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by dogruck 9y ago
Your claim is that grad students do not know that they could be working instead of going to school? That strikes me as a weak argument.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I see your point, but I don’t think that’s as clear as the time value of money. For many people, grad school is where you form some of your best life-long relationships, in an environment where you’re surrounded by like-minded people. Many
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Some Comments to Daniel Abadi's Blog about Apache Arrow(wesmckinney.com)
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by dogruck 9y ago
Opportunity Cost is one factor that’s overlooked by nearly every student. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost It’s true that a PhD is valuable for your career. Also, grad school is a special, and hopefull
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by dogruck 9y ago
I think there is a good chance that you’re making assumptions about that correlation. You’re probably also overlooking all of the Japanese people who derive tremendous existential justification via devotion to work. By counter-point, depre
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by dogruck 9y ago
I think “insane” is unnecessarily caustic. Instead, it’s better to argue (as you are doing) that it’s “inefficient” or perhaps “unhealthy.” Also, it’s far too easy to cast stones in glass houses. I have a close friend who is ultra-low-bud
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by dogruck 9y ago
I think it is offensive to classify a cultural aspect of one of the world’s most successful populations as “insane” or “criminal.” Sure, the prototypical Japanese work practices might not line up with your culture. I don’t think it gives j
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by dogruck 9y ago
I think the author comes across as tone deaf for two reasons: 1. Burying the lede, by tacking the affirmative conclusion on as the final sentence, 2. This quote reads as pompous, not humble: > I assume that the Arrow developers will even
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by dogruck 9y ago
Note that the Futures will settle in cash.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Ah, yes, thank you. I read the biography Titan earlier this year — great book. And that’s where I learned about John D’s father.
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by dogruck 9y ago
This essay’s conclusion is it’s best part. I like how it points out how radical abstract concepts eventually reunited with natural phenomena.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Summary: Profile of a moderately successful con-man, who preys on the community of outdoor enthusiasts. He’s been caught, and jailed, multiple times. If you enjoy reading about con-men, I suggest reading about John D Rockefeller’s father:
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by dogruck 9y ago
Summary: some code to calculate moving averages of crypto currency prices.
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by dogruck 9y ago
More specifically, I quoted the linked Wikipedia article.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Anyone who is running important production java programs without carefully considering and testing the JVM’s command line arguments is headed for trouble.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Sounds like we have similar backgrounds and careers. I can’t think of any way of conducting a study to test a hypothesis. I suppose I would say that, strictly speaking, chess is nothing more than a game of complete information, that has a b
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by dogruck 9y ago
I agree that this claim is false: “If you study chess, then you will be a better trader.” On the other hand, I do think it’s beneficial to exercise the muscle of strategic thought and quick decision making. Maybe it’s poker instead of ches
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by dogruck 9y ago
Also don’t want to mock the dead, but this note made me shake my head: > His training for the stunt included jungle survival and mountain climbing courses, but apparently did not include instruction on use of his GPS - in a telephone cal
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by dogruck 9y ago
Your examples need a reality check. In the prosperous US, median household income is $59,000 per year. Many people cannot afford cars, computers, phones, or TVs. I happen to agree with the general thesis that poor people in the US are relat
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by dogruck 9y ago
Sure, or when your doctor asks, "how much alcohol do you drink each week?" you answer, "not much -- maybe a glass of wine on Friday and Saturday."
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by dogruck 9y ago
I hear you. I'm concerned about all of the privacy that we are giving away. That's one reason I'm not on Facebook, and decline most "deals" at retailers. My point is that it's important to consider all of the t
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by dogruck 9y ago
Is this fairly common? Once I casually shopped for houses in Bermuda -- but they had a similar rule.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Aren't you assuming that they are matching on equality, not inferred compatibility?
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by dogruck 9y ago
Possible that you are not giving enough credit to Tinder's algorithm for sorting the profiles that you're presented with? There's a lot of information buried in how you swipe and message and edit.
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by dogruck 9y ago
You're right, but I think you're overly simplifying the problem by ignoring the alternatives. At one end of the spectrum, insurance companies, or dating apps, have essentially no data. So every person is charged equally, which I t
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by dogruck 9y ago
Summary: soon, we will start to see more successful tech companies emerge out of areas other than Silicon Valley.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Hehe, indeed. Long way to Go.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Not always poorly -- especially if you preprocess by calculating running diffs of consecutive values.
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by dogruck 9y ago
This is cool. A few reactions: 1. Comedy writing is much more skill-based and formulaic than many people realize. Most people could learn how to write good jokes, just like most people could learn to play basic Go. (Beating Lee Sedol or
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by dogruck 9y ago
I would summarize the answer as "it's surprising how much programming you can do, but it's not a great setup." (Disclaimer: I love my iPad Pro, and am typing this note from mine.)

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