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| Apr 11, 2020 | » | APIs Are Not In the Efficiency Business
3 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
CityFlo Reduces Google Maps API Bill by 94%Google Directions API limited their free tier . CityFlo uses this API to calculate ETAs. Initially, CityFlo queried the API every time a stop was registered. |
| Apr 16, 2018 | » | An Apology for the Internet - How It Went Wrong [Intelligencer]
2 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
An Apology for the Internet - How It Went Wrong.
Noah Kulwin.
Start with hippie good intentions. A generation embracing new technology as a tool to transform the world for good.
Mix in capitalism on steroids. To save the world, you first need to take it over. Turns out the scale and power was also good for making money. ... |
| Jun 25, 2018 | » | IBM Watson's Health Saga
2 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
Layoffs at Watson Health Reveal IBM’s Problem with AI.
Eliza Strickland.
Jefferies gives IBM Watson a Wall Street reality check.
John Mannes.
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| Jan 25, 2019 | » | Facebook Monetizing Encrypted Messaging by Analyzing Metadata [Twitter]
1 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
Facebook Monetizing Encrypted Messaging by Analyzing Metadata.
@SarahJamieLewis.
Claim: FB will track relationships and social groups and make that information accessible to law enforcement. FB is a corporation that needs to make money; surveillance makes them money. Contention: Actual privacy and security must protect metadata as well as content. Cwtch by OpenPrivacy aims to minimize metadata exposed by apps used. It’s built on Tor. Challenges: message latency, server reliability & discovery, (online) first contact problem for key exchange. |
| Jan 29, 2020 | » | Facebook to Pay $550 Million to Settle Facial Recognition Suit
1 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
Facebook to Pay $550 Million to Settle Facial Recognition Suit.
Natasha Singer; Mike Isaac.
Illinois’ biometric privacy law requires companies to obtain written permission before collecting a person’s biometrics. Residents have the right to sue for up to $5,000 per violation. Facebook’s Tag Suggestions harvested facial data without getting written consent nor telling Illinois users for how long the data would be kept. ... |
| Apr 29, 2020 | » | Free Speech in Cyberspace
6 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
Should Platforms Be Neutral?Facebook banned praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism, because the two concepts cannot be meaningfully separated from white supremacy and organized hate groups. Furthermore, people that search for related terms will have “Life After Hate” suggested to them. Part of me is uncomfortable. Sure, Facebook is trying to do the right thing here. What if Facebook was replaced by some tyrannical government that censors opposition? ... |
This was the problem. The number of API calls should be dependent on the stops themselves, not the buses. For an MVP, sure - make that query - but if you’re running a growing business, those calls add up!
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