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by bhangi 15y ago
Disclaimer - I used to work at eBay but my work was not in any way connected with policies on counterfeits or Paypal. So the following is my speculation only. While this specific case does sound awful, I'd bet that eBay/Paypal's draconian
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by bhangi 15y ago
Indeed TP did not have any linking step. I still recall trying to fruitlessly find "Link" on the menu for quite some time until it hit me -- oh, no linking needed. But TP did include a run-time with each of the generated executable. This
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by bhangi 15y ago
It is useful to distinguish between two issues -- the usefulness of a college education and the cost of said education. The costs of a college education in the US today are completely unjustifiable IMHO and I agree with those who say that
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by bhangi 15y ago
From what I could make out of the prospectus, the revenue number is the sum of the face value of all coupons sold. Since Groupon has to pay the merchants a predetermined percentage of the face value, I'm having a tough time understanding w
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by bhangi 16y ago
Whenever I see these kind of articles, two words run through my mind: survivor bias. I'm also unconvinced by the John Galt argument that if Steve Jobs had not taken calligraphy courses, we would not have nice typefaces on computers today.
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by bhangi 16y ago
Note that the "inequality" here is strictly age related -- in other words, if you live according to prescription, then you too will have that amount of wealth at a particular point in your life. In other words, everyone has the same opport