cirenehc's comments

cirenehc | 7 years ago | on: Senators Demand Google Hand Over Internal Memo Urging Google+ Cover-Up

I have never worked at any company that publishes every security bug discovered internally. This is ridiculous.

cirenehc | 7 years ago | on: Uber drivers and other gig economy workers earnings fell 50% over past 5 years

Is average payout really a good indicator? There could be more part-time drivers.

cirenehc | 7 years ago | on: Funding Choices – Google’s new tool for GDPR compliance and content monetization

"Publishers are probably costing their audience more in battery life and bandwidth than they are ever making from the ad they are showing". Have you done any calculation? The bandwidth/battery life cost for serving JS negligible. It's nothing compare to fetching/rendering images/videos, or even your mobile OS.

cirenehc | 7 years ago | on: Funding Choices – Google’s new tool for GDPR compliance and content monetization

You have no idea what you are talking about. JS doesn't nearly cost as much as images, and most ad-related JS are minified. For many websites ad serving is the only profitable model. You won't make money off subscriptions unless you are one of the big players and don't have to worry about growing your user base.

cirenehc | 7 years ago | on: Funding Choices – Google’s new tool for GDPR compliance and content monetization

But that's true isn't it? What's with this entitlement that sites should be ad-free while still providing value? I own a blog, there is no way I could have a profitable subscription based model (believe me, I tried).

cirenehc | 7 years ago | on: Google Assistant’s latest feature: “Tell me something good”

That's not what this article is saying. It's not curating anything...

cirenehc | 7 years ago | on: Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, Leaked Documents Reveal

The Chinese government is going to censor its citizens regardless though.

cirenehc | 7 years ago | on: Banner ads on CNN.com contain keyloggers

Are you sure this approach is popular? AFAIK none of the top ad platforms allow you to inject scripts. Do you know any?

cirenehc | 7 years ago | on: Banner ads on CNN.com contain keyloggers

Scripts from the ad should be iframed no? Doesn't make sense that an ad could run arbitrary JS within the same browsing context as the host.

cirenehc | 8 years ago | on: Forget Equifax. Facebook and Google Have the Data That Should Worry You

I'll trade my entire browsing history for your SSN

cirenehc | 8 years ago | on: Hedge Fund Uses Algae to Reap 21% Return

to provide diversification

cirenehc | 8 years ago | on: Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.

have you been to NYC? LA? Seattle?

cirenehc | 10 years ago | on: Why Airbnb is dead to me

I've had some horrible experience with Airbnb in LA. One place has close to perfect reviews (the lowest scored category is 8/10 in cleanliness), but the place is dirtier than a gas station's bathroom (smelly sheets, moldy showers, dirty old floor and squeaky bed). I've never met the host in person and he ran this thing like a refugee camp; there are about 50 people living in that (fairly large) complex and no one seemed happy. I went back to hotels/hostels after that experience.

cirenehc | 10 years ago | on: AirBnB's Pricing Algorithm

I went to Tokyo and found a room in Ginza for $35 a night on Airbnb right next to the subway station. Another one in Silverlake LA for ~$40 a night.