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Author here. Curious how many on HN knew anything about the various hacks Cubans use to get online: the 'paquete' (a giant sneakernet), or SNET (a respectably large adhoc mesh network covering a good chunk of the island).


Did you even read what I said? You're literally repeating it. Funny, and you're citing Custom Audiences, for which I was the first PM, as some sort of counter-example. LOL.


It's not a title, it's a headline, and it's written by the editors. This is how newspapers work. Media title inflation is standard. Every 'senior' this and that you've ever read about is also bullshit, in case you hadn't noticed.


Skim? You should read it.


Indeed. Zuck was forced to backtrack his denials following the election, and is now committed to tackling fake news. They sing a very different tune now.


There have been dozens of page recommender units, which have come and gone.


Thanks for clearing that up!


The Jay-z example was real and the tool was shot down by policy. Some targeting is really prohibited thanks to policy.


No offense, but how do you know?


I'm the author of the op-ed we're all discussing. :)


You're too modest. :) People don't expect it.


This might be the first time anyone has accused me of modesty.


Well, if you're still there can I ask you about Silicon Valley's approach to the law.

You say that lawsuits are merely part of "a well-scripted conflict narrative between corporate entities".

Here in Australia our Federal Court recently hit Chevron for $300 million in a tax case that some say will have implications worldwide for corporate tax structures.

Couldn't a new model of law based on that kind of questioning of corporations and corporate governance regulate the Valley (and Wall Street) effectively?

If not what are the holes in such a claim?


Dumb reader is dumb. It's an op-ed not an article. For the details, perhaps open FB's ad creation UI. You are indeed correct you don't target ads like you enter a search query.


Lol. Nope. It's been out less than a year. How many writing careers do you follow?


Everybody I know and his cat has read the book. Give us another book. How about reprinting the old adgrok blog posts about why SF is better than nyc because person in NYC is significant only if they showed up in the Sunday marriage section, whereas the SF guy can build something out of thin air and climb the rings of Fame. I dug that.


That's on the Wayback Machine, not that it was the Gettysburg Address or anything.


Those ads are actually prohibited, or at least were when I was there. :)


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