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by bransonf 7y ago
Well, you need buyers for one. And those buyers need cash. (And where do they get the cash... the repo market) Banks don't want cash. Cash sucks in terms of value. It's liquid, but it is constantly losing value due to inflation. A
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> Like what if I'm one of the institutions waiting on the sidelines to make some money off of short term lending and the Fed keeps tamping down on what could be a source of profit? That's the problem. If you are one of these in
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by bransonf 7y ago
Based on these comments, it seems like a lot of misunderstanding is being proliferated. I’m not an expert on the subject, but I’d like to dismiss the criticisms of the fed that many are making. These cash injections give banks short term li
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by bransonf 7y ago
Assets don’t equal cash. Cash is liquidity. Without it, banks can’t make transactions. And due to post 2008-crisis rules, banks have to maintain a higher percentage liquidity. In the view of the fed, they would rather inject cash than retur
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by bransonf 7y ago
My take is that OpenAI is all hype. I’m not saying that they don’t do really cool things. But, they have a tendency to exaggerate the extent/significance of their work. The ‘Solving a Rubiks Cube’ went viral with the premise that a rob
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by bransonf 7y ago
I thought this was a homage to Yahoo offering Zuckerberg 1 billion for Facebook early on. To which he replied something along the lines of “I may never have an idea this good ever again”
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In the linked article, which I'm assuming this refers to: > The city will require companies to share information on the start point, end point and travel time of each bike or scooter trip within 24 hours after it ends, and whether t
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by bransonf 7y ago
The thing is, these scooter APIs are getting reverse engineered pretty often. (I contribute to a github repo[0]) So Uber can’t really hide the data if they’re in noncompliance. St Louis has this clause written in their scooter legislation t
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by bransonf 7y ago
If you actually are looking for another option, my bias is toward Garmin.
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by bransonf 7y ago
Academia is weird. I’ve gotten unfortunately good at R. To the point where I’m frequently building on a full R stack. Luckily the skills translate well to Python/JavaScript, which is where I’m heading once I’m out of academia.
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by bransonf 7y ago
Not anymore.
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Well, this data would been incredibly valuable to insurance companies. If you could tie specific demographic information (which Google has mastered) to sleep and exercise routines, this could be used in a risk model. I'm fairly confide
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by bransonf 7y ago
I don't think Google has a shot at acquiring Garmin though. Garmin has no reason to sell. Garmin has their own growth. In fact, Garmin is the only wearable market that I've noticed growing in the last 3-4 years (Apple is gaining t
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by bransonf 7y ago
Can confirm, someone bought this today through Google domains. I had the thought to do exactly that as soon as I read this. That's quite an OG domain, you should have bought it.
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by bransonf 7y ago
In case js13kgames is still down, see this GitHub Blog post [0] for the winners. [0] https://github.blog/2019-10-08-js13k-2019-highlights/
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There were 2,062 operational satellites as of March 31; Satellite Database(ucsusa.org)
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by bransonf 7y ago
Anyone else remember the voicemail scandal?
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by bransonf 7y ago
If you had tenure, why weren't you free to research whatever you like? In other words, what recourse did the university have at that point?
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by bransonf 7y ago
Off topic, but ?mod=rsswn in the url allows me to access any article for free on WSJ.