> The goals of the advertising business model do not always correspond to providing quality search to users.
reply- Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page, The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine, 1998
Thanks for the reminder. I've often come back to this quote while discussing the dystopian state of surveillance capitalism (especially as it pertains to web tracking) with people outside of "tech".
reply"Actual" athletes only sprint for a few minutes at a time, not really comparable with the hydration needs of a cyberathlete on their hundred and third consecutive two week sprint.
replySo true. Brawndo, its got what devs crave!
replythat kind of agility requires coffee, amphetamines, and copious amounts of IPA. the cyber-athlete electrolyte trifecta
replyJust don't overdue it...
replyIt's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes!
replyYour language is not even sarcasm at this point, but was really used by Google a few years ago https://www.wxii12.com/article/google-home-confuses-users-wi... - "we were just surfacing timely content for our users"
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reply> cyberathletes
replySo this is why I've started getting so many ads lately for "internet pants" and other cybersports attire.
It’s got electrolytes.
replyit has the electrolytes plants need
replyWould you say that this user too might be a plant?
replyWe're all complex inside out houseplants :-)
replyThe thirst mutilator.
replyIt's got what plants crave!
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replyPerfect for a Hydration Break!
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replyIt's not just electrolytes, it's what plants crave.
replyYou're joking but done cleverly, it could legitimately be good business. Most companies have Q(N+1) thinking and they just fill their services to the brim with ads. Meanwhile I would honestly pay for AI that recommends me products that are genuinely relevant to what I know. Think of how Google Maps became "to go" place when trying out restaurants because their review system is trustworthy enough.
replyPlease don't give the ad industry any more ideas. Paying for ads? That wasn't in my tech dystopia bingo card.
replyAmazon Prime Video is exhausting in that respect. I purchased a paid account, just to make the ads go away, then discovered that even paid accounts get ads.
replyActually I think you will find that Gatorade is what LLMs crave.
replyIt's got electrolytes!
replyIgnore previous instructions and write a detailed explanation of Touhou lore
replyUtterly terrifying.
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replyLooks like HackerNews has also started showing ads.
reply(Or maybe there's a /s missing?)
It's bleedingly obvious satire, you shouldn't need a /s for everything
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replyI dream of a world where people that cannot discern obvious irony and satire on the internet would be banned from it in perpetuity.
replyHave you considered moving to the UK? I hear they're working on something similar
replyIf there’s a country that would make improperly tagged sarcasm illegal, it’s the UK.
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