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That isn't "mass-scale", because you don't have any users. Sorry, but I'm going to quote my original comment: >The barrier to creating a new social network once network effects hav…

Isn't that what I said? That the cost of entering the market of mass-scale social media companies is extremely high? I wholeheartedly disagree that the cost is "nothing, nada, zilc…

You're talking past each other. OP was framing Twitter as a "natural monopoly": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly The barrier to creating a new social network once net…

This is a difficult problem. The US department of energy did a study on it awhile ago, but sadly the page was scrubbed a few years ago. Fortunately, it was archived: https://web.ar…

Easy: you issue fines paid to the school such that they'll earn whatever a student's life is worth within the expected time period of a student dying from an illegally-parked car. …

It would be nice if the fines went to the people who are harmed by illegal parking. Businesses could claim income from tickets issued in front of their stores, and homeowners/rente…

I wonder if you could design an MPPT system for a stationary bike, to adjust gearing based on the load with a CVT or something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_power_point_tr…

I've used DDG search exclusively for about 9 months now, and I've never used the !g flag. Comments like this completely baffle me. In my anecdotal experience, it's every bit as goo…

There isn't one; both of those things are equivalent to a banned account. Facebook has no room for freeloaders.

The invasion of privacy starts with the act of tracking peoples' behavior and using that data to target ads. It's also not about knowing what a specific user sees. The targeting co…

Jackie Chan had a similar attitude toward his films. He once said in an interview: >Whatever you do, do the best you can, because the film lives forever. No, "because that day it w…

For what it's worth, the US Air Force has been burned in the past by having game consoles locked down. They bought a bunch of PS3s to make a cluster back when the machines could ru…