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Yes I'm sure Apple Card data is included in that dataset. That isn't the point. > And even if it's not, as long as the other side (i.e. merchants and acquirers) just collects and a…

The Apple card is the only credit card in the US (that I know of) which does not resell your granular transaction data to 3rd party brokers. To me that alone makes it tremendously …

The Apple Card is the only card in the US I am aware of that does not resell your purchase history to data brokers.

Original link didn't work for me. Here is the source https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6479-a-ta...

While unemployment rate is relatively low this measure masks deeper problems felt by those working to try and make a living. Specifically, labor participation is near an all-time l…

Economists look at inflation on a month/month or year/year basis. This is not an accident as it purposely ignores the destructive cumulative effect of inflation. Individuals, by co…

That the “critique” is posted on such a spamtaculous site doesn’t lend much credibility. I looked but didn’t find other negative reviews. I did read the book and it seemed well cit…

Possible sure - just as it is possible my next startup could be the next Tesla. In reality, when Elon joined Tesla they had nothing but early concept prototypes of a high-end sport…

- I believe he can launch rockets into space and land them on their own footprint. - I believe he can revolutionize auto manufacturing and disrupt a 100 year old industry replacing…

I come from a province that is wholly owned by a billionaire family. They own all industry, all media, and basically every (barely) living wage job outside the government. Look up …

Reading HN threads ranting about “manbabies” when referring to arguably the single greatest innovator and entrepreneur of our time was not on my bingo card on a site purporting to …

Amd this is why there are no mid-sized family businesses remaining in Canada, except for the occasional farm. Billionaire oligopolies are all that remain as only they are sustainab…

Article from mcgill.ca brings you clickbait - read this article and be outraged! Science journalism. Makes three major claims: - AG1 is a very popular supplement powder used to mak…

I’ve always found it strange that BSM is used for calculating implied volatility of American style options when it was specifically designed only for European style options. Can an…

I would recommend considering the Georgia Tech Online Masters in CS. You can manage the work at your own pace. It is extremely cost-effective, and Georgia Tech is well recognized a…

I work out of a local Hackerspace here in Austin and we happen to have one of the core contributors to OpenSCAD here. He re-wrote much of the code in C++ to optimize the core algor…

> authoritative source the World Bank says moderate inflation is 15-30% I'm not sure if you are being serious or not. Think it through, are you telling me you believe that 29% year…

There are some other implemenations listed on this page. The trick is to make sure the light rays are parallel as if coming from an infinite distance like the sun. To create the bl…

You know, I co-founded a smart LED lighting company well over a decade ago and we considered this market. It seems like the potential applications might make this viable now. Cruis…

I think we have very different definitions of moderate inflation. Note: I don't consider CPI a good measure of inflation experienced by the average consumer. Unfortunately the meas…

The relationship between money printing and inflation is neither linear nor instantaneous, but the connection is very real. Are you arguing that printing 80% of all the dollars eve…

Per my sister comment, the Fed printed 80% of all the dollars that ever existed in 2021 and 2022. Did the economy expand 4x?

To quantify “loose monetary policy,” between 2021 and 2022 the US Fed increased the money supply by 4x. Put another way 80% of all US dollars that have ever existed were created be…

One of the most fascinating verifiable geography facts I am aware of is that while the oldest known landmasses are on the order of 4 billion years old, the oldest known oceanic tec…