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I'm at like 3/3,000 so the odds are like 99.9% "will not regret"
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I've injured myself a couple of times. Regretted those lol.
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$2 -> $0 would be significant. $2 -> $0.25 doesn't fundamentally change anything (paywall still exists). Cost reduction + worse accounts is probably the wrong lever. Hard to see that unlocking much growth. I'd try moving the paywall. Lurk (maybe Follow & Like?) for free, pay for a username & to cast.
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If you do this, I'd recommend some evolutionary pressure towards good accounts. They could earn credits (warps?) for likes / follows / engagement... maybe more rewards from engagement w/ OG NFT holders or top accounts. Bad accounts should die quickly, good ones can live longer. fitness function to
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Why? It would be very frustrating to interact with these accounts. Replies would disappear before you had a chance to read them. Threads would become unreadable. Is the fear that people will develop bots on other, free social media platforms instead of FarCaster?
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For business metrics: How much would it cost to hire someone else to do this job? ======== For personal finances: What's the most $ I could make selling my labor elsewhere for these hours? And then discount it by how much happier I am doing this instead.
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Windows XP Service Pack 2
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"know thyself" - Austin Energy
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One of the most attractive things about SWE is that it's meritocratic. More so than any other job, you can test the skillset directly during an interview process. Most of us getting paid so well want to defend that aspect of the field for now. We'll see more SWE unions if salaries really decrease.
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Scarcity works differently in the world of bits vs atoms. Maybe it's naïve, but abundance mindset sure is more fun.
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Intent: 10/10 Innovation: 10/10 Not ruining dad's expensive coffee maker by running milk through it instead of filtered water: 0/10
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Merry Christmas 🎄⚔️
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Mocha Master: $340 Kid making me coffee: priceless
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It's very hard to order coffee from their website. https://wunderground.com
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I would feel duped if the song was mostly AI-generated and I didn't know it. (there was no way to interpret this meaning from my cast lol).
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I see that -- and I think they already have a plan to "lose" and disclose it. And... I also dislike the cheating... but it's outweighed by how much fun it is to watch Spotify eat itself. As a consumer, I don't feel deceived by the mechanics of the flow-of-funds from Spotify -> artist. AI might change that.
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The author's solution is bad -- like, would the labels do better? Which labels own the platform? Do new artists have vesting cliffs? Drawing the lines between the current definitions of "musician" and distributors ("labels" "platforms" whatever) is probably not that important. We should let music get weird, then better.
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It seems obvious that their strategy is to go "too far" like this, make a huge debate around "should we disclose it?!?", and then finally cave to the will of the people. And Spotify will win, but "the people" will have apparently won. vs if they disclosed out of the gate, people would debate the cheating directly.
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Competing unfairly & disclosing it still seems shady. They both created an efficient online marketplace, then expanded it to more markets, and are now competing unfairly within those markets. Putting an "I cheated" sign on the first result doesn't move the needle much.
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These in-house artists are Shopify's version of "Amazon Basics". Love it.
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