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by abbazabba 13y ago
That guy invented one of the most revolutionary ways of looking at things on the internet. With a green and black blog without any css3, what right does he have to comment on design?!
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by abbazabba 13y ago
Interesting sidenote: the author invented mozilla (the name), and was a founder of netscape. It might not excuse the hypocrisy of his own blog's design, but I like the point he makes. Is this becoming a common practice? I've had
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by abbazabba 13y ago
Is there anyone around that "does data science" for a living that can talk about what it is they do exactly? I'm under the impression that "data scientist" is as ambiguous a term as "designer". What'
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by abbazabba 13y ago
HA. Yes, but hey if someone's got the evidence to support it, it wouldn't hurt anyone to see it.
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by abbazabba 13y ago
Those are the companies that were actually accepted to Y-Combinator. The Y-Combintor acceptance rate is said to be 3%. So, your odds of success are now more like 3% 7% = 0.2%* All of this hinges on the assumption: Y-combinator is a proxy
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by abbazabba 13y ago
"According to data compiled by Wadhwa, the average age of a successful entrepreneur in high-growth industries such as computers, health care, and aerospace is 40. Twice as many successful entrepreneurs are over 50 as under 25. A whoppi
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by abbazabba 13y ago
the how is interesting. the why, moreso. "By one estimate, as much as $600 million dollars in assets changed hands in the milliseconds before most other traders in Chicago could learn of the Fed's September surprise" whoever
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by abbazabba 13y ago
d3's interactivity > excel and tableau in terms of quality data visualization. anytime someone looks at a chart, they should be able to ask "but what happen's when x, y and z change?" being able to manipulate the dat
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by abbazabba 13y ago
There's as much an ISO protocol for charting as there is for designing websites across all browsers and platforms.
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by abbazabba 13y ago
It sounds like a lot of passive-aggressive behavior on everyone's end and observing from the sidelines without bringing things up like an adult. Conflict is good in healthy doses. But if a disgruntled employee can't even maturely
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by abbazabba 13y ago
Why does it matter if the dollar is devalued? A less valuable dollar makes American goods cheaper, and foreign goods more expensive. People in other countries would rather pay for cheap American things, than something made in their home c
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by abbazabba 13y ago
You also have to consider the weight each country carries in a global economy. Everyone is tied to everyone else, and so there are bigger players and smaller players. If you are a country with an economy that does not do business with othe
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by abbazabba 13y ago
Thanks for the insight. But why is taking a little bit more here and there considered immoral? Isn't it the fault of the people setting the specifications, or rules, or laws for failing to be specific? Is there anyone else that share
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by abbazabba 13y ago
I want to play devils advocate here. Whenever anyone offers "some" amount of anything, candy in this case, is it wrong to take all but one? They're rationally maximizing their holdings within the bounds specified. Therefore,
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by abbazabba 13y ago
I'm in the same boat (background in data/finance trying to eek into UX or prod mgmt). I've noticed it all just boils down to definition. "Design" seems to be evolving from pure aesthetics (what's the first emo