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Re:Google to end the “top stories carousel” benefit to AMP next spring
on Thursday November 19, 2020 @01:34PM (#25152711)
Yup, I agree. Some folks have got pretty good light, fast pages for example, http://lite.cnn.com/ is one of my favorites.
Re:Silk Road Bitcoins worth $1B transferred after seven years
on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @03:57PM (#24992980)
With $1B you could start your own mixers and hire people to run them. Or even start your own exchange.
Re:The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now living with t...
on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @03:37PM (#24496670)
I think it's been heavily bought up by foreign real estate investors [0].
[0] https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-chi...
Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge grants emerge...
on Thursday August 20, 2020 @04:38PM (#24228639)
This reminded be of the Planet Money episode on long-haul truck drivers [0]. It's a similar contractor v. employee (company driver) scenario. Not a happy story, unfortunately.
Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge grants emerge...
on Thursday August 20, 2020 @04:33PM (#24228575)
The CARES Act and state-level programs are paying unemployment assistance to contractors and self-employed individuals not usually covered by unemployment [0], [1].
[0] https://www.edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019/pandemic-u...
[1] https://www.edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019/cares-act....
Re:How Are Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's Changes Affecting Workers?
on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @04:06PM (#24136243)
Even DOE is partly privatized both Sandia National Laboratories and Savannah River National Laboratory are run by private defense contractors for the government.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandia_National_Laboratories [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_River_National_Labora...
Re:Noise, Cognitive Function, and Worker Productivity [pdf]
on Friday May 08, 2020 @09:53AM (#23114852)
The study examines a factory workplace which may already have a high-level of background noise. Perhaps the effect is non-linear? Anecdotally, two or three coworkers talking near me doesn't feel more distracting than one coworker on the phone.
Re:A.G. Schneiderman Launches Inquiry into Cryptocurrency “Exchanges”
on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @04:09PM (#16861846)
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
Re:NYC Subway travel time map
on Friday December 08, 2017 @09:19AM (#15878729)
Yeah, I was ready for a subway history lesson.
Re:Unsupervised machine learning with basket clusters
on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @09:31AM (#15027266)
I'm skeptical of the starmine dataset[0] being used:
"The dataset is based on relationships between elements in the periodic table and public companies."
This description is a bit vague.
Re:Roman Ruins Found in France Are Called ‘Exceptional’
on Friday August 04, 2017 @11:31AM (#14929424)
A little tongue in cheek: but isn't that classic survivorship bias?
Re:AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store
on Thursday January 05, 2017 @10:40AM (#13327946)
The Firefox extension review turned this up:
"If you have a YouTube channel (s) and your logged in to that channel it will get your channel suspended for Violation of TOU #4 Section H" [1]
Has anyone else confirmed this behavior on YouTube?
1. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adnauseam/rev...