Elfan

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by Elfan 20y ago
They have also challenged popular teaching methods, suggesting that teachers should focus more on giving students the answers, instead of asking them to solve problems on their own. I don't understand how this connects to the rest of the st
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Sabermetrics for startups?(bnoopy.typepad.com)
9 points by Elfan 20y ago|2 comments
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Buffett Wisdom(finance.yahoo.com)
1 points by Elfan 20y ago|2 comments
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Entrepreneurial Lessons From the Movie "Rounders"(mindpetals.com)
4 points by Elfan 20y ago|0 comments
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Entrepreneurs are Artists: Two Keys to Creative Success(mindfulentrepreneur.com)
4 points by Elfan 20y ago|0 comments
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by Elfan 20y ago
There was an article in the NY Times a while ago about how Google was shifting from their "ask crazy CS questions and post puzzles on billboards" interview process to a more standardizable "algorithmic" one. I'm guessing stories like this
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by Elfan 20y ago
If they had left out Arc more people would have fallen for it.
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by Elfan 20y ago
This is their first batch.
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by Elfan 20y ago
You probably signed some sort of Student Handbook at the beginning of the year that says what, if anything, the university thinks it can claim. As others have said it also probably depends on if you are doing research when you start your co
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by Elfan 20y ago
This is getting blown out of proportion. He did say it with something of a half kidding smirk on his face. But that comic is funny.
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by Elfan 20y ago
"There is no evidence that broadband operators are unfairly blocking access to websites or online services today, and there is no reason to expect them to do so in the future. " That is a rather controversial statement. Dear AOL and the at
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by Elfan 20y ago
He also carries large numbers of special $2 bills with him. http://www.woz.org/letters/general/78.html
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by Elfan 20y ago
That is some impressively bad 1990s style frame usage. They get bonus points for asking for the application in plain text though.
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Google Code Review(community.livejournal.com)
1 points by Elfan 20y ago|1 comments
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Ruining the User Experience with AJAX(alistapart.com)
11 points by Elfan 20y ago|7 comments
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by Elfan 20y ago
It was partially a tangent prompted by your comment. I meant "the stuff CS people do and think about" not just homework or research. Through whatever accidents of history, practical concerns, or being a young field, the stuff CS people do
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by Elfan 20y ago
He didn't specify. Notes: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dczgjp36_7c78dgn
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by Elfan 20y ago
Unless I missed a subtlety he meant "smart" as in intelligent. He later clarified that one should never compromise intelligence for experience when hiring.
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by Elfan 20y ago
I'm a CS major but by the time I'll graduate I'll have taken more math than CS courses (degree requirements are funny that way). I would tend to agree with you about the relative difficulty if CS and math but this could be partially a cons
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by Elfan 20y ago
Math seems to becoming less of a young man's game. There is simply to much to learn now before you reach a field still ripe with unsolved problems. There still lots of said problems, they are just built on top of other things. http://www
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by Elfan 20y ago
There doesn't appear to be one. There wern't any earth shattering revelations. It was a standard (although enjoyable) interview of a recent author.
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Creating Value(cafehayek.typepad.com)
1 points by Elfan 20y ago|0 comments
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by Elfan 20y ago
Its income period. If you are reasonably frugal any sort of "real" programming job is enough to handle the loan payments. But no matter how frugal you are a $40000 debt is unlikely to be paid off on $10000 in funding. You would be making
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by Elfan 20y ago
There is a distinction between "revenue is not important" and "if lots of users love you, you can probably figure out how to make money out of it (if you arn't acquired first)".
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by Elfan 20y ago
Google already has them beat: http://www.flickr.com/photos/strategicpause/434015378/in/set-72157600026714867/
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by Elfan 20y ago
As I read this I kept thinking of Paul Buchheit's presentation from startup school. How are any of the authors propositions either A) Fundamentally different or B) an order of magnitude better?
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by Elfan 20y ago
Cofounder isn't really an accurate term. They gradually merged their thinking and operations until an SEC investigation prompted them to do so formally. But more generally they are partners who compliment each other other tremendously.
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The Psychology of Human Misjudgement by Charlie Munger(vinvesting.com)
2 points by Elfan 20y ago|2 comments
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Startup School 2007 - Audio Recordings(robert.shedd.us)
6 points by Elfan 20y ago|2 comments
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by Elfan 20y ago
Is there something you like particularly about his web log or other reason you have been following it? For reference here is where he introduces TechStars: http://www.feld.com/blog/archives/002136.html Does anyone know what programs besid

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