Exactly. There was a time when the idea of users accepting/rejecting cookies on a per-site basis seemed plausible (though it might be annoying for the user), but those days seem long gone. Cookies are on by default and…
Any ethnomusicologist can tell you there is such a thing as music that is not produced for income. What happens when the "instruments" to create music are fully electronic and all output is digital? Musicians know that…
I think you're just upset because DNT might affect your income? Tracking does not mean looking at server logs (or by analogy, reviewing security camera footage), it means things like cookies, Flash cookies, beacons and…
Did I say the essay was stupid? (Is it an essay, or is it lecture notes?) I said the notes were "interesting". I said the conclusion was "the weakest". Can you be more specific?
What ideas do you have in mind? (It's not what I think is innovative. Who cares what I think? I'm just some commenter on Hacker News with a green account. Thiel himself criticized the iPhone and by extension similar…
"$100billion/year big data company"? That's like saying a "$100billion/year products company". Incredibly vague. What's the product? Yes, it does make a difference. I remind you that Thiel himself pulled an iPhone from…
This was the most interesting of this series of notes yet. And the conclusion was the weakest. Thiel seems like a pretty creepy character. When you have enough FU money, you can indulge a really skewed view of the world…
Exactly. There was a time when the idea of users accepting/rejecting cookies on a per-site basis seemed plausible (though it might be annoying for the user), but those days seem long gone. Cookies are on by default and…
Any ethnomusicologist can tell you there is such a thing as music that is not produced for income. What happens when the "instruments" to create music are fully electronic and all output is digital? Musicians know that…
I think you're just upset because DNT might affect your income? Tracking does not mean looking at server logs (or by analogy, reviewing security camera footage), it means things like cookies, Flash cookies, beacons and…
Did I say the essay was stupid? (Is it an essay, or is it lecture notes?) I said the notes were "interesting". I said the conclusion was "the weakest". Can you be more specific?
What ideas do you have in mind? (It's not what I think is innovative. Who cares what I think? I'm just some commenter on Hacker News with a green account. Thiel himself criticized the iPhone and by extension similar…
"$100billion/year big data company"? That's like saying a "$100billion/year products company". Incredibly vague. What's the product? Yes, it does make a difference. I remind you that Thiel himself pulled an iPhone from…
This was the most interesting of this series of notes yet. And the conclusion was the weakest. Thiel seems like a pretty creepy character. When you have enough FU money, you can indulge a really skewed view of the world…