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- Pick the right metric to incentivize the behavior you want http://www.theeffectiveengineer.com/blog/pick-the-right-metric-to-incentivize-desired-behavior 6 comments
- Coin Metrics CEO: Big Banks 'Want In' on Crypto—When It’s More Regulated https://decrypt.co/111839/coin-metrics-ceo-big-banks-want-in-on-crypto-when-its-more-regulated 23 comments cryptocurrency
- I made a website that lets you convert units as long as you don't want metric. How many cans of coke tall is a giraffe? https://anythingbutmetric.lol 15 comments sideproject
- NASA wants to abandon the Metric system for Constellation - WTF http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=33782 658 comments science
- "You can take those advance websites and metric them with whoever you want. I've never looked at 1. Wouldn't care to look at 1" - Belichick https://twitter.com/mikereiss/status/799611599296360448?s=09 181 comments nfl
- The Metrics that VCs Want Startups to Present https://visible.vc/blog/a16z-startup-metrics-template/ 3 comments venturecapital
- Android devs: What kind of reporting metrics do you want from mobile app stores? http://www.projectjourneyman.com/android-alternate-market-review-appia 8 comments gamedev
- David Keith, Geoengineer, wants to dump 10 million metric tons of aluminum in the atmosphere to stop global warming. http://www.ted.com/talks/david_keith_s_surprising_ideas_on_climate_change.html 4 comments reddit.com
- [Breer] Talks between the Chiefs and Tyreek Hill broke off in part because Hill wanted to top Davante Adams' deal by every metric, and Kansas City balked at that. Hill wound up getting what he wanted, just had to go elsewhere to get it. https://twitter.com/AlbertBreer/status/1506679942976880647 285 comments nfl
- Tony La Russa wants the use of advanced metrics to be "beefed up" in the DBacks organization. https://twitter.com/stevegilbertmlb/status/508013325335396352 19 comments baseball
- You think Trump was good on the economy? 2020 wants a word. “Three more years!” That’s what Trump’s supporters should be chanting. When describing the great economy and other idyllic metrics of the Trump administration, they conveniently lop off his fourth year, when everything crashed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/22/trump-economy-pandemic-2020/ 56 comments economy
- I want to prove that every standard borel space admits a metric that turns it into a compact space. However maybe I need a little help. https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/9luthd/i_want_to_prove_that_every_standard_borel_space/ 10 comments math
- [Abraham] Boras defended JD Martinez as a RF, saying metrics are skewed by Betts and Heyward. But also said Martinez would adapt to a team that wanted him to DH. https://twitter.com/peteabe/status/940984895765131265 74 comments baseball
- If you had to choose three what three metrics have to be right before you buy a stock as a long position? Where do you want the numbers to be? https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/6sxsjv/if_you_had_to_choose_three_what_three_metrics/ 17 comments investing
- U.S. Won’t Admit to Killing a Single Civilian in the ISIS War. Civilian deaths, a keystone metric of the last war in Iraq, has now become the statistic no one wants to talk about. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/24/u-s-won-t-admit-to-killing-a-single-civilian-in-the-isis-war.html 7 comments worldnews
- I do not want to overthrow the government. Whenever I see people using the metric system, I punch them in the pancreas. http://www.esquire.com/features/esq0107revolution 3 comments politics
- [Chace McCallum] The NHL playoffs are notoriously random, but I wanted to know which team level metrics were the best predictors of playoff success. Turns out the best predictors depend on how you define it and what time period your looking at https://chacemccallum.substack.com/p/which-team-metrics-predict-nhl-playoff?sd=pf 50 comments hockey
- “If you want to ruin your developer team, the quickest way to do it is stack-ranking developers and measuring lines of code” 1,000%. Only team-based metrics make sense. https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/economic-downturn-is-no-excuse-to 77 comments webdev
- “If Elon Musk wanted to destroy his developer teams, the quickest way to do it was stack-ranking developers and measuring lines of code” 1,000%. Only team-based metrics make sense. https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/economic-downturn-is-no-excuse-to 475 comments programming
- [Sarris] Notable spring Stuff+ numbers from latest stats drop: (Statcast isn’t in all spring parks & usually you want 300 pitches for this metric) Penn Murfee 170 lol Bobby Miller 126 Spencer Strider 126 Anthony Bender 125 Roansy Contreras 124 Nick Lodolo 123 Luis Gil 119 Thor 117 phew https://twitter.com/enosarris/status/1511714215345614849?s=21&t=wD_-M5LEjKr3MW9pmXhtSw 17 comments baseball
- Vinny Lingham: " The end state is that if we don’t want a repeat of the bubble/bust cycle, we need to focus on real adoption and use cases, and creating industrial demand for crypto. Prices will then track usage and we can get to a point where we can develop real metrics to trade against." https://twitter.com/VinnyLingham/status/1075002758862761984 17 comments btc
- The centre wants Kerala to pay Rs 233 crores for the 89,540 metric tonnes of rice they have provided for relief. If the money is not paid, they said they will deduct it from the flood relief fund that has been promised to the State. http://www.kaumudi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=111844 101 comments india
- KOC: It's weird that people want to project Irving's game backward using his lack of success in his couple of seasons rather than using the same metrics that project Curry, Harden, Wall, etc, all gotten better as they entering prime. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/6xjmj0/koc_its_weird_that_people_want_to_project_irvings/ 115 comments nba
- USDA wants agriculture to help combat climate change. The department hopes the programs will help reduce emissions and boost the capture of carbon by more than 120 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year by 2025 — equivalent to taking 25 million cars off the road. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2015/04/23/usda-climate-change-recommendations/26267177/ 3 comments politics
- 94 Georgia lawmakers back ‘birther' bill - SERIOUSLY GA, your state ranks near the last in every metric possible and you want to concern yourselves with this bullshit. Republicans are real problem solvers folks. Vote RED for CHANGE! http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/94-georgia-lawmakers-back-857095.html 4 comments politics
- The Arizona Department of Transportation wants to use stimulus money to 'de-metric' the U.S.'s only metric signed interstate. Small town mayor declares progress. I am sad. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/09/20100209metric-interstate-arizona.html 12 comments science