OpenAI announced plans to acquire Astral, the company behind uv, Ruff, and ty, folding its team into the Codex coding agent.
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OpenAI announced plans to acquire Astral, the company behind uv, Ruff, and ty, folding its team into the Codex coding agent.
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WhatsApp's rise and recent PR efforts highlight a class of business models that I call "user domestication".
Può l'addomesticamento degli animali selvatici essere paragonato a WhatsApp e all'addomesticamento degli utenti?
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Я никогда не пользовался WhatsApp, и никогда не стану. Несмотря на это, я чувствую необходимость написать о нём статью, потому что пример WhatsApp — отличная иллюстрация для понимания бизнес-моделей, которые я называю «одомашниванием пользователей». Одомашнивание пользователей расположено высоко в моём списке проблем человечества и заслуживает подробного объяснения. WhatsApp — не первый и, вероятно, не последний мессенджер в своём роде. Я решил писать именно о нём только потому, что он сейчас на слуху из-за вопросов с конфиденциальностью.
WhatsApp's rise and recent PR efforts highlight a class of business models that I call "user domestication".