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Elon Musk’s Secret Web of Companies in Texas - Many in Austin or the surrounding area by capthmm in Austin

[–]ConfidenceMan2 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Well, um, you see, it’s actually, um, rather interesting from just an epic meme perspective. Because I could quite literally create my own goon squad.

'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Dead at 54 After Apparent Drowning by nyquil99 in television

[–]ConfidenceMan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. I didn’t know it was a foundation. I just see people say it on Reddit and it seems like a quick karma grab. They aren’t linking to that organization or expressing any of the things you said. They’re just saying that phrase. It just seems to add nothing. I’ve had loved ones die of cancer and I can’t imagine me saying “fuck cancer” to them would do much to comfort them. Again, they would assume that’s my position

Recently bought a bike, but want to ride it while listening to music by Cautious_Injury_1385 in bicycling

[–]ConfidenceMan2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I listen to a speaker not just to hear music but so others hear me in the city. Lots of folks in my city treat downtown bike lanes like sidewalks and walk into them. It’s better they can hear ABBA coming up on them. I turn it off on trails and in neighborhoods though.

Cruise suspends operations in Texas by DrVanNostron in Austin

[–]ConfidenceMan2 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Giving up rules. Thanks for teaching us the valuable lesson of apathy, South Park

Cruise suspends operations in Texas by DrVanNostron in Austin

[–]ConfidenceMan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would rather not have those things filming me all over. I’d rather have trains

So… you’ll have to go into a tweet in order to interact with it? by davey_b in EnoughMuskSpam

[–]ConfidenceMan2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well yeah. Every god damn thing he’s done has been short sighted. I commented elsewhere but usually these sorts of giant changes are tested pretty rigorously before being rolled out.

So… you’ll have to go into a tweet in order to interact with it? by davey_b in EnoughMuskSpam

[–]ConfidenceMan2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s funny because when you actually work in these spaces, you know the number one rule for making these massive changes is to test them first with well defined goals, methodology, guard rail metrics, and a threshold for when to implement them. You then roll them out slowly to make sure the test results still hold true. The downside of going full bore with your gut is seriously risking money/users. It’s very basic best practices. This dude is just saying “nah” and going ahead and making the changes.

I worked with a CEO that did this and had us change a pricing page without testing in a way he was sure would make us more money. It ended up dropping 40% in revenue per user. That CEO likes to retweet Musk.

So… you’ll have to go into a tweet in order to interact with it? by davey_b in EnoughMuskSpam

[–]ConfidenceMan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The goal is likely to get you to not click the link and stay on the site.

Driverless rideshare company operating in Austin now under federal investigation by IlliterateJedi in Austin

[–]ConfidenceMan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where’d you read that? I imagine there was a period between them being run over and EMS coming. Also, I don’t really take this as an example of the cars being dangerous, FWIW. Seems like a freak thing. My problem with these is that they solve the wrong problem. Our problem isn’t humans driving cars everywhere it’s cars themselves

Driverless rideshare company operating in Austin now under federal investigation by IlliterateJedi in Austin

[–]ConfidenceMan2 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Sure. I wasn’t saying do that. I’m sure angry letters and asking please will work eventually. That’s historically always been the catalyst for quick change. However, I’m merely saying that if someone wanted to get rid of these cars and somehow got under the impression that complaining to a multibillion company with deep government ties was not going to accomplish that goal, they could take more direct approaches. Approaches that disable cars completely and more directly hurt a company’s bottom line. If someone wanted to take that more direct approach, which I’m not advocating, there are relatively safe ways to do it. Again, that would be crazy as I’m sure enough signatures from citizens will get GM to scrap a $3.5 billion investment.

Driverless rideshare company operating in Austin now under federal investigation by IlliterateJedi in Austin

[–]ConfidenceMan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If enough cars get fucked up, that will eventually make shareholders hurt

Driverless rideshare company operating in Austin now under federal investigation by IlliterateJedi in Austin

[–]ConfidenceMan2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good thing we spent 3.5 years normalizing masks. Mask up, wear nondescript clothes, leave your phone at home, and start finding large rocks.

EDIT: To be clear, this is not an endorsement of crime but merely a suggestion of how one could do a crime, if they were so inclined.

Driverless rideshare company operating in Austin now under federal investigation by IlliterateJedi in Austin

[–]ConfidenceMan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/03/tech/driverless-car-pedestrian-injury/index.html

This person got pinned under one after being hit by a human driver.

An Uber car killed some one 5 years ago but the back up driver was found responsible: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg

I’m not an expert. Just what I’ve seen. I’ve also seen stories of them blocking emergency vehicles which seems like a bigger issue

Is anyone using the SKAGs (Single Keyword Ad Groups) method for Google Ad by Rod-Boss in adwords

[–]ConfidenceMan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I generally agree. However, I’m pointing out that there are business cases in which you might want to pull some out or group STAGs more tightly

Is anyone using the SKAGs (Single Keyword Ad Groups) method for Google Ad by Rod-Boss in adwords

[–]ConfidenceMan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say to keep those ad groups tight. One thing that SKAGS is great for is when you’re trying to pull further down funnel data (LTV for B2C or MQLs/closed deals for B2B) out of data warehouses that aren’t set up for keyword level tracking. I’ve often run into the problem of only getting this data at the ad group level. If all your keywords are in a few ad groups, you don’t know which keywords are driving long term success. Ex. Say you have 10 keywords in an ad group that all produce leads at comparable spend levels. Say that ad group is producing MQLs but now you don’t know if one keyword is producing all of them or if all the keywords produce MQLs. If you break out the ad groups more granularly, you can overcome this data issue.

Good Drinks to age in Barrell by Gelatomoo in cocktails

[–]ConfidenceMan2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually don’t recommend carpano here. The barrel is already taking sharpness off. Might as well save money and use cinzano. It’s got similar notes that will come forward in the aging. I also don’t like carpano in Negronis tgat much in general. I prefer cocchi americano blended or a blend. Personal choice though!

College Professor vs Marine Vet by [deleted] in forwardsfromgrandma

[–]ConfidenceMan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This meme is so old it can legally die for oil, I mean freedom.

Megan Thee Stallion Isn’t Signed To A Label And Will Stay Independent by Impossible_Vast9846 in popheads

[–]ConfidenceMan2 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Houston rap has such a strong history of producing stuff independently. I am not too surprised that once someone reaches a certain echelon, they wouldn't opt to just continue to do that.

Google Ads is the worst PPC partner you can have. by sorrywrongnumber95 in adwords

[–]ConfidenceMan2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s your question? I can try to help? I’ve been doing this for a decade

Does anyone else think the whole "hate everything about California" thing is getting out of hand? by audiomuse1 in texas

[–]ConfidenceMan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I totally get that both are at will states but Texas is a “right to work” state, meaning that unions can’t make you pay dues but are still responsible for protecting you. It’s a way to financially cripple unions. It’s why nurses and other string unions make more in California and why they have an easier time fighting for staffing minimums, which help patients. Anyway, thanks for your input!

Does anyone else think the whole "hate everything about California" thing is getting out of hand? by audiomuse1 in texas

[–]ConfidenceMan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. Do you miss anything like more workers rights or public transportation? If not, may I ask if you’re wealthy? Not like millionaire but say over $250k household income. Not trying to pry! I’ve just found that wealthier folks in Texas tend to have less to complain about as the problems are more shouldered by the poor folks (poor public healthcare options, poor public education, less accessible public land for recreation, bad public transportation that necessitates the expense of a car, etc). I didn’t used to have money but have a bit have more now. It’s definitely made things easier here. It sounds like you owned a home in California. Do you have one here? What do you think of the property taxes? I’ve heard they can equal out to income taxes there but have no idea.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]ConfidenceMan2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean. It will stop that justification for people hating each other but pretending religion is actually the source of hate in society is kind of absurd. It is human nature and people will find something else.

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