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by bsuvc 3y ago
So in other words: People are tricked into thinking something improbable is more probable than it really is by coupling it with a separate, highly probable thing. At first I thought this was just an obvious statistics thing, but it is psych
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by bsuvc 3y ago
And the ones they do lose are "difficult customers". Not all customers are equal.
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by bsuvc 3y ago
In the US, what you describe is often referred to as being an "independent contractor".
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by bsuvc 3y ago
Also, it appears to never suggest an autocomplete containing the number 1776 either. For example, if I type "July 4 177" it shows "July 4 1774" and "July 4 1775", but not "July 4 1776". This obviously
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by bsuvc 3y ago
It depends on your business, but I seem to recall Authorize.net works better with some "high risk" business types. There is a list of business types that Stripe doesn't like to have as customers, some obvious, but some not so
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by bsuvc 3y ago
Yes. Yes I would. It is clear there are some use cases where straw usage is a necessity. I do wonder if that should just be something people use when they need it. The analogy would be, some people use mobility scooters at the grocery store
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by bsuvc 3y ago
Got one and sippy cup was the thing to use, but yeah straws were also helpful for a while after graduating from the sippy cup.
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by bsuvc 3y ago
Great point. Now that you mention it, I did work with a person who had a condition that extremely affected his ability to move and yes, straw usage was essential for him.
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by bsuvc 3y ago
Ah makes sense. I didn't think about that scenario.
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by bsuvc 3y ago
I'm sure someone probably feels strongly about this, but I will ask anyway: Do we as a society even need straws? I never use a straw at home. The only time I would consider wanting one would be for a milkshake maybe, due to its thickne
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by bsuvc 3y ago
> Yet every close call or collision has been due to motorist impatience, inattention, and/or lawlessness. This reminds me of how every driver thinks they are at least above average and most people think they are even an excellent dr
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by bsuvc 3y ago
Interesting window into the history that likely shaped Microsoft's view of customers for decades since then. I'd say MS still probably has that attitude baked into their company, treating customers as adversaries that need to be p
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by bsuvc 3y ago
It's kind of fun, but pretty difficult and I would like to have an option for more time. Also, I'm not so sure about the scoring. I got over 80% just painting solid color rectangles filling the entire width stacked top to bottom.
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by bsuvc 3y ago
Bootstrapping is a fine alternative to VC and more appropriate for many businesses. But it isn't hostile to want a return on your investments, and investors are not operating as a charity to support the local economy, although that doe
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by bsuvc 3y ago
TLDR: dilution is a thing and investor incentives are not always aligned with founder, when it comes to early exit opportunities. --- But... I don't think there are really a lot of opportunities to exit at $38m in the early stages of a
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by bsuvc 3y ago
And they will almost certainly be leetcoded once they interview for a full time position.
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by bsuvc 3y ago
Question for those involved in hiring: Do you have DEI metrics and objectives and if so, does that factor into the interview process and style?
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by bsuvc 3y ago
I didn't say any of that.
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by bsuvc 3y ago
No, Musk is the one doing the trolling. Just look at the attention he is getting. If you think Musk is somehow upset about this, you are wrong.
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by bsuvc 3y ago
> customers’ applications that support the “login with Microsoft” functionality That's a lot of corporate line-of-business applications though, right? And it could end up being the worst part of this hack.
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by bsuvc 3y ago
Is it really that bad for you, as long as it goes back down to the healthy range soon? I have always noticed it spiking while cooking, but never worried about it because it wasn't sustained. I already worry about enough things, so I ha
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by bsuvc 3y ago
This submission is yet another attempt to steer HN towards political discussion. There are enough other sites for doing that.
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by bsuvc 3y ago
I think I agree with you, but to play devil's advocate: > Which were not required Sure they were not required by Ed, but they were required by other stakeholders who are responsible for testing and maintaining this system. I agree t
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by bsuvc 3y ago
That's a good point. The urgency of this problem was not communicated broadly enough and the impact of the simple fix was not communicated back up the organization so that it could be prioritized correctly. It seems like Ed is just bei
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by bsuvc 3y ago
It sucks when you say it like the title: "6 days to change 1 line of code", But... The system improved in a few other ways: 1. The setting became configurable via the parameters table instead of being hard coded. 2. Auditing was i
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by bsuvc 3y ago
Yeah, you're probably right. I guess maybe I read the mood wrong on this.
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by bsuvc 3y ago
It's a little sad to see the amount of cynicism and negativity here around quantum computing. It's so early. To compare this to traditional computers, we are basically in the stage of a mainframe taking up an entire room. Where th
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by bsuvc 3y ago
Pertaining to habits, this stuck with me from James Clear's Atomic Habits [1]: > Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, s
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by bsuvc 3y ago
The author seems to be saying that the reason charter schools are successful is because of self-selection, and that is also why public schools are worse, due to the inverse of self-selection. While there is certainly self-selection occurrin
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by bsuvc 3y ago
Is "red team" a verb now? I barely even know what that means. I assume it stems from the "red team" being bad guys in video games, but am not certain. Even with that assumption, I'm not quite sure what "red tea

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