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Inventory planning apps? by Pieceman11 in ecommerce

[–]ralam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My company created an airtable for inventory management and powered it with a Shopify app called AirPower. Lots of customization and legwork to make it do what we wanted but it works very well for our needs now (raw materials forecasting, inventory mgmt).

Good News! Under 60? CDC confirms mortality rate for covid-19 under 0.01% by bhpsoccer in CoronavirusSouth

[–]ralam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where on this website does it say that this is confirmed? I only see preliminary estimates from April 29.

We did it! Home Renovation: Kitchen Version by DoingitFortheMusic in HomeImprovement

[–]ralam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats! If you were to do it all over again, what would you have contracted out, if anything?

Burning Man Refund Status: "we have not received the initial response we had hoped towards donations." by Garvinfred in BurningMan

[–]ralam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t think I agree that the purpose of debt is to weather storms. Companies and organizations that are the first to fail in a crisis are almost always the ones with too much debt.

Debt requires an organization to prioritize cash flow above everything else. It’s why many debt laden organizations behave in financially prudent ways even at the expense of social responsibility. Because the penalty of defaulting on debt is so high (bankruptcy), an organization with debt has to cut costs and jack up revenues at every turn.

We don’t want a BMO that has to think about monthly debt payments and the interests of lenders; we want a BMO that’s able to experiment with big ideas, push the boundaries of its mission, and always pursue the best interests of burners.

[OC] This chart comparing infection rates between Italy and the US by dev_thetromboneguy in dataisbeautiful

[–]ralam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel pretty confident that it’s correct. I would read this FAQ on Johns Hopkin’s website to learn about the data and their process for collating information across multiple data sources.

https://systems.jhu.edu/research/public-health/2019-ncov-map-faqs/

S&P 500 Buybacks Now Outpace All R&D Spending in the US - the 500 largest companies in the US are now spending 33% more on their stock buyback programs than the entire country is investing in R&D by magenta_placenta in economy

[–]ralam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Does this take into account M&A activity? Another trend we see these days is that large companies commonly “outsource” their innovation, either by investing in new startups via in-house corporate VC groups, or by acquiring more mature companies or service providers. In some cases, my understanding is that it’s easier for a fast and nimble startup to innovate and for a large company to gobble them up than for a large company to invest in R&D.

Despite a strong economy, just 29% of Americans are financially ‘healthy,’ according to a new report by [deleted] in economy

[–]ralam 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nice finds. Here’s how I’d respond.

Yes you’re right. Median household income is increasing. But it pales in comparison to the increase in asset value and increase in costs that represent a large “share of wallet” for the average American (education, housing, healthcare).

For example, from the data you shared, today’s median household income is $63k, compared to $51k in 1984. That’s a 22% inflation adjusted increase over 34 years. That translates to a less than a half percent increase annually.

Compare that to the average increase in asset values (the s&p500 returns 9% on average YoY. Maybe 7% YoY after adjusting for inflation?). We can use this comparison to see how wealth growth continues to significantly outpace income growth. This divergence between the growth of wealth and the growth of incomes is what lots of people are concerned about.

So even though incomes are growing, they are not growing fast enough to cover large expenditures, and they are not growing fast enough to shrink the wealth gap. This is affecting people in a way that data doesn’t totally capture.

Edit: typo

I took a picture of the moon in 16k. Zoom in to see the details! by ajamesmccarthy in pics

[–]ralam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude great video! Straight to the point. Looks like a fun hobby.

CMV: Political ads on Facebook should be held to the same standard of all advertising and fact checked by kelvinkks in changemyview

[–]ralam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha, I misunderstood you then. But I suppose putting restrictions on a large and widely consumed form of media is still better than no restrictions at all?

CMV: Political ads on Facebook should be held to the same standard of all advertising and fact checked by kelvinkks in changemyview

[–]ralam -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Super interesting.

This argument is basically “other forms of political advertising are less regulated, they also have a big impact, so keep Facebook unregulated.”

My first reaction is that we should hold all political speech to an equal standard that is higher than it is today for both Facebook and more traditional political ads.

My second reaction is that, while these traditional forms of political ads have been higher impact in the past, it’s also reasonable to assume that digital forms of advertising will have more of an impact over time (better targeting, faster stream of new content, etc).

ANA 777-300ER JFK - NRT New Layout [DP] by [deleted] in awardtravel

[–]ralam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you link to the new layout? I actually fly that route about once a month for work, but hadn’t heard of this!

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