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GPT 2 didn't have a chat interface but had made a splash in some circles (think spam-adjacent). Edit: mixed up my dates claiming DALL E came out before GPT 3

I'd assume active user count

I do not believe that advertising and purchasing is at the top of the list of things what make software sticky

> Your comment made me lol. And it’s very rare for that to happen to me via reading text. If anyone else reading this is in a place like you've described, try 1900hotdog.com

>search access comes at the cost of tracking don't you have your identity (through payments) tied with every search query you make when using kagi?

> However "good" native ads are really just a company paying for priority reporting in the style that would otherwise be done anyway, and are probably content that readers/viewers …

from tfa: >Russian darknet markets control 93% of the global share, generating approximately $1.5 billion in revenue in 2023 alone

from tfa: > Russian darknet markets control 93% of the global share, generating approximately $1.5 billion in revenue in 2023 alone does seem very relevant to expose Russia's outsi…

And building something yourself could be the most valuable way to spend it. For some, it might even be the only respite from the monetization of the entire human experience, i.e., …

Indeed, some people would value a device they'd built themselves at way beyond any monetary number. Most shockingly, someone might feel that such a device was better than free, mor…

>the more of a black box Meta’s advertising becomes the better the advertising results, even as Meta makes more margin this one screams 'citation needed' and is not what I'm hearin…

tbf, they still work, but my educated guess would be that the overall ROI distribution looks similar to the gambling/adult industries: a minority of the population bringing in an o…

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roadside advertising has an adverse effect on driving. We should ban ads before we even consider vilifying music

why not just link directly? https://existentialcomics.com/comic/557

This one seems like the better of the two, as it includes Q124 profit and revenue numbers, as well as the stock's movement

as noted in the AP article, it's at least a second settlement: > In 2021, a judge approved a $650 million settlement with the company, formerly known as Facebook, over similar alle…

when someone litters on my lawn the administrative fine goes into the local/state budget, not my pocket.

I think this adware company is pure evil, but this feature seems like something a user might actually opt in to (as noted in the AP story, quite a few did). Interesting to see that…

It doesn’t matter, but companies can still get something out of it. For instance, if you’re trying to look more credible, you could share and pin your oped, quote or brand mention …

that word you’re using, “compatible”, I don’t think it means what you think it means putting a knife to pieces of lego to cover up the mic and speaker of a device that costs hundre…

hard pass on using a scraper’s browser extension

as someone who hates ads, I am appalled that people not only buy these devices, but also give them out as _gifts_.

yeah, skimmed the text, saw his name and closed the article.

nomads pay taxes, then they leave – Portugal gets extra money to provide social services and does not need to care for those nomads when they hit retirement – saving the state mone…