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This is the weekly longreads + open thread for The Diff. Today we’re talking about why high-speed rail is both an economics problem and a physics one, how banks work (and why they break), and the importance of typing really fast. Longreads + Open ThreadTiming; High-Speed Rail; Compatibility; Banking; Velocity; Grocery; Resets
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Reader FeedbackIn response to last week's piece on newsletter economics, Philo of MD&A notes yet another way to monetize writing:
If writing is both a good way to raise money and a good way to deploy it, that's great news for writers. Perhaps Mark Sellers got it right! And from Nate Meyvis, speculation on why layoffs may be higher among data scientists than in other technical roles in response to yesterday’s subscribers-only piece ($). A Word From Our SponsorsThink of the last time you had to import a spreadsheet, did it work on the first try? Of course not. Importing data via a CSV can be highly repetitive, time consuming, and difficult to automate because well, it just never works right. Each customer has their own, slightly different processes for managing information about their business. So each time you onboard a new customer, you’ve got to adapt the data they bring in files to your system. It’s tedious - for you and them - and it’s certainly not fun. Flatfile is the product that takes this complexity away. Our embeddable drag and drop CSV importer gives you the ability to jump seamlessly from closing a deal to a clean dataset in just minutes. Learn more about how Flatfile can help your onboarding process today! Diff JobsCompanies in the Diff network are actively hiring now! Open roles include:
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