I think technology itself is enabler here.
Airlines have to figure how to price the convenience of video calls vs privacy/solitude/disturbances to the co-passengers. i think having dedicated video call booths priced per 5 min chunks can address the issue.
Eugene mentions that the algorithm is the one that built this latent interest graph and this algorithm itself is worth a lot of money. Given that most personalization is using ML/Deep Learning and various video features like scene descriptions, object identification in each scene etc, Is it really that proprietary to warrant this level of premium. Once the awareness of interest graph could be built to this level of efficiency using usual techniques, Is the algorithm and approach exclusive to TikTok ?
I particularly like the concept of 'Day 1'.
No matter what stage you are in as a business or individual, it is still day 1 for rest of your life. Taking long term view , keeping where you want to go in focus is really important.
from the quick read, it looks like a spear phishing attack at the root of it.
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According to the report by the FBI and DHS, the hackers involved in the Russian operation used fraudulent emails that tricked their recipients into revealing passwords.
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This incident should be investigated thoroughly and serious defenses should be put in place. Destabilizing the electric grid like the Kiev incident shouldn't be allowed.
A quote from this long article..
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“Now you know what makes theoretical physics so hard,” he said. “It’s not that the problems are hard, although they are. It’s that knowing which problems to try and solve is hard. That, in fact, is the hardest part.”
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As with startups, all startups are hard but knowing which one to pursue and give life is very hard.
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- Elites will be benevolent overlords who take their stewardship of the species seriously, and we all live blissfully in massive space-elevator-anchored orbiting ring habitats with UBI and free soylent, while the mysteries of the universe are probed until the end of time.
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Regarding the above, that has been the way of life in the past. Feudal lords took "care" of the folks under their dominion. I think the key is "Social/Economic Mobility".
If the people who at the apex can perpetually be at top by using AI and stomping out any challengers then it would be a major problem.
Looks like data is being collected and probably used in learning algorithms even when the auto-pilot is switched off..
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The 1.3 billion miles of data Tesla said it has collected represents those covered by its vehicles even when Autopilot isn’t switched on—it operates in “shadow mode,” with sensors tracking real-world data when it’s off.
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one interesting note is that life expectancy at 65 years of age did not change, Indicating that the diseases behind the lower life expectancy occur in middle age or younger.
The reasons behind the decrease. [deaths per 100K population]
The heart disease went up from 167 to 168.5
Also'Unintentional Injuries' went up from 40.5 to 43.2.
On the positive side, the contribution of cancer has come down.
Overall I agree with the spirit of the article but 30% could be too high based on the vertical you are in.
Collecting feedback when you dont have direct connection to your users ( like you don't have email address ) is hard.
Progressively engaging with users and asking/helping them what they want to accomplish will yield lot of insights.
very true.
PG articulates the "obviuosness" in his essay http://www.paulgraham.com/startupideas.html
Founders tend to live in future and build the missing things.
Hence these holes appear obvious to them.