sf_rob

22 ms·

181.
by sf_rob 8y ago
This is incredibly creepy. A few months ago I realized this and was able to find some friend's profiles and see their reviews. I hate implicit sharing/suggested friends/etc in services especially non-social services. For i
182.
by sf_rob 8y ago
As you hint at, this is also a space where the FCC considers dial up and cell phone service (AFAIK) to be competitors when it comes to regulatory requirements. I got some copyright notices from a roommate's habits and Comcast was the
183.
by sf_rob 8y ago
In Portland someone did a fantastic statistical analysis of how their yellow lights are chronically undertimed per state regulations. He mentioned that he was an engineer in the report submitted to the state to try and overturn his wife&#x
184.
by sf_rob 8y ago
>This one is controversial, but I think a visible always available back button is a huge accessibility win even if it's sometimes inconsistant in behaviour. As a recent iPhone switcher I can't stand the "back" behavio
185.
by sf_rob 8y ago
Mine was the buggiest Android device I've ever owned (headphones not detected, random reboots, volume rocker not responding, etc). I returned it rather than exchange. That said I have friends who love theirs.
186.
by sf_rob 8y ago
Isn't consensus that Google's phone sales volume is pretty low? I don't think that they are well-known in non-tech circles; although I would agree that's not about new features / presentation.
187.
by sf_rob 8y ago
Agreed, pathogenic designs can come out of poor success metrics. Some low level PM was tasked with optimizing time-on-site. They had some negative user feedback, but it didn't show up in their low sample UR and segmented rollout. Sin
188.
by sf_rob 8y ago
I contacted Wells Fargo because their survey emails come from a third party email address and link to a different third party site. I was very specific in my feedback that I thought the survey was legitimate but that they shouldn't ha
189.
by sf_rob 8y ago
Sirius and Onstar are two of the worst things about my car purchase. I wonder the degree to which these partnerships hurt these car brands for short term profit. Things I want in an OEM receiver: 1) Carplay/Android Auto, 2) Software u
190.
by sf_rob 8y ago
My Pixel that crashes randomly whenever I'm below 15% battery makes me wish that Google would have made the same choice (I'm certainly making some assumptions).
191.
by sf_rob 8y ago
You're correct in your criticisms of net worth, but that doesn't change that the use of savings accounts to estimate accessible savings is highly questionable, especially in the past few years when rates were hovering right above
192.
by sf_rob 8y ago
That is the least generous take of my argument and not conducive to a productive discussion. Never did I make an argument about social justice or the removal of merit from the system. In fact, I was making an elitist argument, that those
193.
by sf_rob 8y ago
Per your first argument, even granting that admissions is meritocratic / fair for the sake of argument, the education you receive, networks provided, and simple prestige of the school all provide advantages that you will not find to su
194.
by sf_rob 8y ago
I'll probably be downvoted on a forum like this, but I worry about the most successful universities using their funds to subsidize those who would be fine without it. I was actually made aware of this by a wealthy Stanford alumni whic
195.
by sf_rob 8y ago
>then wait 3 years to see if I was randomly chosen to see if I was correct. My CPA friend told me that Money Magazine used to send fairly complex personal income tax packets to 50 different tax preparers annually (grain of salt: I haven&
196.
by sf_rob 8y ago
If you have data to suggest that their risk adjusted returns are abysmal then that would be very interesting. I don't see the point of picking 3 investments from a fund worth hundreds of billions and presenting it as data that they ar
197.
by sf_rob 8y ago
>You can't charge less than the marginal cost, it doesn't make sense! The old joke is "Sure we have marginal losses, but we'll make up for it with volume!"
198.
by sf_rob 8y ago
They may also lower the costs (time, effort, money) of driving. That will almost certainly lead to more driving and likely greater urban sprawl.
199.
by sf_rob 8y ago
One interesting point. When watching the Netflix series Chef's Table, one of the chefs worked closely with genetic engineers to make better tasting GMOs. The researcher interviewed said it was the first time in his long career that a
200.
by sf_rob 8y ago
Not for those who can't afford to live in an area with artificially constrained supply and instead will have to commute from the exurbs.
201.
by sf_rob 8y ago
Oh sure, I more meant at the consumer level. At the production level molten salt is used to smooth out energy production rates at concentrated solar arrays. My understanding is that concentrated solar is no longer able to compete with pho
202.
by sf_rob 8y ago
You could probably invest in a thermal mass hybrid HVAC system e.g. use solar during the day to heat or cool a large thermal mass (thick interior concrete wall/floor to whatever temperature you need it to be at night.
203.
by sf_rob 8y ago
Sure, that's reasonable. I guess my point was there are likely better naive correlates for amount of startup funding than population. Perhaps number of STEM or college educated adults, perhaps levels of general economic growth, perha
204.
by sf_rob 8y ago
Why would population be the correct normalizer? Would we expect Nigeria to have 57% of the startup funding that the US does?
205.
by sf_rob 8y ago
I wish I could remember the details, but one of the articles I read about this went a step further and suggested when the sell side is limited (a single company moving to a region like Amazon) and the benefits are hard to estimate (communit
206.
by sf_rob 8y ago
I don't think it's my whole career by any means, just a comedic reminder of what bad projects look like.
207.
by sf_rob 8y ago
As an analyst this is one of a few comics forever on my wall: http://dilbert.com/strip/2007-05-16
208.
by sf_rob 8y ago
I wonder if they'd use the NSA strategy of asking you to prove damages without providing information on their process.
209.
by sf_rob 8y ago
Minting of new coins is an exponential decay (hence the mining metaphor, gold becomes rarer to find as mining continues). There's also transaction fees which are based on supply/demand for blockchain operations.
210.
by sf_rob 8y ago
Purely reading, and the device was hot when not even mounted sooo....

More ›