Readit Newsreactchain commented on Semantic Reader: Show Reference Abstracts in Context, and More semanticscholar.org/produ... · Posted by u/polm23
This is really cool. I can see it being extremely useful for reviewing. The numerical citation style of CS papers has always been a pain point for me.
The argument here is that "smart people are worse looking" is actually a case of _of the people you encounter_ smart people are worse looking, but that overall there is no correlation. This makes sense, but I think it's more complex. If you took the entire population, I think you could still conclude the "smart people are worse looking" if you define smart to include non-innate, learned behaviour, for the simple reason that good looking people have an easier time in life (getting jobs and so forth) and are therefore less compelled to spend time and effort becoming "smart". So there's a self-balancing aspect that produces these correlations in the general population as well.
This is a great essay, better than some of Paul's other recent writing which has felt less inspiring than his old stuff. This feels in depth and written from the heart.
reactchain commented on My Google Traffic Has Fallen to Zero goodcheapandfast.com/2020... · Posted by u/josephjrobison
Even with brand recognition, it's hard to build a product review business that doesn't rely on Google. Until 2018, I was the head of insights at one of the largest online publishers in the U.S. 90% of the company's revenue was tied to organic search. Sure, branding helped to prevent huge impacts like the one that I saw, but plenty of our competitors suffered big drops that resulted in 100s or 1,000s of layoffs.
True, but I think it points to an inherent weakness in the business model. The reason it's so hard to build these businesses without relying on Google (and playing cat and mouse with their ranking algorithms) is because customers fundamentally don't care whether they get their content from you or someone else.
reactchain commented on My Google Traffic Has Fallen to Zero goodcheapandfast.com/2020... · Posted by u/josephjrobison
There is a recurring lesson with these type of threads: don't build a business that is dependent on an unstable, black-box algorithm of a mega-corp. If your business is so fragile that an algorithm update by Google causes you to have no customers, then you should have built a business with a bigger moat, brand recognition, etc. It sounds like this business was more of an SEO hack.
I find the more important question to be "how do you remember what you read?". I think (at least in my case) remembering more of what I've read would be a better investment in time than reading more, or better directing my reading. I would love to hear tips people have.
Check that you're getting enough uninterrupted sleep. I think it's a hugely underestimated way to gain mental clarity.
> I didn't know that black-hat content marketing existed
seriously? I think I first saw it in 1996. Sock puppets are nothing new or innovative as a general concept.
Yeah, this has been going on for a long time. The methods evolve, but the bullshit stays the same [1]. Good rules of thumb:
1. If it praises a product, the article was paid for
2. If it has a link that looks even slightly out of place, that link was paid for
3. With few exceptions, most of the revenue for the publication comes from selling features and backlinks (much more than subscriptions and ads).
reactchain commented on Simultaneous AP and Client Mode Wi-Fi on Raspberry Pi Zero W github.com/lukicdarkoo/rp... · Posted by u/lukicdarkoo
Has anyone noticed a shortage of Pi Zeros recently? It seems everywhere has run out of stock.