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RyanDagg··on Zillow lost money because they weren't willing to lose money
This is a critical concept that appears to be poorly understood in at least the web development circles I run in.

It reminds me of one of my favorite Bill Gates quotes:

"The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency."

RyanDagg··on The Surprising Number of Programmers Who Can’t Program
Not knowing about a rarely used operator isn't that big of a deal, but the "hard" part of fizzBuzz is trivial in the couple of languages I am proficient in.

In JS:

const isEvenlyDivisible = (num, denominator) => Math.floor(num / denominator) === (num / denominator)

RyanDagg··on People love working remotely
#6 might be the only real chance the US has of having less divisive politics. Moving the upper middle class and wealthy out of cities could change the game entirely by making the political extremes less concentrated geographically.
RyanDagg··on We Have Four Years to Save Ourselves from Climate Change, Harvard Scientist Says
"Over 60% of animals have gone extinct since the 70s" Citations?
RyanDagg··on I Sell Onions on the Internet
I've been interested in doing something like this. My email is in my profile.
RyanDagg··on Silicon Valley’s Inequality Machine: A Conversation with Anand Giridharadas
Blocking javascript on the site got me to the end. This is a surprisingly versatile solution for a lot of sites.
RyanDagg··on How to Make Other Developers Hate to Work with You
I just read the article and was like “I don’t think I suffer from these much at all” then read this comment. This is very insightful and also something I just realized that I greatly suffer from. Thanks.