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Walmart Bought a Finance App and Reduced Fraud Protections

propublica.org
3 points·by aodin·2년 전·0 comments

President Biden Announces Billions to Deliver World-Class High-Speed Rail

whitehouse.gov
58 points·by aodin·3년 전·58 comments

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aodin
·작년·discuss
I have Quantum Fiber in Colorado and enabled IPv6 on the old CenturyLink C4000XG modem following these directions: https://www.centurylink.com/home/help/internet/modems-and-ro...
aodin
·2년 전·discuss
I'm a Coloradan who voted for the 2016 universal healthcare (aka ColoradoCare) proposal, but I understand why the majority (79%) voted against it: there was sticker shock at the additional 10% income tax (with caveats, but people saw the 10%) and an inability of proponents to answer basic questions such as "Will I be able to keep my current doctor?", "Will I be able to get an abortion?", and "Will there be additional tax increases?".
aodin
·2년 전·discuss
That might even be worse: Calypso stranded Odysseus on an island for 7 years
aodin
·2년 전·discuss
In Live Nation's latest 10-Q filing they listed the operating margin of their ticketing segment at 32%, with a non-GAAP AOI margin of 39%.

[1] https://investors.livenationentertainment.com/sec-filings/al...
aodin
·2년 전·discuss
Although there is significant overlap between the two, I prefer Terraform for resource provisioning and Ansible for resource configuration.
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
Pytorch includes a simple neural network example for the MNIST data: https://github.com/pytorch/examples/blob/main/mnist/main.py

It only takes a few minutes to train with default parameters and will have >99% accuracy on the MNIST test set.
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
Yes, there are hot desk memberships on their coworking page [1], including single day purchases. They're underneath the giant "get a quote" call to action, however, which is indicative of their priorities.

[1] https://www.regus.com/en-us/coworking
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
> "One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue"

Gabe Newell of Valve, Oct 2011

[1] https://www.gamesradar.com/gabe-newell-piracy-issue-service-...
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
Denver, Colorado maintains two bison herds descended from the last wild North American bison. There were as few as 18 bison left in Colorado at the beginning of the 1900s. Thankfully, the conservation project has been a success and Denver has been transferring bison to Native American tribes to start additional herds. The herds are just about 30 minutes from downtown if you ever visit.

More info, pictures, and video here: https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Of...
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
Redfin has a “Flood risk” layer option on their maps.

Interestingly, it show only small parts of Flamingo Park having substantial flood risk, especially compared to the rest of West Palm Beach.

https://www.redfin.com/neighborhood/55857/FL/West-Palm-Beach...
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
Cox Automotive (parent of KBB) estimates 35.2 million used [1] and 15.4 million new car sales in the US for 2023 [2]. So, about 30% buy new.

[1] https://www.coxautoinc.com/market-insights/estimated-monthly...

[2] https://www.coxautoinc.com/news/cox-automotive-forecast-augu...
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
If you're looking to remove outliers, Kelley Blue Book also tracks the average (likely mean) of new non-luxury vehicle sales, which was $44,626 in September. Non-luxury is about 80% of sales.

Also, concerning the lower end of sales:

"But the news isn’t all good. Only one car sold for an average price under $20,000 last month. The Mitsubishi Mirage’s average transaction price in July was $19,205.

Every other car with a list price under $20,000 sold for over $20,000 on average. It’s not a large group. Automakers increasingly focus on building more expensive cars, trimming affordable models from their lineups. In December 2017, automakers produced 36 models priced at $25,000 or less. Five years later, they built just 10." [1]

[1] https://www.kbb.com/car-news/average-new-car-price-sees-smal...
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
The Jeep 4xe models are actually selling below MSRP here in Colorado with "dealer discounts" (separate from any tax incentives) between 3 and 7%. Time for a roadtrip?
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
They bought 1-day options, so they knew the timing of the announcement.
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
Porkbun has an excellent price comparison page for .com: https://porkbun.com/tld/com

They're still at $9.73 for both registration and renewal.
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
Like Salesforce
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
> A higher reading of 134F, or 56.6C a century earlier, also in Death Valley, is disputed. It is believed by some modern weather experts to have been erroneous, along with several other searing temperatures recorded that summer.

> According to a 2016 analysis from weather historian Christopher Burt, other temperatures in the region recorded in 1913 do not corroborate the Death Valley reading

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53788018
aodin
·3년 전·discuss
https://aaronoellis.com

I mostly write about Python, Django, and SQL, but occasionally do some basic statistical and GIS work.