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Estamos en las últimas charlas antes de nuestra keynote, en Track 1 tenemos a @nanisimo.watif.es , Gloria Expósito, Ainhoa Marzol y @adlrocha.bsky.social , en Track 2 a Daniel Perez, en Track 3 a Agustín Jamardo y en el Track 4 a Yago Cousiño #t3chfest10

I did not set out to start a company. I left my previous job wanting to take a long break. Mere weeks into it, I found my co-founder, a real problem, and a real solution - all too good to pass up. Skip to today, and @finisterralabs.bsky.social is announcing our seed with Haun and Lightshift.

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This is the vision for @baselightdb.bsky.social, and it's already live! So if you want in, ping me!

This is our hello world: finisterra.ai/hello-world/

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We don't have today an easy way with existing tools to back these answers with data (or even answer them accurately in the first place in less that 10 mins without a lot of involved data work).

adlrocha on X: "The Tortilla Index is back in today's @BaselightDB insight 🌽 Curious about how closely the stock prices of companies like Chipotle $CMG or $YUM might correlate with the Tortilla Index? So was I—and here’s what I found. There’s a noticeable connection, but is this the root https://t.co/QPcJ5Yl9Kx" / X The Tortilla Index is back in today's @BaselightDB insight 🌽 Curious about how closely the stock prices of companies like Chipotle $CMG or $YUM might correlate with the Tortilla Index? So was I—and here’s what I found. There’s a noticeable connection, but is this the root https://t.co/QPcJ5Yl9Kx

or "Is the price of tortillas a good proxy for inflation?"
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adlrocha on X: "With all the recent news about plane crashes, I decided to dedicate my @BaselightDB insight of the day to give clarity to a question that I ask myself every time I board a plane. 🛬 How secure is this plane, and what is my probability of surviving if it crashes? 🧵 https://t.co/sOR9XGRmL0" / X With all the recent news about plane crashes, I decided to dedicate my @BaselightDB insight of the day to give clarity to a question that I ask myself every time I board a plane. 🛬 How secure is this plane, and what is my probability of surviving if it crashes? 🧵 https://t.co/sOR9XGRmL0

"what is the probability of surviving on a plane accident depending on the plane you board?"

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To try to make you also fall in love with the vision, try to do the following exercise: try answering the questions of "how have Steph Curry changed the NBA since he joined the league?"

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I am so grateful to @haunventures.bsky.social and Lightshift for believing in our vision and giving us the chance to disrupt how data is discovered, processed, consumed, and sold. 🧵

If you had told me last year by this time that I would be reposting this announcement about @finisterralabs.bsky.social
and @baselightdb.bsky.social I wouldn't have believed you.

Big things ahead for structured data!

Finisterra Labs, the core team building Baselight, has raised $3.75M to make structured data open, computable, and monetizable.

We’re just getting started. Here’s what this means for Baselight 🧵👇

Forget gold.
Forget Bitcoin.

The new inflation hedge is a well-stocked tortilla reserve. Welcome to the new financial frontier 🌽💰

Looking for data on prices changes for other delicacies? We have tables for that!

La era digital oscura y la biblioteca de internet - T3chFest 10 Mesa redonda moderada por Emilio Doménech. La historia de internet es frágil y efímera, lo que pelig...

Charla invitada: ¿internet ha muerto ¿todo el contenido será IA? 🤖

Ainhoa Marzol, Gloria Expósito y Alfonso de la Rocha (@adlrocha.bsky.social) contarán su punto de vista moderados por Emilio Doménech (@nanisimo.watif.es)

adlrocha on X: "With all the recent news about plane crashes, I decided to dedicate my @BaselightDB insight of the day to give clarity to a question that I ask myself every time I board a plane. 🛬 How secure is this plane, and what is my probability of surviving if it crashes? 🧵 https://t.co/sOR9XGRmL0" / X With all the recent news about plane crashes, I decided to dedicate my @BaselightDB insight of the day to give clarity to a question that I ask myself every time I board a plane. 🛬 How secure is this plane, and what is my probability of surviving if it crashes? 🧵 https://t.co/sOR9XGRmL0

TL;DR, stay safe and take good care of all of your devices (employees and loved ones) if you don't want your data to be stolen by some bad guys somewhere around the world.

And as always, follow me for more @baselightdb.bsky.social insights like this one:
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data braches by sector

And once again, which one has been the most effective method in all these sectors? Hacks!

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data braches by sector

I wanted to wrap up my analysis checking what sectors have been more prone to be attacked. Again to no ones surprise web applications and government systems are the preferred for attackers, followed by finance.

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data breaches by method

But wait, to no ones surprise, the ones that end up disclosing the most sensitive data are "inside jobs" and "lost devices".

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data breaches by method

Maybe the dataset isn't as complete as I thought? In any case, I decided to go deeper into the data. What would you say is the most common method used by attackers? You guessed it, plain old hacks.

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Evolution in number of breaches and records lost

Let's first have a look at how the number of data breaches and records lost have evolved globally throughout the years.

We can see how there's an upward trend since 2004. There are some outliers and the trend is not as obvious as I would have expected
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Many of you may have heard the news of the recent $1.4B hack to Bybit. This seemed as good an excuse as any other to focus my @baselightdb.bsky.social Insight of the day on hacks and data breaches 🧵

YouTube video by Baselight Tortilla Index Demo

🌮 + 📈 = Insight?

Using Baselight, we built the Tortilla Index, tracking how tortilla prices move alongside stock prices like Chipotle ($CMG) & yumbrands ($YUM).

Could food costs be a market signal? Watch our demo & find out!

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YouTube video by Baselight Creating Super Bowl Ads Insights with Baselight

What happened to funny Super Bowl ads? 🤔

We analyzed 20 years of Super Bowl commercials using Baselight and found some wild trends:

🔻 Sexy ads=declining
🔻 Funny ads=disappearing
🔺 Ad costs=exploding

Watch along to see how Baselight fuels #data driven insights like these!
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The death of humor.
The fall of seduction.
The reign of celebrity.

Super Bowl ads used to be funny. Now they just cost $7M and make you feel things.

If data had emotions, it would be sobbing into a series beer or insurance commercial right now.

Tortilla Index

For my @baselightdb insight of the day I present you the "Tortilla Index", my own personal proxy for inflation.

This innovative index tracks the price of Mexican tortillas alongside other key commodities over time, offering a unique glimpse into inflation trends.

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Data jobs insight

My @baselightdb.bsky.social insight of the day on the evolution of data roles. Here’s what I found: mid/large companies are hiking salaries—but cutting back on remote roles.

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From stadium rock anthems to reggaeton beats, music is always evolving. But who really owns the charts today?

Data tells the story.

🎶👀 Good news, Baselight has tables for that!

Song per genre over the years

Let’s talk music history! For today’s @baselightdb.bsky.social insight, which genre has ruled the decades?
The 70s, 80s, and 90s? Rock was the undisputed king. 👑
But fast forward to the 2000s—Latin and electronic music have taken the crown! 🎶💃
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Song metrics per genre

@baselightdb.bsky.social insight of the day!

There's always discussions about what is the fastest, loudest, or most popular music genre. Time to settle that discussion leveraging one of @baselightdb.bsky.social datasets!

TL;DR: Pop is the most popular :)
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As AI demand surges, #nvidia stock moves the markets—but does its price reflect the actual cost of GPUs?

Good news, Baselight has tables for that exact question!

GPU price v.s. nvidia stock

As always, here's the direct link to the query. Ping me if you want an alpha invite to the platform.
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My @baselightdb.bsky.social insight of the day!

I was curious to know how the price of the nvidia stock evolved compared to the average price of new and used GPUs the last few years. It looks like the stock price over-performed the underlying product :)