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Bird, once valued at $2.5B, just filed for bankruptcy

businessinsider.com
55 points·by swinnipeg·vor 3 Jahren·72 comments

If Everyone Gets an A, No One Gets an A

nytimes.com
7 points·by swinnipeg·vor 3 Jahren·1 comments

Compare the Graph with the Headline

twitter.com
1 points·by swinnipeg·vor 3 Jahren·0 comments

Mickey’s Copyright Adventure: Early Disney Toon Is Set to Be Public Property

nytimes.com
98 points·by swinnipeg·vor 4 Jahren·56 comments

That Daily Shower Can Be a Killer (2013)

nytimes.com
5 points·by swinnipeg·vor 5 Jahren·0 comments

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swinnipeg
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
This is really Youtube at its best.

Deep dive into a niche topic, expert led, compelling storytelling, and professional production.

Not sure how/if something this could have been created / shared 20+ years ago.
swinnipeg
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
https://archive.ph/vAnFb
swinnipeg
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
Unleash wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes
swinnipeg
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
In Canada each province has a fairly strong teacher union. In Manitoba for example a teacher with 10 years experience will earn approximately $95K CAD (more than most software developers here). This with strong pension benefits that can be collected at 55. I know teachers that retired in their late 50s, and will continuing making 70% of their inflation adjust salaries until they die.

Relatively speaking this salary/benefits has higher expected lifetime earnings than a software developer.

One negative is that the unions are also strong enough that teachers can't be fired/replaced for performance (this is similar to Police...etc). As with any profession the worst of the bunch is very bad, and unfortunately they keep doing it until their fifties at the cost of the children.
swinnipeg
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
I consistently find that people who are unhappy/unsuccessful and also identify as "smart" are generally very good at rationalizing why things don't work out for them in a manner that protects their ego.
swinnipeg
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
Been using ahrefs for years, not sure what is sleazy about it.

It audits your site for issues, shows Google rankings for keywords, estimated volume for keywords, backlinks to specific sites, backlinks to specific pages...etc.

It doesn't do anything for SEO (no content, no links...etc), it simply reports on the state of affairs.
swinnipeg
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
This is often the only choice when there is so much noise.

In the midst of an election a weekly (bi-weekly? monthly?) summary article of what happened, and what is important is more than sufficient for me.
swinnipeg
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
I like it!

Sites like NHL.com or ESPN.com are borderline hostile navigating this info.

It is reminiscent of the morning sports pages in the newspaper I would read each morning as a kid.

The one improvement would be if there was page that summarized the league. i.e. Click on NHL and it lists scores, games that day, standings, and possibly scoring leaders. That would be capture all of the important points on one clean page, as the newspaper used to.
swinnipeg
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
Many of these bikes are not a great compromise at all, they are just all together bad.

A "dual suspension bikes" for $200, will be both bad on a trail, and on a road. It will have terrible rims, terrible tires, terrible everything, and will be designed to break near-immediately. All sizzle, no steak.

Walmart could have a bike for the same price with simpler, less flashy features, that was better in everyway. Except it wouldn't pretend to be a capable full squish bike.

IF walmart was to put their heft behind a rock solid single speed it would be be an exceptional win for consumers.
swinnipeg
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
To place blame more accurately Sandusky was Penn State (not Notre Dame).
swinnipeg
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
The 80s!
swinnipeg
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
These offers show signs of life for Canadian salaries. I am presuming you are in Toronto, and these were IC roles.

What types of companies were the 2 best offers?
swinnipeg
·vor 6 Jahren·discuss
Shoot higher!

If you are contracting in a situation like this a reasonable rate could mean $250-$1000 an hour. Really depends on what kind of money your currently make.

A better approach in the case would be to offer to investigate, and provide a flat rate. You can charge $3000 flat fee, and you may solve it in 1.5 hrs.