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How does the encoding work? Did you write up the algorithm separately?


The encoding used a prime number as a factor of the number reported, i.e. the ordinal number of each option is multiplied by that prime factor. The prime was selected as the largest possible number based on the max digits to send and the number of options to encode. That created a sparse distribution of possibilities, so that typos were more probable to get detected. It also enabled that by simply factoring the report and using the factors to identify the type of wheel that was sending the reports, allowing one single phone number to receive reports from multiple wheel types or versions.


Spare parts are expensive because they’re priced to willingness to pay which is usually “if it’s significantly less to repair than replace, repair”. $100 part + $200 labor is cheaper than a new $500 machine. Repair let’s tend to have much much higher margin for manufacturers than the original machine.


Email. Cold email costs $0.01 per message per address to send.

How we distinguish warm va cold, idk


What’s the deal with captable.io transitioning from “a public service for every startup to safeguard their equity from day one” to basically the same price model as carta?

Why weren’t legacy companies given grandfathered pricing?


I can confirm. My company is a top 2,000 amazon seller (top 0.1%) and we’ve never bought or incentivized a single review. Our fake spot grade is “B” with some products getting “A” and others “D.”

Most recently amazon changed their review gathering algorithm in a way that increases the percent of customers who leave reviews. The acceleration in our review velocity is flagged by fakespot as suspicious.



Why not just agree that speed runs exclude the time between minigame start and minigame end, vs allowing an external tool?


I don't think that excluding sections from a speed run is a thing; the whole setup for speedrunning means splits and total time passed, not manually adding up splits ignoring some, or pausing timer at any point.

Also, this could open up room for exploitation, such as intentionally failing for a long period of time to make a certain amount of time pass in game to get to some desired state, while not being counted in total time.


Also, stock buybacks don’t incur capital gains tax until the appreciated stock is sold. Dividends are taxed when issued.

Maybe there’s an effect of executive compensation, but the standard narrative on buybacks is tax avoidance


I always shot for a “B+” in college. My logic was that in 5 years I’d remember the content at a B+ level, and any incremental effort was better spent socializing or building student organizations.


I’m of the opinion that the scariest words to a startup founder/employee should be “exit below the liquidity preference”


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