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It's amazing how much goes to line the pockets of politicians and their cronies, and with the flimsiest of expected outcomes on the part of those who give, in an age in which creating actually worthwhile things, new technologies and scientific progress, is cheaper than ever. Watching this sort of thing, knowing that the researchers behind many very worthwhile lines of medical research that might bring great benefit t…
there have been times i've had to 'abandon' a checkout step and return later, but i can't recall any times that a financial transaction was important enough to make but not important enough to return to, e.g. if i didn't have a particular card with me.
stripe sees things differently--and probably for good reason--but i wonder if they might be inferring user intent from user behavior too directly.
Looking at repeat donations prompted us to ask: do people donate more or less their second time? On average, the answer is roughly 50% more. While first donations had a mean of $88 and a median of *$30*, repeat donations had a mean of $114 and a median of *$50*. Average doesn’t mean typical, however. If you look at each repeat donor one by one, it turns out they’re split almost exactly into thirds: 33% donate less th…
ah, no, I was wrong - the median only stays the same if only people in the lower half beforehand gave less, and only people in the upper half gave more. if people cross the old median, this is perfectly possible. although initially counter-intuitive ...