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The Netflix Effect

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2 points·by gordon_freeman·2 mesi fa·0 comments

Ask HN: How is AppLovin valued at $180B

1 points·by gordon_freeman·5 mesi fa·1 comments

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gordon_freeman
·ieri·discuss
Boz, really? This is the guy who messed up Meta's "Metaverse" biz first, then introduced privacy invading tracking to all employees and now messing up their AI biz big time. Where is the Focus?
gordon_freeman
·9 giorni fa·discuss
that is a fair point. The contrast between Meta and Apple could not be bigger here. Apple has billions of devices and yet they decided to use 3rd party models from OpenAI and later Google to build their AI features rather than building foundational models in house. Yet Meta did opposite: they built models (spending billions of $$$ and firing 10% of the company) for billions of users who rather would not use Meta AI features.
gordon_freeman
·mese scorso·discuss
I thought this is happening for me because I have an old iPhone 11 with degrading battery, screen etc. Did not realize that this is so widespread problem across devices. Really annoying when that happens! Almost unusable phone.
gordon_freeman
·mese scorso·discuss
In a similar situation: I basically have just 2 funds in my retirement portfolio: SnP500 index fund (75%) AND Berkshire Hathaway B shares (25%)

from my research I know that in years where SnP500 drops too much (recessionary periods), BRK-B would soften the blow as Value stocks tend to do well in such times. And usually that works for me.
gordon_freeman
·2 mesi fa·discuss
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gordon_freeman
·2 mesi fa·discuss
they are not the non-profit. they make money of it and devs expect certain kind of service in return. GH failed to deliver on the service expectation.
gordon_freeman
·2 mesi fa·discuss
I had one such tour at Toyota's TMMK (Georgetown, Kentucky) manufacturing plant and witnessing the efficiency with which they were making cars blew my mind!
gordon_freeman
·2 mesi fa·discuss
> "Flights don't make money. Airlines actually make all of their money through loyalty programs and credit card payments."

If that's the case then how RyanAir survived and is thriving?
gordon_freeman
·2 mesi fa·discuss
I am getting an error that selected model (I selected Opus 4.6 and 4.7 later) is unavailable but when I tried Sonnet it worked for me.
gordon_freeman
·3 mesi fa·discuss
sometimes if you have downloaded an app on Mac it automatically tries to install itself on iPhone due to some settings somewhere. Not saying that's the case with your app but I've noticed that with apps being installed on my iPhone when I install some apps on my Mac.
gordon_freeman
·3 mesi fa·discuss
If anyone still has not watched Severance, it is good time to start watching that show!
gordon_freeman
·3 mesi fa·discuss
The durability of their products still surprises me. I still own and use iPhone 11 (still it is my first iPhone when I switched from Android). Still getting latest iOS updates and functioning very well and may last for 2 more years. What other phone could do this?
gordon_freeman
·3 mesi fa·discuss
If there is one company I'd say that has made a significant (positive) difference in my life, I'd say it is Apple.
gordon_freeman
·5 mesi fa·discuss
How does Codex mac app compare with Cursor? If anyone who tried both can explain here?

My experience with Cursor is generally good and I like that it gives me UX of using VS Code and also allows selection of multiple models to choose if one model is stuck on the prompt and does not work.
gordon_freeman
·7 mesi fa·discuss
Folks who have some extra time this Christmas, do check out the tv show Pluribus on Apple TV. It’s not your typical action packed sci-fi show but is very slow burning, philosophical kind of show which I found very smart.

Turns out my best 2 tv shows of last couple of years are on Apple TV: Severance and Pluribus
gordon_freeman
·9 mesi fa·discuss
Walmart therapist?
gordon_freeman
·8 anni fa·discuss
you need another meeting to break up the tasks among focus-groups. This feels like recursive ;)