Kirill Panarin

Googler/ex-Spotifier. ML, big data, distributed systems and finance. Total immersion swimming and biking long distances.

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@ChristKing72013 @LeadingReport “retards”? Dunning-Kruger effect? It isn’t a treason, probably the opposite lol.

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@SawyerMerritt Why I am seeing these posts about Tesla all the time. Seems like an add. Blocking.

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@SawyerMerritt @elonmusk It doesn’t really set it apart. Robotaxi that use additional sensors like lidar can also use only cameras: it’s just a tradeoff between cost and safety. As a user, I would definitely prefer riding a robotaxi with more sensors.

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@Dean_James_1 @LeadingReport And those people also want us to believe that the Earth isn’t flat!

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@KingsofCardio @LeadingReport It’s a bit ignorant to make such conparisons, look up any article describing how actually this assistance works e.g. https://t.co/6q9bWsoXWt

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@MTGrepp Why first three “exp0sed” have zeros and only the last one a proper “O”? Sounds like a deep state is trying to expose something through this message.

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@CollinRugg Isn’t it a defamation to call the judge “corrupt” without having any proof? Can someone point to something substantial proving this?

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@MattWallace888 https://t.co/EY18I3KCco

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@OlgaBazova @SevastopolKrymU Lol, economy 101: try to compare GDP per capita which is a real reflection of an economic output strength. Russia is below the majority of European countries -- nothing to be proud of here.

[This Is Spotify @ThisIsSpotify]

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[Hannah Cox @HannahDCox]

Tomorrow, the US Government is suing Google for being too popular. Yes, really. And the consequences could be the internet as we know it.

The government breaks everything it touches - do not let it break Google.

Here’s everything you need to know 🧵

1. This is the first major antitrust lawsuit against a tech company since Microsoft was sued in the late 1990s. It’s being brought by the Department of Justice and a large number of state attorneys generals.

2. Their complaint hinges on the fact, quite literally that Google is too popular. Over 80% of searches originate on Google. They also say in the complaint that Google hasn’t done enough to help their competitors. Again, yes really. More on this in a minute.

3. But in order for a company to have violated antitrust law, they must have violated the Consumer Welfare Standard. That means they must actually BE a monopoly (which rarely exists and certainly doesn’t apply to Google), and they must have used that monopoly power to harm consumers. There’s less than zero proof Google has done that, in fact, all evidence points to the contrary.

4. The lawsuit says that because Google negotiates deals with companies like Apple or Android to be the default search engine on their devices it has engaged in “anti-competitive” practices.

This is why antitrust has always been an anti-capitalist trojan horse - businesses exist to succeed, not to help their competition. Google bartering such deals is just smart business practices and good marketing. No one is FORCED to use Google 👏🏻👏🏻 All of their services are FREE.

Furthermore, Google competes with other companies for these contracts, they win out because they are the best. It takes less than 4 finger taps to change your browser on iPhone, less than 2 clicks on Safari. Yet even when companies select a different default browser, like Microsoft did with Bing!, the majority immediately take the effort to switch BACK to Google. In fact the top search on Bing! is “Google” (Lolol).

Google’s practices are not different that a cereal company paying for better product placement in a grocery store aisle. These are basic marketing efforts and it’s corrupt Google is being persecuted for executing them well. Consumers know they have a choice, they merely choose Google overwhelmingly.

Google is competing fairly, they’re winning en masse because they offer a superior product people want, again, for FREE. But the government wants to be the one that picks winners and losers in the market, not you.

5. The state attorneys generals in the lawsuit also claim that Google didn’t do enough via its ADS360 platform to speed up Microsoft’s products to their liking. Google says it was instead focusing on meeting the needs of its other consumers before it competitors. This is just basic common sense. What kind of upside down world argument is it to argue a company should prioritize the needs of its competitors over its consumers. Again, this is anti-capitalist bs.

6. The real reason the government is filing this lawsuit is because they want more control over the tech sector, more control over the market, and ultimately more control over you and your data. There is a real effort to overturn the consumer welfare standard and reform our antitrust laws to look like Europe’s instead of ours going on in DC right now and members of BOTH parties have dirty hands.

There are virtually no tech companies in Europe because their laws are so bad. Our economy dwarfs theirs in terms of innovation, GDP, and investments. Capitalism works really well when we let it. We do not want to look Europe.

Finally:
A company shouldn’t be shaken down for being too good at what they do. I hope the government gets its butt beaten in this case and stops this socialist crud. They can’t even fix the roads, they certainly shouldn’t be trying to micromanage the internet.

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@greg16676935420 The driver of this vehicle should be able to pull himself up by his hair.

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@gonzacervantes @visegrad24 Lol. It's wrong when a country deploys nuclear weapons to a neighboring country, threatens all the time, and then sends someone to play tennis there.

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@S_M__V @arestovych «Домбас» - в одном слове сразу две ошибки - сразу видно большой знаток событий на Донбассе. «Арестович иноагент» - ахаха, ну да - ��н гражданин Украины. Лучше не позориться и не писать всякую чушь. Хорошо вам там мозги промыли.

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@USMiniTru Is he showing how much RAM Teams was consuming during the call? :)

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

If you want to waste your time and money then try @Terminix. Cancelled their service on Thursday. They installed termite baits on Saturday when I wasn't at home. Several charges/refund rounds. Countless phone calls and no ETA on when baits could be removed.

[Mike Bostock @mbostock]

Updated my plot of bank failures. 😬 https://t.co/atlFhzIMKY

[Kirill Panarin @Panarin_Kirill]

@daubman @WeAreFarmers Sounds like the bright AI future is already here. The next step is a chatGPT like support hallucinating reaponses.