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That's too bad, I hope at least the old episodes remain on YouTube.

Not only because it is simple and easy and free to find and listen to the episodes, but the associated visual content (clips, reactions) is good too.

Would Elon's blunt hit have been nearly as entertaining in purely audio form?

The IMF is predicting the global economy will contract by 3% this year, which would be the worst since the great depression.

However what made the Great Depression so painful was its depth, scope and length. The US experienced 4 straight years of negative growth in 1930s (up to -12%) and in many ways the economy did not fully recover until World War 2.

So far I don't see anyone predicting a downturn of that size.

I agree, the downfall of Yelp was its hard push for people to install the app, e.g. requiring an account to see all the reviews, requiring the app to see the photos. Why do that when I can get better results directly in my browser?

Later on in the article they explain that the initial approach was to include the profitability of an item directly in its metadata so that the algorithm could use that in its ranking criteria.

They changed their approach to instead measure how much profit Amazon makes on a given search. This allows them to analyze whether various changes to the search algorithm increase or decrease profit, and optimize for those that do.

It's a subtle distinction but it means that instead of explicitly promoting their products in search, they are instead making changes based on other product attributes that naturally boost the ranking of their products (and thus increase their profits).

It's kind of like a blind study: they're telling the engineers, "we won't tell you which products are ours, but we'll see if you can figure it out based on these 100 other traits."

From the article:

> Master’s degrees in fields like computer engineering, education, English, history and math seem to have fewer outlier programs and lower borrowing amounts over all. It’s the less mainstream programs, where vague promises of a lucrative career are easier to make, that seem to encourage irrationally large debt.

Interestingly the screenshot they chose for this article shows the feature-the "Claim this knowledge panel" button at the bottom-that users are intended to use to fix mistakes with their own data:

https://images.wsj.net/im-77954/8SR

Yeah but the number of Americans with at least a bachelor's degree[1] and the number of 4 year degree granting institutions[2] have both increased by nearly 50% since 1990. So your median bachelor degree holder today is likely younger than in 1990 and has a degree from a less established University. If you control for age and institution (e.g what does a 40 year old with a 4 year degree from the University of Iowa earn in 1990 vs today) you'd probably see every different results.

My gut says that a lot of this debt and reduced job prospects come from those 50% of institutions founded in the last 30 years. But I admittedly don't know enough about the subject to say for sure.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_...

[2] https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=84

Seriously, it bugs me when people try to cook and start with a giant, very precise recipe that has you using multiple pans and a laundry list of fresh herbs and spices. That might be fun for a special occasion but it's not a good way to introduce beginners to cooking. Salt, pepper, olive oil. Then go get any vegetables, grains and proteins that you like. Work your way up from there.

Putting aside privacy for a moment, does anyone know what they're actually building? As far as I know they've sold the city on a bunch of vague "smart tech" promises without any concrete details.

I have no idea what Sidewalk Labs business plan is, but it seems like a traditional business executive (Dan Doctoroff) is trying to use Google's brand to get access to cities so he can build large developments without actually knowing anything about technology.

Do you know his rationale for some of the blanket statements like "always use an iPhone, never an Android device" and "never use Safari on your laptop, but it's ok to do so on your phone?" Presumably sophisticated opponents are targeting iPhones and mobile Safari as much as Android and desktop Safari

> You send a trained mental health nurse and/or social worker to talk to them, several times a day if necessary. If they don't want to engage, you work with them to build a relationship of trust. You work with that person to get them back on a suitable course of medication, or to help them manage their symptoms and manage their life while unmedicated.

Serious question, would you be willing to do that job? For what price? For how long?

How much did it cost??

Yeah

> International passengers traveling to, from and through Atlanta in 2017 rose by 4.86 percent to 12,033,865, while cargo operations were up 5.66 percent. Overall, Hartsfield-Jackson hosted 103,902,992 passengers last year...

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2018/01/30/hartsfie...

Yeah most of the people commenting in this thread probably come from countries where major airports are used primarily for international transit, and run by for-profit companies that want to maximize transfer passengers.

They have no concept of an airport getting 90 million domestic passengers a year.

Nice! anyone who's worked on wall street has seen how much people pay for K