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by dhyasama 17y ago
Twain tweaks his wording to make a point. Of course you are more likely to die in bed then on a train, but dying on the train isn't the issue. Dying under the train is.
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by dhyasama 17y ago
I'm a cookbook junkie and was looking forward to IV's 1500 page codification of molecular gastronomy. Then I saw this article and put two and two together. IV won't make enough money selling a cookbook to justify the expense of their kitc
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Visa and Mastercard charge merchant account providers a set percentage (called interchange) and then the providers mark up from there. Interchange is different for every industry because of varying fraud and chargeback rates. Also conside
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Exactly. 2.9% is very high for card-present transactions where the risk of fraud is lower and 1.9% is more normal. The extra 1% will cover a lot of fraud/chargebacks.
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by dhyasama 17y ago
It's a sad state of affairs when reading makes you a nerd.
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by dhyasama 17y ago
I had the same questions when my employer developed an employee handbook that all employees must sign. I didn't like the part that said "during employment" because that could be interpreted as off hours. I've always been honest with my ma
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by dhyasama 17y ago
More often then not people looking at porn are at home so it works perfectly for that industry.
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Why do you think that is?
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by dhyasama 17y ago
It's kind of crazy you have a standard response. How many times have you used it?
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Does anyone really believe the companies that were supposedly shafted were surprised when Google released their own phone? I knew the Google phone was in the works long before any of the other phones came out and I don't have connections a
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Is there a way to gift these? I'd buy two right now if so. Also, when is the touch version going to be available?
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by dhyasama 17y ago
While I agree banking and other financial regulations are onerous (and usually tacked on in reaction to a disaster rather than before to help prevent it), I don't agree with transferring blame because of it. If you chose to engage in a sys
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Punch-Drunk Love for those of you that don't get the reference. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272338/
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by dhyasama 17y ago
My sister is an attorney and asked me about software that can catch things like this, remove metadata, etc. Does anyone have experience with something along these lines?
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by dhyasama 17y ago
I love this blog. To use the author's words, it is about architectural conjecture, urban speculation, and landscape futures. It's an incredibly fun series of thought experiments. Geoff is certainly one of the more creative people I've co
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Saying science grant money goes to latino student centers jumps out as odd. Where has this happened?
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by dhyasama 17y ago
I don't know anything about these guys, but my first thought while reading the post was "He's trying to lump themselves in the same category as successful stores." It's an interesting technique if you don't have name recognition. Say it e
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by dhyasama 17y ago
any word on what swipely is doing?
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by dhyasama 17y ago
There is a lot of pressure on professors to not give F's. Google "grade inflation" and you can read much about it. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls...
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by dhyasama 17y ago
As an aside, here is a post about urban "pathways of desire" with some cool photos: http://www.sweet-juniper.com/2009/06/streets-with-no-name.ht... and a mathematical model for trail formation: http://www.jamesgriffioen.net/trailmode.png
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Here's his newest: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Basketball-NBA-According-Sports/d... I'm a ways in (it's big) and it's enjoyable so far.
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by dhyasama 17y ago
He advocates moving failures upstream to the design process because it is cheaper than failing during the development process. While that is true, it's not an either or proposition. There is no reason you can't fail early and often in eac
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Rick Bayless is based in Chicago with Frontera Grill and is considered an expert in authentic Mexican food. He has won multiple James Beard awards including national chef of the year.
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Always remember the goal of a resume is to land an interview not land the job. Your resume should make the employer want to meet you and learn more about you.
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Maybe 3/4 of it is from just liberal arts. My degree is in philosophy with concentrations in peace studies and religious studies. As much as I loved the experience, it was certainly not easily monetizable. The remaining 1/4 is from takin
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Front-running is when a firm places a trade ahead of its client's trade. High-frequency trading isn't front-running. Usually the firms are trading with their own capital and don't have clients to front-run.
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by dhyasama 17y ago
You don't have to be wealthy to attend college and study poetry or other liberal arts. I went to my state university with no financial help from my parents, just federal loans. I ate plain rice many days and pay $300 bucks a month on the
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by dhyasama 17y ago
Everything goes down sometimes. I've found Gmail to be more stable than most.
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by dhyasama 17y ago
His work ethic is legendary (and rubbed off on Lebron at the Olympics last summer). FYI, Kobe is 6'5" which is exactly average for NBA shooting guards.
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by dhyasama 17y ago
I know someone that tried to shut down his company (rfid luggage tags) and return capital to investors. He ended up being forced out and the company burned through all the cash and shut down. Sometimes doing the right thing isn't possible

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