Square acquired Credit Karma's Tax business, probably folding it into CashApp [1] https://squareup.com/us/en/press/credit-karma-tax [2] https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2020/c...
You should be able to block those elements with uBlockOrigin or similar browser extensions. I blocked a bunch of the "trending" stuff since it never really contributed positively to my site experience.
But they also have to live without an office and may not have meaningful stakes to make the tradeoff worth it for most.
I don't know if this is a recent trend, or if I've only experienced negative things in the past year or two, (perhaps in the lead up to their IPO?), but I ended up switching away from them. They closed my account…
Is Spotify on Airplay 1 still?
With Amazon I do like that I talk to real people, but half the time they try to give me money instead of actually trying to solve the problem. It's great that chat is empowered to send $5 or $10, but oftentimes I just…
For sure. Like many younger workers, I didn't move into a ultra-high COL area to spend all day in my shared living arrangement. There isn't a lot of room to optimize for a WFH world with those kinds of spatial…
fwiw the Adobe Photography plan requires a 1-year commitment (paid monthly) and has an early termination fee if you do try to cancel, so it's not as straightforward.
Amazon. It may be true that they A/B test the shit out of things, but it feels super clunky every time.
Funnily enough, I was doing research one day and came across a local ISP co-op in one of the Dakotas that was selling rural, symmetric 1/1 for $70 per month. Much better service at a lower cost than in SF (been trying…
They must massively oversubscribe their services, far beyond ISPs. The advertising probably brings in a lot of profitable users who aren't pushing tons of BitTorrent traffic as well. With the insanely high affiliate…
I would add the standard caution when looking at averages, that symmetric 1/1 fiber may be pulling the upload value up significantly. Or that Speedtest users have higher internet speeds. But I really want that stat to…
Totally understandable, but I'd strongly recommend challenging yourself. Of course I'm a little biased having done a CS/humanites major at a liberal arts college but there are so many great reasons that people have…
True, but it also is the case that younger folk/non-devs are more likely to live in smaller spaces with housemates. Speaking personally, I made some optimizations, but there's only so much that can be done with the…
Interesting take, and it does track with my experience as a data nerd. Also, my first time looking at myself on the leaderboards was throughly depressing
Got it, this makes a ton of sense, and explains why Grubhub was able to do the impossible, make money.
Definitely agree that they're winning (the Second Measure blog is fascinating), it just seems like they bought their way to the top at a very high cost. DashPass is definitely keeping me a DoorDash user, it's benefits…
Excellent explainer that's worth a read [1] and it's HN thread [2] tl;dr: Interest, payment for order flow, and securities lending (but mostly interest) [1]…
I'm curious, what kinds of pitfalls can occur?
QI is extremely problematic like you've mentioned 1) You need specific case law to overcome QI 2) Little to no case law exists because of QI Some of the QI cases are egergious like Corbitt vs. Vickers [1] Allegation:…
Thanks for sharing, fascinating read.
Yeah, those were (and maybe still are) CDC guidelines: 2 negative tests at least 24 hours apart OR 7+ days since symptom onset, AND 72+ hours without fever (with no meds) AND significant improvement in respiratory…
Gross Margin = Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold SaaS usually don't include development costs into COGS. Only directly attributable costs (hosting, customer support, etc.) Tesla on the other hand has to include raw materials…
SaaS has really high gross margins (>65%?), but I'm not sure that gross margin number is comparable with the 25% that Tesla reported.
iirc the FCC moved from "recommending" STIR/SHAKEN to requiring it due to foot-dragging on the carrier's part
Square acquired Credit Karma's Tax business, probably folding it into CashApp [1] https://squareup.com/us/en/press/credit-karma-tax [2] https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2020/c...
You should be able to block those elements with uBlockOrigin or similar browser extensions. I blocked a bunch of the "trending" stuff since it never really contributed positively to my site experience.
But they also have to live without an office and may not have meaningful stakes to make the tradeoff worth it for most.
I don't know if this is a recent trend, or if I've only experienced negative things in the past year or two, (perhaps in the lead up to their IPO?), but I ended up switching away from them. They closed my account…
Is Spotify on Airplay 1 still?
With Amazon I do like that I talk to real people, but half the time they try to give me money instead of actually trying to solve the problem. It's great that chat is empowered to send $5 or $10, but oftentimes I just…
For sure. Like many younger workers, I didn't move into a ultra-high COL area to spend all day in my shared living arrangement. There isn't a lot of room to optimize for a WFH world with those kinds of spatial…
fwiw the Adobe Photography plan requires a 1-year commitment (paid monthly) and has an early termination fee if you do try to cancel, so it's not as straightforward.
Amazon. It may be true that they A/B test the shit out of things, but it feels super clunky every time.
Funnily enough, I was doing research one day and came across a local ISP co-op in one of the Dakotas that was selling rural, symmetric 1/1 for $70 per month. Much better service at a lower cost than in SF (been trying…
They must massively oversubscribe their services, far beyond ISPs. The advertising probably brings in a lot of profitable users who aren't pushing tons of BitTorrent traffic as well. With the insanely high affiliate…
I would add the standard caution when looking at averages, that symmetric 1/1 fiber may be pulling the upload value up significantly. Or that Speedtest users have higher internet speeds. But I really want that stat to…
Totally understandable, but I'd strongly recommend challenging yourself. Of course I'm a little biased having done a CS/humanites major at a liberal arts college but there are so many great reasons that people have…
True, but it also is the case that younger folk/non-devs are more likely to live in smaller spaces with housemates. Speaking personally, I made some optimizations, but there's only so much that can be done with the…
Interesting take, and it does track with my experience as a data nerd. Also, my first time looking at myself on the leaderboards was throughly depressing
Got it, this makes a ton of sense, and explains why Grubhub was able to do the impossible, make money.
Definitely agree that they're winning (the Second Measure blog is fascinating), it just seems like they bought their way to the top at a very high cost. DashPass is definitely keeping me a DoorDash user, it's benefits…
Excellent explainer that's worth a read [1] and it's HN thread [2] tl;dr: Interest, payment for order flow, and securities lending (but mostly interest) [1]…
I'm curious, what kinds of pitfalls can occur?
QI is extremely problematic like you've mentioned 1) You need specific case law to overcome QI 2) Little to no case law exists because of QI Some of the QI cases are egergious like Corbitt vs. Vickers [1] Allegation:…
Thanks for sharing, fascinating read.
Yeah, those were (and maybe still are) CDC guidelines: 2 negative tests at least 24 hours apart OR 7+ days since symptom onset, AND 72+ hours without fever (with no meds) AND significant improvement in respiratory…
Gross Margin = Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold SaaS usually don't include development costs into COGS. Only directly attributable costs (hosting, customer support, etc.) Tesla on the other hand has to include raw materials…
SaaS has really high gross margins (>65%?), but I'm not sure that gross margin number is comparable with the 25% that Tesla reported.
iirc the FCC moved from "recommending" STIR/SHAKEN to requiring it due to foot-dragging on the carrier's part