cek994

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by cek994 12y ago
Grossly misguided equation. The cost of the book is the price + the time to acquire. The benefit of the book is in the enjoyment of reading it -- which implies that readers don't see time spent reading as a "cost", unless you
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by cek994 12y ago
I completely agree. The "foundational premise" of MOOCs isn't just about the cost of college, as the author claims... it's about access more broadly, of which cost is just one part. Sure, your average middle class Americ
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A Rich Executive and His Wife Wait for the World to End(media.news.com.au)
4 points by cek994 12y ago|1 comments
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by cek994 12y ago
I had a very similar problem when I drowned my iPhone and switched my SIM to an old Windows Phone 7 I had lying around. If you have your old phone, you can disable iMessage while the SIM is still in it, which apparently works -- but if you
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by cek994 13y ago
There is absolutely nothing in Eich's record which would indicate what you're saying is true. If he had actually had a "direct effect on the standard of living" of any employee, that should have been resolved through an
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by cek994 13y ago
Opposing something right because it's politically convenient isn't any more ethically defensible than opposing something you truly disagree with. You, as liberals tend to do, are giving Obama a pass -- he can't not do the r
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by cek994 13y ago
Even if this were true (which it isn't), the slippery slope argument most definitely applies here. Are you going to reject the veneration of our founding fathers because they held slaves? What if a company has middle managers who are a
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Evgeny Morozov takes aim at Tim O'Reilly(thebaffler.com)
2 points by cek994 13y ago|0 comments
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Amazon vs. Ben and Jerry's(joelonsoftware.com)
1 points by cek994 13y ago|0 comments
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by cek994 13y ago
Interesting example of journalistic framing choices having a huge impact. Obviously, the jury is still out on these, and there are lots of people yelling loudly from both sides. But this story presents the pessimistic view only. It's a
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Online Courses Don't Live Up To Hype(politico.com)
3 points by cek994 13y ago|1 comments
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by cek994 13y ago
Or the people who comment are the ones who are pissed off, and the people who think it's just kinda nice don't bother.
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The Geeks on the Front Lines(rollingstone.com)
22 points by cek994 13y ago|25 comments
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Quantitative Economics in Python(quant-econ.net)
3 points by cek994 13y ago|0 comments
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Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops(wired.com)
1 points by cek994 13y ago|0 comments
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Struggling for Wellness in Computer Science(eye.columbiaspectator.com)
1 points by cek994 13y ago|0 comments
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by cek994 14y ago
Put another way -- how many upper-middle class professionals (doctors/lawyers/engineers) would you say have graduated from college? Many, many more than 1 in 5. You can't deduce data about specific occupations from a broad statistical measu