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by jfil 2y ago
Send me an email with a link to what you're working on & I'll try it out. Same goes for anyone else who'd like feedback for their personal project.
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Maintaining a database of Canadian grocery prices. (Reach out to me if you're passionate about rising food prices and/or have economic analysis skills!) Writing articles about & archiving Victorian-era "Artistic Printing&
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Let's say it was an "intermediate goal". Just before my first child was born, I quit my consulting job. While looking for another job, I went into business as a solo consultant to have some cash coming in. Surprisingly, I bro
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You might enjoy the book "Gang Leader for a Day" by Sudhir Venkatesh. He spends time with a street gang and explains its operations.
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Maximilian I's 9ft x 11ft Triumphal Arch would like a word with you: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumphal_Arch_(woodcut)
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huitzitziltzin, I really appreciate that you've replied with so much detail, named the field of study, and gave references to research for me to follow up. I am going to be reading up on these topics.
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Great app idea for the bright minds of HN: an app that lets a rideshare driver easily record hour + mileage when working, combines it with the daily earnings (to get $/hr and $/mile) and let's them share with fellow workers.
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I like Jason Scott's take on the nostalgic internet: it was a cosy place for people "in the know" and we miss being in a special club. https://textfiles.libsyn.com/the-nostalgic-web-episode The post's au
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We're not going to run out of new anatomy anytime soon(svpow.com)
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I'm the creator, and I think you are spot-on. It is my wish that this data will help increase competition/reduce collusion, but until others analyze it we cannot make assumptions about what prices/grocers are doing.
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Last year, Canada Bread paid $50mil for its role in price fixing: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-bread-price-fixing-1... The government hasn't taken anyone to court yet, but justice and progress is p
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I encourage you to initiate those conversations with your friends and acquaintances. They've probably felt that something is going off the rails but might feel disheartened that no one seems to notice. The solution to this problem star
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Canada has something called the "Efficiencies Defence" for Mergers. My understanding is that it is used to push through harmful (to consumers) mergers by showing that the shareholders of the merging organizations benefit more than
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I believe one of the key issues is anaemic anti-monopoly laws and enforcement. The grocery sector in Canada is very healthy and innovative, even without foreign entrants. It's just that any successful small chains get eaten up by the g
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I agree with you that Canada has a very unique attitude to competition - it's "Can't we all just get along?" Regarding food, I beg to differ. The top 3 grocers have price-fixed bread [1] (one prosecution since that artic
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Hey man, I'm just creating the hammer - you can throw it in the lake, make a treehouse for your kid, smash a window, up to you :-D
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There's a fascinating cultural history of accepting cartels/oligopoly in Canada. I've heard it described as an "Us Against the Vast North" attitude that prevailed as the British settled Canada. Also, I believe Canad
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I am the author - I appreciate your comment & the parent comment. I'll make the sqlite file more manageable shortly (wasn't expecting the project to get this much attention so its taking a while to catch up with everything!)
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To some degree, "everyone in the village is a millet farmer" did make it easier in the past to fit into a niche: it's the ultimate detachment of "who you are" from "what you do". Your day job is never-endi
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That sucks. I hope it leads to something good for you, eventually.
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It looks like Rachelbythebay is doing a lot of work in this space around assessing rss reader behaviour (and there are several recent detailed posts): https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2024/05/30/fs/
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How Konstantin Made an E-Ink Calendar(howtoware.co)
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This sounds awesome. I'll check out peopleandblogs.
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Correct!
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Hey, you're doing great - keep going!
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Ideas: - A "vibe shift" has occurred at work. Separately, my own thoughts have been more unkind/uncharitable towards others. Recently I realized that the two are connected. Isn't it funny how the vibe-shift trickled down
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I'd like to do something similar to the "personal basket" as a way of comparing "value" at different vendors. Thinking of using $/100g of common sandwich ingredients to demonstrate how much "making the sam
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I am making the data available for others to use for academic analysis and/or supporting legal action. The large Canadian grocers are known to price-fix and collude, and it would be interesting to see if there are any patterns in their
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Working on: - Analyzing grocery pricing patterns for 7 Canadian grocers. I took care of the data acquisition. Now it is time to speak with economists / data analysts who can make sense of it. Are you interested? Please get in touch! -
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Ooh, you're in for a treat! I'm working on a fun project creating just the kind of websites you're talking about. Reach out to me (addr in profile) if you'd like to be notified when it is ready.

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