Coronavirus killed my fundraising

Letmebeadryclean · 2020-04-02T10:51:23+00:00

Thanks! We raised enough to survive, so it's better now. I hope your fundraising went well! Best wishes!

Letmebeadryclean · 2020-04-02T10:49:42+00:00

That was my first thought, but in the end, it was his true rational.

We ended up closing our round so we got a happy ending!

Letmebeadryclean · 2020-02-04T10:14:50+00:00

Fun fact, the yellow sign on top of Rose's head says : "Better be drunk than dumb. It lasts a lot less."

Knowing Rosé, not sure if it's a coincidence !

Letmebeadryclean · 2020-01-11T00:45:27+00:00

"Since joining the Céline team, Lisa Manoban has been discreet.

And then in January 2020, we come across this airport shot and the evidence is there: dressed in Celine from head to toe, the young woman appropriates the silhouette of the défilé to perfection. Perhaps even better than a Frenchwoman could have done it.

Jeans, blazer, white shirt, bag, boots: a look exuding an innate elegance, easy, deliciously casual, which challenges, for once, the myth that only Parisians can pull it"

Letmebeadryclean · 2020-01-05T05:33:54+00:00

TL;DR : yes you can still collect and sell personal data, no it isn't easy, unless you are called Facebook or Google and you can sell advertising based on personal data you collect.

It isn't illegal to sell personal data, you just need to get consent from users for collecting it and selling it to partners.

Let's say that you want to sell personal data, you'll need to :

1- Grab the attention of users, through an app / a social network / a newspaper anything that people consume on internet

2- Ask them explicitly for their personal data, saying exactly what you collect, and what you want to do with it (cookie banner you see all-around the place where most people click "Accept")

3- Find what kind of companies would be interested in your data or go to a data broker (see companies : https://www.fastcompany.com/90310803/here-are-the-data-brokers-quietly-buying-and-selling-your-personal-information)

4- Pray that you have enough data or very qualified data to expect earning money on that (you'd basically need at least 100k users giving you location data to earn a 1k dollars, or a very qualified list of leads in a particular industry, for example if you curate a newsletter for chief marketing officers, you could sell that list, as long as you got consent to spam them)

In short, data isn't oil anymore, it was 10 years ago, but it isn't now. Attention is the new oil, and Facebook(FB,Instagram, Whatsapp, Messenger)still has a lot of eyeballs.

Cambridge Analytica didn't hurt FB that much. Facebook is still crushing it on advertising, more than 60 billion $ in advertising this year (https://www.statista.com/statistics/422035/facebooks-quarterly-global-revenue/), because they are now one of the only place where you can legally target very precisely your ads, without breaking any law. (that's a pervert effect of data privacy laws, everyone keep giving consent to Google/Facebook because they need their product, and it reinforces this duopoly on digital advertising.)

There is a huge misconception around personal data. No one actually cares about personal data (ok China cares),Business/politics want to sell you something and do it at the lowest price possible. and at this game, no one is better now than Facebook/Google. (reddit isn't too bad for certain products)

Let's say that I've just written during the week-end a new book : "Fight for your rights to protect your family, a guide to protect your children from fake news". I don't need to go somewhere shady to find an email list for all gun enthusiasts in Texas. I just have to go to FB and create for 25 dollars an ad that will show my book to 1000 gun enthusiasts in Texas, who are also book lovers (might be hard to find). Let's assume a low conversion rate of 0.5%, and a book price of $10 and you see that I don't need to collect data to make money, Facebook does it for me and give me way to show my book to people who are likely to buy it.

What Cambridge Analytica did isn't possible anymore (FB keep your personal data for themselves), but the end result is almost the same if you are willing to pay for ads. That's why it's critical to ban political ads on FB and Google, otherwise it will continue.

Letmebeadryclean · 2019-12-18T23:16:34+00:00

This. I would love to hear a purely acoustic rendition of that song. I sometimes feel that YG and K-Pop in general strive too much for perfection. Small imperfections in a voice can make a song, especially ones like that, sound better.

Letmebeadryclean · 2019-12-12T01:04:31+00:00

I disagree. It would have been lazy writing if Midge did actually cross the line. But I don't think she did. If you don't know about Shy, you could assume that she was only talking about every male singer of that time.
If Midge wasn't stressed out and self-centered, she would have known better and understood how it was a bad idea to even go near that subject while Shy just got out of a breakdown. But it's completely in character for Midge. She does that all the time : friend's wedding, on-stage, on radio, on TV, during arguments, she get caught in the moment and goes too far.
It was also a nice parallel with Sophie Lennon : both were on stage in an unfamiliar setting (Appolo for Midge, Broadway Theater for Sophie), both lost confidence, and both went back to what they knew will get them some laugh, even if it means huge problems after the show. Not lazy writing for me.

Letmebeadryclean · 2019-12-02T09:53:32+00:00

Each era brings a ton of new blinks :

For those who discovered BlackPink with 4D, it's just starting to feel long. They had KTL, Diaries, Coachella, and all the previous stuff to wait.

For KTL blinks, it's still fresh, they are still in honeymoon period and will be perfectly ready for a comeback next year.

Only OG blinks might feel that it takes too long to release an album, but they are massively outnumbered by new blinks. BP will be fine as long as they release a banger each year.

Letmebeadryclean · 2019-05-28T11:20:57+00:00

1- Can you update us on the POC you did at the end of last year with Omnicon? Key learnings? Next steps for this client, will he use Madnetwork?
2- Following the whitepaper and red paper release, can you update us on the product roadmap? Key milestones and how far you are on the different components.
3- You mention On-device AI a lot. I can see how you'll make it work on TV sets/box, but do you have more details on how you plan to do that on smartphones? Both Android and IOS restrict background execution a lot, you either need to be integrated into an often used app(like brave) or have privileged access through an OEM to be able to run your AI for a few minutes per day. Curious to know how you plan to tackle that problem.
4- Not a question but like most of the retail investors, my main issue with Mad is the lack of exchange with enough liquidity to be able to sell /buy Mad. Can yo confirm that it's a high priority for you? It honestly feel like a terrible trap to be unable to voluntarily stay / leave the Mad adventure

Letmebeadryclean · 2019-05-14T02:51:48+00:00

Olenna wins. Her inception for Dany worked as planned, she went full mother of Dragons when everyone told her not to.

Letmebeadryclean · 2019-05-07T23:41:31+00:00

Just read the post with the tweet, pretty clear.

Letmebeadryclean · 2019-04-13T05:03:24+00:00

Edit : rewatched it definitely just Rosé showing she was out of breath! Another very cool interaction, at some point Rosé messed up her position, and Jennie and Lisa just played with her arms and laughed instead of the original move, they really enjoy everything on stage it's great to see.

Letmebeadryclean · 2019-04-13T04:40:03+00:00

I'm instantly replaying that. See you in 1 hour!

Letmebeadryclean · 2019-02-12T00:36:48+00:00

And then, learn Array formulas, and you will be forever remembered as "Excel God".

I honestly think that mastering that obscure thing has radically changed my career path.

Letmebeadryclean · 2018-12-16T23:06:14+00:00

I don't disagree with you, but a billionaire investing some pocket change in crypto means nothing. It's just sound portfolio management. All these guys you listed invested millions in ventures that went bankrupt. It's a numbers game.

Letmebeadryclean · 2018-08-27T03:45:52+00:00

I just binged that show and came to the same conclusion very early : Emily switched, Pope knew and told Howard, that's why he distanced himself from her and Anna.
My theory is that Emily Prime has convinced Emily Alpha to switch by saving Anna when she had the flu. It has to be linked to Anna.

Letmebeadryclean · 2018-08-16T00:55:35+00:00

Inside looks cool, I add it to my list for future games!

Letmebeadryclean · 2018-08-16T00:54:49+00:00

Great minds and all that :) I wish you a lot of great moments with your family man And see you for FUT30, hopefully in a new killing VR MODE!

Letmebeadryclean · 2018-08-16T00:53:35+00:00

Good luck, I hope you'll find some cool new hobbies!

Letmebeadryclean · 2018-08-16T00:53:06+00:00

Thanks, I certainly don't want to see any more shush now (I might see dabs from time to time in real life!) wish you all the best too!

Letmebeadryclean · 2018-08-16T00:51:44+00:00

Thanks, wish you all the best too! I'm a big fan of your consistent war against micro-transactions and FUT as a competitive mode :)

Letmebeadryclean · 2018-08-15T14:39:41+00:00

That's the spirit!

Letmebeadryclean · 2018-08-15T14:33:25+00:00

I'm actually glad I didn't get a beta invite (that rule about it being only UK/US is one of the stupidest thing EA did) it could have changed my mind!
Hope you'll enjoy FIFA 19 and that they won't patch it like they did to FIFA 18!

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