wjossey

49 ms·

421.
by wjossey 10y ago
It's a lovely gesture, and an important sign of solidarity; however, it'a merely that, just a gesture. I hope that SV and the tech industry leverages its wealth and technical legal capabilities to fight these sorts of actions in c
422.
by wjossey 10y ago
For anyone looking to learn more about the financial crisis, my two recommendations are: [1] Stress Test https://www.amazon.com/Stress-Test-Reflections-Financial-Cri... [2] Too Big To Fail http://amzn.to/2hv
423.
by wjossey 10y ago
Great article by the telegraph documenting the rising housing prices: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/house-prices/the-state-o... Price vs. wages is a great measure of day-to-day strain on the average Londoner
424.
by wjossey 10y ago
Bing search ads are actually a non-trivial amount of revenue for MSFT. Older article but still valid in Q4 as well: http://marketingland.com/microsoft-reports-21-7b-revenue-201...
425.
by wjossey 10y ago
I remember popups, punch-the-monkeys, and junk on the internet long ago. Things have become more pervasive, but I think our use has also dramatically gone up.
426.
by wjossey 10y ago
Isn't the presumption by the content creator that that space will be filled with ads? I can see for in-stream advertisements just eliminating them, but side-bar ads or other banner ads being fully eliminated might result in poor layout
427.
by wjossey 10y ago
What is your take on the morality / consequences of ad-blocking? Having worked in the ad-industry for almost five years, I'm remarkably conflicted. Malware, duping users, and scams are a real issue on the modern web. However, bloc
428.
by wjossey 10y ago
A couple points of clarification for those who found this interesting: [1] Data around commuting time can be found in the American Community Survey (ACS), which is released annually with 1, 3, and 5 year rollups (for general blending of acc
429.
by wjossey 10y ago
My assumption is that this is all based on how the US census / American community survey conducts its research. It tracks migratory patterns, but does not map individuals effectively. There are a handful of datasets that track migratio
430.
Squarespace Under DDoS Attack(twitter.com)
2 points by wjossey 10y ago|0 comments
431.
Is Rocketship Charter School Going Too Far?(npr.org)
1 points by wjossey 10y ago|0 comments
432.
Replication Fails After Upgrading to MySQL Version 5.6.21(docs.aws.amazon.com)
1 points by wjossey 12y ago|0 comments
433.
by wjossey 12y ago
Some people were asking what the USA graphs looked like during the NED vs. Argentina match. Similar, but a bit less pronounced on the dropoff. I still can't get over that 30 minute lead up to the game. I feel like I'm missing w
434.
by wjossey 13y ago
I'd take a hunch and say it's not Cloudflare, but rather cloudflare having link issues back to HN. Given that all the HN traffic likely proxies through Cloudflare, you're seeing a custom down page when Cloudflare can't
435.
NSA, GCHQ among worst surveillance offenders, Snowden says(cnn.com)
2 points by wjossey 13y ago|0 comments