So, Zuck's plan is basically to "get rid of ads" and replace them with custom ai-generated ads for each user with a single prompt from the adverser. Facebook's AI ad engine will generate, run AB tests, improve and repeat, millions of times.

"In general, we’re going to get to a point where you’re a business, you come to us, you tell us what your objective is, you connect to your bank account, you don’t need any creative, you don’t need any targeting demographic, you don’t need any measurement, except to be able to read the results that we spit out"

We are so fucked.

This has a better chance of working than AR glasses.

Nah, I think we need to add cup/penis size next to pronouns too.

This is the nub of the difference between product and service

Hardware clearly falls into the former, and initially so did software. However the last 10+ years have seen commercial software move to a (solely) subscription model which provides recurring revenue and substantial profits

That model is becoming far more pervasive and extends to infrastructure (AWS, Azure etc), and now just wait for it to be extended into new areas like cars (eg: BMW doing subscriptions for remotely turning on seat warming feature in winter)

Where does product end and service begin?

As a consumer i like to buy product and if it’s good - or crucial for me - I’ll happily pay support. Xmind for mind mapping is a great example where i happily pay every year because i use it a lot and as a software developer i like to pay for good stuff 🙂

Support can provide a revenue stream as NVK noted, but that model is dependent on the need for support which tired back to criticality. Consumers don’t generally care too much - businesses certainly do.

Redhat (which IBM eventually acquired) built a hugely successful business providing value add services over open source .. but again .. software

Hardware is a tough one and I’ve never been involved in production but appreciate the skill and effort and the challenge of the pure product model

Just a reminder that doing. DDoS of the scale it happens costs millions.

And then magically, if you share your ssl keys with CloudFlare they give you millions in bandwidth for FREE to stop the DDoS

Must be love.

LONG ENOUGH. IM FUCKING JACKED TO THE TITS.

I’m wondering how many sats should I leave(lock) for my future kids 🤔

I don't know about the opinions of groups, but personally I see the UN as a toothless organization that has political power and very little physical power. When push comes to shove they are useless. There have been instances in which they were on tbe ground near a massacre and could do nothing about it.

Historically they have allowed Israel to get away with war crimes because of US voting in the UN. I can't recall any specifics, but there have been numerous votes where everyone except Israel and the US voted on the other side of a resolution.

Ultimately I am unsure that any global organization can maintain legitimacy over the long run.

I'd say it's far deeper than that. Likely some could view it as a factor, but I wouldn't think that's the primary reason. There are a lot of issues with the UN, the main one being a vehicle of world policy control. Hard to explain without a backgrounder, so check out the book or audiobook of The Creature From Jeykll Island. (There is an 8 hour abridged audiobook version on Youtube and a few other platforms). Breaks down the UN roll and how it ties in with the Central Banking / IMF / Socialism, etc. I'm sure there are other good resources, but I thought it ties it all together quite well.

The content can be hosted anywhere. When you upload through the site, it's going to AWS (just because that's what I have set up) you could host it on your own server and just paste the url

Helping to correct what I was a part of and learned. It’s not about Twitter. It’s about the corporate incentives.

A company can’t own the protocol, platform, and interface all in one. The protocol layer must be free.

Exactly our first audience.

Think of it as a stepping stone.

See what I did there? nostr:note1x7g6hz9yxqxkd3eel085zvf84wh0le7pnangpkxj858sy99gqwpqq7cmaw