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Reading and Writing to Google Spreadsheets Using Python(erikrood.com)
7 points by qwerty2020 9y ago|0 comments
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
Author here -- boxplot distribution is in the article. Also, any story I could string together would definitely be speculative, so just stuck to the few facts I know for purposes of article. Will speculate here, however :) -- I'm going
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Tobacco industry generates highest net income per employee(erikrood.com)
84 points by qwerty2020 9y ago|82 comments
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
Thanks for the feedback, super valuable at this stage! I will work on getting something graphical for the top of the landing page. I think the 'how it works' section of my landing page has the copy you mention resonating with you,
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
Recently launched [1] this on product hunt, Find-me is my first 'shipped' product. Basically, it's a database with statistics and direct contact information for content creators actively looking for advertisers and sponsorshi
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Show HN: Find-me – Connecting advertisers with content creators(find-me.co)
5 points by qwerty2020 9y ago|3 comments
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
thought people would find it interesting to view subreddit-level detail. swapped it to shown domain grain for now
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Show HN: Database of top domains on Reddit(find-me.co)
8 points by qwerty2020 9y ago|2 comments
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
https://www.mescale.co Simple online weight logging app with pretty charts, first web app I've actually pushed out into the public. It doesn't make a dime, but I love tweaking it and seeing the user number slowly climb
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
Does not include dependents, groups into families. May include retirees though I could not verify this either. (you're welcome to dig through the data linked in the article yourself, let me know if you find anything). I think the gener
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
After tax income. If you dig through the data [1] you'll find that. [1] https://www.bls.gov/cex/tables.htm#annual
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
This surprised me as well, but given the negative ROI of many college degrees, I suppose it's not all that surprising. [1] Also, assuming that they are counting 2-year colleges in this calculation as well, though I could not find an an
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
Updated both, thanks.
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
ah, yep, good eye! will fix this evening when I get back to computer
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Consumer expenditure survey illustrating the income divide(erikrood.com)
69 points by qwerty2020 9y ago|69 comments
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
100% agree -- made a small free time calculator along these lines awhile back [1] [1] - http://www.datadriventhoughts.com/2016/09/27/how-much-free-t...
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
Interesting. Care to share the code behind the utility?
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by qwerty2020 9y ago
wrote something along these lines a couple weeks ago: http://erikrood.com/Posts/college_roi_.html The net is to treat your tuition like you would any other investment (while also acknowledging the non-monetary benefits
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On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs nets a higher return(erikrood.com)
739 points by qwerty2020 9y ago|640 comments
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by qwerty2020 10y ago
Agree that the Dow 30 correlate reasonably well to the larger market, but it's the price-weighting piece I have a major problem with. You have to admit that the index would be better off weighing its components based on actual market v
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Why the Dow is a useless market index(erikrood.com)
129 points by qwerty2020 10y ago|63 comments
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by qwerty2020 10y ago
how does a bar chart with no y-axis label show any trend? scale could be $100-101/mo
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Printing cost calculator(erikrood.com)
4 points by qwerty2020 10y ago|1 comments
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Interconnectedness of companies through shared board members [interactive](erikrood.com)
4 points by qwerty2020 10y ago|0 comments