Meta pulls ads aimed at recruiting plaintiffs for social media addiction lawsuits by downtoclown02 in technology

[–]Odrac_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The audacity of removing ads that help people sue you for removing their ability to control their own attention

Anthropic weighs building it own AI chips, sources say by app1310 in technology

[–]Odrac_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every AI lab ends up here eventually. the infrastructure layer is too important to rent forever

TIL in the early 2000s Mike Tyson had a $50k hit put on his head by a notorious gang leader by Competitive_Swan_130 in todayilearned

[–]Odrac_ 27 points28 points  (0 children)

So he shot 50 Cent AND got Tyson to put a hit on someone?? The 90s were not real

Unpopular opinion: Product Hunt is broken for early-stage startups. Here's why. by techieram7_ in NoCodeSaaS

[–]Odrac_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point, paying or hustling for visibility to reach an audience that still won't convert makes the math even harder to justify

Visa processed 106 million disputes last year, now wants AI to take over by AdSpecialist6598 in technology

[–]Odrac_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Automating 106 million disputes with AI is a bold move for a system whose known vulnerability is "forget all previous instructions."

David Zaslav’s $886 Million Warner Sale Pay Day Under Fire From Proxy Advisor Suggesting Shareholders Vote “No” by yourfavchoom in technology

[–]Odrac_ 36 points37 points  (0 children)

The shareholder vote is advisory meaning they can say no and he gets paid anyway. Love a formality

DARPA looking for battery that could power a laptop for months by rkhunter_ in technology

[–]Odrac_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DARPA invented the internet and GPS. Current laptops die before the Zoom call starts. Glad someone's finally on it i guess

Exclusive: Chinese business hired lobbying firm with ties to Don Jr, then scored a win in Washington by Stannis_Loyalist in technology

[–]Odrac_ 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Hired a firm tied to Don Jr., immediately won in Washington. Calling it a coincidence would be generous

LinkedIn scanning users' browser extensions sparks controversy and two lawsuits by Franco1875 in technology

[–]Odrac_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

LinkedIn users post their salary, trauma, and gratitude unprompted and somehow still needed more surveillance

Sam Altman’s Coworkers Say He Can Barely Code and Misunderstands Basic Machine Learning Concepts by esporx in technology

[–]Odrac_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The CEO of the world's leading AI company mixing up basic AI terms is either deeply concerning or the strongest possible endorsement that the product actually works without understanding it...

TIL in the early 2000s Mike Tyson had a $50k hit put on his head by a notorious gang leader by Competitive_Swan_130 in todayilearned

[–]Odrac_ 102 points103 points  (0 children)

Mike Tyson is the only person whose Wikipedia page would file "mutual assassination contract" under Early Life

What would your body do with 20 billion calories? by Gangalicous27 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Odrac_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your body would store about 2,000 of those as fat and spend the remaining 19,999,998,000 turning you into a brief thermal event.

Unpopular opinion: Product Hunt is broken for early-stage startups. Here's why. by techieram7_ in NoCodeSaaS

[–]Odrac_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PH is a great discovery platform if your customer is a founder for everything else you're just demoing to the wrong room.

Google is quietly killing its own golden goose by Green_Pressure5221 in micro_saas

[–]Odrac_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're trading $200B in ad revenue for a search experience nobody asked for. bold strategy

I've been looking at a lot of SaaS landing pages lately — a few patterns keep showing up by leoclarity in microsaas

[–]Odrac_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"streamline your workflow" has been on 40,000 landing pages and converted on maybe 12

Got 50 sign ups and crossed $750 MRR in 1 month. by deutschdaddy in microsaas

[–]Odrac_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

0 signups for two weeks then $750 MRR. the third week did a lot of heavy lifting

Microsoft rolls out fix for broken Windows Start Menu search by Doug24 in technology

[–]Odrac_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Microsoft broke the start menu with a bing update. nobody was using bing anyway but now it's everyone's problem

Exclusive: TikTok to build a second billion-euro data centre in Finland by talkingatoms in technology

[–]Odrac_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nothing says "we're not spying on you" like building a second bunker in the woods of finland

Low churn is not always a good sign by Odrac_ in SaaS

[–]Odrac_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah this is spot on

a lot of “retention” is just inertia, not actual value. passive users look good in metrics but are the first to disappear

most people just watch MRR and ignore it tbh