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781.
by aswanson 10y ago
Econ 101 predicts....inflation.
782.
by aswanson 10y ago
Maybe they're smarter than us taller, less agile, weaker primates after all.
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by aswanson 10y ago
You don't think that there is alpha in say the Russell 2000 mid-cap over the DJIA in the long term? More room in small and mid caps to grow.
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by aswanson 10y ago
What would your answer be for a person with a 20-25+ year horizon, looking for a sector with alpha on that time scale. Like say, an Intel or GE circa 1982 and not needing to touch it until 2007?
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by aswanson 10y ago
Nice. If I had any sense in my high school years I'd have a Berkeley or Stanford pedigree. Eh, youth is wasted on the young...
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by aswanson 10y ago
I like to rephrase statements like that in the form of: "Every possible problem and need already has an automated solution that has been mechanized and made aware by everyone on the planet."
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by aswanson 10y ago
Right, as a metaphor, I'd almost compare it to grading a novelist or writer's grammatical knowledge of parts of speech and sentence structure rather than their ability to write a book or compelling article.
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by aswanson 10y ago
I saw an early interview where an early founder was saying they were going to put google out of business. Wasnt a good sign.
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by aswanson 10y ago
There are a fair amount of internet companies that started off as goodwill projects, though.
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by aswanson 10y ago
I think you learn more from your peer group than classes in college, so it's a good idea got try to get surrounded with the most talented cohort possible.
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by aswanson 10y ago
What do the folks here think of investing in uranium mining stock cameco?
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by aswanson 10y ago
The earlier this lesson is learned, the better the life lived.
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by aswanson 10y ago
There as about 18 billion other places on the internet for useless political arguments. HN was much more informative and intellectually stimulating when the immune system response to even hints of political bickering was brutal and swift.
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by aswanson 10y ago
I know, I got invited to a Quixtar "opportunity" meeting back when they launched that scam. You can go legalese all you want with the definition of a pyramid scheme, but my brain convieniently hashes all those and their like to th
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by aswanson 10y ago
I am continually stunned at the amount of people, even some whom I'd consider rational enough to see through this pyramid scheme nonsense, approach me with it. Amway, Quixtar, Karatbars, Herbalife...the Ponzi scheme with a Thousand Fac
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by aswanson 10y ago
Why should an old military figure lend credibility to a biotechnology firm?
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by aswanson 10y ago
The government and it's contractors...with it's long RFC procurement process and associated bullshit will always be behind the security curve and will always be susceptible to these types of attacks as long as they favor a culture
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by aswanson 10y ago
danke
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by aswanson 10y ago
'zeit' must roughly translate into 'time' in German, based on context. Is that correct?
800.
by aswanson 10y ago
Not any of the components, any more than the individual letters of the alphabet could be a tragic hero or Shakespeare sonnet, but they could be arranged such that system as a whole would be.
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by aswanson 10y ago
I was away for awhile...came back and was shocked at the level of political bickering and posts that were allowed to stay. A lot of the old members have moved on, it's a different place these days. Such is life.
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by aswanson 10y ago
If it at least amplifies awareness in the general public about the problem, it's done it's job.
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by aswanson 10y ago
No argument here, hence my constaclicking.
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by aswanson 10y ago
Some of the political arguments would -never- have been tolerated in the early years. Users and moderators would have quickly suppressed them...but they seem to have infested the forum since then.
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by aswanson 10y ago
He has small kids. I stopped being active for a few years when my kids were born. It's natural.
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by aswanson 10y ago
The problem with hn is that it's likely to get past your primary defenses and justify itself by telling you the information provided is useful and relevant. Also, the conversations are likely to engage you at a higher level and the man
807.
by aswanson 10y ago
Can you recommend any introductory texts regarding protein complex binding dynamics?
808.
by aswanson 10y ago
Why would computers need to communicate through printouts, tho?
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by aswanson 10y ago
Perhaps its time to rethink the sanctity of mathematical symbolic communication. Seriously, that equation borders on parody in attempting to relay a rather simple concept. We dont expect CS people to communicate concepts through compiled, m
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by aswanson 10y ago
Exactly my solution. My brain is tuned to human audio, I can't block out conversation.

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