floss_silicate | 5 years ago | on: A hacker got all my texts for $16
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george_morgan | 5 years ago | on: ICO investigation into use of personal information and political influence [pdf]
I think the statements: "CA were ineffective charlatans" and "Carole Cadwalladr is misinformed" and "the methods by which CA attempted to influence the election were wrong" can all be simultaneously true.
george_morgan | 5 years ago | on: Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa program requiring higher pay
The 'hard STEM degrees' and 'brutal interviews' are irrelevant if the industry is functioning: are the people in these roles are able to perform them and are the companies profitable whilst able to pay high salaries.
If they are, there's nothing wrong with this situation.
floss_silicate | 5 years ago | on: Police-issued "courtesy cards" help friends and family out of minor infractions
So this is... actually worse?
george_morgan | 5 years ago | on: Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective
His perspective seems built around ego. It's no longer the special club he wanted it to be, it's not "hard enough" for the people he sees as "wrong" to participate. He liked YC when it was a band no one else had heard of etc. etc.
Without knowing the metrics for how YC judges the performance of its intake and their future objectives, there's no way of making sensible recommendations for how (or if) it should change.
george_morgan | 5 years ago | on: Data and graphs showing millenials' bad economic odds
"I have the world at my hands. Access to written knowledge from any point in the history of time. Tens of thousands of video games and movies available for under $10 and/or a small subscription price. I can learn the arts, pick up any hobby, or even teach myself to code for free. I can fly around the world and stay in hostels in other countries at the same price (or cheaper than) I pay rent in the US. If I run out of tp it is delivered to my doorstep the next day."
Every other generation has all this now, too. But they also have houses and less debt.
george_morgan | 5 years ago | on: Good writing is a business advantage
You should probably check the authors resume: https://georgetannenbaum.com/resume/
He certainly understands the concept of brand and product advertising.
george_morgan | 6 years ago | on: Tesla Cybertruck
Passive safety sounds like exactly the kind of thing you'd want to focus on when designing nuclear reactors.
george_morgan | 6 years ago | on: Why Enterprise Software Sucks
george_morgan | 6 years ago | on: Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again
News+ is the new subscription service, in addition to the free service ('News').
george_morgan | 6 years ago | on: Why the ‘Weird Internet’ of the GeoCities Era Had to Die
Yes. I think many in their 30s and older have missed the new reality.
That more culture is being created on the internet on mobile platforms and apps they've never heard of (and in languages they don't speak) than ever before.
The weird web is alive but it lives in TikTok and WeChat etc.
george_morgan | 6 years ago | on: How I automated my Instagram account using Machine Learning and Python
Yes, I don't understand why he supposedly kept the account 'secret' (why not run two, one for the demo and one for... whatever else!?).
george_morgan | 6 years ago | on: Playdate – A New Handheld Gaming System
...what?
george_morgan | 6 years ago | on: Guardian records first operating profit since 1998
> So the business model is asking users for a donation? This sounds more like a non-profit to me.
I think the idea is to get enough donations that they're no longer a non-profit.
george_morgan | 7 years ago | on: Y Combinator’s growth fund to back challenger bank Monzo
My understanding was that basic banking in the US lags most of Europe; contactless infrastructure is poor, mobile payments non-standardised, charges for basic accounts & general fees are all more common, more barriers to current (checking?) account switching (this is standardised in the UK by BACs & the current account switch service).
It is a better environment for the challengers outside the US because there is better infrastructure & standardisation which allows them to compete with bigger incumbents.
george_morgan | 7 years ago | on: A tilt of the head facilitates social engagement
“The real you” also doesn’t know math, science, how to read, operate a computer, how to cook...
...learning isn’t a bad idea.
george_morgan | 7 years ago | on: Why Is Behavioral Economics So Popular?
Absolutely.
It’s not limited to marketing either, management theory is full of this too.
Almost all of Frederick Winslow Taylor’s work and reputation was built on unverified case studies and anecdotes. (A great book on this is ‘The management myth’.)
george_morgan | 7 years ago | on: Google wants websites to adopt AMP as the default for building webpages
Everyone hates advertising, until they lose their dog.
george_morgan | 7 years ago | on: Meet the busser who’s worked at the same pancake house for 54 years
It's fair for us to assume you didn't actually read it, as much as you may plead for us to think otherwise.
This clearly isn't a simple story of 'happy man in a humble job'.
I mean, the man still buys lottery tickets for a start...
george_morgan | 7 years ago | on: The Orange Juice Test (1985)
It's a really bizarre bit of writing in general. I'm oddly bothered by how much this guy hates breakfast, without actually explaining why.
> “A sales breakfast for seven hundred people?” I grimaced. “That’s downright disgusting!”
What.
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Weirdly it only works for a minority of services, I expect many use Twilio to send their auth texts and Twilio blocks sending these to their own numbers?