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Social Leverage Letter | Issue #65

Social Leverage Letter | Issue #65

Reducing Head Count, Simplifying Web3 UX, Machine Learning as a Service, and Beginner's Luck

Pete Weishaupt
November 27, 2022

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READING

The Companies Cutting Jobs, Freezing Hiring: Here’s the List

Amazon and Meta are among employers reducing head count, with layoffs concentrated in the tech industry.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-companies-cutting-jobs-freezing-hiring-heres-the-list-11669069150

3 ways communications teams can simplify Web3 UX for mass adoption

Wide-scale acceptance of Web3 requires easier-to-understand language about how blockchain can be used to impact people's everyday lives.

https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/3-ways-communications-teams-can-simplify-web3-ux-for-mass-adoption/

What is Machine Learning as a Service? Benefits And Top MLaaS Platforms

Machine learning uses statistical analysis to generate prediction output without requiring explicit programming. It employs a chain of algorithms that learn to interpret the relationship between datasets to achieve its goal. Unfortunately, most data scientists are not software engineers, which can make it difficult to scale up to meet the needs of a growing firm. Data scientists can easily handle these complications thanks to Machine Learning as a Service (MLaaS). What is MLaas? Machine Learning as a service (MLaaS) has recently gained much traction due to its benefits to data science, machine learning engineering, data engineering, and other machine learning

https://www.marktechpost.com/2022/11/20/what-is-machine-learning-as-a-service-benefits-and-top-mlaas-platforms/

LISTENING

‎Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy: Shane Battier - The No-Stats All-Star on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Ep Shane Battier - The No-Stats All-Star - Nov 22, 2022

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shane-battier-the-no-stats-all-star/id1154105909?i=1000587093506

‎Panic with Friends - Howard Lindzon: Lewis Johnson of Capital Wealth Advisors on Deglobalization, Changing Trends, and a Return to Value on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Panic with Friends - Howard Lindzon, Ep Lewis Johnson of Capital Wealth Advisors on Deglobalization, Changing Trends, and a Return to Value - Nov 23, 2022

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/panic-with-friends-howard-lindzon/id1460734936?i=1000587341711

WATCHING

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