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Or create a new partnership with various like minded organizations and create a new index that each can use in their own way (perhaps those you mention plus DuckDuckGo and others t…

I agree that Apple (and probably Anthropic) don't hold to the expectations some have. But I wouldn't say they are "just another company." I care about privacy more than Apple. But …

Good thoughts. The last sentence doesn't make that much sense to me though. An agreement with Apple to be the lead AI partner would likely juice the IPO a great deal. The financial…

Enamelon Toothpaste from the 1990s: https://www.ebay.com/itm/127083185095 "proven to strengthen tooth enamel" I remember researching the stock and deciding not to buy. Patents from…

Actually it was a huge tax addition in 2024 (from Europe over dispute about how Ireland had taxed Apple for many years). In 2024 Apple added 14.4 billion in additional taxes accrue…

Car insurance costs more if you have bad credit score. My guess is that they have data to justify that. I think some states may have disallowed this practice. Anyway that lends som…

Interesting, good job. Minor suggestion: I would make the home page feed show popular stocks (so that it is more interesting to new visitors and also engaging to regular visitors).…

It could offer a couple options. One being the main view is like you are there. You see the court in a huge view in your main view. Then, similar, but way better than in person, yo…

Is there an app that monitors your apps to see if any have been sold to such unethical companies to alert you to delete your accounts with those apps? That would seem like a useful…

I looked into subscribing because I don't mind paying to avoid the ads. I don't like the spying that will go along with paying, given that it is Alphabet/Google. If they offered a …

A higher savings rate directed toward retirement-savings/pension and increasing immigration are two.

https://www.icarusinvestmentgroup.com/ :-)

From the article: "Buying land is a major shift for Amazon, which historically relied on a handful of developers to find property, build fairly simple warehouses and rent them back…

They mentioned in the conference call they anticipate $4 to $8 billion in supply chain related lost business in this quarter. At 33% profit margin and using the mid-point of $6 bil…

The W. Edwards Deming Institute Blog https://deming.org/blog/ Deming on various management topics https://deming.org/category/deming-on-management/ More resources on Deming's ideas…

Here are some online resources on Deming's ideas https://curiouscat.com/management/deming/online

I really like what you have done. One easy improvement "Showing results 16 — 30 out of 26 results" :-) showing below search results... > Hope to include more curated signals, like …

Online Deming resources: https://deming.org/online-resources-for-w-edwards-demings-ma...

How about a tax on paying bounties that is used solely to fund agencies that track down and put those engaging in criminal activity online in jail. In order to be allowed to deduct…

You can set it up so you renew up to 10 full years (from the remaining 9) every year. That way you have 9 chances to fail before it becomes an issue. Also for a fairly small organi…

Online resources on applying Deming's ideas https://blog.deming.org/online-deming-resources/

And a psychological impact. It would have been a very welcome distraction for me. I realize there are many people who won't notice it is missing but quite a few people would have h…

Those areas will get it. The virus has spread too far throughout Italy to stop it but reacting late, now, to how far it has already spread can slow down how quickly it continues to…

I was expecting some pent up MBP demand to buy, so I am surprised sales declined. I still do expect that pent up demand to buy, though I am less confident. Now I am just guessing w…

The interaction between statistical methods (algorithms and data analysis) and actual work is critical and fairly obviously important. But articles like this show how it is still s…