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laminar_flowon An entrepreneur wants to track the residents of a high-crime American community

I can also see a domino effect happening if one or a few cities start to use this. If a city/group of cities becomes drastically safer after implementing this, it could pressure those that don't have it to opt in as well.

laminar_flowon Facebook moderators break NDAs to expose working conditions

I would agree. Having to watch some of this stuff is a great incentive to make the AI better.

laminar_flowon Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

Definitely time to ditch Chrome, but also even more of a reason to set up a PiHole https://pi-hole.net/

laminar_flowon Boston Beer Company Buys Dogfish Head in $300M Deal

As a native Delawarean who now lives in Boston, I'm hoping this will improve the variety of Dogfish beers offered in the area. I miss being able to see all of their products in one liquor store.

laminar_flowon Boys trapped in Thai cave were drugged for risky rescue dives

I agree. Especially in a cave where frantic movements could kick up sediment and block visibility. Definitely a pragmatic move but probably the right choice.

laminar_flowon Philadelphia Is First U.S. City to Ban Cashless Stores

That sounds like a highly uncommon scenario. I cashiered full time for nearly 3 years during college at a busy convenience store and encountered people paying with large sums of change < 5 times. Doesn't seem like a good reason to ban an entire payment method.

laminar_flowon Show HN: Stock Trading from Google Spreadsheet

Also worked for some large financial firms, and can confirm that there is a disconnect between Excel models created by traders and IT. One interesting development was the acquisition of ClearFactr by Goldman [1]. Seems like they hope it will centralize some of these models into one sytem, making them accessible across the firm (Excel sheets can even be imported).

GS has had a centralized risk/pricing system for over 20 years now that is pretty powerful [2]. Fun fact: GS was able to calculate their total exposure to the Lehman collapse 12 hours after it happened using this.

1. https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-buy-financial-... 2. https://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/276170/secdb-quartz...