies seem more clear cut (eg image: porn) while others seem more difficult to define precisely (eg text: bullying or child grooming).

In my experience, text moderation is more complex and presents a lot of risks.

There are different approaches for text moderation.

Keyword based matching services like Cleanspeak, TwoHat, etc. are baseline level useful but limiting because assessing a keyword requires context. A word can be miscategorized and results in false positive or false negative with this approach, which may impact your operation at scale; or UX if a platform requires more of a real-time experience.

LLM is theoretically well suited for taking context into account for text moderation; however they are also pricier and may require furthering fine tuning or self-hosting for cost savings.

CSAM as a problem area presents the highest risks though may be more clear cut. There are dedicated image services and regulatory bodies that focus on this area (for automating reporting to local law enforcement).

Finally, EU (DSA) also requires social media companies adhere to self report on moderation actions. EU also requires companies to provide pathways for users to own and delete their data (GDPR).

Edit: FIXED typos; ADDED a note on CSAM and DSA & GDPR

Congrats on the raise and building something people love!

If I could make a suggestion - make it clear you are the founder of Render instead of using these parentheses “(Render founder)”!

Case in point, under Case Study > Reconnaissance > OSINT, these two paragraphs follow one another - same content but different wording.

> The first step in any hardware hacking project is research. I started by Googling the router model number, "ASUS RT-N12 D1", and came across an article about a similar model, the ASUS RT-N12+ B1. The article mentioned that the device had an open UART interface allowing unauthenticated root access. However, it provided no exact details on how to exploit this or where the UART interface might be located. Could my router model have the same vulnerability?

> In the first step I googled the model number for my router "ASUS RT N12 D1" and I came accross this article. It shows that a similar model the "ASUS RT N12+ B1" appears to have an open UART interface, which gives unauthenticated root access. It does not show how to exacltly abuse this or any details where to find the UART interface. Let's see if our router model may have the same vulnerability!

Isn’t this what passkey is trying to sidestep? Assuming the user is at least authenticated on one device.

Thanks for sharing and linking.

What’s your observations on non-big pharma - ie small late stage clinical trials startup with a single drug. Would they not vastly benefit from joining a standard protocol?

> Initially, I was shocked at how slowly everything moved! I was used to working really quickly when producing and engineering albums. Suddenly it was like the brakes were on and often it was difficult to get the momentum going. Eventually, I adapted to the Floyd pace. One of the great things about working with this band is that you are allowed time to be creative, to pursue an idea even if it takes some time. The Floyd had a production deal to make their records and the record label never heard anything until it was done. The record was made purely and only by the people in the studio.

The creative freedom without commercial intervention - this is very cool. I can almost hear it in The Wall - how grand and elongated the songs are.

What a great interview. Thank you for linking

I got around to building v3 of the Airtable GTD tracker / dashboard template to share. Feel free to make a copy and get started; link in blog post.

Airtable syncs with my Google Calendar, and I’ve configured it to send me a daily digest. It’s typically in my inbox by 5:30AM Pacific Time, so I get to see what I have due that day.

Enjoy!

That is very cool…and your alias is hard for me to decipher

As a consumer of A-Frame, I thank you!

Signals Music Studio channel on YouTube has a 30 min long video [0] on music theory map (knowledge graph) in VR. It’s not particularly in depth but spells out hope each concept connects to others.

[0] https://youtu.be/qeS8txkoUH4?si=PF0jH8VlTcbQpchn

It feels like the approach OP is taking won’t be able to take this short cut into account.

I too am interested in linking up good bike trails. Mostly for the east bay gravel systems. Today, I save GPX or geojson from routes I find on Strava and import into a map client (CalTopo). It’s a okay solution but my problem is in finding more alternative routes.

Can someone explain the leading and lagging indicator in this paragraph?

> OKRs, given they typically focus on change are usually leading indicators focused on shorter time windows and KPIs, which represent the health of what the organisation seeks to sustain, are usually lagging indicators focused on longer timeframes.

Can you share any story on Mac OS 9.x vs Mac OSX transition? How big of a leap was it under the hood? Why?

Thanks for sharing these goldmines

Morgan Stanley is for wealth management. Chase for retail.

Do you like Svbtle?

Thanks for sharing this. What's your current view of Substack?

We've gone through many cycles of publishing platforms/trends. What catches your eyes in this space today (in general)?

They raised $6mn+, congrats. Are they going after SaaS, but keeping single Dev experience free?

Write simple sentences. Don’t use adverbs. That’s what my high school teacher told me. I still find it true.

I really like Ben Thompson's position in VR adoption - he compares it to the PC adoption. It was enterprise first, then consumers. Users learned how to use a PC at work, and once the price drops enough, they bring one home.

Thompson was high up on the Microsoft / Meta VR deal.

IMO Zuck has a great grasp of the trajectory of VR/AR in 2015. Meta is singlehandedly trying to will it into a common place. To some extent, they had succeeded way more than a lot of other commenters give them credits for. VR is way far prevalent than it was 2-3 years ago.

Oculus Quest 2 certainly wasn't driving the instant paradigm shift like the introduction of an iPhone in 2007 (15 or so years ago). Though you'd argue that precursors to iPhones were WAP phones, Blackberry's. They laid the ground work (Blackberry was also an enterprise-first adoption). As an interface, handheld devices are much closer to our familiarity with PC so the jump wasn't huge. Plus it has a killer use case -- everyone needs a phone.

I am very impressed by the clear vision in 2015 that we're still seeing it play out in front of our eyes in the VR/AR/Mixed Reality space. What hasn't happened or wasn't mentioned the killer use case -- the utility why people would need to be in VR/AR/XR mode.

RSS was a good protocol

IMO the key is portability. If given enough incentives (users pressure) how can existing networks port or connect to this federated space? Otherwise it’ll still be Bluesky only.

> Musk also intends to do away with permanent bans on users because he doesn’t believe in lifelong prohibitions, the person said.[0]

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-28/musk-is-s...

Moderation is important. I can’t imagine how those on the moderation team feel, letting repeat offenders back on the platform. My guess is most would rage quit

If Nvidia gets torpedoed by regulators, it’s hard to see how Intel stands a chance

I thought this was informative and very well-rounded. I missed the whole Snapchat train, and only have firsthand experience with Instagram Stories. This provides great insight into the product.

Your set up reminds me of Plato (W16?). I would give Parade a try. PM/founder here.