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This makes me curious on what type of data my bank (and others) share with companies involved in these ad/offer-type systems.

This announcement doesn't seem like it's anything new on the consumer side, instead it's a platform for brands to access the data from their ads/offers, create campaigns, etc.

I agree. I usually finish most books I start but Snow Crash was an exception. I can't quite articulate my distaste. Looking back, one of the small things that ticked me off was Hiro Protagonist – I couldn't take the book seriously at all. Felt almost overly cheesy and clichey.

I'd like to give him another shot with Cryptonomicon or The Diamond Age. I've appreciated him elsewhere, like as a podcast guest. He definitely has an interesting mind, just didn't enjoy Snow Crash.

https://www.farcaster.xyz/ is an interesting alternative that's not bluesky

https://warpcast.com/ is the best alternative yet

How does the price of these compare to Uber/Lyft?

Arc is great but my favorite feature is the simplest. The shortcut 'shfit-ctrl-c' to copy your current page's link.

As a Hoosier I'm thankful that they used an example of our absurd pork tenderloins sandwiches.

Add it to the list: https://killedbygoogle.com/

Would try to target communities that align with your target audience - Twitter, Subreddits, Facebook groups, or Discord. Can also promote more generally on some of these platforms or ProductHunt

Another method, guerilla testing, worked well in grad school. Go to a public place - a library, coffee shop, etc. Politely ask random people to test your project. The obvious downside is they may not fit your target audience, but it's a cheap and scrappy way to get some feedback.

Their distinction:

AI-generated: We define AI-generated content as text, images, or translations created by an AI-based tool. If you used an AI-based tool to create the actual content (whether text, images, or translations), it is considered "AI-generated," even if you applied substantial edits afterwards. AI-assisted: If you created the content yourself, and used AI-based tools to edit, refine, error-check, or otherwise improve that content (whether text or images), then it is considered "AI-assisted" and not “AI-generated.” Similarly, if you used an AI-based tool to brainstorm and generate ideas, but ultimately created the text or images yourself, this is also considered "AI-assisted" and not “AI-generated.” It is not necessary to inform us of the use of such tools or processes.

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200672390#aicontent....

I wish we had more control over default apps in general. Similar to the settings for email, browser, calendar, etc.

try https://perplexity.ai/

Other Reddit enshittification is their pushiness to use the mobile app. Great UX case study here, this guy makes them very entertaining - https://builtformars.com/case-studies/reddit

Also related, Cory Doctorow's essay on this where he labeled it 'enshittification' - https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

I find this type of image search incredibly useful – but mostly for when I take pictures of documents and it recognizes the text on them.

Unity and Epic seem like two glaringly omissions from this.

This map makes my optimistic about humankind. Similar to https://patrickcollison.com/fast. Amazing we can achieve such feats, it's inspiring.

You're right about the multiple logins with discord critique. A seamless switcher would be nice to have.

Nice post. I've found Trader Joe's option to be somewhat decent, but still not better than Huy Fong's.

Like this blog though, will be diving into more posts.

I agree, this is my main critique of Slack. Discord's approach to servers as only requiring one login for many makes way more sense. Compared with Slack's multiple logins for many, way more confusing.

I thought this post was going to be about tree (species) maps that you see in parks sometimes: https://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2015/03/T...

These are awesome too.

A short (15 min) video on the Kia Boyz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbTrLyqL_nw&t=1s

Quite a problem here in Philly with Kias and Hyundais.

Still wild to me that their tool only exists in Discord.

I know a lot of artists feel threatened with Midjourney/Stable Diffusion. I wonder if there would be less apprehension if these tools were built more like Photoshop instead of a command line? Augmenting photo creation/editing rather than looking like it replaces it all.

I wonder, will this worsen or better the issue of all websites looking similar? https://theconversation.com/yes-websites-really-are-starting...

Sounds similar to the article's mention of the Jones Act and the issues it causes.

using https://read.cv/ as my 'online resume' now

It's alright. The visual design is clean but has some accessibility issues and small things that bother me. Dislike the algo-only feed right now (apparently they are working on this). Love the post editor (plus having ~500 characters and 10 images). Interesting to see how it ends up after integrating with ActivityPub, whether anything changes. Still using Twitter and Farcaster (https://farcaster.xyz). Also making me realize the need for social feed aggregators like https://yup.io

I've gotcha if you still need one.

I've got some, happy to share. Plz dm me on the bird app.

I couldn't find the list on my first skim. Then found in the footnotes, in case anyone is curious:

"2 “Social-media companies” include Facebook/Meta, Twitter, YouTube/Google, WhatsApp, Instagram, WeChat, TikTok, Sina Weibo, QQ, Telegram, Snapchat, Kuaishou, Qzone, Pinterest, Reddit, LinkedIn, Quora, Discord, Twitch, Tumblr, Mastodon, and like companies"

trying to write more or at least link dump lol: https://cache.substack.com/