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by crdb 10y ago
He left out the part where one must have a ruthless commitment to the goals of the company (or less charitably, oneself) at the expense of people. An example from Napoleon's life was Marengo [1]. One of his generals (Massena) was besie
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by crdb 10y ago
This is because there are two families of tech writing, one is concise and detail oriented, the other is long form because it contains complex ideas that cannot be summarised in bullets. Take as an example most of Dijkstra's output. Co
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by crdb 10y ago
If you are going to do something risky and you are smart, you will usually, from the start, hedge your bets and plan for failure. It's just good practice. And it's not done by giving instructions to the person, but by selecting th
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by crdb 10y ago
Have you tried correlating visits from different devices from the same IP? E.g. if you get 2 devices from 3 St John St within an hour, then the same 2 from The IBM Building again within an hour, you can make a fair assumption that's th
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by crdb 10y ago
Been doing it for 2 years. Funnily enough I just had a discussion on this topic with my current CTO/co-founder (I'm the business guy). Pros: - indeed you bill much more per hour, so in theory spend less hours. - your work actually
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by crdb 10y ago
I do have a few questions... Is there a way to do TV attribution beyond multivariate statistical learning models attempting to gauge the impact on other channels based on broadcast period? (i.e. treat the offline channel as a categorical va
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by crdb 10y ago
You can also ignore UTM terms altogether, and use a single ad ID, then structure your marketing channel/partner/etc. exactly how you like it at DB level. Aside from being more correct, as you don't duplicate this information
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by crdb 10y ago
The first scene in Tolstoy's War and Peace should be required reading for engineering graduates, particularly the hyper-rational Sheldon types. I'm referring specifically to the impact Pierre has on the people at the party, the im
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by crdb 10y ago
The first had a small team (< 5) of also highly paid senior developers like him to build and maintain a set of systems. I wouldn't call it "manage" so much as "coordinate colleagues". The second was working alone
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by crdb 10y ago
One reason you put filters is to import foreigners. I haven't seen the US side of things but in other locations I've worked, you are required to list jobs on a national jobs database for a couple of weeks first and in theory to pr
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by crdb 10y ago
> How do you tell the difference between a company that does value their engineers from one that doesn't if both companies say the same thing? You check if they put their money where their mouth is. Generally, a (well-funded) compan
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by crdb 10y ago
> It sorta reminds me of how, when a "measure productivity by number of tickets closed" policy gets enacted, everyone just starts creating tickets for every menial thing they do. I had a client who did this and so I started log
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by crdb 10y ago
> is it too late to become an MD? or start a PhD? There was a grey haired PhD student in my department. He told me he had built and run an investment bank in Los Angeles for most of his life then moved to Cambridge (UK) to pursue a PhD i
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by crdb 10y ago
The value of the option will rise with volatility. It is more apparent if you delta hedge leaving you with a net gamma position (i.e. hoping for quieter or more volatile markets depending on whether you are short or long gamma). Selling an
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by crdb 10y ago
> it is entirely possible taking on technical debt is required for a largely unbounded success > Time to market is a vital metric for everyone I disagree with the first statement (I know plenty of exceptions, enough to statistically c
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by crdb 10y ago
But the success is not directly inherited from technical debt. Technical debt bought time that enabled the success to happen (maybe before the company ran out of money, or allowing it to launch months ahead of the competition), but the comp
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by crdb 10y ago
More like selling a put: you're hoping it expires out of the money, but if volatility goes up, it will be expensive. Upside is limited and short term, downside potentially unlimited and in the long term, so if your discount rate is hig
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by crdb 10y ago
I don't quite understand what you mean. Mind expanding on your point?
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by crdb 10y ago
It's tough finding books that don't send a message to the receiver. I particularly remember a colleague expressing disappointment at whichever secret Santa gave him The Fountainhead at the office Christmas party (he was pretty lef
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by crdb 10y ago
I have mixed feelings about this Guide and I think it's important to see the backstory. The origins of the Michelin Guide were to be a trustworthy guide for its salesmen travelling around the country. Gradually, it became the de facto
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by crdb 10y ago
If we're listing Liszt pianists, I think John Ogdon should be up there (his B minor sonata is how I finally "understood" the piece) as well as Richter and maybe Argerich and Brendel (for his Annees de Pelerinage). Ogdon'
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by crdb 10y ago
> What are the chances you will ever in your life be able to afford to buy anything bigger than an apartment/condo (aka a house on a piece of land) in Singapore? About the same as in Paris, London, New York or Tokyo. The difference
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by crdb 10y ago
Current budget: - SGD 2,400/month for 80 sqm, 2 beds, on the other side of the hedge from the Istana (the Presidential residence). Mango tree outside the window. Couple of hornbills live in the neighbourhood. A further SGD 150/mon
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by crdb 10y ago
Singapore. Aside from the obvious ease of doing business bit, I like the rule of law, weather, food, infrastructure, people and values (both Singaporean, and the expat community), low COL (for a developed country), international outlook, En
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by crdb 10y ago
Problems are usually technique, razor, brush and cream. DE shaving needs a bit more effort. Technique - are you using the right angle (experiment) and pressure (none - the mere weight of the thing should be enough)? Check videos if necessar
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by crdb 10y ago
I've always wondered why there might be a difference for blades. Creams and brushes, sure. If you have very soft, sensitive skin and soft straight sparse hair, you won't enjoy a hard brush and you won't need as thick a lather
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by crdb 10y ago
Excellent first link, which led me to their "to avoid" list. It mentions that "Soapworks Ltd" is now making shaving soap for various companies, including Trumper, and that this soap does not lather. I've always foun
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by crdb 10y ago
I would say it's use, and in my experience it depends on the blade. Most recently I bought a 100 pack of each of Feather and Derby blades (the latter were so cheap, it was hard to resist...). The Derby literally blunted during the shav
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by crdb 10y ago
Interesting, I have the opposite experience. I much prefer walking in streets designed by central planners to accommodate modern crowds (Singapore, central Beijing, central Chengdu...) than twisty narrow streets there for historical reasons
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by crdb 10y ago
> value being extracted from the business and taken overseas Anecdote: looking for a flat in Cambridge, I found a great one overlooking Market Square, last two floors above that cornish pasty store whatever it is called. We got a good de

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