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aj37··on Show HN: Singer – Simple, Composable Open Source ETL
Do you plan to open-source any of your targets (e.g. BigQuery)?
aj37··on Nest Acquires Home Automation Hub Revolv, but Will Stop Selling It
Surprised you went with ADT. http://thesweethome.com/reviews/best-home-security-system/
aj37··on Zillow to Acquire Trulia for $3.5B
Brokers are subject to regulation which limits what they can do. For instance, they can't receive kickbacks from mortgage providers
aj37··on MLB.com is using my Google Analytics code
You can set-up a hostname filter in the admin section of GA. Best to do this in a separate view so that you can still access unfiltered data if you ever need to do so
aj37··on Our homegrown A/B testing framework
Can you elaborate? I'm not familiar with survival analysis for AB testing
aj37··on Surge Price Predictor for Airbnb Hosts
I believe that's what these guys are trying to do http://alltherooms.com/
aj37··on Nassim Taleb: We should retire the notion of standard deviation
I think the A is for absolute (or it wouldn't make much sense as a measure of dispersion)
aj37··on Tesla Repays Department of Energy Loan Nine Years Early
I know that's what the PayPal Wars book implies but Musk has argued against this version of history pretty strongly - http://gawker.com/230076/an-alternate-history-according-to-e.... I imagine the truth is somewhere between the two extremes.
aj37··on Apple Pays No Tax on Much of Its Overseas Income, Senate Panel Finds
I think the point is that they are managing to avoid paying tax to any overseas governments on the income too
aj37··on Expedia: Bad for the Traveler, Bad for the Hotel
The rationale for the discounts is that you don't know (or at least it's non-obvious), whether the discount is coming from the flight or the hotel. If the "Book together and save" amount is positive then you'll generally be getting a better deal than direct. You might see the same total price occasionally but it certainly won't be the case the majority of the time.