Post ASc8nfTy3oWvD4Z2LQ by lmc@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #ASVeMzKZrT8RFTsokK by seldo@alpaca.gold
2023-02-09T16:41:46Z
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Your annual reminder that your monthly metrics will be down 10% in February because February is 10% shorter than January. Please do not contact your data team about it.
(DIR) Post #ASVeMzq7yAN8pKe0vI by vees@epistolary.org
2023-02-09T17:08:48Z
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@seldo The data team is busy celebrating their 10% reduced AWS bill this month.
(DIR) Post #ASVnFl2tTT8MVKEs76 by ianturton@fosstodon.org
2023-02-09T18:49:23Z
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@vees @seldo our boss was very unhappy last year when we explained why we couldn't repeat February's Aws savings in March.
(DIR) Post #ASWRJcLhkKgwrCQtM0 by pjohanneson@mstdn.ca
2023-02-10T02:17:23Z
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@seldo Somehow I've made it my entire life so far w/o realizing that February is 10% shorter than January.
(DIR) Post #ASWeFFAVHwCFD2REci by mgshn@mastodon.social
2023-02-10T04:42:20Z
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@seldo wouldn’t this be more timely towards the end of the month?
(DIR) Post #ASWemTFhwgNKRiiTjc by knf100@sfba.social
2023-02-10T04:48:25Z
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OMGosh @seldo this is hilarious @TheOverheadWire
(DIR) Post #ASWfvW9Ie3chzSb3oW by EricLawton@spore.social
2023-02-10T05:01:14Z
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@seldo I think we should extend the idea.8 pints per gallon, but the first, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 8th pints are Imperial, 20 ounces, the second is American, 16 ounces, the fourth and seventh are 19.Own the metric libs!
(DIR) Post #ASXXAzTxA8xEsbWKjw by xinit@mastodon.coffee
2023-02-10T14:57:50Z
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@seldo I put in a ticket to have the shortness of February addressed. I'm told that they won't be able to look at it until 2024, but they're only promising a 3.5% increase initially.
(DIR) Post #ASXXjl6QcJC6Pz5zOq by hotkey@mstdn.ca
2023-02-10T15:04:10Z
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@seldo Submitting change request for 12 30-day months + 5 'free' days at the end of the year.
(DIR) Post #ASXclQTEnTpOmLNY9o by givemefoxes@infosec.exchange
2023-02-10T16:00:25Z
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@seldo Maybe it's just the things I do, but I've always found anything smaller than a yearly view too noisy to pull anything useful out. That's personal projects though.
(DIR) Post #ASXhQpNdUJlPixkw2S by ShadowInTheVoid@topspicy.social
2023-02-10T16:52:40Z
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@seldo one more reason a 13 month year is better https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar
(DIR) Post #ASXoUx8zGQQ4dlonVw by HarlemCavalier@mastodon.green
2023-02-10T18:11:46Z
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@seldo Or you can try out month normalization! https://docs.timescale.com/api/latest/hyperfunctions/month_normalize/
(DIR) Post #ASXudwMs7Ni8Z4yv4a by jamiemccarthy@mastodon.social
2023-02-10T19:20:34Z
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@seldo The New York Times published a whole entire story on how cigarette sales had increased by 0.4%!! … in a year that had 0.3% more days
(DIR) Post #ASY5gThYFqx61Q4D5s by Thad@brontosin.space
2023-02-10T21:24:32Z
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@seldo When I was working at GoDaddy, they fired one of the 5 guys on my team. A week later we started having daily meetings to discuss how productivity was down 20%.
(DIR) Post #ASY8FKDdha82ekotM0 by ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
2023-02-10T21:52:21Z
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@seldo OK, I get that February is shorter, but why are clicks down? January wasn't like this.
(DIR) Post #ASY8yWhuFXFwXzQD7w by hds@hachyderm.io
2023-02-10T22:01:13Z
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@seldo @rakyll yes! This!
(DIR) Post #ASYAlXyYQDKacp9CAy by pauldyson@mastodon.social
2023-02-10T22:21:10Z
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@seldo not even to ask them to normalise for days in the month?
(DIR) Post #ASYB4VTLx98EMbasoS by Globaltom@mstdn.ca
2023-02-10T22:24:46Z
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@seldo what about "per day" metrics? :-)
(DIR) Post #ASYCGkzmAH5Zw7AGuG by johthor@social.chaotikum.org
2023-02-09T21:55:45Z
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@seldo shouldn't the metric be normalized by the number of days for that reason?
(DIR) Post #ASYCGldplL8DwLuGLQ by seldo@alpaca.gold
2023-02-09T21:57:44Z
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@johthor It should be but try persuading finance people to stop measuring things by months.
(DIR) Post #ASYCGm8JvzWBSuAbrc by ouinne@mastodon.social
2023-02-10T22:38:12Z
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@seldo @johthor shall we tell people about the horrors of fiscal versus calendar?
(DIR) Post #ASZJgMG7eMipaHvQCe by ahti@mas.to
2023-02-11T11:36:08Z
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@seldo Also January cohort looks better on monthly retention since a larger share joins at the end of the month.
(DIR) Post #ASbYCL4JOniapiSrZo by aeden@dnsimple.social
2023-02-12T13:28:03Z
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@seldo can't we just agree to compare to previous year and not previous month? Comparing to previous month for most orgs just seems pointless to me.
(DIR) Post #ASc8nfTy3oWvD4Z2LQ by lmc@mastodon.social
2023-02-12T20:18:18Z
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@seldo @Cdespinosa (adding to my Monday morning staff meeting agenda)
(DIR) Post #AScD8OdyGFCqsqNmYy by _thegeoff@mastodon.social
2023-02-12T21:06:51Z
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@seldo While we're here, 40% of sick days falling on Mondays and Fridays is not a sign of people scamming long weekends...
(DIR) Post #AScDerwKsEzB0jSNA8 by kentindell@mastodon.social
2023-02-12T21:12:44Z
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@seldo @alanrew Epic Musk subtoot.
(DIR) Post #ASgDkwpoMi58Ys8wiG by gsuberland@chaos.social
2023-02-14T19:32:25Z
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@seldo just like how over 70% of all sicknesses begin during the working week, and more than 20% of staff who call in sick do so on a Monday!(statistical literacy is hard :P)
(DIR) Post #ASgOljLj5UXoWUeAc4 by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2023-02-14T21:33:46.791796Z
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@seldo Gifting a hobbit calendar to the data team to give them a hint.
(DIR) Post #ATCsVaoolawMDCFYki by winnie@sunny.garden
2023-03-02T13:39:56Z
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@seldo thank youuuu