There's no reason to have the "claps" -- they could easily measure engagement without the readers having to actively do anything (visits to page/time on site, etc.). This reeks of a gimmick/someone trying to do something for their MBA thesis, vs. actually trying to get authors fairly paid.
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rewrew commented on Bezos should put his billions in public libraries wired.com/story/jeff-bezo... · Posted by u/steven
I think this is a good idea. I would add YMCAs and similar places.
I think one of the best places for a mega-philanthropist to invest would be in the time and places that kids spend outside of public schools. Many of the biggest disadvantages in opportunities for kids are created when they fall behind before and after school and during summers, relative to kids who are better off socioeconomically. These disadvantages compound and are lasting. Safe places to engage in healthy recreation, productive endeavors, and getting something nutritious to eat that they wouldn't otherwise have access to would go a long way for underprivileged youth and have an impact for the rest of their lives.
This is an excellent idea.
rewrew commented on Ad blocking is under attack blog.adguard.com/en/ad-bl... · Posted by u/tiagobraw
Perhaps. They are losing people like me though. I will never pay for a subscription to read a website and I will continue using adblockers to get rid of annoying ads.
But they could still profit from me. There are less annoying ways to monetize which I might accept.
For example affiliate links to buy products I am interested in (books, video games, gadgets). I'd be willing to pay % extra for some nice product in order a fund a website which pointed me to it. Or extra traffic I'd refer to their site.
There's no way that affiliate links can pay the bills for publishers; numbers don't ad up (otherwise everyone would do it, and no one does -- well, actually, there's extremely limited situations where it works in some consumer corners, but those situations are limited and the total amount of revenue is also very limited). And how much extra traffic are you really going to refer? Ads are sold on the thousand -- $X per thousand (consumer can be cents up to maybe $8, B2B much higher). So even if you referred 200 people that's not even worth any effort. Unfortunately, if you're not going buy a subscription, register for a paper or click on an ad, you're probably not worth anything to the site anyhow.
rewrew commented on Show HN: Run Code Snippets in Any Language Inside Your Blog tech.io/blog/runnable-cod... · Posted by u/theloup
I love this, but I worry about longevity -- if we convert all our code snippets to this, and then this dies, all the older blog posts become useless. You'd be surprised how many reads even 5+ year old blog posts can get.
rewrew commented on SoundCloud faces do-or-die vote by investors techcrunch.com/2017/08/10... · Posted by u/mcone
> employees secretly using Spotify.
Well yeah. There's not even competition there. And shouldn't be really, they are fundamentally different platforms.
And that's the problem -- the CEO wasted a ton of time and resources trying to create a Spotify competitor that just burned resources.
rewrew commented on Note to Google Employees from CEO Sundar Pichai blog.google/topics/divers... · Posted by u/nimz
Only going to reply to your last point, this isn't my experience at all with Google. I work in SV, and get contacted by an internal recruiter at Google a couple times a year. What school did I go to? None. Ok, I have a certificate from the Defense Language Institute, but no degree. So I'm not sure this is a problem.
And you may be absolutely right -- I'm going off what I've heard from young people anecdotally out of college who say they weren't given a second look because they weren't from MIT or Cal Tech. But perhaps that's only for entry-level positions, or perhaps my information is just plain wrong.
rewrew commented on Why Elephants Don’t Explode: How Nature Solves Bigness noticing.co/on-size-and-m... · Posted by u/aaossa
Here's another fun read on why sizes matter as it relates to monster movies
This is a great link -- thanks for posting!
rewrew commented on Note to Google Employees from CEO Sundar Pichai blog.google/topics/divers... · Posted by u/nimz
Let's break down the reality of this situation as it currently stands:
1) You can't say what you want at work, period (there are no first amendment protections at work, just from the government). The person who posted the memo was naive and this memo from the CEO is corporate bullspeak to look good for outside PR. That's all this is, and if you take it for anything more you're also naive. For all intents and purposes it means nothing.
2) The company might be trying to make women feel more welcome by having the statement from the new diversity officer and the CEO, but I can tell you as a woman the LAST place I'd want to get a job right now is Google -- everyone is going to look at you like you only got your job because you're female; it's going to be extremely hard to get people to take you seriously. That's why, if you're going to hire only for diversity (not that I recommend it), do it in silence, don't tell the world, as it only backfires against those same employees you're bringing in.
3) If Google really wanted to get more females and minorities in its rank it should be looking at why it focuses so highly on only top rank schools (IF TRUE: MAY NOT BE-- SEE DISCUSSION BELOW) -- there's plenty of great, smart people constantly overlooked by Google because they can't see past their own biases in this area, which some would argue is a bigger barrier to diversity at Google than straight hiring by gender and race alone.
rewrew commented on Launch HN: 70MillionJobs (YC S17) – Job board for people with criminal records · Posted by u/RBBronson123
Just curious, how do you know that the job postings you're listing accept those with criminal backgrounds?
Is this a list of curated companies? Or is there something that you're parsing out that denotes this acceptability?
The site as it stands doesn't, as looking at the site currently has plenty of jobs that requires passing a criminal background check. It appears this site is more idea than execution at this point.