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willdotphippson JRR Tolkien reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952)

I drink in his old local. A bit weird in there I would imagine if you're an American. Although I am a bit American and it is a bit weird in there.

willdotphippson Apple picks Gemini to power Siri

Why couldn't Apple pull their finger out of their asses and make their own AI nonsense better then Crap GPT?

willdotphippson My Product Is Unexpectedly Being Used to Help People with Dementia

Thank you, what a great idea! :)

willdotphippson Millions of Instagram influencers had their contact data scraped and exposed

Yes, i can see a Roger Corman movie about it now..Attack of the Crab Monsters Part 2 hides behind a tree not that i've watched it all, i like Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzeneggar films

willdotphippson Millions of Instagram influencers had their contact data scraped and exposed

Birmingham that's what it was called

willdotphippson Millions of Instagram influencers had their contact data scraped and exposed

did you see that documentary on netflix, burning man? can't remember, they lost everyones money and were paying influencers, like, $200,000 bucks a post..if i'm wrong about the festival name i mean no disrespect.

willdotphippson Millions of Instagram influencers had their contact data scraped and exposed

cogent? whats that mean?

willdotphippson Millions of Instagram influencers had their contact data scraped and exposed

does the MLM thing actually work for all that sign up? i never got into them

willdotphippson Millions of Instagram influencers had their contact data scraped and exposed

micro influencers, the data's useless.. it's against Facebook T's and C's to scrape from Instagram.

willdotphippson Managing career path in a high growth startup

I worked for two start ups of roughly that size back in the days of boo.com

...make sure the people are kind :)

willdotphippson Changing the World Technologies

their websites down :(

willdotphippson A not for profit “Uber” alternative?

Thank you, Ben. I think at the moment i'm getting back on my feet and a project of that magnitude would push me over the edge. I don't think it's as easy as just building an app. and suddenly all Uber drivers will use it. It's a nice idea, naive perhaps, but it does make me sad that the drivers I do speak to seem to be really struggling.

willdotphippson The Gig Economy Celebrates Working To Excess

...you see even IF Uber prohibit drivers from using their own app between rides, if they all just agree, they can just go fuck it, we've had enough. anyone here ever spoken to a happy Uber driver?

Me neither. Wife...family..kids meanwhile Kalanick gets his $6bn...NICE.

willdotphippson The Gig Economy Celebrates Working To Excess

it's when the black cab driver and uber driver shake hands, make an app OWNED by the drivers, that drivers get more dough and Uber go bust. Wouldn't be difficult.