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by anotherhacker 10y ago
"Following discussion with the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance will now seek Cabinet approval to appeal the Commission decision to the European Courts. Ireland has a period of two months and 10 days to bring an appeal. The Govern
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Minister Noonan Disagrees Profoundly with the Commission on Apple(finance.gov.ie)
1 points by anotherhacker 10y ago|1 comments
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
Don't blame Apple, blame the tax laws. i.e. don't hate tha playa, hate da game.
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Not all good products make good businesses(blog.intercom.io)
2 points by anotherhacker 10y ago|0 comments
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
An easier explanation: variation. Systems can be tremendously complex. There are countless unknown and unknowable variables in play. Moreover, the interactions between those variables can also be unknown and unknowable. The intellectual wor
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
You've totally lost sight of the issue at hand. Now you're talking about things utterly unrelated to this discussion. It seems you're more interested in dicing up and attacking what I said, instead of what I mean. I'll r
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
Interesting points. I still disagree, or perhaps I'm not doing a good job explaining. My point is this: Something is true whether one accepts it or not. E.g. the earth was proven to be round before anyone actually went around it. Anoth
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
Did you google it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_proof You're missing the point of what I said w/ the Einstein example. He proved it via maths. Whether or not it was empirically validated is irre
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
The difference is maths. E.g. Einstein proved his theory of gravity mathematically, THEN it was proved via empirical observation. We don't have a way to mathematically prove a drug for depression a psychological phenomena.
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
Agreed. Fewer hours forces you to focus and work.
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
Don't we write code for other programmers first--then for the system? It seems counter-intuitive but in the long run this mentality best serves the business.
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
A great primer to this type of philosophy (no grades for kids) is Deming--from about 40 years ago. "A Theory of a System for Educators and Managers" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MJ3lGJ4OFo
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
You're wrong on both accounts. 1) A GMO wheat currently is used. It's called Renan. 2) Higher gluten flour is desirable for bread products such as pizza. I make my own pizza. The best pizza bread is made from high-gluten flour.
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
Correction: Artificial selection and contemporary milling processes have increased the gluten content. Not from GMO.
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
It's not about nutrition. It's the risk that hidden risks that GMOs engender. E.g. Unknown effects upon the ecosystem. Another example: GMO Wheat contains an unnaturally high gluten content. Gluten is an irritant for everyone--som
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
Someone downvoted my response. Perhaps because they think that they are not the same thing...I suggest looking at the definition of Demagog a little bit more. "synonyms:rabble-rouser, agitator, political agitator, soapbox orator, fireb
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
It's also redundant. Demagogs === hate-mongers.
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IEX Group Gains Approval for Stock Exchange(nytimes.com)
85 points by anotherhacker 10y ago|36 comments
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
Yep. tl;dr - people over value loses, and undervalue gains. If we have a coin toss game where head=5$ for me and tails=5$ for you, you will only play if the game is something like 70 / 30 in your favor.
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
Yes, and any progress they make at it is instantly destroyed by the notion of competition. There might be a lesson where students work together, but then they all take tests individually. Schools don't even know what they are doing. Th
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
School teachers call it "cheating". Management calls it "cooperation". Our school system preps kids in a way that is different than how we work. Or at least the best way to work.
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
Internal competition destroy's companies. Deming said this over 40 years ago: "The present system includes competition between people, teams, departments, divisions, students, schools and universities. Although economists have tau
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
The powerpoint format tells you it prioritizes presentation ( appeal to suits ), over content. A document / paper would have been much better. https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/powerpoint
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
To be fair, this has affected all publications. E.g. The Economist and New York Times. Also, "yellow journalism" is nothing new. It's a big reason why William Randolph Hearst became a gazillionair all those years ago.
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
“Trying to displace low-cost lab tests is just such a tough area.” "Disruptive innovation" fail.
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
"Disrupt" appears 18 times in this filing. Is that code for "one day we'll be profitable, I promise!"
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
Yep. I called BS on Chris Dixon on this on Twitter and he blocked me. It was when he and Paul Graham were arguing that "not enough (good)engineers exist for startups, so we need to import more". I was arguing that plenty of great
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
There's no way they hire the best. My company told me they already hired all the best programmers!
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
I imagine he's having fun with this over-the-top prose. That's how I read his work.
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by anotherhacker 10y ago
Votes for a board are not tied to % ownership in company. For example, people get hired to serve a board of directors and have voting rights, but may not own shares in the company.

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