amargado

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   by amargado 10y ago

   Perhaps, but one needed to survive and thrive in business.
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   by amargado 10y ago

   So? He can overhype all the books without giving preference to one. He can pontificate about how important is to read books, how all the geniuses at HN read these very important books and so on.He only needs to maximize the money spent on t
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   by amargado 10y ago

   Except it didnt when the post was submitted, it was fixed later by author and good for him since he was in violation of Amazon TOS
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   by amargado 10y ago

   Because it is a undisclosed conflict of interest.Imagine you go with a friend to a bookstore , and he recommends to you several books. Since you seem to trust your friend and you have the money, you buy the books. Unbenknownst to you, your
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   by amargado 10y ago

   Of course you are not dumb, just disingenous
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   by amargado 11y ago

   Of course he knows he could work as a developer. It is just good old humblebragging.