Verification officially marks that "an account of public interest is authentic." Most people want verification because it makes them seem important/better than other ppl. This changes the semantic meaning: X paid $8/month. Is the hope people will conflate with the previous one?
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Blue check monetization levels playing field for social equality
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Charging for the blue check moves it from a status symbol to a utilitarian one. It elicits shrieks because it’s more about leveling the playing field than making money.
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AT&T Supercharges Field Dispatch with cuOpt GPU Solver
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See how AT&T is supercharging their field dispatch capabilities by leveraging the cuOpt solver on the GPU: https://
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Google Scholar pricing and Semantic Scholar as billionaire-funded alternative
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It would actually be more comforting if Google charged something reasonable to institutions for Scholar. Interestingly, competitor @SemanticScholar appears to be the result of a billionaire's endowment (the Allen Institute for AI), so maybe it represents a long-term alternative.
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Arista delivers stellar results amid strong customer demand
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Arista delivers stellar results: Customers are ‘desperate’ $ANET $CSCO https://
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Windows and Samsung OSes Now Include Advertising
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Windows is no longer ad-free; nor is any of the various Samsung OSes
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Google Scholar’s critical role in modern scholarly research infrastructure
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I'd argue that Google Scholar plays a critical role in modern research. It is free, and it absolutely crushes every other scholarly search engine, including specialized ones Though it is a bit scary that it seems to be a tiny team & it exists only by the charity of Google…