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by stephenbez 2y ago
What is Floorp and what does the comment from the creator say? When I click to see the translation, it fails.
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by stephenbez 2y ago
I used Google Sheets as a data source that business people could update, but eventually we moved away from it as we found it unreliable. We would get an occasional error (maybe a 429) even though we were polling the sheet once a minute (we
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by stephenbez 3y ago
I use health auto export and it works pretty well. https://www.healthexportapp.com/
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by stephenbez 3y ago
If I understand the linked chart, there are discontinuities in the marginal tax rate, not the effective tax rate. So in that case yeah at certain levels the amount you owe on each additional dollar goes up, but that would not mean that ma
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by stephenbez 3y ago
I like Radius Sponge Floss and switched to it after I heard about the issues with Glide.
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by stephenbez 3y ago
My cousin started Bold, an at home exercise program designed to reduce the risk of falls for older adults: https://agebold.com/
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by stephenbez 3y ago
Over a decade ago I wanted to make my own web based spaced repetition system and wanted to understand the card scheduling algorithm of different systems. I found the source code for Mnemosyne easier to read than Anki.
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by stephenbez 3y ago
What neighborhood? I used to live in SF and would see shoplifting all the time but now live in NYC and haven’t seen it that much.
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Strange Trip: Psychedelics and confronting the fear of death(jakeseliger.com)
2 points by stephenbez 3y ago|0 comments
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by stephenbez 3y ago
It seems pretty clear that silent prayer was in fact the reason why Vaughan-Spruce was arrested: https://news.yahoo.com/british-woman-arrested-praying-silent... > When she stood in front of the building by herself, Vaugh
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by stephenbez 3y ago
For the logged out profile page, it appears that the posts are ordered in approximately descending order based on the number of likes. I've noticed this for the past month or two.
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Funding rate manipulation shenanigans on FTX(robotjames.com)
3 points by stephenbez 3y ago|0 comments
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Bitfinex Hack Money Launderers Plead Guilty(chainalysis.com)
1 points by stephenbez 3y ago|0 comments
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by stephenbez 4y ago
I’ve looked into EA / GiveWell charity recommendations, but then when I’ve independently looked into IRS Form 990 returns the charities they recommend often seem tiny and have spending of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands per
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by stephenbez 4y ago
Why should we not blame Google? It seems like their problem and it is entirely within their control to fix it.
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by stephenbez 4y ago
It is because of the culture of the Japanese people. In the World Cup and other stadiums they pick up all their trash when they leave and leave it pristine. They don’t have to worry about fines in the stadium. https://www.usatoda
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by stephenbez 4y ago
I've designed large systems, given numerous system design interviews, and prepared for these interview myself. This is what I'd recommend: 1) You can read the engineering blogs from top companies such as Google, Meta, Twitter, Ub
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by stephenbez 4y ago
> I have never met a fat person who wasn't aware they are fat. "Today, 7 in 10 Americans are obese or overweight, but only 36 percent think they have a weight problem. In other words, close to half the people who are overweight
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by stephenbez 6y ago
> If you do what AWS does and create some artificial "compute units" as a sort of fungible measure of processing power, what you'll find is that the sweet spot for price per compute unit is a medium power system. At least
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by stephenbez 6y ago
I've found executives don't like to be told no. If they want something done in 3 months, but it will take 6 months, let them know some options such as: 1) Pulling resources off of another project to help 2) Taking on tech debt th
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by stephenbez 6y ago
> Is outdoor dining and cold a new thing? Doesn't this happen every year at winter? It’s a new thing. You’d normally never eat outside in the winter in cities like Chicago, Boston, or New York, but because of Coronavirus people will
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by stephenbez 6y ago
Here is an example where different sides end up with a completely different conclusions based on the same information: https://twitter.com/wokal_distance/status/129892365389613056... It’s probably not worthwhile d
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Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition(npr.org)
552 points by stephenbez 6y ago|1242 comments
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by stephenbez 6y ago
Interesting. Do you know what book this was?
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by stephenbez 6y ago
I heard that you should write them an email saying that you want service cancelled and if they won't do it, that you will do a charge back on your credit card. Does anyone have experience with this method?
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by stephenbez 6y ago
Seoul and Hong Kong have a similar population to New York City and last I checked had 4 deaths compared to New York's 15,000. The problem was bad leadership, not density. If you care about health, life expectancy in NYC is significantl
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by stephenbez 7y ago
This isn't a whole company thing, this is just an observation he is seeing. He clarifies what he means more here: https://lobste.rs/s/mc3k1c/at_uber_we_re_moving_many_our#c_f...
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by stephenbez 7y ago
We've seen in examples like South Korea that it is possible to keep the virus in check by doing extensive testing, contact tracing, and temperature checks. We don't have those available right now and are looking at disaster if we
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by stephenbez 7y ago
Why do you end up losing the jobs?
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by stephenbez 7y ago
Maybe don't list 10 years of experience on your resume if they have all been in junior roles. Maybe just list the last 2 or 3 years of experience. If you put some contact info on your HN profile, I might be able to do another mock int

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