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madads

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About madads

digital analytics lead

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    Comment #37533990

    Excellent presentation on regulatory capture.

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    Comment #23465912

    Great book for SV outsiders. And reflective of what I have read on here and in tech media.

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    Comment #22792399

    Disappointing to see that MSM and more disappointing that even here there are not more people questioning the data and situation. Also, where did the free thinking go? Not ostracis…

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    Comment #21427175

    I like the explanation that simply explains "privacy": When you are going to the toilet, and everybody knows that your going and what you'll do there, but you still close the door …

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    Comment #20317846

    I would like to simply block irrelevant YouTube ads while my toddler indulges in ‘Land before time’ episodes. Is that possible? Last time I checked they use some randomised domains…

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    Comment #18174415

    A ‘better’ non-paywall version: https://outline.com/mNDfrH

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    Comment #17668979

    Pyramid schemes all eventually fail.

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    Comment #17336365

    And thus another pyramid appears...

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    Comment #17117220

    In a roundabout way Google are more like Pinterest than you think. Both utilising other people’s content. All just glorified databases with different UI really. Yelp kind of has or…

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    Comment #17046129

    The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Promoting “breathing” without thinking and not taking your thoughts too seriously has got me through a lot of emotional turmoil and “life situati…

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    Comment #17036052

    Germany has 1,500 local not-for-profit community banks. >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC0G7pY4wRE >> https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/local-banks...

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    Comment #15709862

    Store of value comes to mind, a la crypto currency phenomena.

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    Comment #15224831

    I've received 160 emails over around 200 days after signing up with a temporary email to load up ads. I've even filmed this: https://youtu.be/xUwjs2Te5hw They are a juggernaut.

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    Comment #15121094

    Is there any way an amateur can verify claims of a missile being fired? Does it appear on radar at all? Thinking one of the flight tracking sites. In today's world I'm skeptical to…

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    Comment #14253189

    It really was a great way to run their economy.

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    Comment #13408036

    I immediately thought landing because the entire plane doesn't look like it has nice "straight" angles aligning with the runway. But I guess it is hard to tell from the angle of th…

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    Comment #11419703

    As he says in short the masterplan is to: "Build sports car. Use that money to build an affordable car. Use that money to build an even more affordable car. While doing above, also…

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    Comment #9497522

    Good tip, but likelihood of anyone clicking is low anyway and you don't pay for impressions. Time better spent on other areas such as ad copy.

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    Comment #7564761

    I guess, but they really are just directing traffic to a an app rather than a browser. A subtle difference to sum, but when you take into consideration that that app would have pro…

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    Comment #7551227

    Google showing results that go directly to an App is an important piece of this whole puzzle: https://developers.google.com/app-indexing/webmasters/

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    Comment #7433979

    What are the chances that it is just ocean debris? I would say it's quite high. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_garbage_patch ?

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    Comment #7098878

    Should consider what Jacob Applebaum revealed in his CCC preso about Hard drives: http://youtu.be/vILAlhwUgIU?t=46m25s Cross out WD, Seagate, Maxtor and Samsung drives. Hitachi win…