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Exactly. There was a time when the idea of users accepting/rejecting cookies on a per-site basis seemed plausible (though it might be annoying for the user), but those days seem lo…

Any ethnomusicologist can tell you there is such a thing as music that is not produced for income. What happens when the "instruments" to create music are fully electronic and all …

I think you're just upset because DNT might affect your income? Tracking does not mean looking at server logs (or by analogy, reviewing security camera footage), it means things li…

Did I say the essay was stupid? (Is it an essay, or is it lecture notes?) I said the notes were "interesting". I said the conclusion was "the weakest". Can you be more specific?

No, I meant a panel of VC's that occured some time prior to the date of the lecture, not the panel at the lecture. The speakers at the lecture were not VC. But I can't find the ref…

What ideas do you have in mind? (It's not what I think is innovative. Who cares what I think? I'm just some commenter on Hacker News with a green account. Thiel himself criticized …

"$100billion/year big data company"? That's like saying a "$100billion/year products company". Incredibly vague. What's the product? Yes, it does make a difference. I remind you th…

This was the most interesting of this series of notes yet. And the conclusion was the weakest. Thiel seems like a pretty creepy character. When you have enough FU money, you can in…