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crowcroft
·hace 29 días·discuss
Tailwind just happens to be a common way to write CSS.

If Tailwind didn't exist people would just be writing the same article about {{ insert most common css tool here }}

Most people create generic similar looking websites, and most people that making a new website today use Tailwind. Correlation is not causation, and linking the two in any meaningful way is just a pointless discussion.
crowcroft
·el mes pasado·discuss
I guess to this point the argument for the valuation is just, do you think Elon will beat the (very bad) odds?

I wouldn't take that bet, but I can see why some people would.
crowcroft
·el mes pasado·discuss
The issue is that problem one is real, but not in a way that's beneficial to other advertising products.

Search, social and app store ads are over rated in that a lot of brands should probably decrease their investment, but things like programmatic display ads are absolutely not under rated. The correct number of dollars that should be spent on those placements is close to zero.
crowcroft
·el mes pasado·discuss
I mean, they're not a public company, but there are still laws that exist...
crowcroft
·el mes pasado·discuss
Two issues with this.

- Search ad pricing is inelastic and auction based (supply goes down price goes up).

- A jump in traffic to DuckDuckGo does not mean Google is experiencing a decline in search volume. Number of queries per session has increased since launching AI Overviews.
crowcroft
·el mes pasado·discuss
Important context: In terms of total share of search a 28% lift for DuckDuckGo rounds down to zero.

The flip side is that multiple AI Search engines have overtaken and lapped DuckDuckGo many many times over in the past year or so.
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
Cybertruck and Jaguar have not been sucessful.

Luxury car makers should look to handbags for inspiration. If Ferrari wants to expand the market and reach new customers they shouldn't be making something that looks like an upbadged BYD.

It's like if Hermes started making a Jansport backpack, absurd. Instead they sell lower cost, but still premium designs like the Picotin. The Lamborghini Urus might be one example.
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
Part of what I’m getting at is exactly your point that we used to think about what compiler to use and didn’t always blindly trust them.

If you have enough tests at what point does AI rewriting software in a different language become close enough to ‘deterministic’? Maybe never, maybe not.
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
This is why I require all my software to have bespoke compilers otherwise how can I trust the devs know what their code is actually running!?
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
This is pretty common across social media as well, surveyed sentiment towards it often negative while usage is high. I suspect it's because of the addictive quality.
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
This never occurred to traditional search results so highly doubt they’ll start now.
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
I think it's a very common misconception among programmers that the law is a sort of natural language 'program' where you can consistently deduce that x input generate y output.
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
When some countries tell them 'You need to make sure the product is safe for children', or 'you can't let people under 16 on the platform' Meta stomps their feet, says it's impossible and/or bad for society and spends millions on campaigns to influence the public against the govt's position. In some cases going as far as threatening to leave the country.

So yes, they absolutely have a choice.
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
Who are the experts in the field, and who decides they're experts?

"More doctors smoke camels than any other cigarette".
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
Ok, but what about Meta and X etc.
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
I don't think the govt should be able to set rules that limit and control adult's freedoms with computers.

I don't think the govt should be able to set rules that limit and control children's freedoms with computers.

A child can't enter a nightclub or a liquor store. The closest digital equivalents are basically permanently available to them though.
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
Can't wait for Claude to submit fake tax records for me so that I can commit fraud legally.
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
One turn away from 'Hey Copilot can you play my game for me'.
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
Are you sure?
crowcroft
·hace 2 meses·discuss
What is 0.1% of a trillion? I think that's quite a large number still.