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Author here. Curious how many on HN knew anything about the various hacks Cubans use to get online: the 'paquete' (a giant sneakernet), or SNET (a respectably large adhoc mesh network covering a good chunk of the island).

This might be the first time anyone has accused me of modesty.

It might also be awkward to ban the author of the op-ed we're all discussing. Assuming you want an author to respond to comments, that is.

I'm the author of the op-ed we're all discussing. :)

Did you even read what I said? You're literally repeating it. Funny, and you're citing Custom Audiences, for which I was the first PM, as some sort of counter-example. LOL.

It's not a title, it's a headline, and it's written by the editors. This is how newspapers work. Media title inflation is standard. Every 'senior' this and that you've ever read about is also bullshit, in case you hadn't noticed.

Skim? You should read it.

That's on the Wayback Machine, not that it was the Gettysburg Address or anything.

Indeed. Zuck was forced to backtrack his denials following the election, and is now committed to tackling fake news. They sing a very different tune now.

There have been dozens of page recommender units, which have come and gone.

The Jay-z example was real and the tool was shot down by policy. Some targeting is really prohibited thanks to policy.

Dumb reader is dumb. It's an op-ed not an article. For the details, perhaps open FB's ad creation UI. You are indeed correct you don't target ads like you enter a search query.

Lol. Nope. It's been out less than a year. How many writing careers do you follow?

Those ads are actually prohibited, or at least were when I was there. :)

Author here, for all your trolling needs.

OK. You're right. My editor told me it's actually positive. I fixate on the negative to much. There it is...

You're right.

Kind of, yes.

Facebook was a bit frat boy, but also had a really cohesive culture. Twitter was a more hipsters and design-y, but they didn't seem to have the balls to ship every day all day.

Indeed! But there are workarounds...

Preferably all three. But I definitely think Berkeley grads are relatively underrated to Stanford ones.

Well, we agree on that one! I think he just didn't like the voice, but couldn't admit it wasn't enlightening.

I paid more, but yeah...it can work out.

That's right. If you can pony up the cash, and maintain the boat (read: elbow grease) it's not a bad choice. But you have to love the boat, and the sea.

True!

I drank a lot, and did stupid things. It was really self-destructive. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Really.

No offense, but not the HN crowd. Supposed to be mainstream normals. Sales, yo....

Author here, for all your trolling needs.

By the way "this blathering, fawning, puff-piece nonsense" is what some call an actual prose style. Perhaps you've heard of it (if never actually seen it in person).

I'd almost pay money to read your review of a Franzen or DFW book.

From a guy with the username puffpiece, that's really amusing commentary.