We got a great deal on our current apartment due to a combination of 1. user error & 2. one of these algorithms.
Our place was originally listed at $7,550 [1], but the leasing co used pictures from a shittier unit within the same building!
Naturally nobody was interested, so the pricing system automatically ratcheted the price down to $6,050, at which point we checked out the apartment & noticed the discrepancy between pictures and reality.
As people figure out the balance between "AI" and "common sense," I bet there's going to be tons of mispriced crap out there in market.
[1] (Numbers changed by ~5% so as to not doxx our apt #)
>We got a great deal on our current apartment due to a combination of 1. user error & 2. one of these algorithms.
I periodically look at available units at a complex I considered the last time I moved. A few months ago I saw a unit twice the size of my apartment for only slightly more (and less than other, smaller units in the complex), presumably because of a RealPage pricing error.
Moral of the story: When you're thinking of moving, start checking complexes you're interested in every day.
also curious; nothing on this page looks controversial (https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/babesiosis/health_professional...), unless you believe that doctors are wrongly overprescribing azithromycin. (which is fair! but probably not conversation-killingly controversial)
This is so good! When I was a kid I wanted to make a billion dollars so I could buy the Philadelphia Eagles and guide them to their first Super Bowl victory. Now I want to make a billion dollars so I can buy Castle Rock Entertainment and let these guys make Seinfeld Adventure.
> Well, firstly, here’s what we DON’T want to make. We don’t want to just create a fan service game that repeats jokes or plots that people already are familiar with.
> Elaine reminds him that the publicist was supposed to get them all tickets to the opening night of the new movie “Rochelle, Rochelle 2”
They should just go ahead and do it regardless, like the various Trek fan groups have done. If they aren't going to re-hash the same jokes, they could make an unrelated game that doesn't use any CastleRock assets, then leak an "illegal texture pack" that swaps around names to convert the game into the real deal.
That would just get them sued and their game blacklisted, which as fans of the show I doubt they would want.
Jerry Seinfeld et. al. might not care about a game made with their property, but that doesn't mean they won't protect their rights against copyright infringement if it happens without their approval. Star Trek fan films have to follow a strict set of guidelines set by Paramount, but there are no such guidelines for Seinfeld.
I think there’s an outside chance it could happen. Jerry Seinfeld has a deal with Netflix. Netflix has been exploring interactive television technology, for example that choose your own adventure black mirror episode that came out last year. I could imagine Netflix meeting with these guys and pitching a deal where Seinfeld/Castle Rock most of the money.
Can't help but say that your childhood dream reminds me of Homer Simpson's childhood dream of buying the Dallas Cowboys - he ended up getting the Denver Broncos. Needless to say, he wasn't very impressed.
I always enjoyed the fact that this episode aired in 1996 and the Broncos went on to win the Superbowl in 1997, 1998, and then again in 2015. There is no question that the Broncos have been a much more successful franchise than the Cowboys since the air date of that episode. I guess Jerry Jones isn't as smart as Homer.
Or Jerry Jones wasn't as lucky as Homer. Don't judge intelligence on outcomes, money is just a proxy for success which is a proxy for how smart a person is perceived. Drawing causal relationships on 2nd order effects is inferior and goes against Occam.
Anecdata, but I interviewed for a marketing role at a 10-person startup in 2013. I asked questions #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 - and the company was more than happy to 1) answer immediately, or 2) say "I don't know, but let me find out." I should have asked the other questions (especially the relo package!), but I was young, naive, and not tactful enough to ask tougher questions in a "cooperative" manner.
IMO it's insane to work for a company if they're evasive about the value of your equity (#4-8). That's tantamount to lying about comp. You can usually find out how much they've raised on Crunchbase, and you can napkin-math their burn by eyeballing the team (#9-13; payroll is the dominant expense for most startups). #14 seems like a weird question to ask, but YMMV.
I would take their answer to the product-market fit question with a heaping pinch of salt (what are they going to say, "no"? and PMF means something different to everyone), and listen closely to the "feedback from customers" answer.
from a more positive angle, you can think of insurance as a way to re-allocate your risk portfolio in a way that better suits your strengths & weaknesses
I was in the hospital in February, and I asked the nurse how much it would cost to drain a subungual hematoma. Nobody knew!
Maybe it would've been free; maybe it would've cost $1,000 - it definitely doesn't feel good to decline a procedure because you have no idea how much it'll cost.
While this post thread is fire and casualty insurance, when you look ad medical insurance, it is just insane.
I had an appointment at a specialist and I am on a high deductible plan. I called up and asked how much I would be spending. They refused to tell me. I tried this again, and another person refused. "We can't know how much it will cost."
So I went in and asked. Same line. "It matters what happens in the appointment and if you have any treatments." "Sure, but what about the base cost assuming nothing else happens?" "We can't say." "Look lady, I'm needing to know if I can afford this. I don't need exacts. I need ballparks. $100? $500? $1000? $5000?" "Oh, i can't imagine it will be that much?" "Which?" "I can't say."
I needed the appointment, so I went in blind. Came back out, and they literally couldn't figure out what to charge me. "We don't see a deductible..." Yeah, I am from an HSA and have a high deductible plan." "Um, no change at this time. We will send you an invoice." Turned out to be $50.
With such price transparency, we will never fix things in the US.
While the problem is not as crazy on property insurance, it is still subject to complexities. Different policies have different exclusions and different riders. You can't just compare apples to apples. Heck, even auto insurance has nuances. Some only pay out if you are driving your own car while others will pay out for any car you happen to be driving.
I've seen "haven't read my policy" numbers in the 80s and 90s depending on the survey. And yes - we're property insurance people but know that health can be even crazier. I understand a lot of the times the price for the procedure isn't really decided until they find out who's paying for it.
Advice, instructions, and a social group centered around the advice & instructions! Bill Ackman lost a lot of money underestimating the value of the latter.
Our place was originally listed at $7,550 [1], but the leasing co used pictures from a shittier unit within the same building!
Naturally nobody was interested, so the pricing system automatically ratcheted the price down to $6,050, at which point we checked out the apartment & noticed the discrepancy between pictures and reality.
As people figure out the balance between "AI" and "common sense," I bet there's going to be tons of mispriced crap out there in market.
[1] (Numbers changed by ~5% so as to not doxx our apt #)