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by trefn 3y ago
I wonder if you could make the kite itself lighter than air to avoid issues where the wind dies down? E.g. a kite shaped airship.
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Solar Sales Bros Threaten the Green Energy Transition(time.com)
2 points by trefn 3y ago|0 comments
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by trefn 6y ago
The article is an excerpt from the book here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/collision-course which appears to have been published in 2014.
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by trefn 7y ago
I have a similar tic. I just edit my hosts file to redirect those requests to localhost. Then when I mindlessly navigate to one of those sites it doesn't work and I realize I did it unconsciously. I do the same for gmail because I have
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by trefn 7y ago
I don't know if the parent comment is correct and that the difference is tax deductible... but if so it is real money. If the marginal tax rate for the Dr. is 50% (like it probably is in CA) then a $300 deduction is $150 in tax savings
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by trefn 7y ago
It may just look different now. At my company (Mixpanel), the modern equivalent is our support team, which is filled with smart, hungry people who want to get their foot in the door in tech. Now, we have former support folks all over the c
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Mixpanel introduces query-time sampling: fast, lossless user analytics at scale(mixpanel.com)
1 points by trefn 7y ago|0 comments
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by trefn 7y ago
we're a/b testing the button copy... the Starter package is free and the Growth package pops up a plan builder with pricing. It's complicated because the price is based on your user volume so there's not a single price t
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by trefn 7y ago
(founder of mixpanel here) I'm really excited about this release - sampling has been necessary to support some of our largest customers for many years, but has a bunch of issues, as Vijay points out in this post. I love the fact that m
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by trefn 8y ago
I hadn't heard of this person before, but a couple of points resonated with me: First, the framing of equality and redistribution, and the suggested emphasis on focusing our efforts on raising the floor rather than lowering the ceiling
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by trefn 8y ago
Sabine Baring-Gould is a character in a non-canon Sherlock Holmes novel by Laurie R. King called `The Moor`. If you enjoy fictional accounts of widely knowledgeable characters, I recommend it :)
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by trefn 9y ago
(I work at Mixpanel) Honestly you could probably write a quick pipeline to dump your json data into Mixpanel and then use JQL -- it would be a little hacky but if you have less than a few million rows it shouldn't be too much work (and
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by trefn 10y ago
I just got a Feldgrind after breaking two low-end hand grinders in as many years. I laughed out loud with joy when I first started using it - it feels like a tank in your hand and results in an incredibly consistent grind.
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by trefn 10y ago
You should read more about QSBS: http://www.andersentax.com/services/for-private-clients/busi... Under certain circumstances, QSBS (Qualified Small Business Stock) rules will significantly decrease your tax burden
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by trefn 10y ago
Neal Stephenson's "Baroque Cycle" goes into great detail about Isaac Newton's life, and his focus on alchemy and theology. It is of course fiction, but well researched and utterly fascinating. I recommend it!
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by trefn 10y ago
What's your local community college?
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by trefn 10y ago
Those figures were already adjusted for inflation (it says 2016 dollars)
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CoeLux: Artificial Sunlight That’s Real Enough to Trick Your Camera and Brain(petapixel.com)
276 points by trefn 11y ago|81 comments
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Machine Learning Engineer at Mixpanel: Build the Future of Predictive Analytics
1 points by trefn 11y ago
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by trefn 11y ago
yes, it's in the works
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by trefn 11y ago
thanks, fixed!
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by trefn 11y ago
Mixpanel (YC S09) | San Francisco, CA [ONSITE] Mixpanel is growing very rapidly - 13 people at the start of 2013, 36 by Jan 2014, 120 at the beginning of this year. Currently 200. On the financial side, revenue is growing apace and we were
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by trefn 11y ago
100 hours is nowhere near enough time to meaningfully change someone's life. You'll spend that long just gaining their trust -- and why should they follow your advice, anyway? This doesn't mean you shouldn't do it, but i
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by trefn 11y ago
Mixpanel (YC S09) | San Francisco, CA Mixpanel is growing very rapidly - 13 people at the start of 2013, 36 by Jan 2014, 120 at the beginning of this year. Currently 170. On the financial side, revenue is growing apace and we were recently
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Building a (not so simple) expression language part II: Scope(code.mixpanel.com)
7 points by trefn 11y ago|0 comments
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by trefn 11y ago
Congrats Mikel and crew!
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Three simple rules for building data products that people will actually use(highscalability.com)
13 points by trefn 11y ago|0 comments
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by trefn 12y ago
I have lived very comfortably in Oakland for the last year on a ~100K salary. 30 min commute door to door, eat out a lot, travel, etc. With a quite nice 1bed apartment with a view.
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by trefn 12y ago
If you're interested in how the original movies had such high-quality effects: http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2ndx0r/the_full_jura...
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by trefn 12y ago
This is a very tiny sample of all data sent to Mixpanel from iOS devices

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