ehejsbbejsk (u/ehejsbbejsk)

ehejsbbejsk commented on Facebook: Free as in Bullshit daringfireball.net/2020/1... · Posted by u/throw0101a

cm2012 · 5 years ago

If it wasn't really exhausting to argue about FB on HN I would put a long post here. But in short, FB ads are a net good for society.

1) They replace worse and spammy ads.

2) The tracking is really mild. If a big bad government or hacker wants to get dirt on you, they don't dig into FBs tracking algos, they go straight to the ISP or they hack the website you visited. FB also doesn't sell your data.

3) People genuinely find products they like all the time through ads.

4) Whole categories of businesses get a chance for customers to discover their products. Almost every new Shopify store selling cool new products relies on FB ads to get in front of customers. Many really cool useful b2b tech products rely on FB to be discovered.

Advertising isn't magic. It's not mind control. 90% of it is clearly showing a product to the market and you pray you find product market fit.

ehejsbbejsk · 5 years ago

I don’t think you know anything about the ad business other than being an end user. “They replace worse and spammy ads”? What does that even mean? Your post is a spam.

ehejsbbejsk commented on Microsoft Designing Its Own Chips for Servers, Surface PCs bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/slyall

neogodless · 5 years ago

> Microsoft’s efforts are more likely to result in a server chip than one for its Surface devices

In my opinion, the majority of people have too much faith in their ability to predict the future.

I was terrible at predicting the real world performance of the Apple Silicon M1. It is, in fact, much better than I expected. On the other hand, Microsoft has thus far only had slightly modified AMD chips in their Surface Laptop, and poor performing ARM-designed Qualcomm chips in their Surface Pro X. Maybe I'll be bad at predicting the future, but I do not expect excellent performance out of Microsoft's Surface chips in the next 365 days. Probably longer.

In the meantime, more Windows computers will be sold than MacOS, and they will have mostly Intel chips, but an increasingly large number of AMD chips.

AMD has survived with less diverse revenue streams and much worse product portfolios. I'm optimistic for how they'll do over the next several years.

ehejsbbejsk · 5 years ago

After M1, I am definitely holding out for Mac Pro rather than going the AMD route. I am sure there will be a ton of professionals thinking the same. While I’ve always cheered for AMD as a company, I think Apple will gain substantial market share in the next decade. And AMD just doesn’t have the resources to fight that wave.

ehejsbbejsk commented on Microsoft Designing Its Own Chips for Servers, Surface PCs bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/slyall

ehejsbbejsk · 5 years ago

I know the direct impact is to Intel but think AMD just can’t catch a break. They finally have something going against Intel and now Apple and Microsoft will eat its lunch.

ehejsbbejsk commented on I prepared for a decade to graduate in CS in three months miguelrochefort.com/blog/... · Posted by u/miguelrochefort

czbond · 5 years ago

Broad statement, I don't agree with. Different personality types take wholly different things from the same content. I personally feel (and this may sound hubristic, but it isn't) is that the CompSci background raised me to a whole new echelon of depth of meta-knowledge and ability to problem solve large problems.

ehejsbbejsk · 5 years ago

That’s fair. I was also a math major so perhaps my concentration was a lot more theoretical in nature.

ehejsbbejsk commented on I prepared for a decade to graduate in CS in three months miguelrochefort.com/blog/... · Posted by u/miguelrochefort

ehejsbbejsk · 5 years ago

As a CS major, I can honestly say the ONLY thing of value was a couple of algorithm classes I took. And even then it was from a text I could have read on my own. Unless you’re what I call one-percent talent, CS theory is not going to help you much in your career.

ehejsbbejsk commented on When important components become scarce: CPUs, GPUs igorslab.de/en/if-importa... · Posted by u/monkeydust

ehejsbbejsk · 5 years ago

Isn’t it really the semi industry unwilling to invest because they don’t want to get burned just a couple of years down the road. I just don’t see this demand lasting.

ehejsbbejsk commented on SEC charges Robinhood $65M for misleading customers about revenue sources sec.gov/news/press-releas... · Posted by u/ericliuche

bagacrap · 5 years ago

The article states that RH cost its consumers more in bad trade execution than it saved them in commissions. How are you sure this didn't happen to you?

ehejsbbejsk · 5 years ago

I trade in multiple platforms and I put in limit orders (RH doesn’t even allow market afaik). To be fair, I am probably not your typical trader since I’ve been a fintech developer in the past as well as have been involved in analyzing many SEC cases for/against major financial institutions. I will say this: it’s extremely hard to prove execution quality on options trading let alone doing it in 2020 when the market was so volatile.

ehejsbbejsk commented on SEC charges Robinhood $65M for misleading customers about revenue sources sec.gov/news/press-releas... · Posted by u/ericliuche

eru · 5 years ago

Alas, for most people, especially retail and even more especially options, it's better if they trade less.

ehejsbbejsk · 5 years ago

Govt cannot be an arbiter of what people do with their money. Period.