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  • Even when it's a banter derby between two hopeless clubs you just know we're going to draw the shorter stick.

    And I just can't stop thinking about the guy over on Reddit I argued with after the sacking of Ten Hag. He kept going on how it's going to be worth it (buying ETH out of his contract) because having Amorim is the difference between making top 4 and not.

  • You can check out SPIVA which tracks the people like the guy you're paying to predict the future.

    In all markets the results are consistent. Over a single year a professional has about a 50% chance of beating the average. This probability drops over time and over a 10Y period about 10-14% of professional investors beat the average.

    You paying this professional is essentially the same as you thinking that you are able to identify the top 10-15% professional investors. And maybe you just are that great and we should all follow suit. But I doubt it. It's your risk to take though. No one is going to force you to choose the cheaper option with the better probability to give the best returns.

  • If you're not putting your money into index funds you're just fooling yourselves. You shouldn't be paying any form of investor to pretend they can see into the future.

    This also means you will be investing heavily in the US. But don't make the mistake of believing your invested money makes any difference in the world when it comes to ethical responsibility. A company isn't affected by whether a fund invests or does not invest in them.

    Socially responsible funds are just for show because financial institutions have realised it's something people will pay for. If you truly want to make the world a better place you reduce your monthly saving amount and donate the money to charities instead.

  • Just saw the other day that the Pixelfed developer pushed out a new feature pretty quickly and it reminded me of how much faster you can push new features out when you're working on a small team with very few developers.

    Then I realised that... At the place I work at (an app most likely installed on your phone) - well every change will have a huge impact. If 0.05% of the users' performance is degraded - that's a shit ton of users. So we have processes in place. We test on all kinds of devices before releasing.

    Running a high quality service at scale is hard and it's expensive and it's not always fun because you have to leave your cowboy developer guns at home and do the homework before pushing to production.

  • Yeah, all apps advertise "no algorithms" - well those algorithms are what is pulling users back and back again and the more you get people to open your app - the more likely it is that they'll contribute something.

    I have to remind myself to open Pixelfed. Which is how I want it to be and how it should be. But I also understand that none of my friends will go there and look at nothing and then check in again a day later.

  • It's probably implied that if not enough people take this offer - people will be fired.

    I've been through tech layoffs. Random people are axed and people who thought about leaving anyways stay. This is a much better solution where those who considered leaving anyways can take them up on the offer.

  • We are probably walking a very thin line in terms of PSR. Usually we never spend in January, and never long-term? Spending this amount of money - in January - reeks of desperation imo. The form is horrible and the team doesn't seem to be improving under Amorim.

    At the same time, the reasoning for sacking EtH was that the earlier the pain of transition starts - the better. But there has to be some highlights to justify that pain and we are not seeing it right now so the leadership is now desperate to give Amorim more tools to improve things because in the end - if they sacked the manager and hired a new one (which undeniably is a great manager - I have nothing against Amorim) and we end up in a horrible position with no leverage in the summer window and a squad depleted of motivation after finishing 14th... Then were does that leave us? Then it's hard to argue that sacking EtH was the right choice... Or RvN if you so like (i.e. going with RvN for the rest of the season)

    Can't imagine we'd spend this amount at this point of the season otherwise.

  • Red Devils @lemmy.world
    designated_fridge @lemmy.world
    Red Devils @lemmy.world
    designated_fridge @lemmy.world

    Coventry vs. Manchester United | FA Cup Semi Final

    Competition: FA Cup Semi Final | Date: 21st April

    Kick off: 15:30 BST | Venue: Wembley Stadium

    Referee: Rob Jones

    Expected lineup: You tell me

    No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    designated_fridge @lemmy.world

    What do you do with your time after leaving Reddit?

    I am trying to cut out Reddit from my life but I'm always ending up re-installing it because I simply don't know what do with my time. We have two small kids (1y and 3y) so I can't simply just read more, train more, play games, watch TV, etc.

    It's rather.. Reddit filled those small micro breaks I get throughout the day. When I have a few minutes on my own when my wife has the kids.

    Lemmy is nice but it's just not enough content to fill this need. I have been thinking about Blinkist or reading something lighter on my phone (something which is easy to take a break from whenever).

    Red Devils @lemmy.world
    designated_fridge @lemmy.world

    Jason Wilcox appointed as Technical Director

    Android @lemmy.world
    designated_fridge @lemmy.world

    Browsers with digital wellbeing features built in?

    Hi!

    I have some serious smartphone addiction I'm trying to get on top of. I've tried to uninstall all time consuming apps from my phone but have realised I tend to start using the web version when I don't have the app.

    So far I haven't found any browsers where I can either block certain websites or limit the time I'm allowed to spend on them.

    Anyone know if those browsers exist?

    Android @lemmy.world
    designated_fridge @lemmy.world

    What's something that was dismissed as a gimmick but you liked?

    You Should Know @lemmy.world
    designated_fridge @lemmy.world

    YSK that fund managers are consistently underperforming and you're better off with a passive fund

    If you're saving monthly into an active fund - please stop doing so. Research shows that they consistently underperform and that they are not worth the fee they're charging.

    Buy a cheap, broad index fund instead.