I have also suggested that our ability to predict the weather at such scale and with such accuracy is one of the coolest inventions in recent history. Thanks for sharing.
One of my favorite studies on purpose. Whenever you ask someone to do something, don't forget to give them the "why", or it's very unlikely to get done.
My $0.02 exactly. I see this is everyday life. People think if you can't measure something it doesn't exist or isn't worthwhile. I would argue quite the contrary :)
This is going to be controversial, but Amazon in my mind is one of those companies that gets a pass. They needed to move fast and get people supplies. If that hadn't, there would have been bigger issues.
Very sad all of this is happening, but Amazon should get a little slack.
This is a great tool for Italy. It's too bad the US government can't step up their game with contact tracing -- we could really use something like this right now.
I have mixed feelings about posts like this...just feels like trying to capitalize on a terrible situation, although I get it could be spun as trying to make the most of a terrible situation.
Where are you seeing that sentence that you quoted? I'm curious to take a look. I don't see it in the verge article that you linked to. Apologies if I'm missing something.
It's kind of like display advertising, but less spammy because it works in the background. Instead of reaching the site owner's audience through a banner on their site, you pay them to tag their visitors (through their Facebook pixel) and reach their audience on Facebook/Instagram.