beckingz

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Data Person.

Email: `hn` at `williamangel.net`

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Comment · 2 years ago
There's value in 'backwards compatibility' from a process/skills perspective. I agree that companies usually pay too high a premium on that, but there is value.
Comment · 2 years ago
If the margins are high enough, then it's optimal to overproduce and then sell to everyone who will buy at a certain price point. If discounts will reduce your ability to sell the same brand in the future at that price point, it can be financially optimal to destroy it instead.

THIS IS INTENTIONAL.

Comment · 2 years ago
On average your luck cancels out.
Comment · 2 years ago
Once again it turns out that good management is important. Give people direction and the tools they need to do their work well and you get a lot more productivity!
Comment · 2 years ago
Business epistemology is not about knowing Truth, it is about knowing currently useful information and practices, and it is expensive to validate or generate this knowledge.

Hence we get the same thing over and over again until someone convinces people there is a better way, or simply does something different and makes more money.

Comment · 2 years ago
And PowerApps is slow as balls.

Power Automate is great, but PowerApps is just a mess where every click in the dev interface takes like 5 seconds. On paper it looks so good, but in practice it is so painful to get that on paper performance and functionality.

Comment · 2 years ago
Just lots and lots and lots and lots of vectors.

So Black Magic!

Comment · 3 years ago
Tumblr has better checkmarks.
Comment · 3 years ago
Good for them!

Knowing when to call it quits is very wise. I mourn the end of a characteristic internet site, but I respect the founder.

Comment · 3 years ago
He'll probably get 45 years and serve 13ish.
Comment · 3 years ago
Indeed, the trend in corporations is to be actively hostile to web scrapers as well. Programmatic access is not encouraged so they can sell more ads.
Comment · 3 years ago
Probably billions of dollars in R&D and extremely clear executive guidance?
Comment · 3 years ago
Start by building a prototype proof of concept on a breadboard or prototyping board!
Comment · 3 years ago
Classic Tarkov issue. Real bitcoin ruined the economy for a bit.
Comment · 3 years ago
Privacy. The iOS improvements to privacy with advertiser ID becoming opt-in instead of opt-out has been brutal on targeted advertising.

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