JamisonM

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by JamisonM 15y ago
Though I disagree with much of this article it is the main premise that I have the most trouble with. It is precisely because speeding is considered by much of the population to be an acceptable behaviour that it needs to be policed. Much
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by JamisonM 15y ago
I think you kind of missed my point, for example if you are on the cc list for a series of emails that you are not directly involved in this strategy assumes that instead of you taking responsibility for catching up on this interaction when
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by JamisonM 15y ago
I hate to be cynical but it seems like doing this is just saying, "I am more important than the people who send me email, so I will place the burden of tracking my schedule on them." The other interpretation of this is that his email inbox
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by JamisonM 15y ago
I think that the essence of Groupon's value comes down to whether you believe that the $100 cost to acquire can in fact be consistently converted into the $300 at a rate that beats customer attrition, inflation, and interest rates. Many of
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by JamisonM 15y ago
The author argues that AAA debt is dangerous because it breeds complacency because it is considered risk-free. It strikes me that this is begging the question of how all these debt instruments can carry the same grade and do so so consisten
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by JamisonM 15y ago
Some choice quotes: "Wrongdoers turned a good newsroom bad and this was not fully understood or adequately pursued." "As a result, the News of the World and News International wrongly maintained that these issues were confined to one report
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by JamisonM 16y ago
Yes, the article should prove causation precisely because it has nothing to do with the point of the article. The article is about the correlation, not the causation.
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by JamisonM 16y ago
Yes, it is true that correlation is not causation but the article is not claiming causation. It is observing that the correlation between the unemployment rate and the education level of those in power means that they are out of touch with