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by tiffani 10mo ago
What was the backtesting method? Was walk-forward testing involved? There are different ways to backtest.
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by tiffani 9y ago
Not really new. I think of Stripe and Docker as examples.
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Some Things About Tech Were Good in 2017. No, Really(nytimes.com)
3 points by tiffani 9y ago|0 comments
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by tiffani 9y ago
I would love to see this broken out by gender as well.
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A Bot That Can Tell When It's Really Donald Trump Who's Tweeting(theatlantic.com)
2 points by tiffani 9y ago|0 comments
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by tiffani 10y ago
Right. It's a great story, but I've seen many a UPS truck take a left turn.
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A Mercedes self-typing AI typewriter(slashgear.com)
20 points by tiffani 10y ago|1 comments
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by tiffani 10y ago
We call them back. I run The Human Utility (formerly the Detroit Water Project) and we help folks with their water bills. When they reach us, they're used to dealing with other social service agencies that aren't very responsive a
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Warren Buffett's Net Worth by Age(microcapclub.com)
72 points by tiffani 10y ago|63 comments
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by tiffani 11y ago
Founder here. Yes, every utility has this problem. "I don't think this is a good solution to this problem." Why? Why isn't giving people money (direct to the utility, as we never hand people we help the funds) to get the
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by tiffani 11y ago
Detroit Water Project founder here. Thanks for spreading the word, but we're actually a non-profit.
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by tiffani 12y ago
Thanks for the donation! And these are really good suggestions. That transparency is definitely a goal.
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by tiffani 12y ago
Thanks for the comment. Yes, there are programs in place that help people with their bills. They've a number of problems, however. Some ran out of funds and couldn't help any more people. What's interesting about those progra
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by tiffani 12y ago
Right. There have been increases in the price of water in Detroit. And they're angling to increase them again.
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by tiffani 12y ago
I'm not against people getting medical treatments if they need them, but why call what we're doing "goofy"? The single mother of three we helped who was contemplating forgoing her heart medication to make sure her childr
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by tiffani 12y ago
From talking to hundreds of people over the course of running this project, in many cases, what we have is not a failure to organize one's life. Instead, it's life events such as being laid off or having a medical issue get out of
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by tiffani 12y ago
Founder of Detroit Water Project here. Despite what you’ve said, this is a serious effort to do good. You mention saving a life versus contributing to a water bill. Why are those so dissimilar? Our assistance application data shows that o
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by tiffani 12y ago
Founder here. Happy to answer questions about what we're doing!
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(YC W15) the Detroit Water Project Connects Donors to Unpaid Water Bills(techcrunch.com)
2 points by tiffani 12y ago|1 comments
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by tiffani 12y ago
http://getbarometer.com/
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by tiffani 13y ago
But, seriously, what else is different? If I'm looking at it as if it's a Fancy or Svpply clone, I'm not going to go as far as signing up to add anything. One way I see these kinds of sites is as wishlists and thus, it makes
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by tiffani 13y ago
It looks an awful lot like Svpply and The Fancy. And he's an investor in The Fancy. I guess this time the curation is through friends instead of the site itself.
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by tiffani 13y ago
It's interesting that the name "Request for Comments" invokes "Oh, this is a club that I can play in too," as this is the impression I've gotten as I've read increasingly more of them lately and learn how
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by tiffani 14y ago
Happy to see this! I've had nothing but great, helpful experiences with the folks over at Balanced.
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by tiffani 14y ago
I highly recommend this and a bunch of other C-related stuff in the Stanford CS library. Their pointer explanations helped me many, many years ago. http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/
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by tiffani 14y ago
Learning.
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FDIC for Startups(bryce.vc)
1 points by tiffani 14y ago|0 comments
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by tiffani 15y ago
I learned how to code when I was 6. Anomalous, yes, but I'm questioning that one. ;)
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Groupon Therapy(vanityfair.com)
1 points by tiffani 15y ago|0 comments
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Fetchmob resembles a crowdsourced Kozmo(news.cnet.com)
6 points by tiffani 15y ago|1 comments

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