Amygaz

30 ms·

271.
by Amygaz 9y ago
Beyond retraining, there is dignity. Most workers don't feel like their job means anything, that their effort is not valued properly, or do a job by obligation, not because they like it.
272.
by Amygaz 9y ago
Same with the B&M Gates Foundation. When they started their Grand Challenges, they were very specific and methodical in deciding which project to found. The impact had to be directly towards helping underdeveloped or developing countrie
273.
by Amygaz 9y ago
It seems to me that this high profile character often goes on record mentioning things that ultimately end up being just his wishful thinking and don't have much bearing.
274.
by Amygaz 9y ago
Any time before the advent of "supplementary materials" pretty much meant that you had nothing more than a highlight of the method. It was terrible indeed. However, even today I find that roughly half the publications are not wort
275.
by Amygaz 9y ago
I have been thinking to write a book about leadership and use the opposite of what my managers are doing, and I am pretty certain that many on this board could do the same. But then, do I really care? Would that change anything? There are p
276.
by Amygaz 9y ago
Well, your real life example goes back to first post in this thread, which is that motivation is at least half the battle (or even the only battle). You were not motivated by school, but your were motivated in specific books, so you remembe
277.
by Amygaz 9y ago
I can concur. In the US, representatives care about 1st, how many people will vote for them in the next election, and 2nd who is paying. That's the extend of their moral and logical debate (if any).
278.
by Amygaz 9y ago
I forgot where I read that, but Bernanke said that most of their debt is internal, so not as bad a problem as it sounds.
279.
by Amygaz 9y ago
You can plant crops much closer to each others using an hexagonal pattern. It's one part of what constitute "biointensive gardening". The only way to beat that is if the harvesting machinery is hovering over the field. And s
280.
by Amygaz 9y ago
Nice! I didn't know that. Thanks!
281.
by Amygaz 10y ago
Love you comment. I often hear scientists complaining that doctors make big paycheck and get all the credits for saving lives while, behind them, 100s of scientists are responsible for the tools that the doctors use to diagnose and treat th
282.
by Amygaz 10y ago
My objective observation of many entrepreneurs I know (i.e. not all of them, but a majority that I know), is that they do not take any meaningful risks: they use other's people money, not their own, they have a pretty good paycheck, a
283.
by Amygaz 10y ago
A comment and two questions: First of all, your story shows the high level of commitment a population has to put to see a corrupted politician being punished, and also faith in the judicial system. Do you know if anything will be done or ca
284.
by Amygaz 10y ago
My personal experience with Harvard is they are the best at over-exaggeration. Also very good at branding "been done before, but not at Harvard" research as brand new and revolutionary. Others do it too, but HU masters this.
285.
by Amygaz 10y ago
Who needs PR people and gag order when every day we get Spicer who barfs everything about what Trump believes is true or not?
286.
Ivy League colleges largely inaccessible to low- and middle-income students(harvardmagazine.com)
4 points by Amygaz 10y ago|0 comments
287.
by Amygaz 10y ago
And it is a good thing: imagine how large our pants' pocket would have to be to accommodate one of those good old days keyboard? We would all look exactly like MC Hammer!
288.
by Amygaz 10y ago
Hey! I was cleaning up stuff in my basement last weekend and found a 3.5" floppy disk, and I was wondering what was on it. Now I remember! Thanks.
289.
by Amygaz 10y ago
Or maybe you mean people in Macedonia would have made up a lot of stuff and Trump would just have ran with it! The one thing with narcissists is their lack of creativity (there are a few exceptions, but Trump isn't one of them). So the
290.
by Amygaz 10y ago
Depends how you define being in trouble. I know a handful of people who started companies based on lies, and a true dose of narcissism, and were acquired with still nothing to show for
291.
by Amygaz 10y ago
Another trend in life science, which is on the path of reaching epidemic proportion, is the publication of conceptual "work". I am talking about publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals papers, about some conceptual ideas
292.
by Amygaz 10y ago
With only that tid bit of information you have about him, there is nothing crystal clear. There is not a single individual build the same way. Some people can run 7 marathon in 7 days, and they have been doing that for 20 years, others are
293.
by Amygaz 10y ago
> If - and only if - the base of trust is there and continuously honed through communication, this is an amazing way to work and learn. This is the key, and something narcissist don't do. It's against their nature. They thrive
294.
by Amygaz 10y ago
I agree with you. And I also have a tendency, based on a few personal experiences, to associate self-proclaimed visionaries, with narcissistic personality disorder. And it is also my experience that, besides being very active in taking cred
295.
by Amygaz 10y ago
Not only that, but if you read the paper, their system is not sustainable, the components break down pretty fast. Then there is this little detail that IPA is not really a useful fuel. So a lot of PR, but not that much to show for. And my
296.
by Amygaz 10y ago
You still end-up with a by-product that you need to do something with. In this case burning it...
297.
by Amygaz 10y ago
In my current job that's all there is, and 1 month worth of work is pushing it, unless "work" also means manipulating the information and the situation, then they are working hard, giving their 100% in that department.
298.
by Amygaz 10y ago
Piketty is one of the rare to actually pinpoint the problem and call it like it is. This NY Times article definitely does not, even if has some of the elements. Even early on it writes: "This trend helps explain why incomes have risen
299.
by Amygaz 10y ago
With or without UBI, people actually don't want crappy mcdo food. They want good food. But good food cost money and and/or takes time to prepare. So instead of having minimum wage workers working their asses to make some owner mil
300.
by Amygaz 10y ago
While we could go on and on about how MZ doesn't live on the same planet than the rest of us, and how we don't buy MZ's pseudo-philanthropic PR, strictly speaking, that 2 USD/month is comparable to the paying capability

More ›