nsokolsky

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by nsokolsky 4mo ago
I’ve long wanted to be able to have a directory of male clothing options grouped by price, so I’ve made one after a week of research. Lists all 95 brands I could find that offer domestic shipping within the US. Microbrands like socks-only b
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by nsokolsky 5mo ago
Women's prisons don't affect the ratios much but male prisons do because all (I think?) of them are located outside of populous metro counties.
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by nsokolsky 5mo ago
> I remember there were some cases where a place looked like a sea of women but if I adjusted the numbers to exclude married people then the resulting gender ratios were way less skewed. Isn't there a married man for every married w
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by nsokolsky 5mo ago
> Also his own photo is terrible. Thanks for the feedback, I've replaced my own photo with a good one. > I'm rarely so negative but seriously guys please save your money. You can do it all 100% free per the guide which descr
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U.S. gender ratios by metro, ages 20-34(getdatingphotos.com)
17 points by nsokolsky 5mo ago|25 comments
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by nsokolsky 5mo ago
Most HN readers already know about "Man Francisco" or "Man Jose", but this adds in some Census numbers to explain just how many men there are out there.
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How dating app algorithms (likely) work in 2026(nsokolsky.substack.com)
5 points by nsokolsky 5mo ago|1 comments
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by nsokolsky 5mo ago
Did a write up to collect all the bits of publicly revealed info, HackerNews/Reddit theories, plus my own inference based off the incentives driving the Big 3 (Tinder, Hinge, Bumble)
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How Photofeeler (dating pic ranking site) works(getdatingphotos.com)
3 points by nsokolsky 6mo ago|0 comments
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
Don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. I suspect you don't even need a microwave in most places.
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
>Email unsubscribe links have worked well, and click-to-cancel hopefully can too! Yes but that's not what my complaints about the FTC are. My complaint is about them trying to stop Microsoft from buying Blizzard or trying to stop Ad
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
Monopolies can only be harmful for essential goods that don't have alternatives. The water supply is essential. Access to the internet can (perhaps) be essential. "Software to design website mocks" is definitely not essenti
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
Such as preventing Microsoft from buying Blizzard to prevent a monopoly on checks notes ... video games? :-) If you're worried about a 'monopoly' on Call of Duty, then I guess it's great. Otherwise I sincerely don'
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
Could you name the top-3 examples of the FTC's work over the past 4 years that were net-helpful to the future GDP/capita of the US economy?
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
Hello, I apologize! I've edited the comment now to be much better, thank you for your feedback.
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
OK so what % of the GDP goes towards roads in Texas vs Germany?
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
Why does the US have a higher GDP/capita than France then?
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
I'd bet good money on your life being overall easier in a less dense city and two cars. But yes, you can do it and people have raised kids without cars for millenia.
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
That figure includes every single government-owned street, AFAIK. Total infrastructure costs are higher but don't seem that much higher than in Germany?
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
> has huge ongoing costs in terms of resource and energy use TxDOT (government organization responsible for road maintenance) has a budget of $30B/year or about 10% of the total state's budget. Not that big of a deal for Texas.
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
> Lugging your children around on public transit builds character that chauffeuring them around in a car does not I'm talking about ages 0 to 3 when parents need to use a stroller. It's a huge pain to do this in public transit.
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
True to a degree but cars also make parenting easier: you get bigger houses, bigger backyards, don't have lug your kids around on public transit, deal with the weather, don't need to worry about rail worker strikes, etc. All Ameri
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
How much of the increased rail use is helping increase GDP, though, rather than being purely leisurely trips with little long term value for the economy? More people going to hike in the forest on the weekend technically increases GDP but d
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
Is Texas "coming to terms" with it, though? Cars don't scale infinitely but are also way more flexible than rail lines could ever be. If your goal is to have everyone work in downtown Dallas then yes, they suck. But you can j
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
Yep, ideally OP should formalize their theory into a bet and accept people to bet against them. Say, $5k on OpenAI <insert some horrible outcome> in 10 years. Money could be kept in escrow with a trusted third party.
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
Same applies to every other API in the world, yes.
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
Or just give yourself permission to not reply to people. Make a big visible unsubscribe button and relax knowing that anyone can just quit if they don't like it.
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
> we hold teams accountable to delivering the milestones on time and on budget Holding someone "accountable" means firing them very quickly for a drop in performance. This is hard in large companies for many reasons.
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by nsokolsky 2y ago
> Stepping “in the arena” with odds like those, I’d say the vast, vast majority will back out and/or break down sobbing if forced. Something like 10 million people will accept those odds. Let's say 1 million are healthy enough

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