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The Solution to the Great Bike Shortage? Buy Vintage(outsideonline.com)
2 points by data_spy 5y ago|0 comments
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Fat-Shaming People Won’t Improve Their Health(outsideonline.com)
3 points by data_spy 5y ago|1 comments
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Reasons to Feel Optimistic Today(outsideonline.com)
3 points by data_spy 5y ago|0 comments
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by data_spy 5y ago
In this case, it was actually a Governor who didn't know math more so than corruption. At least for the original terms in 2017.
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by data_spy 6y ago
Anyone else find that protest picture ironic?
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FT: Are superstar employees about to be offshored?(ft.com)
1 points by data_spy 6y ago|0 comments
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Linear Trend Estimation(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by data_spy 6y ago|0 comments
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by data_spy 6y ago
If it's terrible, look at the other suggested solutions. Some are ultra terrible and will slow down the web
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by data_spy 6y ago
This is correct. When I was at Allstate they had a 'labs' team to come up with innovative new technology. They were the only ones with standing desks, treadmill desks, bicycle desks, and over two years the only thing they accompli
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by data_spy 6y ago
Rockefeller did this with Standard Oil. They would routinely hire critics. It silences the critic and causes distrust of them going forward. People never trusted those critics ever again.
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by data_spy 6y ago
At least the article didn't say, "I'm not bullish on bitcoin, but I'm bullish on blockchain"
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Restoration of a rare vintage WW2 military watch(youtube.com)
3 points by data_spy 6y ago|0 comments
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by data_spy 6y ago
It used to mean something more than it does now. I noticed ex-Googlers were well above average in 2012, now they can be below avg. I have a colleague of mine at my current job that makes a point of being an ex-Googler but they only worked t
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by data_spy 6y ago
Agreed. I work at a company that does 150 Billion transactions a day and it is cheaper being in the cloud than on prem for us. Maybe the variable cost is more but the fixed cost is a lot less for the business.
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by data_spy 6y ago
I was looking into this as well. The main difference between the two is user acquisition. Airbnb is doing no marketing right now and vrbo is doing lots. Also 46% more of their users go directly to Airbnb.com versus Vrbo. So you can run the
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by data_spy 6y ago
89% for Expedia, assuming you count search + direct. Airbnb is at 88% for the same breakdown according to Similarweb. However SimilarWeb has direct for Airbnb at 61.47% versus Expedia's 37.72%
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by data_spy 6y ago
I think the 99%+ metric is reassuring. However the 1% will have a massive cost to our healthcare system, we are in extremistan as Nassim Taleb likes to say. For example, in normal times 10% of the US population represent 64-66% of the healt
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by data_spy 6y ago
I was just on that daringfireball last week looking at the markdown write-up!
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by data_spy 6y ago
The thing is, the size of the wager and the payouts are just as important. I was never a sports gambler, but spent two years counting cards at blackjack in rural casinos as my job. This plays out with the Kelly Criterion: https:/&#x2F
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by data_spy 6y ago
That's smart, I'd probably just play with it on my computer, since testing code in production is my life's motto.
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by data_spy 6y ago
If they really want that, they should just get a job in Vancouver with a different employer.
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by data_spy 6y ago
The best test predictor from the research I read is prior work performance at prior companies.
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by data_spy 6y ago
For a small site, Amazon Associates is probably the most reliable and non-shady opportunity besides Google. If the site get's a few million pageviews a month, options improve.
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by data_spy 6y ago
Agreed. I would use it, unless it was made by Facebook, Amazon, Google or Apple.
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by data_spy 6y ago
I would flip this. I'm personally fresher in the morning and would dedicate that time to coding as it needs more willpower.
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by data_spy 6y ago
I agree with the shade bit, however, I've personally seen several high visibility execs 'fired' with this exact line about staying on for 6 months for the transition. I've never seen anyone stay longer than 4 weeks.
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by data_spy 6y ago
Lex is a bit quirky, but I like that.
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Show HN: A Pandas practice site inspired by sqlzoo.net(pandaszoo.com)
2 points by data_spy 6y ago|0 comments
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by data_spy 6y ago
You may this payment daily with something called ads, they cost like $0.00150 for an article, but we all hate them.
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by data_spy 6y ago
Samezies

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