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by dmfdmf 15y ago
> This begs the question of how close is close enough. http://begthequestion.info/
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
A rule of thumb that I read is to add 20% to their intial offer, that is about the max of what they are willing to pay you. If that number is much lower than what you want then you probably should look elsewhere. Also, don't be afraid to a
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
This type of analysis is why it is important to be clear the Bill of Rights does not apply to individuals or companies, it only applies to the government. A hotel (which you are free to use or not) that monitors your room fridge is not the
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
Here's the link to Dalio's book on principles. I highly recommend it. http://www.bwater.com/Uploads/FileManager/Principles/Bridgew...
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
> Windows XP needs to be not only the first ten-year operating system; it also needs to be the last. I disagree with this. I agree ten years is a long life for an OS now but sometime in the future that won't be true. The point is that t
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
I'm not a big fan of Michio Kaku and this is a good example of his confused thinking. Terrorism is not an ideology but a tactic used by the weaker side of a conflict but it is not the only tactic. As Kaku argues, there are anti-science, ant
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
What I like is no zooming car ads blocking content like on Yahoo or the unhelpful auto-entry and auto-guessing features that gets in my way like on Google (e.g. searching for what Google thinks I meant instead of what I actually typed, did
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John T Reed on Steve Jobs(johntreed.com)
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
This is the exact rationale and hope in the field but it a false hope. I'm not opposed to using math but as your comment implies, humans are not atoms or particles like in Physics and the subject requires different methods than the physical
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
It is true that modern Economics is not just too idealized but also too mathematical. Economics has math envy toward Physics so they mimic the supposed "rigor" of mathematical analysis to give it a veneer of precision and respectability. Th
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -Albert Einstein
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
> Can you please explain your theory... I wish I could but I can't, not in context of a HN thread comment. I'd be happy to recommend some books if you are interested.
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
I agree with OstiaAntica. This Economist article is a thinly veiled call for more debt and more inflationary spending. Who stands in the way of "recovery" ? The obstinate Germans (who learned the lesson of hyperinflation last century) wit
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
> Perhaps it would have been better to list all of the possible problems, Here is one attempt; http://motls.blogspot.com/2011/09/potential-mistakes-in-oper...
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
Of course if the CERN Opera results pan out we can start using faster-than-light neutrinos to coordinate separate markets.
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
A state bill should be totally unnecessary. This is a constitutional right. If we accept this bill as the norm then its no longer a "right" and just a permission by the govt that can be rescinded at anytime.
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
Maybe thorium is better, maybe it isn't but its probably too late now... first mover advantage and all that with light water U235 enriched or MOX fueled reactors. Moreover, I'd discount any claims to thorium, pebble bed, etc being safer bec
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
The author takes the old saying "time is money" too literal and then trashes the straw man and capitalism too. Here is a different author who explains how time and money are the same because they both are the basis of teleological (ordinal
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
Here is a link to a comment that I made in another thread that might be helpful; http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2799727
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
Ayn Rand has a good definition and observes that consciousness, along with existence, is an axiomatic concept that is implicit in any claim of knowledge and is the foundation of reason. I agree. http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/consciousn
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
As a private company, Facebook is free to set any standards they want but I guarantee that if FB imposes some kind of identification process to create an account they will lose to a social network that does not have such a requirement. More
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
I fully support shutting down the philosophy departments from Harvard and Yale on down. Not because philosophy is useless, pointless and impractical but because today what they teach is useless, pointless and impractical, not to mention da
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Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio Principles(bwater.com)
8 points by dmfdmf 15y ago|1 comments
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
Re P1: Jaynes presented his work as a method for science and engineering but throughout his work stated that the method was general. AR said that mathematics is an abstracted form of conceptualization and logic which is why she was studying
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
I have not read Harriman's book and don't know Jaynes' work well enough to say whether he inverted the hierarchy but it wouldn't surprise me if he did since he was not an Objectivist nor was he familiar with AR's theory of concepts and othe
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
See my reply to Moultano.
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
There are two fundamental epistemological issues with respect to reason. i) how do we form concepts and what (in reality) do they refer to and ii) how do we reason from specific observations to general conclusions and validate our conclusio
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
AI is an epistemological problem. What stalled AI is the lack of a comprehensive theory of concepts and theory of induction. All the traits cited in the article that distinguish us from the animals are derivatives of reason. Whenever these
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by dmfdmf 15y ago
So if you are stranded on an island with no one else, reason is pointless? I don't think so.... I think the so called confirmation "bias" comes from the fact that the primary mode of reasoning is induction not deduction. The implicit goal
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
I think Feynman also identified how rationalizations due to schedule or political pressure were creeping in to safety assessments. When o-ring erosion was initially found they examined it and claimed that since the burn through was x%, tha

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