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tmcronn··on [dead]
This looks awesome! What are the most powerful industry use cases? I imagine it can be used for more than just gaming.
tmcronn··on Winners of Close-Up Photographer of the Year
I couldn't decide which one is my favorite. All of them are pretty incredible!
tmcronn··on ImportYeti – Find which factories and suppliers a company uses
Super useful. Allowing new entrepreneurs to compete with well established brands is a game changer. It's HUGE.
tmcronn··on Why we are suing the Administration
>Microsoft has been in talks to acquire TikTok — though co-founder Bill Gates has called the potential deal a “poisoned chalice”

Where there's money to be made, no poison is too poisonous for big companies.

tmcronn··on New X-ray technique images soft-tissue tumors clearer than MRI
Today I've learned that elastography is a field of medical imaging that focuses on the stiffness or softness of tissues.

I might want to learn even more about it because I always have problems with my tissues and doctors fail to help me.

tmcronn··on Consumer Trends That Destroyed Media’s Business Model
It's no secret that many news articles these days are simply paid advertisements. Generally, I avoid the Big N mainstream "news providers" and stick to some combo of HN, twitter and reddit just to name a few.
tmcronn··on Chinese Money in the U.S. Dries Up as Trade War Drags On
Standard procedure has been: if you want their investment or their business, you have to surrender your data/IP upon request.

And they probably came to these Biotech companies with a juicy offering of capital. So expect some Biotech breakthroughs in the near future, but not necessarily coming from the West.

tmcronn··on Instagram will now hide likes in 6 more countries
Using a points system is a great way to get users addicted to that dopamine rush when using your app, though.
tmcronn··on Google's Project Dragonfly 'Terminated' in China
If Google proceeded per the government's wishes for these reasons, that sets an interesting precedent.

Companies would be able to implement features they deem to be ethically questionable, so long as they or the public determined that "it's what the customer wanted, anyway".

tmcronn··on Google's Project Dragonfly 'Terminated' in China
Companies foreign to China cooperate with the local government for another reason also: they want access to Chinese customers.

If Google were to refuse the Chinese terms of business, they would be barred from doing business with the largest population in the world. And the climate over there is that their government risks little political capital in banning non-compliant firms.

tmcronn··on A16Z Leads $15.3m Round in Newsletter Publishing Platform Substack (YC W18)
This is still pretty good for new content creators, considering their newsletter does not have to be paid and they pay no fees.

Hopefully there is no minimum charge so that smaller newsletters can charge something like a dollar a month and build a following.