Kludgist

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   by Kludgist 7y ago

   The anecdote the article featured mentioned Vanderbilt sending her an application even though her SAT scores were lower than "most" of the admitted class, but it wasn't lower than everyone in the admitted class. The SATs gi
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   by Kludgist 7y ago

   This article isn't about the fact that colleges are buying SAT scores. Yes, that has been done forever. The article is about colleges using mass mailing to dramatically boost applicants and decrease the number of people admitted. They
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   by Kludgist 8y ago

   Both are certainly important. A few years ago, received offers from two places. One had employees that were excited about the work, the culture was great, the job had a combination of data science and programming that was right up my alley
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   by Kludgist 8y ago

   While it's dangerous to make predictions about the future of technology, I don't foresee any mobile product coming out that isn't "flat." How is anyone supposed to fit that into a pocket? Even in a purse or messenge
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   by Kludgist 15y ago

   I've found a similar thing with many forms of social media. My business site gets 500-1000 views a day with a 30-40% bounce rate. Two days ago, we got 5500 views with an 80% bounce rate -- turns out, we got featured on Reddit and were reaso