thematt

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by thematt 2y ago
Not true, even for murder stats. It’s perfectly reasonable to challenge the accuracy of the numbers. The FBI and NYC use the same definitions for murder and starting in 2023 and 2024 their numbers haven’t matched. The FBI is reporting -13%
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by thematt 3y ago
What makes it worth it? Isn't the experience the same as just running an ad-blocker?
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by thematt 3y ago
Perhaps, but the difference between now and then was all those years had near-zero interest rates. It's a lot easier for tech (and growth companies in general) to stage a comeback in that macro environment. Especially when it comes to
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by thematt 3y ago
They can do more than that, they can brick them: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/06/01/apple-war...
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Stripe Pricing Changes
11 points by thematt 4y ago|4 comments
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Update from CEO Andy Jassy on role eliminations(aboutamazon.com)
5 points by thematt 4y ago|0 comments
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by thematt 4y ago
Blue Origin | Site Reliability Engineering | Seattle, WA | Full-Time | ONSITE or REMOTE | https://www.blueorigin.com Blue Origin is developing technologies to enable human access to space at dramatically lower cost and increased
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by thematt 4y ago
They've only killed off one version of self-hosted Jira. Their datacenter edition is still alive.
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by thematt 5y ago
Yes, to a certain extent. But refined products get piped all over, so it isn't a very tight coupling. Delta Airlines bought their own refinery for jet fuel. It didn't work out too well, but it was still interesting. https:/&
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by thematt 5y ago
Lighter oils get used for gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuels. Heavy oils get used for plastics, petrochemicals, and road surfacing. I wish there was an easy answer to your refinery question. They're all different, but there are three
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by thematt 5y ago
It's not just a matter of building more refineries to process it. The different API Gravities of the oil are used to output different products. Gasoline, jet fuel, etc. So yes, you could modify refineries (at significant expense) to pr
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by thematt 5y ago
Lobbied for by MADD. The push was led in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI). Original co-sponsors were David McKinley (R-WV) and Kathleen Rice (D-NY). The senate version of the bill was led by senators
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Hacker attempts to poison Florida town's water supply(mysuncoast.com)
5 points by thematt 6y ago|0 comments
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by thematt 6y ago
Blue Origin | Site Reliability Engineering | Seattle, WA | Full-Time | ONSITE | https://www.blueorigin.com Blue Origin is developing technologies to enable human access to space at dramatically lower cost and increased reliabili
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Gumroad gives employees 20% raise(twitter.com)
2 points by thematt 6y ago|0 comments
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by thematt 6y ago
What lessons have they learned?
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by thematt 6y ago
Unlikely. I suspect it's more likely month-end re-balancing.
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by thematt 7y ago
https://mashable.com/2015/08/18/building-seattle/
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by thematt 7y ago
I doubt this includes executives with golden parachutes. They typically don't do those in bulk like this. This is more likely severance pay, immediately vesting RSU/options, any outstanding benefits owed, and any increased fees&#x
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by thematt 7y ago
But you could plug in a Roku or a Fire TV, right? The TV can't proxy through those. It's maybe cringeworthy to say, but I probably trust those companies more than I do Samsung.
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by thematt 7y ago
Not a stupid question. What you're referring to is the blackout period during reentry. It's a challenge not just for missiles but spacecraft too. Lots of research has gone into it: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive&#x2
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by thematt 7y ago
How common are breakup fees as part of an LOI?
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by thematt 7y ago
Coal is being replaced by natural gas, not renewables. A net benefit, but not a void being filled significantly by wind/solar yet. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=38632
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by thematt 7y ago
I've been wondering lately about whether video games will have any impact on this for future retirees. Anecdotally, I think today's teens/20/30/40 year-olds spend more time playing video games (whether solo or as pa
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by thematt 7y ago
Since January 2018: Jason Mendez, director of manufacturing engineering Will McColl, manager of equipment engineering Jon McNeill, president of global sales and services Eric Branderiz, chief accounting officer Susan Repo, corporate treasur
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by thematt 7y ago
Everything you said could be used to describe longs as well, with incentives just aligned in the opposite direction.
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by thematt 8y ago
yes
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by thematt 8y ago
Blue Origin | Site Reliability Engineer | Seattle, WA | Full-Time | Onsite | https://www.blueorigin.com Blue Origin is developing technologies to enable human access to space at dramatically lower cost and increased reliability.
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by thematt 8y ago
Why do you find this improbable? It's easily verifiable. This is all public financial data we're talking about. Here are some sources to avoid having to crunch the data though: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09&
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by thematt 8y ago
True, there is a bit of hyperbole in my comments. It's certainly not a sub-prime mortgage type situation. But at the same time people have been pouring money into these companies for 10 years and have seen no free cash flow to speak of

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