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by pyoung 11y ago
You are still building equity as opposed to throwing money away to a landlord. And there are a lot of other intangibles such as stability (no more rent increases or evictions) and freedom to modify/alter/improve the property. Th
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by pyoung 11y ago
Worth mentioning, a major tax credit for US solar installations will expire at the end of 2016.[1] No one knows for sure how this will impact the industry, but before you dump all your money into solar stocks, or quit your day job to start
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by pyoung 11y ago
You don't need a real time central planning system for that. Just a few signs and some tow trucks. SF has a few streets that are traffic lanes during rush hour, and parking spots on off peak hours.
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by pyoung 11y ago
If you already have a working web app, why not just use something like flot[1] for your charting (or d3 if you are up for it). Seems like pyxley is more targeted at people who have some data in pandas and want to get some visualizations on
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by pyoung 11y ago
There is some funny math going on here. You are comparing single use consumables against multi use consumables. I can use a water filter for a few months before I need to replace it. The equivalent amount of k-cups (a few months worth) w
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by pyoung 12y ago
"I could flood github with all the miscellaneous crap I have on my testbench." I would say the vast majority of projects on Github qualify as 'miscellaneous crap'. Most employers these days require a link to your Github
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by pyoung 12y ago
While I agree that feedback would be nice, I also think that if you objectively evaluate the application/interview engagement, you can narrow down the reasons for rejection. And after a few interviews you can start seeing what the pat
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by pyoung 12y ago
You can get a good amount of conversion just from steeping. A lot of the extract brew kits use unmilled grain, which is good for shelf life but bad for conversion (but still adds flavor), which is probably where you got the impression that
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by pyoung 12y ago
You steep the grains in your brew pot for an hour and then sparge by using an additional pot and a large colander. Brooklyn Brew Shop sells one gallon brew kits, but if you already have brewing supplies, the only thing you would need to ad
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by pyoung 12y ago
I am curious as to why you recommend avoiding meads? I made a gallon batch (still fermenting though) and it was by far the easiest brew process I have come across. Basically just heat up some water and dump honey in, then transfer to the
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by pyoung 12y ago
I would imagine most of the laws and regulations are anti-fraud in nature. Outside of that, limiting the risk exposure of banks that carry FDIC insurance, or some other government backing, is in the interest in of all taxpayers. From my l
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by pyoung 12y ago
Thanks for this, I think this a really good antidote for the misconceptions surrounding the 10,000 hour rule. Granted, this is still more 'pop science' than actual science/research. And I think calling him 'proficient&#
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by pyoung 12y ago
"Yet the buyers don't pay anything for the service." Well, it is a bidding process. So if buyers believe there is enough added value in this service, they will overbid the 'CL price'. So if a couch would sell for
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by pyoung 12y ago
I believe I re-call an internet comment (most likely on HN) about how some publishers would instruct bookstores to shred the unsold copies. Apparently it was cheaper than shipping them back and trying to re-sell them somewhere else.
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by pyoung 12y ago
I don't re-call the exact details of the situation, but an old acquaintance was able to sue a seller for breach of contract after the seller backed out of the deal at the last minute. The settlement was in the lower 5 figure range. I
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by pyoung 12y ago
Not exactly. Those that are speeding have accepted the higher risk of accident in exchange for getting to their destination slightly faster (if at all). The choices of the speeders have externalities in the form of a higher risk of acciden
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by pyoung 12y ago
For fun and as a learning experience, I built a simple CL scrapping web site. I set it up on a small aws instance about 6 months ago and after playing around with and making modifications/updates to it over the course of a month or tw
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by pyoung 12y ago
From what I have read (previous 538 blog post on Messi), they are already tracking a good deal of data about the games. I think one issue with soccer is that there is a lack of discrete, measurable outcomes in the game. I read a while bac
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by pyoung 12y ago
I don't know, I think I would rather have these people on motorcycles than be behind the wheel of a 2 ton SUV. As someone who regularly walks and rides bicycles (and I have a motorcycle license but am reluctant to use it for safety re
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by pyoung 12y ago
The Koch bothers essentially own an entire political party. While their political contributions and influence has not resulted in any major changes in policy and legislation in recent years, they have successfully prevented a popular (at t
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by pyoung 12y ago
Is that really a flaw? If I can learn better by reading books and then working through problem sets, why bother with the lectures, especially if I am strapped for time as many MOOC participants probably are. I am a huge fan of MOOC's
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by pyoung 12y ago
Ignoring that fact that precedent can be overturned, this ruling still leaves open the possibility of using eminent domain to get public control of the access road (which has been mentioned as a possibility in other comments). My guess is
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by pyoung 12y ago
Most businesses look for ways to increase their margins over time, which will balance out increases in costs. If that fails, then they will increase their prices. Attrition should result in relatively flat total salary expenses (adjusted
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by pyoung 12y ago
Have you ever used Lyft. In my experience (SF), it literally takes minutes for a car to show up. More often than not, I am still looking for may keys/wallet/jacket or brushing my teeth when the car gets here. I imagine an auton
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by pyoung 12y ago
Why couldn't Google just offer their own insurance plan? They could bundle the cost with a monthly or yearly service/maintenance fee. If the margins are so high on insurance products, I'm sure they would be more than happy
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by pyoung 12y ago
"just lots of rich people with less money." My original take on the "bubble" was somewhat in line with this. However, the more I think about it, the more I am inclined to believe that this will "trickle down"
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by pyoung 12y ago
You are close, but not quite on point. The issue you discussed isn't really an issue that utilities face under normal circumstances, the law of large numbers tends to take care of that. Utilities typically use these systems to contro
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by pyoung 13y ago
I am not 100% on this, but I think most of the US providers wont allow you to activate a smart phone without a data plan. It's kind of BS, but my guess is that they do it to ensure they re-coup the costs of the higher subsidies given
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by pyoung 13y ago
Drone-toasters, they will literally take off!
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by pyoung 13y ago
They could have insisted that the original seller fix the violation/evict the tenant before the sale of the unit. This of course would mean a much higher sales price (or no sale), so they didn't. They could have reported the ill

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