Hey, folks, speaking of mortgage payment rounding, I will share with you all something that is happening right now with mortgages.

A year ago I relocated and took a mortgage instead...

Good lord... I had to work through all of that...

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This is a very good article.  I shared it with another discussion group regarding the very popular Quicken personal financial package which has for years suffered from two bad design...

... nothing is more permanent than a "temporary" solution?

David, I just have to add this to my collection on my computer that I call 'Bits of Wisdom'.  I love this!

Wow, we're definitely not in Kansas anymore.  I sure am happy to be retired.

This all depends on WHERE you place the gate!  If the gate is at the start of the process, then you will have problems.  If the gate is at the...

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Steve, it's good to know that you weren't truly flat-lined during those missing days.

It's incredibly concerning. The most worrying thing is that, having gotten onto some list through bad data matching or a poor algorithm, it's often incredibly hard to get off,...

My point more is that we need to be careful here, and do a better job of analyzing our data, transparently disclosing how it is used, and reacting when...

What I've found is that "Data" is always correct.  "Information" derived from the data is not.  And even if the "Data" is skewed, it is still correct but incomplete.

I...

"The problem is that humans that program the systems might have some bias. Maybe more disconcerting is that the data used to train systems is likely biased as well."

Very well...

Lots of interesting things here. I thought the suggestion of working slow was poignant. Great reminder, to me, to do a good job, rather than just enough to get...

Clearly you are free to dismiss my genuine concerns, and those of the Economist, and if you're still in the ring for this regime it's pretty clear we're not...

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I didn't, in fact, hire him to babysit my granddaughters, of which I have five, nor would I do so.   I voted for him to run our country as he...

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"p.s.  I agree with the concept that running for offices has become more of a financial contest and deters (along with a sick press) good people from running.  Apparently, it's...