Pavel Sokolovsky

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thoughts of food · Oct 2024

Delivery apps are big on discounting these days.

“A study by researcher Intouch Insight found that nearly half (49%) of delivery orders have a discount attached. That included 65% of orders on DoorDash, 55% on Uber Eats and 27% on Grubhub.” ~ learn more

to your health · Oct 2024

5 healthyish things, including David bars and full-body MRI scans.

I’ve been really enjoying Derek Flanzraich’s new newsletter. “If you're new here, every Thursday I share 5 health-related things I feel strongly about. I explore, double click, and curate healthy things so you can just live healthyish (and spend less time scrolling).” ~ learn more

better doing · Oct 2024

The skill of naming what’s happening in the room.

“Your observations—of the energy on the call, of a change in someone’s tone or body language, of how you as a group are not meeting the desired goal—can reset this frustrated dynamic. Often, everyone else in the room will also sense these things, but folks rarely say them out loud.” ~ learn more

tech, startups, internet · Oct 2024

The FTC’s out there cracking the whip on BS AI.

“The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is putting companies on notice—if businesses try to fool customers by overstating what their AI can do, they’ll face serious consequences. Also known as AI washing, the FTC announced Tuesday it had filed complaints against five companies that it said used the hype around AI to target consumers with deceptive offers.” ~ learn more

tech, startups, internet · Oct 2024

The end of advertising.

“For decades, the economic relationship between consumers of content and the providers of content has been hidden behind business models that were monetizing our attention. We didn’t put too much thought into it because we were getting what we wanted with minimal effort or cost. But as AI increasingly disrupts these models, the relationship between us and publishers will become much more transactional and direct. And we will feel it.”…

fun facts · Oct 2024

Pipe dream.

My daughter was playing a that reminded me of the old Pipe Dream. It turn out you can play online now! ~ learn more