kpwagner

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by kpwagner 1y ago
Something has always bugged me about DoorDash. It just seems so wasteful. What does it take to get a chicken sandwich, fries, and a drink to my door? I've never pinpointed the waste, but intuitively, it just feels like there is waste a
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by kpwagner 5y ago
Cool! I'll play with it more... when I'm not at work. Suggestion: more keyboard shortcuts: find/replace, delete line to name a few. Eventually you could allow customization and/or selecting different pre-configs (e.g. Vi
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by kpwagner 5y ago
Haha! I had a similar reaction when I started reading Taleb. You might checkout Antifragile, which offers a more positive view of randomness. It's easy to get a dire impression from Taleb, but to use his words, "don't read it
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by kpwagner 5y ago
I don't even try to summarize Taleb anymore. I used to try, then I kept hearing Taleb's voice in my head calling me an imbecile.
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by kpwagner 5y ago
I'm not usually a nut for accessibility, but you make a good point. Using semantic HTML tags and a few other basic best practices (e.g. alt/title attributes, sufficient color contrast) goes a long way.
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by kpwagner 5y ago
I get that, but they want to collect your email to improve marketing. If the product is strong enough it may not matter. Practically speaking, I think getting user signup info is pretty important.
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by kpwagner 5y ago
I think this really varies from person to person. I re-read maybe 5% of books, and I tend to get a lot out of re-reading. Nassim Taleb said something like "if it's not worth re-reading, it was not worth reading in the first place&
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by kpwagner 5y ago
In the month it will take me to finish reading Storm of Swords, I will watch ~10 movies. Plus, I'm reading Storm of Swords, which needs no additional support from readers to be discovered or validated--though I still want to read it. P
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by kpwagner 5y ago
The greater the edge, the more you can bet on one occurrence. Easier to understand if you look at binary events: double your bet with a win, lose your bet with a loss.
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by kpwagner 5y ago
I agree with previous reply. Don't squander your potential because you think it's too late. I empathize; I had a related experience. After failing at my first career out of school, I was broken an aimless. At 30 I found myself wor
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by kpwagner 7y ago
Should media coverage accurately reflect what we die from? I don't think so. Cause of death is not the only reason to be interested in terrorism, homicide, and suicide. These charts are eye-candy, and while I respect the work that went
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by kpwagner 7y ago
Broadcast radio automation.
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by kpwagner 8y ago
The emphasis on the word "narrative" is a little odd to me. In the book "The Everything Store", Brad Stone, the author, describes an awkward encounter with Bezos: one of the first questions Bezos asked Stone was "wi
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by kpwagner 8y ago
You don't need to be ashamed of your addiction history. Personally, I wouldn't be touting it unnecessarily either though--in most cases it's not their business. There are several options for consolidating debt, but beware. Yo
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by kpwagner 8y ago
That's true. I misread the chart anyway, so it isn't necessarily saying anything about debt levels.
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by kpwagner 8y ago
Yes, I see that now. Not nearly so dire--but still bad.
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by kpwagner 8y ago
Federal debt and surface temperature charts are telling because they include 20+ year projections periods--and of course those projections are dire (and bullshit). It's clear the story this "opinion columnist" (bullshit artis
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by kpwagner 8y ago
Fret not. I was a naive emphatic workaholic my first two years out of college--working as an investment banking analyst. It's taken me ten years to figure out that I wasn't honest with myself (or others) about what I wanted, and I
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by kpwagner 8y ago
Wow, that comment took a real turn at the mention of heroin--haha. Good for you, no bs. I have no doubt it will be a long-term struggle, but stay on the path. I can only relate with my "addiction" to video games, which has similar
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by kpwagner 8y ago
Honesty and self-awareness. I'll take those over naive emphatic workaholism.
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by kpwagner 8y ago
Yes, and "don't hurt people". Worse, I don't even think those are sufficient as guiding principles. In the real world many ethical situations are not best solved by being nice or refusing to hurt someone. How about not h
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by kpwagner 8y ago
I'm not a subscriber of WSJ, so I can only read the first paragraph. Based on the headline and the first paragraph, I don't see the problem. Wouldn't WeWork have to lease the space from someone? Why is it a problem if that so
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by kpwagner 8y ago
I remember hearing one of the founders talking about users trading stocks. He explained their data shows people get better at trading stocks with more experience. I can't remember the source, but I think it was on This Week in Startups
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by kpwagner 8y ago
For soapmaking the efficiency difference between palm oil and coconut oil is practically the same. If you are talking about oil production efficiency, I don't know.
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by kpwagner 8y ago
Not offended. It's true. I don't care enough to make a change. This is partly because I use such a small amount of palm oil--maybe 200lbs annually--so my impact is minimal. Deforestation from palm oil production has been in the ba
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by kpwagner 8y ago
Yes, exactly. Handmade soaps are rarely made from a single oil. I use a blend of palm, coconut, avocado, and castor. What oils you use and what percentage each oil represents in the composition, determines the base properties of the soap. I
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by kpwagner 8y ago
You can get "sustainably produced" palm oil. https://www.soaperschoice.com/palm-oil The cost is higher. I don't use the sustainably produced oil now. When all is said and done, it might increase my unit cost
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by kpwagner 8y ago
They are comparable in my experience. When selecting oils for soap, the type of acid is the major factor. I am only aware of two palmitic acids in oil form: palm and lard.
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by kpwagner 8y ago
I make and sell handmade soap with palm oil, among other oils. Unfortunately, palm is a special oil, and palmitic acid is an important part of the oil comp to produce a good bar. The only substitute is lard. While I don't mind using so
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by kpwagner 8y ago
I wasn't aware of that. Thanks.

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