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by cosmie 7y ago
The same as you measure the profit of any business. They're just referred to as net assets[1]. Non-profit is a misnomer - not for profit is a more apt phrase. While they can't operate with the intent of generating profit, they&#
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> whereas Apple was pulling data from The Weather Company, now part of IBM. It's turtles all the way down[1]. The Weather Company also leverages NOAA data and is listed as such as a weather service provider on NOAA's site[2]. A
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Technically, when you update it via js you're overwriting the existing cookie with a new one. And, from my understanding, it's then subject to the same restrictions as any other cookie set client side. So in order to have a long-l
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Entirely too true. I've acknowledged my bodies inability to handle successive all-nighters without incurring the wrath of a splitting headache, and adjusted my behavior to appease it. And adjusted my (overall) eating habits to minimize
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The order itself is more of an ingrained habit from my college years than anything else. Even when I consciously choose something else the few times I go, I still end up spitting out that order before I even register what I've said. Fi
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> You can't have too many hash browns. That's just not a thing. One hundred percent agree with you. That said, finishing off a triple topped is enough to make a shred of doubt cross your mind. You then just have to wash that do
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I threw together a Fiddle that demonstrates it here[1]. It shows the basic single column version, a multi-column distinct on, and an example that uses a case statement for a derived column. The only thing with the third example is that I do
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One really useful call out is that it supports expressions, not just columns. You can create derived entities via case statements (think binning, entity normalization, etc) and leverage the super handy functionality against those derived en
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> Like, remember that thing where cell carriers were literally selling real-time user-specific location data to, essentially, anybody who could pay? And probably still are? Or before that, when they caught flak for header injection[1]. W
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Also good to point out - payors actually benefit from crazy costs. Insurance companies had their profitability capped as a percentage of premiums collected[1][2]. The easiest path to profit growth is just to let claims balloon, then use tha
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> They are not going to offer it to you, normally, because they are not a charity. They want to give you the least amount of money that you will except. An alternative perspective from my time managing: That reflects the viewpoint of the
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Local dentists have a reputation to maintain, but the impact of reputational damage is generally limited. If they end up with 10 Yelp reviews complaining about fillings not lasting as long as they should or being overcharged, it may negativ
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Besides the one referenced in the article, any tips (or references) about those tricks?
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As others have said, it's different between jurisdictions. In the US it's legal, and is considered operating as a sole proprietor. But in doing so, there's no separation between you and the business, and you (and your persona
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It's a process breakdown, either manual or automated. Marketing teams tend to use a tagging worksheet like this[1] when creating new emails. They're just told to put all links through that process, and the topic of tel links don&#
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For sure with the transmogrification! If the rest of your workbook is properly designed, dropping into VBA for some array operations and direct references[1] can drastically improve performance as opposed to per-cell calculations and loopin
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Google doesn't directly sell data in the first place - they leverage the data they have to improve the value of their ad network (in the form of enhanced targeting and attribution capabilities). It's actually in their best interes
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> because spreadsheets are impossible to scale, which in turn makes the processes that rely on them impossible to scale. Spreadsheets are entirely possible to scale, that just tends to be a skillset in and of itself, and domain experts o
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> You could always manually enter your DNS servers in your iPhone's settings. Can you do this for mobile connections? From what I've been able to see, you have to set DNS settings on a per SSID basis, and that particular menu d
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You don't even necessarily have to predict earnings. If you've ever connected to your financial account via a service like Plaid or it's ilk, that service has an API endpoint[1] they can call to neatly package up your income
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I've seen it, although it depends on the surrounding demographics. The suburbs I currently live in, it's uncommon. But much of the newer urban housing I looked at before deciding on a place had that particular set up. As well as s
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Does anyone happen to have any advice for configuration tuning when running Postgres within Docker for Mac? I'm sure there are multiple ways to enhance the configuration for running within that environment, but the filesystem consisten
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The dealer likely hit you with a warranty extension pitch during the sales process. So the only potential sales cannibalization would be from individuals that _might_ have purchased a warranty from the dealer after the sale. The guaranteed
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Not in any particular order, but here is a list of really useful text butchering utilities, that I keep in the same grab-bag as ftfy: csvclean[1], unidecode[2], transliterate[3], charset-normalizer[4], cchardet[5], phonenumbers[6][7], iconv
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This. The pizza tracker came up a few months ago, and I added some details on the triggers[1][2]. The feature is derived from pre-existing data within the system. And as imperfect as it is, it's the state of the order as the internal P
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MS Office the desktop software isn't free, but you can use the online versions for free[1]. Considering the Works was never quite at feature parity with Word anyway, the gimped down version of Office Online is a decent alternative. You
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Ah, that makes sense. I retract my statement – those symbols are still MIA on 13.3.
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iOS 13.3[1] support these symbols. [1] The 13.3 Beta I'm currently running on my 6S Plus renders them fine.
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Your work negotiates which services are covered under their group plan. My last company had a blanket "Not Covered" for all of the family law services. My current company's plan is a lot more liberal and expansive in covered
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There are, but they're accounted for and explicitly called out and noted as situations that aren't covered. I don't know if it generalizes to all of their plans (employers can customize them to an extent), but for the two com

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