Government-grade spyware hits Mexican advocates of soda tax
SAN FRANCISCO — Last summer, Dr. Simón Barquera’s phone started buzzing with a series of disturbing text messages from unknown numbers. One said his daughter had been in a serious accident. Another claimed to be from a friend whose father had died — with a link to funeral details.Yet another message...
One Reason Staffers Quit Google's Car Project? The Company Paid Them So Much
'F-you money' awarded to veteran team members boosted parent Alphabet’s R&D costs, prompting comment from the company's CFO
Hasnain says:
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Also worrying due to people expecting jobs to come back. No, inequality will only widen over time due to this.
Posted on 2017-02-13T19:22:34+0000
Why Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing
If we regarded our home like a TV or a car, instead of something we always expect to increase in value, there would be societal benefits.
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Posted on 2017-02-13T07:50:19+0000
Postmortem of database outage of January 31
Postmortem on the database outage of January 31 2017 with the lessons we learned.
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Posted on 2017-02-13T07:45:10+0000
Why Whole Foods is now struggling
Whole Foods relied on one kind of food to fuel its success. It's not working out anymore.
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Posted on 2017-02-13T07:37:56+0000
Most of the web really sucks if you have a slow connection
A couple years ago, I took a road trip from Wisconsin to Washington and mostly stayed in rural hotels on the way. I expected the internet in rural areas too sparse to have cable internet to be slow, but I was still surprised that a large fraction of the web was inaccessible. Some blogs with lightwei...
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Posted on 2017-02-12T07:05:52+0000
YC Research: Universal Healthcare
Today, we’re excited to announce that YC Research is funding Watsi for a project that will study using technology to improve the quality and reduce the cost of healthcare. Currently, up to 40% of all healthcare funding is wasted on operational inefficiencies, fraud, and ineffective care. Watsi’s goa...
Hasnain says:
"Today, we’re excited to announce that YC Research is funding Watsi for a project that will study using technology to improve the quality and reduce the cost of healthcare. Currently, up to 40% of all healthcare funding is wasted on operational inefficiencies, fraud, and ineffective care. Watsi’s goal is to improve the efficiency of funding, making universal healthcare possible"
Posted on 2017-02-08T05:28:58+0000
Why Our Super Bowl Ad Failed
Cards Against Humanity purchased a Super Bowl ad, but it was not successful.
Hasnain says:
"The problem we failed to anticipate was that sports fans ultimately had trouble making the leap from “Super Bowl” to “potato” to “Cards Against Humanity.” This was a real lesson in humility. In hindsight, our model lacked “external validity.” Instead of asking one person if the ad was effective 70 times, we should have asked 70 people one time. This left us susceptible to what statisticians call “correlated errors.”"
This is amazing
Posted on 2017-02-06T07:31:01+0000
The High Cost of a Home Is Turning American Millennials Into the New Serfs
This isn’t about lifestyle choices. It’s about a system in which the boomers are protecting their wealth and views at the expense of the rest of us.
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Posted on 2017-02-06T07:10:27+0000
48 U.S. Jewish centers received bomb threats in past month: 'Why is no one talking about this?' - U.S. News
The coordinated threats started on the East Coast and spread west two weeks ago, culminating in the evacuation of 14 centers on Tuesday. U.S. Jews insist the threats should not be dismissed just because no bombs have been found.