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Re:Attribution model that gives 0% credit to demo requests on Sunday August 02, 2026 @01:33AM (#49141425)
I built this model (Mada, my co-founder, wrote the article with me). It uses 3-7 independent Opus-tier analyst agents to read the entire deal (emails, transcripts, CRM) and propose credit allocations, and then a consensus judge weighs their reasoning to determine the final report. Buyer actions (form fills, replies, event attendances, etc.) always carry 0% credit because it flows to whatever got the buyer interested enough to engage.

During development, there were multiple occasions when I'd feel sure the agents were hallucinating, only to realize they were consistently discovering true things that even I would have missed (this was right around the Opus 4.6 launch). But I'm still concerned this might be too much of a break from traditional attribution for most teams, even if it is 'more accurate'.

For this to become true, agents first have to transcend 'chatbot' as the primary interaction layer.

There's a reason we're still using apps instead of talking to Siri…for a huge number of tasks, visual UIs are so much more efficient than long-form text.

Re:A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers on Sunday February 02, 2025 @06:50AM (#42908080)
Chrome bookmarks also show up as items in the Bookmarks menu, which means you can use the built-in macOS functionality to assign your own custom keyboard shortcuts in System Preferences → Keyboard.
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Re:Apple Maps vs. Google Maps on Saturday July 10, 2021 @01:30PM (#27795019)
The other difference is that Google Maps has to build everything into the app directly. The privacy label for Apple Maps gets a 'free ride' on so many things by virtue of piggybacking on OS-level functionality.

Same thing applies to Messages vs. WhatsApp/Messenger and bunch of others.

Re:Twilio set to acquire Segment for $3.2B on Friday October 09, 2020 @07:43PM (#24735522)
Genius move for Twilio, honestly. Segment can supply the central hub to tie in all channel spokes Twilio already powers (especially after the SendGrid acquisition from a couple years ago).

I can't help thinking Segment had much more room to run though...everyone I know who uses them loves them, and they were still only just scratching the surface of the addressable market.

Re:I decided to disable AMP on my site on Monday June 26, 2017 @02:39PM (#14639163)
> I am really surprised that big publishers are not bothered by this fact as much as I am.

I suspect they are just as bothered, but don't really have a choice about this either. Placement on the search results page is so valuable that Google holds a really big stick when introducing new 'standards' like this.

Just look how little of a typical mobile SERP is real 'organic' content now: http://imgur.com/UhNZvL2

Re:AMP Compatible App Banner on Friday June 23, 2017 @01:53PM (#14621190)
This will be very helpful for anyone with an app who wants to break their users out of Google's AMP viewer.

Using Universal Links for it is helpful — other AMP banners I've seen so far (Reuters, etc [1]) just redirect users to the App Store even when the app is installed...a little bit frustrating.

1. https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/id...

Re:Threadless is shutting their iOS app down next week on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @02:39AM (#14450769)
For small teams, this can definitely be true. At least in the beginning.

For better or worse, the native app UX advantage still pays off massively in real dollars. And with walled gardens like Facebook and Google AMP growing so quickly, building a native app of your own is often the best chance to capture an audience.

Re:Jeff Varasano's Famous New York Pizza Recipe (2008) on Monday May 08, 2017 @11:28AM (#14292372)
Freakonimics (great podcast!) did a test a few years back that pretty convincingly dispelled the whole 'it's the water' argument: http://podcastnotes.org/2015/11/09/freakonomics-food-science...

Ask HN: Best practices for dev-focused How to guides/tutorials?

What is the best technical tutorial you’ve seen, and why did you love it?Screenshots and code snippets of course, but what about animated GIFs? Succinct numbered steps, or descriptive paragraphs? Are well-edited videos better than text?Background: I’m writing a few basic tutorials on implementing popular mobile app features. I know what I like in a guide, but…confirmation bias is a thing.

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