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But when I re-read a book I’ve previously annotated, I get a rush of the time and place it happened, 20 years later. It’s crazy.

We are tactile beings who exist and connect in 3D space and brains remember ideas in locations.

I love files. But I think strong entities are trying to rip control away, with stupid consequences like making .txt obsolete.

Books have a good chance outlast a)mediums and b)formats. They have a good track record. Check back in 5000 years.

Most are economic refugees running TOWARDS a better economic outcome than is available in their home country.

vs "you like dinosaurs! me too!” From the blog post.

If they want sympathy, they probably should lay out the details of their actions more clearly. This just reads as some juveniles went to an event, tried to rile up an official (while filming the response in hopes of getting a juicy clip), then were surprised when they were kicked out.

If Apple (or anyone else) wanted to make a feature used, they can. For everyone else, if Siri is off CarPlay doesn’t work. And that’s by design.

Not the design of “ooh if Siri is off then voice in CarPlay won’t work” (warnable), but punishment if Siri is off.

Again this pattern isn’t Apple only but it’s bad everywhere.

This car has nothing to do with Ferrari, except they paid him for work he already did once before.

This is the car apple was working on, slightly modified. Ive just (re)sold previous work, and Ferrari is holding the bag.

The reason this doesn't look like a Ferrari is because it was originally conceived as an Apple.

That's why the Ferrari tail lights don't work - it's an Apple car.

The printed version does _look_ better, but can org that serves Taboola ever be taken seriously anymore? Sanctity is miles away from "6 simple steps to $1 Million" ads. We can be sad in general about their passing. But let's not think it's isolated to issue surrounding online/ads. WaPo isn't the same either.

Having the client register their IPs isn’t tenable for most folks. What’s my IP at the shop? (No idea) Will it change? (Yes) now it’s broken.

Seeing where folks log in from isn’t nearly the same as where their UniFi networks are located. (Store vs home.) Broken.

So neither of the those are robust approaches whereas the author’s solution is bulletproof and simply works in all cases.

No offense, but why suggest “other approaches” that have such major holes? Why not just cheer on the solution that works all the time?

Namely, the whole story of the rebound is Nicolas Hayek and Swatch. You see, at the explosion of quartz watches, everyone already had a drawer full of Rolexes and Pateks and AP's. They had done that. But telling time? More accurately? That was actually pretty boring.

Nicolas Hayek became a hero. It's fair to say, yes, he consolidated ASUAG + SSIH and built volume and all that. But really? It was about Emotion and redefining the Essential Function of a watch.

Swatch made Swiss watches cool again. The marketplace was saying Japan vs. Switzerland and quartz vs. old fashioned gears. Swatch rejected that and said "fun, whimsical. Wear not one, but several. You be you." What landed the message was wealthy Swiss keeping the Rolex in the drawer and believing in the the $19 Swatch. Aston Martin and Swatch. That was the way to roll.

It became a thing, the kids bought in, and the Swiss Watch Industry (Big Watch, lol) stayed relevant vs. Japan. It was a country vs. country fight and Swiss prevailed on creativity.

Swatch was such a watershed moment, tha that across Europe the key to Industrial Success became "Personalized Mass Production." Why? Because swatch quickly grew to be able to launch 2x70 models a year. The German Industrialists included personalized mass production and innovation in every slide deck for the next 20 years. And if you don't think that matters, look at Zara, and then Shein. Same playbook as Swatch. Swatch changed everything.

Reader had to be killed because it [was seen as] a suboptimal ad monetization engine. Page views were superior.

Was Google going to support minimizing ads in any way?

In 2022 the total volume was estimated at $6T * .15% = $9B. Real number would be maybe half due to lower fees on debit, but it's hugely profitable for Apple, and carries zero risk.

Is there a reason we also also forbid Google and FB from gathering this information? Or are their business models too important, and we can't decrease shareholder value?

Or since "the users" click-agreed the business model is absolved and it's okay! What could go wrong, ever?

Or, a modest proposal: we could agree that even corporations who sell HW/SW for personal devices shouldn't be allowed to collect this data, period. No one needs to mine our GPS history, messages, search, etc. Even if it means those who do it today makes less money.

Ads are fine, but maybe we agree it's fine if ads aren't quite as targeted, either.

I'm wondering if we might be better off with "punch the monkey" than hyper tracking and targeting.

Any given project might not require large numbers people, the headcount driver might the process.

Where you have control, would recommend rethinking the model to look more like Whatsapp than to dismiss as an anomaly.

(disclaimer: founder) Yes, this is literally what Zerocontact does. Contactless waitlist, menu, order, pay. Hybrid ordering so staff and guests can add items to one check. Fully supports courses. Add dessert at the end of th meal. Still, the customer has one check to pay (apple pay or google pay, or CC). We may even support your legacy POS or you can use ZC in standalone mode. It's a full order-management system for contactless on prem and off prem dining.