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I think it includes transfers and express lines. I noticed if I click on a local stop that meets an express line somewhere, the express line stops are still quite a bit darker than…

For me, the nice part about Obsidian is that they're just markdown files. So even if something happens to Obsidian, the notes still exist and are still easily transferrable to some…

I was part of Techstars Seattle in 2019, though we were mentored by Chris's counterpart at Founders' Co-op (Aviel). It was also a partnership with Amazon, and I really don't have e…

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Hah, this is something close to my heart. A friend and I tried to start a company around this, basically resolving three big issues we saw with take-homes: 1) No feedback. If you s…

Hah, that’s funny because the German netflix series are some of my favorites! Dark, Babylon, How to sell drugs online, and 1899 (RIP) are all fantastic series.

Heh I vaguely recall at Etsy, predating my time, that a significant amount of business logic was done using stored procedures and triggers. They migrated away from it at some point…

> Does it matter that they don't? For an e-commerce platform that allows returns: Yeah that's kind of an important sticking point and was a big part of the problem. The other probl…

I mean sure, I think that's why it flew under the radar for so long. The dark underbelly of it was people buying love spells and the like, which starts to feel a lot like preying o…

This was a constant complaint about Etsy 10 years ago when I worked there. This was a complaint that predated my time working there, even. At one point we even had to ban people se…

My personal addition: Code isolation I've "prematurely" split up code across multiple/classes functions so many times before these huge god functions became set-in-stone and unwiel…

This whole story is wild to me, having worked previously at a different company which was also a frequent target of criticism on the blog run by the victims. Sure, we definitely us…

My guess, though it carries a bunch of other problems that people below listed: Population density means zip codes are extremely concentrated in NYC, especially in Manhattan. Trave…

Yeah, it was quite a trip to read this article as a former Etsian (for context to unaware readers: Etsy was a somewhat frequent target of the blog in question here, along with obvi…

Interesting! TIL.

I think the reason for the speculation it’s wash trading is that unlike the 1952 Mickey Mantle card, there are presumably a lot more Mario 64 cartridges in circulation and thus the…

I read an interesting explanation on reddit somewhere that posited this is the result of a small group of devoted enthusiasts basically wash trading: They sell the games to each ot…

> red flags are n=1000 It's been awhile since I've taken stats, but people semi-frequently overestimate the necessary sample size needed for even a 99% confidence level. Depends on…

> The competitors to RTSes, games like League of Legends, Fortnite, Rocket League, and Hearthstone... are enjoyable to play across the full spectrum of skill levels. I'm mostly kid…

It's interesting you say that. I don't know if it's still the case, but Hearthstone used to have a decent amount of random effects (other than just basic card draw RNG). A big comp…

Eh, I'd say the campaign of WC3 was a pretty big focus, or at least Blizzard clearly considered it one since it formed the basis for a lot of WoW's storyline.

Yeah, I mean of course that’s a possibility. I looked it up, and apparently Steve Carrell wrote the episode in question. It’s not too wild to imagine that he used the opportunity t…

> That shows he's learned from a few mistakes Honestly, that’s pretty out of character for Michael Scott. For a character who otherwise repeatedly makes the same mistakes over and …

Hmm, I think the idea is a bit reductionist but given that his definitions stem from those characters I don't think you've chosen great examples. Ryan, Jan, and later Kelly are def…

I'm not sure if there are other episodes, but there's a big hint in an episode in season 4 that Michael is much more astute than he lets on: During the episode where Michael goes o…