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by brentr 18y ago
You are making the assumption that teamwork is not a metric on which people are scored.
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by brentr 18y ago
In your example the assumptions you make seem to be along the lines that there is a fixed workforce. New candidates enter the market every year. Assuming that the collective whole of graduating seniors from the universities are normally dis
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by brentr 18y ago
The first time through a Bachelor's program I made the same mistake. I wanted so much to get out of school and head into the business world. The result was a finance degree and an intense urge to go back to school to pursue math and compute
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by brentr 18y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Welch#Tenure_as_CEO_of_GE Here's a link to support my statement. EDIT: Wikipedia is good enough for this off-the-cuff reference.
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by brentr 18y ago
My mother believed my university studies at the normal age of eighteen were largely a waste of money as well. It's a good thing I had all of my tuition paid by the state and most of my housing and food paid for by scholarships. She said som
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by brentr 18y ago
Certainly. Jack Welch had a similar policy while running GE. Get rid of the dead weight and reward those who outperform. EDIT: It's simply a matter of economics. When you realize that a project is performing poorly you sever it to prevent f
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by brentr 18y ago
At this juncture, a professor stops being a professor and becomes a colleague. EDIT: What I am trying to say is that a professor/student relationship is one of inequality. When the relationship moves beyond only one side influencing the cou
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by brentr 18y ago
Let's add Alonzo Church to that list.
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by brentr 18y ago
I don't doubt that there is a middle ground. I was simply commenting on the parent post. I was on the opposite side of the spectrum as this kid. I had the ability but not the opportunity. It is a cause of much of my bitterness. It is largel
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by brentr 18y ago
Stating my beliefs in educational opportunities usually results in someone wanting to punch me in the face. I'll risk upsetting a few people because I believe my opinion is valid. I believe that the bottom ten percent of every class (I defi
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by brentr 18y ago
I read this article because the headline made me think that Wired was outing the Air Force as a means of taking away my civil liberties. After reading the article, I realized that it was simply a job ad. I think I am done with Wired. Two of
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by brentr 18y ago
I disagree with the comment about the kid not knowing what he was missing. My parents pushed me in the opposite direction of the direction this kid's parents are pushing him. I resent my parents for that. I was constantly forced to go outsi
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by brentr 18y ago
People who go on to discover great things don't learn from the professors. Let's take math as an example. One creates advances in mathematics by sitting with the literature, a pencil, and a pad. Every great idea comes only after thousands o
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by brentr 18y ago
At this child's age, it's up to the parents to decide what is best for the child. Sometimes the parents will not make the best decision. Personally I feel that if the child can state the want to study more complex or advanced topics, the ch
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by brentr 18y ago
It is worries like these that emphasize the need for better education in the physical sciences.
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by brentr 18y ago
I'm not so sure Schaum's is that great. I want to "cut the crap" but replace it with a deeper study of whatever the student is studying. I really dislike when a mathematics textbook states something like "The proof is too complicated and th
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by brentr 18y ago
I thought the exact same thing you thought about the textbook, and I thought I would do it sort of like a professor does--start out with a set of notes that evolve into a textbook over time. I agree with the "cut the crap" out of textbooks.
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Ask YC: Self Teach Videos
5 points by brentr 18y ago|6 comments
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by brentr 19y ago
Looks like the site has a lot of potential. I love a good laugh. I was rolling on the floor after reading the FAQs.
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by brentr 19y ago
I suggest Deitel's C++: How to Program as a good introduction to the language. If you read a chapter a night and do several of the exercises, you could get through the book in under a month. Personally, I think C++ is a great language. Many
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by brentr 19y ago
At first I wanted to write a response to your comment claiming that the Seattle group is not a competitor. After thinking about what to write for a moment, I realized that debating whether or not they are a competitor is not as important as
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by brentr 19y ago
(1) No ads (2) If your markup is not syntactically correct, the browser won't display your site.
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by brentr 19y ago
Tell me more about your problem. Perhaps a software solution is in need.
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by brentr 19y ago
http://turbotax.intuit.com/small-business-taxes/ It lists C corp as an option, but I don't own a business, so I can't comment on what it can do for something like a C corp.
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by brentr 19y ago
It's a requirement for the CS portion of my degree. I already hold a finance degree from the University of Florida (2004), but the credit crunch sidelined me. Fortunately, I had the option of pursuing another two majors while still finishin
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by brentr 19y ago
Intuit's Turbo Tax walks you through everything. If you have a personal business, it will step you through the filing. If you have capital gains, it will help you with that as well. I just finished my taxes with Turbo Tax and it only took m
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by brentr 19y ago
I will agree with you on the point that mathematics is beautiful. I had always appreciated mathematics for its logic. A proof is either right (it proves) or it is wrong (it does not prove), however, it was not until I was introduced to doub
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by brentr 19y ago
Turbo Tax
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Hacker News Considers Banning Valleywag(techcrunch.com)
13 points by brentr 19y ago|9 comments
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by brentr 19y ago
I don't understand why people are always trying to find shortcuts for somethings that are meant to be done very carefully. Writing is done to communicate ideas, ideas that the author took considerable time to formulate and put into a cohere

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