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Thanks for making and sharing DVC! It’s been a big help. Is there any support that would be helpful? I’ll look at the project page too.

It doesn’t force you to use any of the extra functionality. My team has been using it just for the version control part for a couple years and it has worked great.

> I live in Oregon and that's not true… Argh, that makes it even worse! > I say all of this as someone who has lost a lot of friends to the opioid crisis and has watched Portland's…

I don’t think legalization is better for everyone, though. I live in Oregon and I’ve been very disappointed with the impact of decriminalizing possession. Cases are no longer clogg…

Yes, they typically will buy insurance to deal with risks outside their core business (like the health insurer having liability coverage).

It’s different when you have people depending on you! Not OP but I’d love to spend a sabbatical with my family… if I could afford it. I’d need a much bigger cushion.

SendGrid’s position seems like such a “gotcha” that I feel like I must be missing something. The account was closed due to inactivity. I’m not sure why that’s a reason to close it,…

I’ll be joining you for “see how far I can Haskell (for great good)” this year! Then I’ll probably fall back on Python. :)

This doesn’t seem cynical to me. Maybe it’s just that I’m too far gone, but I think it’s a matter of subtractive vs additive perspectives on work.

This guide? https://alexkrupp.typepad.com/sensemaking/2021/06/django-for...

I think it’s the other way around — tack this number on the back of anything and the result is composite.

Okay, I can totally see it now. We are still at the stage where people seem to think that I’m neurotic for worrying about the python side of things, so DLLs have not been on the ra…

Thanks! That totally makes sense. If I had to pick a pain point for getting people started with Python tools it would be environments. Comments here make me think my team is workin…

I’ll second klelatti’s question about R vs Python. From my perspective Python is just as practical for actuarial calcs and better for building general purpose tools. Is there a rea…

Hey fellow reinsurance actuary! I totally agree that Excel has its place in modeling, especially one-offs, and your criticisms make sense. That said, we have been moving a lot of o…

Ha! ... that’s a laugh of bitter jealousy. I’ve dealt with XML, but I’ve never with XML that came with a schema, or which would have reliably followed one. Not saying schema-less f…

Thanks!

While I understand why authors may not like the IA’s emergency program, I find the language to describe it confusing. A number of comments here use the term “uncontrolled digital l…

I have thought about using DVC at work, but I have held off in part because it isn’t clear to me how the development is supported financially. I recall seeing a job posting (almost…

Can you say more about the insights from Steve Blank and Clayton Christensen that are missing here?

In my experience with auditors, harsh/rigorous does not necessarily mean better because the auditor’s mindset makes an enormous difference. I’ve had process-focused people spend da…

This really resonates with me. I have seen the “buy before you build” attitude turn into “buy because we can’t build”. I know correlation is not causation and there are always plen…

I’ve always taken the tone to be “the world is as f’d as we choose to make it”. I’m an optimist?

Mostly because of the concept of “insurable interest”. Insurance pricing doesn’t hold up unless the buyer has a reason to avoid the outcome being insured against. The simplest exam…

Thanks for writing/sharing this. It puts words around some dynamics I’ve seen, and not just online. It got me thinking about people and my mental models of them, which I think is h…