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Re:Show HN: Singer – Simple, Composable Open Source ETL on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @01:05PM (#13766415)
Do you plan to open-source any of your targets (e.g. BigQuery)?
Re:Zillow to Acquire Trulia for $3.5B on Monday July 28, 2014 @01:25PM (#8098114)
Brokers are subject to regulation which limits what they can do. For instance, they can't receive kickbacks from mortgage providers
Re:MLB.com is using my Google Analytics code on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @09:36PM (#7478004)
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
Re:Our homegrown A/B testing framework on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @01:38PM (#7467396)
Can you elaborate? I'm not familiar with survival analysis for AB testing
Re:Surge Price Predictor for Airbnb Hosts on Monday February 03, 2014 @08:35PM (#7174922)
I believe that's what these guys are trying to do http://alltherooms.com/
I think the A is for absolute (or it wouldn't make much sense as a measure of dispersion)
Re:Tesla Repays Department of Energy Loan Nine Years Early on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @06:21PM (#5754178)
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.
I think the point is that they are managing to avoid paying tax to any overseas governments on the income too
Re:Expedia: Bad for the Traveler, Bad for the Hotel on Tuesday December 25, 2012 @09:02PM (#4967845)
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.