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by hardtke 4y ago
I honestly think this is no longer correct. Construction costs exceed the future value of the rental income stream for multifamily developments in most markets. Apparently the only projects that pencil out now are massive developments, wh
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by hardtke 4y ago
Agree with the first sentence. I worked at a couple of national labs and the number one priority is to keep the lab open by justifying the flagship project. NIF has a long history of disappointments so it's nice to see some success,
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by hardtke 4y ago
Prince did it right. His fan club members could buy tickets, with some sort of frequent flyer benefits (better tickets for more loyal fans). The genius was that you did not get the tickets or know where they were in the venue until you we
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by hardtke 4y ago
I've read that the artists and promoters prefer that Ticketmaster takes the heat. The top artists get almost all of the ticket face value and the promoter cut comes out of a kickback on the convenience fee. Ticketmaster also does a be
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by hardtke 4y ago
I was at the corner of Bancroft Ave and Hegenberger waiting at a light last year. I got passed on the right by two helmetless people riding an offroad ATV and all I could think was "I can't believe they are driving in the bike la
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Dev build of Twitter in prod that is bad(tiktok.com)
3 points by hardtke 4y ago|0 comments
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by hardtke 4y ago
But long term treasury yields are now lower than short term treasury yields. This indicates that the market expects inflation and interest rates to drop in the future. As long as this is true, prices for houses will not go down as everyon
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by hardtke 4y ago
Even if not true (and it very well could be be true), most hiring managers will assume that the people let go were the low performers in their roles.
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by hardtke 4y ago
My Reels recommendations are exclusively attractive women doing sexually suggestive things -- is that AI expertise? It's horrible. Does the platform have other content?
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by hardtke 4y ago
The tweet by @Anthony was deleted within a few minutes of me responding (could be coincidental of course) [1] The disturbing part is how the retweet chain between the reporters on Twitter changed the story: The original Tweet was "Enti
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by hardtke 4y ago
If this is a normal Silicon Valley deal, until Twitter relists or sells the valuation at vest of the already granted RSUs will be $54.20. So from an employee perspective the valuation will stay high.
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by hardtke 4y ago
Exclusive content is the only way they (or any streaming service) can become profitable. With recorded music, they have to pay a revenue share to the artists and Spotify's percentage does not increase as they grow. With exclusive con
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by hardtke 4y ago
The primary flaw in the constitution is that smaller states have disproportionate power (Senate and Electoral College) and will never give up or dilute this power. Even worse, equal representation for each state in the Senate is literally t
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by hardtke 4y ago
Who manages the properties if Pacaso goes under? It seems to be the risk in this model, particularly if the LLC owners are not able to contract cleaning and maintenance services at reasonable rates.
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Pacaso, SF unicorn startup for 'second home ownership,' lays off 30% of staff(sfgate.com)
4 points by hardtke 4y ago|2 comments
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by hardtke 4y ago
Fairness and efficiency are often at odds. As a reviewer, I was sometimes asked to review papers from unknown authors at unknown institutions. My level of effort was likely proportional to how well I knew the quality of the institution fr
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by hardtke 4y ago
The author says he is in AI, and when I was hiring entry level ML engineers I had similar challenges. As much as we blame the recruiting pipeline, I think it is the educational pipeline that is not creating a sufficiently diverse talent po
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by hardtke 4y ago
I don't expect prices to drop much because they are based on the assumption that interest rates will drop and new homeowners can refinance later. We see that with the inverted Treasury yield curve where long term interest rates are pr
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by hardtke 4y ago
Maybe Serial launched the modern commerically produced crime podcast format, but I'd give a shout out to The History of Rome by Mike Duncan as the "defining podcast." It started quite a bit earlier (2007) and proved that the
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by hardtke 4y ago
When my kids were in public elementary school there was a teacher that was so bad that most families who had children assigned to that teacher simply left the school. The administration was going through the procedure to get the teacher re
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Notorious dark-matter signal could be due to analysis error(nature.com)
3 points by hardtke 4y ago|0 comments
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by hardtke 4y ago
I think he used some combination of a pension and the unlimited homestead exemption in Florida to shield most of his assets. Since we don't have debtors prisons there is not much you can do to make people pay.
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by hardtke 4y ago
Apparently OJ Simpson had only paid the Goldman family $133K of the 50M he was ordered to pay as of last year[1]. [1] https://www.ktnv.com/news/national/judge-denies-motion-oj-si...
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by hardtke 4y ago
The details of what constitutes an investor are unclear. It's possible they made the mistake of labeling purchases by trusts as investor purposes when many individuals buy houses directly into their trusts for estate planning purposes
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by hardtke 4y ago
Check out the AppLovin financials[1]. Even if you've never heard of them, they have strong revenue growth, line of sight to high profitability, and a diversified revenue stream. Their revenue in 2022 projects to be triple that of Uni
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by hardtke 4y ago
My family is going to Dollywood this summer during a visit to Tennessee. A one day ticket is $84, but a 3 day ticket is only $114. So, yes, Disneyland is "accept no substitutes" pricing. I would argue that Disneyland should be e
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by hardtke 4y ago
I've seen a few places that Stanford and Harvard are close to 50/50 on cross admits now, and that Stanford has even passed Harvard a few times (which no school has ever done). Likely a lot to do with press around Stanford student
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by hardtke 4y ago
My personal opinion is that students are highly influenced by where the best students in the grades above them chose to apply, where they got in, and where they eventually chose to go. The software the students use also ranks how likely th
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by hardtke 4y ago
The revealed preference rankings use co-admittance data (student got into Harvard and Stanford) along with that student's final choice (went to Stanford) to rank the schools. The military academies will have a huge edge because their
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by hardtke 4y ago
My kid just went through college selection process and I can assure you that the US News rankings are largely irrelevant in terms of decision making. The revealed preference score[1] or global university rankings[2] are much closer to how

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