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by adjkant 9y ago
I think the math could be corrected slightly for clarity, but the general point still holds I think: the money is not apples and oranges here. Where does the government get the $100 from? The audit isn't conducted by the government as
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by adjkant 9y ago
To ensure people are charged what they should be? I'm mind boggled that people are so centered on the business that they can't fathom a reason for anything beyond profit or other purely economic factors. To take this to ridiculous
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by adjkant 9y ago
They are welcome to reduce cash back given on their credit cards or other means of increasing profits. Something tells me that the banks and credit card companies will do just fine here with the additional cost of the audit. It's a tin
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by adjkant 9y ago
> A proper value comparison would be 'cost of all audits caused by this regulation' vs 'benefits gained from mistakes found by it' I don't think accurately captures it and is certainly not fair to the customers.
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by adjkant 9y ago
A daily reminder of how far the tech community has to go socially and morally, and hopefully a chance to help change that in a positive direction.
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by adjkant 9y ago
I'd be happy to, though I suspect it's too specific to be of use to a wider audience, and certainly could be improved as they were made out of need, not designed perfectly.
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by adjkant 9y ago
I've taken a macro course and am more or less using those formulas (and translating them into basic examples in the grandparent). Present value only does so much lifting though, as my scope is a lot wider. Life is more complicated than
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by adjkant 9y ago
Having hand rolled my own retirement calculator (excel) with a lot of other variables that seem like overkill at first, I think this is very misleading if you don't at least account for inflation. It gets complicated real quick when yo
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by adjkant 9y ago
True, but there are many other market conditions in play there to be exploited, and a year or more of data is still useful.
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by adjkant 9y ago
Consider cryptocurrency over stocks, as it comes with exchange API's and low/no fees.
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by adjkant 9y ago
As in it will be a lot harder to get your first job. Once you have that first position or two, it's not really trouble from there obviously. I'd also point out that the dynamics of the junior dev position and the competition have
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by adjkant 9y ago
This. If you're graduating without an internship or two, you're in trouble.
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by adjkant 9y ago
So THAT is how they artificially increase their DAU and use time - make the user experience only tolerable if you essentially have to use the app daily and be constantly updated.
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by adjkant 9y ago
And how long until Instagram suffers the same fate?
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by adjkant 9y ago
Bingo. They're going to pull the same drain and rake in money in the short term. They'll buy their next competitor and rinse/repeat.
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by adjkant 9y ago
Recent news, confirming: https://www.recode.net/2018/2/12/16998750/facebooks-teen-use...
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by adjkant 9y ago
Yeah they did - I still don't have the new update and have that model. Like most of Snapchat of old, it's all hidden features. While I'm worried about the new update, there are definitely some advantages. I love the separatio
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by adjkant 9y ago
I'd point out that this is prime real estate. They could have bought a cheaper building but I don't think they overpaid by much if at all.
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by adjkant 9y ago
It's hard data to get because people still have Facebook accounts, they just don't post on them. In order to get that data, Facebook would have to release it by choice, and good luck with that one. Do an experiment though. Look at
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by adjkant 9y ago
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply the age group is the niche, nor actually did I mean to imply the value was niche either, hence the quotes. I typed the comment that way though because I think a large proportion of people over about 24 don
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by adjkant 9y ago
I think that "niche" is what you share with most people under 19 or so as of today. People are quick to write off Snapchat's popularity with young users as it being the hot new toy they will tire with, but I think it's a
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by adjkant 9y ago
You can tell them to ignore some publishers and subscribe to others. My Snapchat subscriptions are NYT, Wired, WaPo, and a few others. I have blocked People and Daily Mail. Hold down on a publisher story to get options.
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by adjkant 9y ago
I think the bots are making a big difference in keeping demand from crushing minimums, always willing to trade on short-term timeframes.
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by adjkant 9y ago
Ah yes, evolving linguistic meaning and sexual harassment, totally equal. /s
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Ripcord allegedly fires employee over claims of toxic work environment(businessinsider.com)
8 points by adjkant 9y ago|2 comments
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by adjkant 9y ago
Thanks, appreciate the detail :) I very much agree with that philosophy and would consider myself a rational optimist if I had to label, hence the intrigue. While optimism is good, I think it needs to be paired with equally important perspe
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by adjkant 9y ago
I usually hate posts about top job, top tech talent, etc. This post was a lot of great stuff. The idea of pairing talented people of different levels is crucial. A senior lead with shit backup can only do so much. The right balance I think
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by adjkant 9y ago
This links to a lot of good stuff: https://nintil.com/2016/04/09/why-ayn-rand-is-not-and-ought-... As a philosophy / ethics person who has studied and read a lot of philosophers and never her, even from
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by adjkant 9y ago
Slaughterhouse-Five, Galapagos, Sirens of Titan Basically, any Kurt Vonnegut book that isn't Cat's Cradle (good but overrated). Bias note: I'm still young, but these shaped me easily.
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by adjkant 9y ago
Could you elaborate on the new perspective for you? What was the previous one? I was intrigued by the title and looked up the book and found this review, and it seems to bring up some good points. https://www.goodreads.com/r

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