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What was the backtesting method? Was walk-forward testing involved? There are different ways to backtest.

Not really new. I think of Stripe and Docker as examples.

I would love to see this broken out by gender as well.

Right. It's a great story, but I've seen many a UPS truck take a left turn.

We call them back. I run The Human Utility (formerly the Detroit Water Project) and we help folks with their water bills. When they reach us, they're used to dealing with other soc…

Founder here. Yes, every utility has this problem. "I don't think this is a good solution to this problem." Why? Why isn't giving people money (direct to the utility, as we never h…

Detroit Water Project founder here. Thanks for spreading the word, but we're actually a non-profit.

Thanks for the donation! And these are really good suggestions. That transparency is definitely a goal.

Thanks for the comment. Yes, there are programs in place that help people with their bills. They've a number of problems, however. Some ran out of funds and couldn't help any more …

Right. There have been increases in the price of water in Detroit. And they're angling to increase them again.

I'm not against people getting medical treatments if they need them, but why call what we're doing "goofy"? The single mother of three we helped who was contemplating forgoing her …

From talking to hundreds of people over the course of running this project, in many cases, what we have is not a failure to organize one's life. Instead, it's life events such as b…

Founder of Detroit Water Project here. Despite what you’ve said, this is a serious effort to do good. You mention saving a life versus contributing to a water bill. Why are those s…

Founder here. Happy to answer questions about what we're doing!

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But, seriously, what else is different? If I'm looking at it as if it's a Fancy or Svpply clone, I'm not going to go as far as signing up to add anything. One way I see these kinds…

It looks an awful lot like Svpply and The Fancy. And he's an investor in The Fancy. I guess this time the curation is through friends instead of the site itself.

It's interesting that the name "Request for Comments" invokes "Oh, this is a club that I can play in too," as this is the impression I've gotten as I've read increasingly more of t…