curiouscats

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by curiouscats 2mo ago
Or create a new partnership with various like minded organizations and create a new index that each can use in their own way (perhaps those you mention plus DuckDuckGo and others that my brain isn't bringing to mind right now [maybe Wi
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by curiouscats 5mo ago
I agree that Apple (and probably Anthropic) don't hold to the expectations some have. But I wouldn't say they are "just another company." I care about privacy more than Apple. But I think Apple does more to help privacy
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by curiouscats 5mo ago
Good thoughts. The last sentence doesn't make that much sense to me though. An agreement with Apple to be the lead AI partner would likely juice the IPO a great deal. The financial details wouldn't matter much for the IPO (as the
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by curiouscats 11mo ago
Enamelon Toothpaste from the 1990s: https://www.ebay.com/itm/127083185095 "proven to strengthen tooth enamel" I remember researching the stock and deciding not to buy. Patents from the 1990s https:/&#x2
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by curiouscats 11mo ago
Actually it was a huge tax addition in 2024 (from Europe over dispute about how Ireland had taxed Apple for many years). In 2024 Apple added 14.4 billion in additional taxes accrued over many years.
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by curiouscats 1y ago
Car insurance costs more if you have bad credit score. My guess is that they have data to justify that. I think some states may have disallowed this practice. Anyway that lends some credence to your beliefs.
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by curiouscats 1y ago
Interesting, good job. Minor suggestion: I would make the home page feed show popular stocks (so that it is more interesting to new visitors and also engaging to regular visitors). You could just pick 100 stock symbols or combine that with
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by curiouscats 3y ago
It could offer a couple options. One being the main view is like you are there. You see the court in a huge view in your main view. Then, similar, but way better than in person, you have several big views off to the side, for replays, stats
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by curiouscats 3y ago
Is there an app that monitors your apps to see if any have been sold to such unethical companies to alert you to delete your accounts with those apps? That would seem like a useful app. Frankly Apple and Alphabet should offer such a service
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by curiouscats 3y ago
I looked into subscribing because I don't mind paying to avoid the ads. I don't like the spying that will go along with paying, given that it is Alphabet/Google. If they offered a plan to pay without the spying I would have s
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by curiouscats 3y ago
A higher savings rate directed toward retirement-savings/pension and increasing immigration are two.
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by curiouscats 4y ago
https://www.icarusinvestmentgroup.com/ :-)
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by curiouscats 4y ago
From the article: "Buying land is a major shift for Amazon, which historically relied on a handful of developers to find property, build fairly simple warehouses and rent them back to the company." That is the news in my opinion.
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by curiouscats 4y ago
They mentioned in the conference call they anticipate $4 to $8 billion in supply chain related lost business in this quarter. At 33% profit margin and using the mid-point of $6 billion that would cost them $2 billion in missed profit this q
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by curiouscats 5y ago
The W. Edwards Deming Institute Blog https://deming.org/blog/ Deming on various management topics https://deming.org/category/deming-on-management/ More resources on Deming's ideas
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by curiouscats 5y ago
Here are some online resources on Deming's ideas https://curiouscat.com/management/deming/online
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by curiouscats 6y ago
I really like what you have done. One easy improvement "Showing results 16 — 30 out of 26 results" :-) showing below search results... > Hope to include more curated signals, like "won a paper > prize", "journ
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by curiouscats 6y ago
Online Deming resources: https://deming.org/online-resources-for-w-edwards-demings-ma...
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by curiouscats 6y ago
How about a tax on paying bounties that is used solely to fund agencies that track down and put those engaging in criminal activity online in jail. In order to be allowed to deduct the expense require paying the tax.
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by curiouscats 6y ago
You can set it up so you renew up to 10 full years (from the remaining 9) every year. That way you have 9 chances to fail before it becomes an issue. Also for a fairly small organization you can have all the domains listed in one place wit
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by curiouscats 6y ago
Online resources on applying Deming's ideas https://blog.deming.org/online-deming-resources/
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by curiouscats 7y ago
And a psychological impact. It would have been a very welcome distraction for me. I realize there are many people who won't notice it is missing but quite a few people would have had a nice way to distract themselves while socially iso
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by curiouscats 7y ago
Those areas will get it. The virus has spread too far throughout Italy to stop it but reacting late, now, to how far it has already spread can slow down how quickly it continues to spread.
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by curiouscats 7y ago
I was expecting some pent up MBP demand to buy, so I am surprised sales declined. I still do expect that pent up demand to buy, though I am less confident. Now I am just guessing while the new 16" made people more willing to buy a new
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by curiouscats 7y ago
The interaction between statistical methods (algorithms and data analysis) and actual work is critical and fairly obviously important. But articles like this show how it is still something we need to focus on. My father, William Hunter, an
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by curiouscats 7y ago
Police departments could do this as they have done with "bait cars" to catch those who engage in this behavior. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_car
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Statistics for Discovery by George Box(williamghunter.net)
1 points by curiouscats 7y ago|0 comments
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by curiouscats 7y ago
Thanks, keep up the good work. I agree with the other user that mentioned it would be nice to have some indication of hard or soft blocks. I realize that wouldn't be easy, especially to be completely accurate with, but even if it was
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by curiouscats 7y ago
The Truth About Homework Needless Assignments Persist Because of Widespread Misconceptions About Learning By Alfie Kohn https://www.alfiekohn.org/article/truth-homework/ Research-Based Guidelines for Homework
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by curiouscats 7y ago
Different classes of stock with different voting privileges could at least prevent some abuses by speculators that buy up shares and seek to force through actions that benefit speculators but harm all the other stakeholders (long term inves

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