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carnage4life

@carnage4life@mas.to

Opinions about product management, technology news and inclusivity in tech. Diversity is about demographics, inclusion is about creating a sense of belonging.

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User-repairable headphones sounds like a solution in search of a problem. It just makes me think the headphones are poor quality than it’s a selling point that I can fix them myself.

This is an example of a product whose core feature is actually anti-marketing for the product.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/fairphones-user-repairable-headphones-will-offer-spare-parts-through-its-app/

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So he couldn’t find a product or tech person to run the company so he’s going to be the CTO while someone from NBC’s ads business talks to advertisers as the CEO.

Too bad one can’t short this stock on the market.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-twitter-ceo-elon-musk-7a006bb5?mod=djemalertNEWS

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Satya got Sundar to put his dancing shoes on.

video/mp4

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Really fast how I’ve gone from is it OK for me to keep using Twitter to is it OK to have my old content there now that I don’t use Twitter? 🤔

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Twitter DMs are encrypted in the same way that Tesla cars are self driving.

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I was wondering why Disney+ and Hulu are merging until I saw Disney+ lost over 5 million subscribers this quarter.

With kids no longer stuck at home due to COVID and weak MCU/Star Wars content, they need new trucks to drive growth.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/disney-plus-subscribers-q2-earnings-1235607524/

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Judge dismisses shareholder lawsuit against Block for buying Tidal by saying “a board comprised of a majority of disinterested and independent directors is free to make a terrible business decision”

I’m deceased 💀

https://apnews.com/article/jack-dorsey-jayz-music-streaming-block-inc-e1f511727b88dd4ef96e57dd921fc8d2

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Textbook publisher plans to sue companies that use its data to train AI is a variant of an increasingly common headline.

Every publisher that is at risk of their own data being used to replace them with AI is going to sue, charge for access or stop publishing to the open web.

https://www.standard.co.uk/business/pearson-takes-legal-action-over-use-of-its-content-to-train-ai-b1079807.html

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I increasingly want to ask an awkward question to coworkers when I read their messages and emails — did ChatGPT write that?

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Both imgur and Twitter’s plans to delete old content show ephemeral a lot of what we create online actually is.

I used to imagine my kid or grandkids one day finding my old posts and learning about me. That seems like such a naive idea now. 😕

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/8/23713128/something-awful-imgur-download-caper-digital-preservation-photo-hosting

carnage4life,
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@codinghorror Same here. I can see both arguments. The future generations argument resonates more for remembering while people around today deserve a right to be forgotten

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Casey Newton talks about his struggles writing about AI since many people think it will destroy humanity so it seems frivolous to be excited about Github Copilot or DALL•E.

I appreciate his honesty but this is why tech journalism frustrates me. Writers pick a narrative then fit all their coverage into that narrative. He’s basically struggling with whether his narrative should be AI is good or AI is bad.

Maybe just report the news?

https://www.platformer.news/p/why-im-having-trouble-covering-ai

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Nest has been quite the disappointment. The thermostats were a hit but they never figured out how to make another hit product over the next ten years.

Instead it’s been the standard Google shuffle of not shipping, shutting down products and redesigning UIs. Sad,

https://9to5google.com/2023/05/07/google-failing-nest/

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nostr dev calls Bluesky a scam. A snarky take is that the social networks Jack Dorsey’s funded to take on Twitter are fighting.

In reality, he’s right that Bluesky the app and protocol are currently too tightly coupled to be considered decentralized. So it’s hard for anyone to jump to host their own servers or write their own clients right now given how much is driven by Bluesky the company who owns the main app & server.
https://fiatjaf.com/ab1127fb.html

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Over time we’re going to see more people who were once happy to share their work online look for ways to opt out of their writings, code or art being used to train AI.

This is on track to becoming the biggest threat the Open Web has faced in years.

https://nogithub.codeberg.page/

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Just saw the trailer for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and he looks so old I can’t suspend my disbelief enough to watch this movie without wondering if he’s going to have a heart attack.

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One of the biggest missed opportunities of Twitter and thus its copycats like Bluesky & Mastodon is not doing more with the interest graph to build communities as a feature.

A concept similar to subreddits would have been a natural extension. and as actual destinations.

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One of the things I learned about myself over the past year is my engagement model about work is “I think this is good but here’s what we should fix to make it great” but I never say the “I think this is good” part out loud instead jump right into what we should fix.

I wish I had a time machine.

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From selling half a billion dollars a month in NFTs in 2021 to $6.5M in 2023. The real shock is that there’s still enough interest to sell millions in JPEGs a month.

I remember trying to get into NFTs until I realized it was just gambling on the price of JPEGs. No thanks. I go to Vegas to gamble.

https://www.theblock.co/post/229643/art-blocks-erick-calderon-crypto-bull-run

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AI is a more urgent threat to the world than climate change? Oh brother. 🤦🏾‍♂️

https://www.reuters.com/technology/ai-pioneer-says-its-threat-world-may-be-more-urgent-than-climate-change-2023-05-05/?utm_source=reddit.com

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I had to explain to someone today that the blue check is Twitter’s MAGA hat.

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What I assume it’s like at Twitter right now.

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Tipping is a tax on generous people.

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A waiting list of 1.2 million people for Bluesky is ridiculous. The team is already struggling with managing the growth of the community at 60,000 users let alone 20x that.

That said, better to keep people waiting than pull a Clubhouse and grow too quickly before the product is complete.

https://www.techmeme.com/230506/p10#a230506p10

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The dotcom crash was now so long ago that an article about today’s equivalent of FuckedCompany fails to mention FuckedCompany.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/business/roger-lee-layoffs.html

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