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Ubisoft Will Censor Global Version of a Video Game Prior to Chinese Release(gamespot.com)
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by desu_ 8y ago
The value of a good education lies in its signalling power too. There are plenty of good professors in non-elite schools, many undergrad classes are approachable enough that a self-motivated student could absorb a lot of content with litt
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by desu_ 8y ago
You are right that visiting the campus is a weak signal. However, the decision came with a plethora of other decisions, some probably fair, some more reminiscent of the Asians-have-bad-personalities trick à la Harvard. We're elimina
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by desu_ 8y ago
Viewership statistics of movies do not take into account pirated movies mostly because it's difficult to count. Tax offices might only care about movies sold, but producers regularly try to estimate their losses due to pirate channels,
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by desu_ 8y ago
I searched for "underground", "black" (market/economy) and "undeclared" in the article, but it yielded no results. I am surprised given that (1) the rise of the underground economy is common knowledge for
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by desu_ 8y ago
Tangentially related but very good read. Thanks for sharing.
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by desu_ 8y ago
As a French, it saddens me a bit to say that but you also missed one point: culture. My background includes some grad school experience at a top French university and then at a top US university. One big difference, which became even mo
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by desu_ 8y ago
Agreed. If one thinks about it broadly (not just the clichéd look-I-made-it cars) and one might see it more often: having a considered socially desirable spouse/partner, going to certain places on vacation, signalling/posting on S
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by desu_ 8y ago
This has been posted here before but it seems relevant (about explaining the lower Japanese salaries vs US, https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan... ): “Most people want to become wealt
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by desu_ 8y ago
You need to consider the following elements: -You compare the S&P and two Six Sigma funds over different timelines. The index yielded much less than 9% on 2004-2015 (you can halve the performance). -What’s the common feature between: th
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by desu_ 8y ago
You might be right to believe that Facebook's PR team is weak or that Experian's practices are bad, but the Experian comparison isn't stunning. Experian's name recognition is nowhere near as strong as Facebook's and
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by desu_ 8y ago
Some (off the top of my head, Taleb) advance the argument of survival bias: Smarter criminals are less likely to get caught and so, are less likely to be offered a seat by Chris Hansen.
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by desu_ 9y ago
I think the implication is that Japanese companies in Japan pay generally less than American companies in Japan, which seems true at least when comparing Japanese and American big names. It's also the case outside engineering/tech
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by desu_ 9y ago
It's not a fallacy fallacy since I point out one weakness in the article but do not assume the proposition is wrong for that reason. Actually, if you read my last paragraph, it's obvious that I even agree with the author's ar
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by desu_ 9y ago
Ad hominem is wrong, but so is argument from authority. My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher I’ve spent the last 15 months researching the implications and possibilities of blockchains and related “distributed trust technol