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by dealforager 4y ago
I don't think this is true, I run an affiliate site that directs people to Smile, and my commissions have been the same whether I direct to Smile or not. I have heard that your conversions typically go down when you use Smile. However
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by dealforager 4y ago
Smile and affiliate commissions are separate. So in your example both the charity and the stale affiliate link would receive a cut that is independent of the other. Source: I run an affiliate site and my links always direct to Smile, and I
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by dealforager 4y ago
If you're discussing performance of SQL queries, showing the output of EXPLAIN ANALYZE is the bare minimum. There's too many variables that can affect performance and if you can't see what's happening under the hood it&#
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by dealforager 5y ago
This is true of every forum on the internet, including HN. The problem is 100x worse if there is money or power on the line, such as in Product Hunt.
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by dealforager 5y ago
The solution is real free markets. Constant government intervention in the housing market, the stock market, education, healthcare, and everything else under the sun has led us to where we are today. It always feels nice for a bit when the
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by dealforager 5y ago
I've worked at tech companies that despise helping the US military. Please understand that the world is complex and although all superpowers have done terrible things, helping the US is the only way our children will live in a peaceful
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by dealforager 5y ago
I highly recommend the book "Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order" for helping see the big picture. I am also saddened by the state of the world, particularly in regards to inequality which I think is the source of
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by dealforager 5y ago
I just look at the new price and used price, so the data problem is on Amazon's end. I have no way to tell whether an item that is sold for $5000 is truly worth $5000 or not. I have tried implementing a check for this in the past using
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by dealforager 5y ago
Sorry, for some reason I have to put the "www." before the URL and forgot to do that. I edited the comment and I'll look into fixing that. Edit: saw replies, I'll just say it's Monday morning and leave it at that.
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by dealforager 5y ago
Same! So much so that I built a website specifically for this: https://www.dealforager.com It's pretty bare bones, but the problem I was trying to fix was that it took me a long time to browse the Amazon Warehouse offers tr
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by dealforager 5y ago
One thing that stood out in that story is how some people just thought he was depressed. I know someone who had sciatica and I think one of the hard parts is that it's not easy to see. On the outside you may look fine but you may be fe
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by dealforager 5y ago
$900M/year is <1% of Alphabet's yearly revenue. I know you mentioned profits, but the OP mentioned revenue so I want to keep the same units because they're very different things. It could very well be that if it was $20M&#
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by dealforager 5y ago
I understand the sentiment, but $20M/year really is a waste of time for a $200B/year business. I have a hard time thinking of a way it wouldn't be a loss given the added organizational complexity having those kinds of project
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by dealforager 5y ago
Wow, just looked at their earnings reports and it doesn't look like they've ever turned a profit either. In fact, they are losing over a hundred million a year. No wonder this dude couldn't compete.
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by dealforager 6y ago
If I comment, I usually at least glance at the article to get a general idea. Most of the I can tell where it is going by skimming it for less than 30 seconds (there's only so much novel information). Many times authors use way too man
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by dealforager 6y ago
I wanted to edit my post to add more details, but since I can't do that here are some more screenshots: This is the (very consistent) traffic for my scraper that should probably not be on Cloud Run but it's too convenient for me t
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by dealforager 6y ago
One thing I haven't seen mentioned in the comments is how easy it is to quickly iterate on Cloud Run. I built a web app that uses Cloud Run for 90% of my server needs (Cloud Functions for the rest). One of my favorite features is that
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by dealforager 6y ago
I use the "reddit is fun" app and filter nsfw content and images/video (by blocking a bunch of domains). It's alright like that, although it's still not a great use of time. I do find it annoying how much NSFW conte
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by dealforager 6y ago
Well, it looks like they succeeded in their goal which was to funnel traffic to their site. It's now a top post on HN, with a top comment directly linking to their site, and I'm sure it will be shared in other places. This is part
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by dealforager 6y ago
Their site uses Google Analytics, doesn't that seem a bit hypocritical? It erodes all trust in the article. The "wholly unrelated side project" is exactly the new marketing tactic that seems to be in fashion these days. Whene
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by dealforager 6y ago
The funny thing is that this is essentially a giant ad for this person's business, and their website uses GA (lol). I've noticed this is an increasingly popular tactic on Reddit and HN. You clickbait people to an article backed wi
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by dealforager 6y ago
I think judging the decline of a rapidly evolving field by literally one of the biggest breakthroughs in its entire history is not good. I also don't like clickbait and I think the audience here generally doesn't either, even if y
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by dealforager 6y ago
Yes, I stopped reading when it mentioned the last good paper was from 2017. This is simply not true. I don't have time to go through all of their papers right now, but as someone else mentioned the protein folding one was a real breakt
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by dealforager 6y ago
No. Every time someone makes a big stink about someone getting fired at one of the top tech companies, it is promptly followed by an article like this. A trillion dollar company that hires thousands of researchers and consistently produces
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by dealforager 6y ago
Looks cool, but I do think there are ethical concerns with "scraping" reviews other people write and then not giving them credit. It reminds me of a talk I watched where a guy was saying how AI is essentially just taking work from
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by dealforager 6y ago
I'm not sure but what I've read is that they keep part of the fee that usually goes toward rewards or points in other cards. I don't mind this at all because I think they are providing an amazing and much needed service that
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by dealforager 6y ago
They could also integrate it with Youtube and add some fancy AI stuff that assists artists in creating content. I've always wanted something that makes making animated videos more approachable. If they did that I'm sure it would u
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by dealforager 6y ago
I use Privacy.com for this reason and to not worry about my cards getting leaked. I create a card per-subscription and set the monthly limit to exactly the cost of the subscription. When I want to cancel, if it's not easy I just destro
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by dealforager 6y ago
I agree that there are people who will not transcend to become ultra productive members of society. However, I see everything you said as an argument in favor of UBI, not against. No one would have to fake disabilities, throw money away at
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by dealforager 6y ago
I think the "everything should be free and no one should make money" mentality that is popular on the internet is very harmful in the long term. Moderators should be paid for doing a good job and content creators should be paid f

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