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utellme | 8 years ago | on: Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself

Whenever anybody pays you good salary or even adds stock shares to it, doesn't mean they can wipe their feet on your personal attitude or consider your job efforts as garbage.

If author wanted to express this opinion I completely agree.

utellme | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is it 'normal' to struggle so hard with work?

Do you like your job and way which you do it? Could you continue doing this for 20+ years more not getting mental?

If there is at least 1 "no" answer, you should think about changing the way you earn, at least. Life is not about the money, it's about excitement and passion, about things you really want to do.

utellme | 8 years ago | on: Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealth, Facebook has peaked

Companies like Google or even Mozilla can easily ruin or at least make it harder for social networks to track you and your interests with their browsers. You already have "block thirdparties" checkbox and similar restrictions, soon you will be provided with builtin ad-blocking. Sounds bad for all social networks and tracking services.

So Google has everything in his pocket, but if FB really has something to put against?

utellme | 8 years ago | on: Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealth, Facebook has peaked

I won't agree that internet provides you with such level of information. Internet is a service, it can't figure out your desires, but FB and other social networks really try to do it.

The only reason such for fake news being spreaded everywhere are suggests and recommendations from social networks feed. They multiply junk and fakes.

utellme | 8 years ago | on: Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealth, Facebook has peaked

It's correct and incorrect at the same time. Social networks like cars, they give value when it's being used. To sell ads social networks must be sure that someone scrolling feeds. No usage - no gains.

Even with huge amount of users data nothing guaranteed. You can't sell same stuff periodically, big data has value only when they are actual.

utellme | 8 years ago | on: Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealth, Facebook has peaked

Almost nobody talks about lack of trust, yes there are words about fake news and formal reassurances from FB staff that they will investigate, fix and so on. But trust was already undermined, you just can't restore it to previous level.

People were reading news in FB feed and didn't even think it can be fake, now they read and go "outside" for fact checking. Not a good sign for social network which wants you to be engaged all the time.

utellme | 8 years ago | on: FCC report finds almost no broadband competition at 100Mbps speeds

Сhaushesku considered that people doesn't need a TV at all, so blackouts became usual thing.

By the way, I don't think it's all about monopolies. It's just expenses, companies should invest huge amounts of cash just to reach last mile. Who will take such risks after some company already built infrastructure which you can just double and hope for underbidding your opponents?

utellme | 8 years ago | on: The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017)

They do not understand that it's just protocol and service. It's useful while it's handy in solving problems. Waiting for articles about HTTP declining in favour of HTTPs and TCP over UDP.
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