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by basseq 9y ago
You have to split these into two markets: 1. Secondary Clothes Market - As trends move faster and clothes get cheaper, used clothes a) aren't as much of a deal and b) aren't what you want anyway. Moreover, as new clothing prices d
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by basseq 9y ago
> They are not a dumping ground... They kind of are, and it's a role they seem to have embraced. In other words, a good % (50%+?) of the intake volume of clothes is not fit for secondary garment sale, and is instead sold "downs
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by basseq 9y ago
> Your lawyer should advise you but ultimately follow your instructions. ... or resign. There are lots of instances in professional services where you simply have to say 'no'. If you're not willing or able to represent you
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by basseq 9y ago
Read a different way, they have a hypothesis they set out to prove or disprove. Their experiment was flawed and the data thrown out, so the hypothesis is neither confirmed nor disproved. It's still a hypothesis, and one backed by more
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by basseq 9y ago
I worked remote for 4-6 months in 2010, and really hated it. My team of 3—I was the most junior—were all local and met at the office once every couple weeks. I felt a pressure to always respond to pings and phone calls instantly, lest it be
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by basseq 9y ago
This has parallels to professional life as well: 1. Working on too many projects at once. I joke with my team that "we're never short on problems". It's tempting to hear about something interesting and want to be invol
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by basseq 9y ago
This article reads like a press release from the plantiff (Wixen) and took a little googling to unwind. Long story short, it sounds like there's disagreement about what type of license Spotify needs. Spotify has previously claimed th
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by basseq 9y ago
Exactly this. The term is "fiduciary responsibility". Their directors could be sued for paying unnecessary tax, against which "doing the right thing" is not a legitimate defense. ("Right" in that statement havi
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by basseq 9y ago
This comment deserves more attention. And, in fact, means the headline is wrong. Apple is not slowing down devices to extend battery life. Apple is slowing down devices to prevent the thing from crapping out entirely ("unexpectedly
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by basseq 9y ago
I'm not seriously concerned about malware. I trust Google (Chrome) and Microsoft (Windows) enough to protect me if someone does try to serve me malware. And on mobile, iOS malware really isn't a thing, and I trust Apple there, t
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by basseq 9y ago
I've said this repeatedly[1], but I take the opportunity to say it every chance I get. Ad-blocking is about trust—or more accurately, lack thereof. I don't trust you not to show me scammy ads, load 2MB of tracking JS, maliciously
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by basseq 9y ago
It's not hard, but you have to learn the foundation to use it. Do that before criticizing how we use it. Here's the crux of the problem: we disagree on your first phrase here! I think statistics is hard to learn. I (c
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by basseq 9y ago
I'd forgotten this! The dark ages of iPhone on AT&T. Seems... quant, now, doesn't it? We never will, but it’s very important that we be able to. But we won’t. So let us do it. Because we won’t do it. Which is why we’
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by basseq 9y ago
If they raise prices by a dollar everyone will switch to Lyft or one of the other dozen competitors in an instant. I'm not sure this is true. I'd bet Uber has done significant sensitivity analysis, but speaking anecdota
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by basseq 9y ago
Yet a portion of this "burn" goes towards a massive growth rate / expansion. Could Uber "operate" with a 30% haircut to costs, let alone shifting from "market entry" pricing to something more sustainable?
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by basseq 9y ago
Just a generation ago, most households paid for newspaper subscriptions, and even some magazines. I'm forming this hypothesis on the fly, but I wonder if people had a deep-seeded notion that they were paying for the deliver
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by basseq 9y ago
I consider myself analytically-minded, and statistics still gives me a headache. Most people understand basic relationships: "These numbers are different, but not meaningfully so" or, "These two elements are more strongly rel
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by basseq 9y ago
(Point of pedantic clarification: I'm really using lowercase-B 'blockchain' to really mean 'distributed ledger', of which the capital-B 'Blockchain' is a form. Distributed ledgers that do not rely on minin
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by basseq 9y ago
The need for incentives is true, but the community has—erroneously, in my opinion—conflated 'incentive' with 'currency'. Follow this: - The core technology here is a crypto-backed distributed ledger. We call this the &#x
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by basseq 9y ago
What Uber is doing here should absolutely not be allowed. What Uber is doing is called loss leading. It would be very hard to outlaw or regulate in any sort of "fair" way. The result you fear--a monopoly with price control
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by basseq 9y ago
This is a poignant account, and I'm very happy she wrote it. Perhaps it's a penchant for hyperbole, but if anything, I'm struck by how much worse this could have been. From the article: I walked away without fanfare, qu
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Let’s Talk About Burnout(blog.usejournal.com)
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by basseq 9y ago
Very small absolute changes in that metric are very large relative changes. A conversion rate dropping from 1% to 0.7% is—as you point out—a 30% change in that metric. Or, put in different terms, a drop from 1,000 paying customers to 70
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by basseq 9y ago
Given the article it seems pretty unfair for the NY Post to call him a "hustler". Hell, they even quote someone who says he's not a hustler: “I stuck with T.C. because he taught me rather than hustled me.”
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by basseq 9y ago
This position is paid after a 3 month training. This attitude—along with unpaid internships, expectations of "side projects", international experience, etc.—perpetuates a lack of diversity, particularly in under-represente
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by basseq 9y ago
I've been through a similar situation: big mistake. They key is to validate you are in range on salary before committing to an interview process. Companies should have the same goal, but many will waste their own time—as you experience
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by basseq 9y ago
Quality is really hard to judge. I bought a $500 desk on Wayfair last month, and was unhappy with the quality: cheap-o joining and cheap-looking laminate. It was chipped and broken when we got it, and because it would be too expensive (and
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by basseq 9y ago
Glassdoor is an interesting data point, but not "reliable" as a standalone rating system for multiple reasons: 1. It tends to attract complaints and unhappy (ex) employees more than anything else. The ratings tend to skew low as a
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by basseq 9y ago
#4 the right answer, but many people jump to aggression. I clearly remember in college where I was pushed into a rather built gentleman while holding two drinks in a crowded bar. He was immediately ready to drop everything and fight about i
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by basseq 9y ago
The article (and study) makes a leap that doesn't appear to be supported in the data. Namely, that the social capital (“connections”) built in a fraternity are the reason for higher income. I would propose an alternate hypothesis: that

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