News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:The Sad Math of Ads: Messages of inadequacy and salvation... by xrd on Thursday February 06, 2025 @09:16AM (#42962518)
Interesting blog post from James Damore, author of the infamous Google "Ideological Diversity Echo Chamber" memo while at Google:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%27s_Ideological_Echo_Ch...

I don't disagree with anything he says here. It must be liberating to not have to defend advertising now that you have no association with Google.

Also, that memo is fascinating because it references work by Simon Baron-Cohen. That last name seemed too close to Sasha Baron-Cohen, and indeed, they are cousins.

Re:The Sad Math of Ads: Messages of inadequacy and salvation... by polairscience on Thursday February 06, 2025 @10:23AM (#42963219)
it'd make a great podcast to bring those two on and talk about society.