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> Good idea and good instincts. I hope you have a scalable hosting solution, because the presentation and domain name are so well chosen that I can see you gett
by theli0nheart 16y ago
> Good idea and good instincts. I hope you have a scalable hosting solution, because the presentation and domain name are so well chosen that I can see you getting millions of page landings by tomorrow.
Thanks, I had a feeling people would like this, but had no idea that it'd be this popular. I'm migrating over to Appengine as soon as I can.
> For your own benefit, perhaps some thoughtfully-filtered Adwords or so would help cover those costs and/or make you some ca$h.
I put them up about an hour ago, but took them down because I couldn't see them. Turns out I had adblock turned on. I just pushed ads live.
> Discreet links to more advanced presentations like graphs and so forth could later help to build out that initial traffic to become the 'go-to' site for accessible stats, mich like fivethirtyeight.com became well-known for unbiased electoral analysis.
I think these are all great ideas. I do think a site like this is missing, and we could all stand to benefit from it.
> A fun thing might be a time machine that let you look back at tax rates of years past, with the receipt getting increasingly yellowed and/or using more and more antique-looking fonts. By the time you get to 1776 everything is in copperplate :-)
Hehe, of all the ideas you've had, this is the best. Moving it up in the queue :)
- grandalf 16y agoVery cool! Great job with it. One idea: What about adding a line in red for deficit spending... the amount the person owes against the deficit based on his/her current income level...