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by rubyfan 7y ago
This seems like applying insurance modeling to security. Is this a new way of looking at risk or a reinvention?
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Seems like a reasonable approach would be based on how much they made from the sale of the data rather than how deep their pockets are. I don’t think it’s reasonable for the FCC to be levying excessively punitive fines that put businesses a
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by rubyfan 7y ago
You should be bouncing that up against net income rather than revenue. T-Mobile was $3.5B for 2019 so a $91MM fine is 2.6% which feels like a material deterrent.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
> I may be biased because it's pretty easy to use Seems like a good reason to be bias. I’ve used it for a while as well. Initially it was cheaper than TT but I have to guess they are comparable now.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Is there any notes on the business model, what worked, what didn’t, etc? I often wish there were more public post mortem on business models. Sharing the code is fantastic and I applaud you for it.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Much of this describes some of my past experience at a Fortune 100. That company is now undergoing much discussion at a senior level about agile delivery. Senior executives are walking around talking about tribes and chapters and have no id
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Wish I could use this AND 1.1.1.1 Warp. iPhone doesn’t seem to be able to do both.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Blockchain is overdone. It’s good for crypto currency but really doesn’t solve the myriad of things its being pushed on. There are a dozen consultants trying to sell corporations on what blockchain can do. While it’s true that if you spend
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by rubyfan 7y ago
As is every other DMV. Also voting records. Chalk it up to bankrupt state governments.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
I was specifically referring to this case. To hack a phone or account is generally an illegal activity. The government seems not even interested in piercing the veil on this type of activity which is the issue I’m bringing up. I’m not entir
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Corporate employers generally pay a big chunk of healthcare plans and the large size of the pool is helpful in keeping overall risk and cost lower. As long as people expect to get their health care from their employers then employers will h
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by rubyfan 7y ago
1. Housing will become more affordable in the US 2. There will be a retirement and healthcare crisis in the US 3. A trillion dollars of deficit spending will be authorized for infrastructure spending in the US 4. Many US states will continu
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Excellent analysis. That’s like 2% or less of households in the US? So even at the Zip9 level not ideal for identifying specific households but problematic if you’re one of those 2M Zip9s.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
It’s interesting that as a corporation one can do things that would otherwise be illegal as an individual. It’s also interesting that governments are willing to use these services which probably are illegal.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
They aren’t too thick. They just don’t care.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Zip5 codes are allocated by geography and population. See very large rural tracts of land in AZ or NM that have a large zip5 code area. Zip-9 probably could be associated with one household. Zips are actually a pain in the ass for purposes
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by rubyfan 7y ago
At public corporations (especially regulated) there are confounding factors that make DevOps a farce. For example audit, a point of view that IT is a cost center, and the non technical management decision making that go along with the previ
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Yeah afaik something is always returned from the block (even if it’s nil). Occasionally I recall my self doing something where the block might return nil and then I’d call `compact` to get rid of extra nil stuff. It works when you want a mo
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by rubyfan 7y ago
s/Boring/Boeing
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Definitely no offense meant. It just sounded so smart that you could say it in context or out of context and most people wouldn’t know what you’re talking about but would probably assume you are experienced in whatever field.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
I’m sure this is a serious question but I lol’d when I read it. I’m going to use that line at a party or a meeting some time to sound smart.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Tricorder.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Do you have evidence beyond indirect second hand anecdotes that might support your hypothesis?
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by rubyfan 7y ago
A long time ago we used to cache static content and then use ajax to bring in anything dynamic like user preferences, comments, etc. Those were mostly superfluous adds to experience on top of the content. It’s been a while but I’d like to b
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by rubyfan 7y ago
That’s not what they said. That small premium is the cost of not paying directly for the large actual loss, you are paying for your predicted risk not the loss. There isn’t likely a perfect loss prediction to be had, e.g. predicting and und
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Net Income is cooler
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Is this an ad for Atlassian?
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by rubyfan 7y ago
Always a favorite whenever it shows up here. It’s like you know this person was breaking the law but no one was really hurt and it goes unsolved still. It’s a great mystery story of someone messing with a system no one really messes with.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
1. I believe the term is “hand waiving” 2. Yes, or maybe worse they have no business model.
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by rubyfan 7y ago
You’re thinking of Parallel Construction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

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