Vlad Savov

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

So by the end of the week Musk, Trump and Ye will each own a social network. Plus Zuck and his holdings. Comforting to know that such socially astute gentlemen are in charge of global conversation. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@imjasonlewis @RiaKapur This is unedited. I've taken much grizzlier pics with worse cameras and edited them into behaving nicely. The color and detail here is what counts and it's just about enough to have me excited to use this zoom camera in less challenging circumstances. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@hkrob @alexhern Ah, now we understand each other. Tweet freely and liberally, i ain't gatekeeping the Elon forum. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@345triangle @alexhern Well, I'm sure you phrased it superbly and Google recognized the brilliance of your concision and that was why. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@hkrob @alexhern I do: not very long. And on the rare occasion I'm wrong, I'll happily write about that because there'd be something to say. Are you at all prepared to look at it from the perspective of someone whose job this is or will you keep disagreeing? — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@hkrob @alexhern Okay, so those people are sending mission-critical, time-sensitive messages and they need to be notified asap... And then, armed with their limited technical knowhow, they'll do what about it? — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@hkrob @alexhern A service is of urgent import to you, but you need me to notify you that it's down? And you also don't already have an alternative in mind for the sake of redundancy? — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@alexhern Really what I wish we could do is wait to write until there's something useful to say. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

Google never returns zero results on a popular query, even when there's no useful info. So your best ROI is to slap together a "when will WhatsApp be back" thing without any answer, because clicks count all the same. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

But this is the misalignment of incentives: people seek information most when none is available, so online publishers feel forced to present news when there is none. Perfectly fine to write about the causes and remedies once known, but by that time no one cares... — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

Can we just agree not to cover outages of popular apps until a minimum of a day has passed? Like, if WhatsApp being down affects you, you already know. If it doesn't, you probably don't care. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@Bloodymirova Love song lyrics? — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@RiaKapur @imjasonlewis Interesting. That sounds more like visual clutter in the composition than the typical use of "noise" as just digital artifacts born out of the process, usually produced by having to work harder in low light. The noise in this image, then, is the weird aberrations in the sky. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@RiaKapur @imjasonlewis Colors and noise are technical lingo? — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

When BigCo buys a software SmallCo: 1. Looks great for end user, as BigCo subsidizes lossmaking business model and maintains low pricing 2. Over time, all other SmallCos in the sector quit, pivot or also sell 3. Then BigCo hikes cost much higher than SmallCo would've done 4. $$$ — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@blaircook Same thing Brits seek from their government. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

Setting aside the usual smartphone priorities of performance, battery and cameras, what's grown in importance for you in recent times? — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@riptari It's the eyes. The transfixed eyes. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@themaholupper Just come over, I'll give you the tour. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

5x zoom night shot with the Pixel 7 Pro. https://t.co/uOwFFftsvA — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@imShanky612 Correct. The Pixel 7 has that issue well and truly fixed, however. Completely different part. — PolitiTweet.org

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Apple adding more ads to App Store and Google's Play Store is already a full page of nothing but ads. Duopolies are bad, friends. https://t.co/MILG97l08o — PolitiTweet.org

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@jamesburland The competition weren't computing firms? What are Microsoft and Intel? — PolitiTweet.org

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Blowing off steam https://t.co/Qw3WlpEf3k — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@345triangle Sonic obviously has a much wider wingspan, hardly a fair contest — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

We forget now how unlikely the iPhone's success was. BlackBerry had the gold-standard keyboard and most popular messenger. Nokia had all the carrier deals and best designers. And Apple was like Michael Jordan getting baseball... — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

Someone on LinkedIn messaged me saying "it'd be great to have a virtual breakfast" and I feel attacked. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@dracvs Bet they're good bananas, though, right? — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

@SalehaMohsin @elonmusk @JenniferJJacobs If Elon wants to have the deal frustrated, it'd only take a few well placed tweets about Xi's brilliant leadership and China's critical importance to Tesla. — PolitiTweet.org

Vlad Savov @vladsavov

China, old fashioned: blocks any negative news about its govt US and UK, modern: overwhelm you with negative news to the point where you can no longer be outraged by anything — PolitiTweet.org