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Comment · 5 years ago
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Not to mention how much Mill improved my dev cycle. Thank you for your contribution to the ecosystem!
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Comment · 5 years ago
Fairly certain the "artificial intelligence" they're describing are the rotten brains of anyone who works for that company.
Comment · 5 years ago
I got something that will blow that out of the water. H2O3!
Comment · 5 years ago
In addition to the other answers, it is also a cheap way to do inbound sales. I've seen OSS downloads utilize this for the same reason.
Comment · 5 years ago
I'd call that the workaround patch for others who are exposed to the bug. (/s)
Comment · 6 years ago
Seems like its BS, but lets boil it down to a simple unit example:

Company g pulls 1 unit of electricity from a coal power plant that produces just that 1 unit of electricity. By buying carbon offsets, g indirectly funds a power developer to replace the coal plant with a solar plant.

In this example, offsets produce the same net reduction as building their own solar power plant. As long as you purchase offsets from reputable organizations that require the deployment of proceeds to directly offset carbon that would not otherwise have occurred, then it works.

Comment · 6 years ago
To me, "paying for" and "diluted" connotates negative emotions.

Cash paid in this instance is treated no different than cash in their normal operating expenses. If either generates profits in line with their current expected returns, the stock price stays the same, and everyone is indifferent to the transaction.

Same goes for stock issuance. If the expectation of the use of proceeds from the issuance are in line with the company's current expected returns, everyone is indifferent.

Your statement is still true, and the stock market jumped today on the news, so I feel my connotation is misplaced.

Comment · 6 years ago
This works for the masses, but in my experience when machines force a use case, it causes more headache than not cause I'm not like the masses.

A barely related side rant: my microwave decided it wants to error out when it thinks you're trying to microwave air. i have a bowl in there. stop telling me to open the door to put something in. Whatever engineer at GE thought they would be smarter than the user, you're one of the many reasons your company is going out of business.

Comment · 6 years ago
Curious. Left-right scrolling works as expected, however up down turns into left-right but with vertical overscroll. seems like they need an extra "overscroll-behavior-y: none;"
Comment · 6 years ago
There's no long term risk to google and other ad exchanges because the advertisers are in a prisoners dilemma.

If the advertisers collude or trust that the competitors won't increases ad spend, the relative market share stays the same and all companies participating enjoy increased margins.

The first company to break gains market share, so as a result they all "overspend" and google is the only one that benefits.

The worst part is the cost of google's margin is baked into product pricing, so the end result is we pay more to have the companies compete to advertise to us.

Comment · 7 years ago
My bank charges these fees, however there is an out for automated withdrawals, so I have a few of my bank accounts transferring the same amount between each other.
Comment · 7 years ago

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