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by alttag 15y ago
I said earlier Whitman would be on my short list of bad choices for the job. I spent some time today thinking about who I would pick. Someone with experience at a product company, that had to oversee design, manufacturing, and logistics.
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by alttag 15y ago
If I were to create a short list of bad ideas for HP's new CEO, Whitman would likely be on it. I really don't understand the thinking of HP's board.
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by alttag 15y ago
Isn't this why we have the disambiguators gratis and libre ? Or, if you prefer, “... as in beer” and “... as in speech.”
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by alttag 15y ago
> Your chances: > 3 or fewer letters: about 100% > 7 or more letters: about 0%. While this might be true for the set he's calculated, doesn't an infinite sequence of non-repeating digits suggest the likelihood o
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by alttag 15y ago
I'm not a tax professional, but corporations are taxed on income, not revenue. Tax preparation fees, travel costs, conference registrations, pension contributions, and other expenses of the "small business" author (computer, internet, maili
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by alttag 15y ago
The article is a bit light on content beyond what's conveyed in the title. The question I wanted answered is why should there be One True Version for all size? I was looking for support for that claim (beyond "they got criticism for not d
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by alttag 15y ago
I suspect part of Google's success is not just front-page search but also site-specific searches (how some sites use Google as a a back-end search). Perhaps more significant is their number of AdSense affiliates. (After all, search doesn't
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by alttag 15y ago
From speaking with a few published authors, the creation of a private C-corp is standard practice to spread income from advances and royalties out over a longer period, which provides not only lower taxes, but a steady(-ish) income stream.
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by alttag 15y ago
I think the discussed implication (some barriers to physical limits are primarily mental) is accurate, and evidenced years ago by the experience of Roger Bannister [1]. The barrier stood for years, but after it was broken it was beaten ofte
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by alttag 15y ago
It's amazing that Microsoft can engender so much mindshare, but of the *-shares (mindshare, marketshare), the article leaves out share of profits, which makes neither Android nor Microsoft look particularly compelling. One of the troubles A
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by alttag 15y ago
Reverting the pw assumes you knew it in the first place, and thus didn't need to change/reset it.
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by alttag 15y ago
As a university instructor, I want to find out more about it, but your page makes it harder than it should be. The "home" icon links to the blog, the one on the right does too. No links for more information, status of the project, or cost i
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by alttag 15y ago
> Assuming 2080 hours/year of workable time, ... I've had recruiters try to sell me on this figure for salary calculations, or even worse, use 2085.7 (=365 * 5/7 * 8). That only works if you don't want a vacation. I use 2,000 hr
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by alttag 15y ago
Why does one need 8 GB? Often, the answer is increased speed with multiple or complex applications. The MBA compensates with the flash HD, so that operations still feel faster, despite "only" 4 GB of RAM. Try it. You might be surprised.
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by alttag 15y ago
Yes, it's a good read, but it's eight years old (not that old is bad, just that it's not "news") and this essay has appeared in many places over the years, including the book "Best of Software Writing I", edited by Joel Spolsky.
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by alttag 15y ago
Average of 2700 calories/day?! This might not be unusual for certain types of athletes, but this is astounding. Even more so when one considers that number likely includes children, so the adult average may be even higher.
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by alttag 15y ago
Okay, they have some real estate holdings. But they've also provided significant relief for every major disaster in the past century. In addition, they offer job search assistance, food assistance, etc., through a network of farms, cannerie
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by alttag 15y ago
A great article. I loved the last line: ... maybe we can look forward to watching the Empire go bankrupt after convincing itself to buy two Death Stars, on the theory that different models will drive down costs. The article link
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by alttag 15y ago
A little bit of fly-by fanboy there. I don't mind the claim, but I suspect there's a host of reasons. Perhaps there are some enterprise lock-out features (the article mentions this), a (slightly) higher bar to rooting, a known repository of
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by alttag 15y ago
Google's perspective also made it to the HN front page: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2974271 http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-just-got-zagat...
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by alttag 15y ago
All of this assumes a different definition of success than I have. It presumes wealth == success. My definition: Being happy. That comes with a loving family with strong relationships, intellectual challenges and growth, and work that I enj
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by alttag 15y ago
Because Firefox is very plugin driven, and its current design disables plugins that aren't compatible. It is not in the best interest of users to have their plugins disabled automatically as a "feature".
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by alttag 15y ago
The article makes the assumption (or at least fails to demonstrate) that the bottleneck is boarding , as opposed to deplaning or cleaning. Other processes which may be done in parallel could just as easily be a bottleneck: food, sanitation
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by alttag 15y ago
Deterrence is a concept that has been studied regularly by criminologists, and to my understanding has been shown to have only minimal (inverse) correlation to wrongdoing. In some studies, deterrence has been separated into formal sanctions
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by alttag 15y ago
Spot on. A well written summary of my reaction to the article too. Separating "legal" and "ethical" is a problem with many people. Several years ago when I worked for state government there was an ethics controversy. The politician involved
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by alttag 15y ago
> ", thing is, Linear Algebra isn't matrix manipulation. Matrices are just one aspect of Linear Algebra - it's like saying that symbols such as 'x', 'y' and 'z' are 'Algebra.'" Well, I see your point, but to many, x, y and z are algeb
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by alttag 15y ago
I think those not familiar with the size of Alaska (particularly from the "lower-48") might conceptually think of it as about the size of Texas. 'Tis not so. 20% of the size of Alaska is roughly the size of two or three full Midwest states.
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by alttag 15y ago
The author jumps in to what I see as linear algebra (matrix manipulation) in part 3, and more heavily in part 4 (rotating axes). The first two parts are a necessary foundation. Yes, it's basic vector stuff, but not everyone gets that vector
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by alttag 15y ago
One will have a difficult time being published in scientific journals if the tone is off. The paper has to make it through a series of editors and reviewers. The thing about science is all of those working in the field are people. And tone
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by alttag 15y ago
I'm a bit grumpy that the site kills my meta key (command, on OS X 10.7) when focus is in the "terminal", so I can't open new tabs or pages in my browser via hot-key. (cmd-n; cmd-t) Can't use the clipboard either.

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