What does CV stand for in this context?

Computer vision (i.e. deep learning on images / video)

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That's a false equivalency. The USB cables I buy in random shops off the street are usually much worse, and more expensive, than any I've gotten from Amazon. And I'd wager that if you got a can of beans on Amazon it would taste perfectly fine. Maybe there is lower quality on Amazon, but comparing such different products is essentially meaningless.

A random "junk shop" perhaps, but I'm to the point where I'd much rather go down the street to Target and pick up some slightly higher priced piece of electronics because I know it is quality controlled, than wade through Amazon.

If I'm shopping for a particular brand, okay Amazon, if it's just needing something in particular that's guaranteed to have hundreds of Chinese knockoffs with no way of differentiating between reviews (like a bike headlight, or LEDs, or a USB adapter), I go to a B&M that stocks those things.

Or order it from Target.com?

Right, exactly.

I don't buy, well, basically anything, from random corner shops because it's likely to be crap.

Does Amazon actually want to be like that? They don't have to be Waitrose, they just have to be even like, Lidl.

So in this analogy, Amazon is basically a junk shop. Yet they have a much better reputation than that, somehow.

Note that I don't buy things at junk shops in real life.

Is that really a problem for things like movies and cars, though? When I watch a film, part of the fun is critically examining and discussing it afterwards. If I'm making a huge purchase like a car, I'd want to be extra-conscious about things I'm not 100% satisfied with. Sure, don't be critical about everything in life, but it has its place.

Sure, make a careful decision when buying your car. But after you buy it, like it! You made a big commitment, and switching costs are high, so you’ll be happier if you feel you made the right decision.

After watching a movie, critically analyze it if that makes you happy. You aren’t married to it because you saw it - disliking it won’t hurt you. But when you’re thinking about whether you should go with your friend to watch a movie they want to see, don’t agonize over it for hours, just see it or don’t. There are a million things going on in any movie and you can always find something interesting to pay attention to. If you can afford to spend $15 and a few hours, find a way to enjoy it.

It's a huge problem, why purposefully degrade your own happiness? Find the beauty in things, not the flaws.

Of course chose wisely, but once you've chosen something stop looking for the flaws.

This seems to be written by the CEO of a company that provides the exact service the article describes. That doesn't necessarily invalidate it, but I'd read it more as a business pitch than an honest, unbiased opinion.

You're being generous. Thinly veiled as a blog post advertising is such a common thing and so so transparent. I wouldn't treat this any differently than a banner ad on a website.

Google itself tried to validate the idea but ended up shutting it down in 2015. Google Helpouts used Google Hangouts to connect people with experts. If someone could make it a two-way street, and use credits instead of cash, it could become a time bank, which is what I'd really like to see proliferate.

Vaccines rely on herd immunity to be effective. Even vaccinate individuals can contract a disease (or a different strain of one) if enough people are unvaccinated in the community.