littlexsparkee

Thanks, reached out

Oops, sorry - orig was double pasted and it won't let me edit :/

https://archive.ph/B2Ztd

Some good SF history here: Brannan, Sutter, Ghirardelli, Wells Fargo

Looks like HN truncated the 'How' in the title, caught too late to alter https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45877615 …

There are cities in the Midwest with a large carfree share by necessity (income) but as far as by choice/design, Philly and Baltimore appear to hover around 25-30%

this paper uses a Bartik / shift-share instrument that looks at changes in sectors and the localized effects (exposure) due to concentration/reliance on that industry. It's an exogenous…

I have to wonder how much of this is socialization and the valorization of having a job (and the detrimental health effects due to lack). We don't really paint a good picture of what else people …

re: misery due to some assumed inherent drive - some people work hard so that they can slack off later, work on something else entirely different that doesn't pay as well, or worry their field or…

So much comes down to timing - lucky author that got to experience it for 30 whole years whereas some of us had a scant few to enjoy building as it was, flow state, and some semblance of security. At …

It feels like I stumble upon gems in spite of their UI and have been trying to spend less time there to avoid the timesink otherwise. If it's not saved on my watch later / in my subscription…

can't help but think of the deadweight loss to the US over lack of free market capitalism in terms of bailouts, price supports & subsidies, monopolies, etc. every day we stray further and fur…

Does any serious SaaS HR use Indeed? Whenever I hear that is the source, I immediately question it because companies I look up use Ashby, Lever, Greenhouse, Jobvite, Dover, etc. edit: nvm they probabl…

METR had found this result in the past but in a recent reexamination, rather than a 20% loss, there was now a 20% gain (per recent Roge Karma article in the Atlantic). I'm not aware of all of the…

My parents and grandparents lived under scarcity during Soviet (satellite) rule, grandma would can food and store well past best by, save plastic bags and various knickknacks, resisted spending on her…

Yeah, I saw that one, that's how I stumbled on this - wanted to touch on the FI angle, see if it led to conversation. Did you mean 2024?

Archive: https://archive.ph/6RkIr Link to report: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/2026-chart-book-examines-... …