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dathanb82on Show HN: JSON Browse – Fetch, filter and manipulate your JSON inside the browser

Other than being idiomatic, is there any advantage to quoting or not quoting key names in JS?

dathanb82on 80,000 Hours career plan worksheet

Nah, but you might still have your teeth afterwards.

dathanb82on In Snap IPO, New Investors to Get Zero Votes While Founders Keep Control

While that makes logical sense, the practical value of stock -- even stock that doesn't pay dividends -- for the average investor is rarely dependent on voting power. How many small investors actually leverage voting rights? The value is almost always predicated on the expectation that the company will do well and someone else will be willing to buy it off of you for more than you paid, despite having no intrinsic up side to the owner.

(TIL the Greater Fool theory -- and while it seems like a bad bet, there are LOTS of stocks on the market that work exactly that way.)

dathanb82on Study Finds Link Between Profanity and Honesty

While that's a very large pool, it's almost certainly not random.