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by kurttheviking 6y ago
Just came here to say this actually happened to me. About 10 years ago I lived in a high-rise apartment in Chicago. One day we got a bill in the mail for ~$50,000 -- turns out, I got billed for the entire building. It took weeks to sort tha
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by kurttheviking 8y ago
>That said, I realize that one anecdote doesn't mean anything. Nevetheless, I appreciate the hack you suggested of excluding books from allowance. As a parent, that's something I'll now implement. Thanks for sharing.
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by kurttheviking 9y ago
Not mentioned in the article but a possible source discussed at an Economics of AI conference in Toronto[0] (among other places) is the idea of a restructuring lag[1]. In effect, we as a society are investing an enormous amount of capital i
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Front's Series B Deck(medium.com)
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by kurttheviking 9y ago
Ugh, that's bad -- sorry to hear that. We GIN index several JSONB fields as well.
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by kurttheviking 9y ago
We've been using Postgres on RDS for years and were considering moving to Aurora. I am very curious to know more about the fix and planned remedy.
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by kurttheviking 9y ago
AgileMD (YC S11) | Software Engineer, Integration Lead | San Francisco, CA | FULLTIME, ONSITE AgileMD builds and manages cloud-hosted productivity software used by hospitals to deliver higher quality care with fewer resources. In our field,
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by kurttheviking 9y ago
We were seed stage in 2011. We squeaked by in Redwood City on ~$30k/yr salary sharing 1-bedroom apartments which ran about $1,200/mo. That same unit now rents for $3-4k/mo.
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by kurttheviking 9y ago
I think the mistake with that was the focus: "the park was to have been dedicated to the history of the United States"[1]. Given the popularity of existing parks, I think it's fair to say people (especially those with kids)
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by kurttheviking 9y ago
Which is a similar model to UDF (United Dairy Farmers) in Ohio[1]. Sidebar: if you find yourself in southern Ohio near a UDF, go ahead and give the cookie dough ice cream a try. You won't be disappointed. [1] https://en.wiki
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
Thanks for the open source work. Keep on hacking Talon.[1] [1] http://talonbragg.com/
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
During the end of Preisdent Obama's first term and into the start of the second term there was a series of uproars about illegal drone strikes in Pakistan[1]. This was covered on the front page of the papers I see (WSJ, NYT) and discus
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
Sure, but as a counter point, simply look at drone strikes overall: https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Drone%20str...
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
> It's a little disingenuous to link to five stories from five different sources over a five year period and claim that the magnitude of the ongoing stories has been fairly captured over the last eight years. I tried to explain that
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
> i'm disappointed that i haven't seen a single member of the media or Democratic party establishments talk about Obama's expansion of the drone program. I have been hearing and reading about the expansion of Obama's
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
> According to a latest poll, a majority of Americans support Trump’s clumsy but legal Executive Order of extreme vetting My understanding is that this largely depends on how you phrase the question AND the distribution of party alignmen
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
Father of family of three here who regularly walks; I use a large backpack and a pair of large reusable bags that I throw over each shoulder. Heavy stuff (milk, canned goods, bags of apples, etc.) go in the backpack. Invariably, I forget so
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
> California might be able to try it. This. California democrats recently achieved a supermajority[1] making such an experiment possible. If California cannot push state legislators hard enough to give it a shot, the idea that a fracture
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
Probably depends on your white bread. My understanding is that any glycemic delta in white bread is primarily a function of the fiber. White bread without fiber is, to a first approximation, sugar.
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
Seems to be a rare instance that violates Betteridge's Law.
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
One article I routinely re-read is the Price Intelligently teardown of Hubspot's pricing: http://www.priceintelligently.com/blog/saas-pricing-page-tea...
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
I work at a company that delivers enterprise healthcare solutions built using AWS I am happy to report things are getting better. We are subject to a variety of audit and compliance processes but many of them are clearly designed around on-
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
Do you think the one-month horizon applies to enterprise products as well? If not, how does the metric change? In some industries a sales cycle lasts 18 months before culminating in a multi-million ARR contract. I'm curious given your
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
"forbidden" might be a bit strong; Pro Publica has had a variety of articles on this over time. A recent retrospective one: https://www.propublica.org/article/revenge-of-the-forgotten-... Or, was there some o
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
Another thought I had is something debate-like; if you've ever listened to the Intelligence Squared podcasts they basically take an issue and have two "teams" of two people debate the issue. From a start-up perspective it wou
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
In addition to founder analysis and commentary, I think it would be useful to hear from industry veterans about ongoing challenges/opportunities in their industry and how new companies can/should attack them. In a similar vein, ho
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
I agree with this sentiment as a well-informed adult. As the proud owner of a 1.5-year old son who will attempt to eat absolutely anything, I am glad to have read this so I know what to aggressively and proactively remove from his field of
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
I live in SF and feel a similar way; cycling is dangerous enough at my relatively slow speed and offers exercise built into my every day routine.
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
Where did you attend college? I also took two COBOL courses at Miami University (Oxford) taught by a professor who preferred to be called "El Supremo". Then, in my senior year TA'd them again...thus sitting through a stunning
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by kurttheviking 10y ago
For the curious, like me... The Goose Step: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5BIDjVza1s&feature=youtu.be...

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