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Blockbuster punished customers for being forgetful; Netflix rewarded them for being mindless.
Will Tavlin • Casual Viewing
culture and
But the studios overlooked that streaming was more convenient than cable, as Netflix beamed images directly onto viewers’ laptops—and, soon enough, televisions and smartphones—with no annual contracts, cancelable at any time. Above all, there were no ads
Will Tavlin • Casual Viewing
digital world and review
netflix went into the complete opposite direction of what was the norm
The difference between Blockbuster and Netflix was this: Blockbuster punished customers for being forgetful; Netflix rewarded them for being mindless.
Will Tavlin • Casual Viewing
review and perspective
LLMs are extremely good at a type of knowledge called tacit knowledge (knowledge about something as it pertains to something else) but are extremely poor at pretty much any other type as far as I can see. It just so happens that tacit knowledge also happens to be the type of knowledge that drives natural language so it makes them looks super smart,... See more
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