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by dxjones 17y ago
Since you studied accounting, can you translate the combination of expense and profit per employee into return-on-investment (ROI) per employee?
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by dxjones 17y ago
It's not a bubble if it doesn't burst . I think it is a trend . As you point out, a college degree is the new high school diploma. (and the MSc is the new BSc). We are not going to step backwards on this. There will be no burst. Hence,
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by dxjones 17y ago
Is the increase in students taking advance placement tests a "bubble" or "trend"? The article makes a good argument in favour a bubble. Others would argue it is a trend, ... since enrolment for bachelors degrees is up, and there is growth i
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by dxjones 17y ago
If you want someone "waxing lyrically about beautiful code and its sensibilities", get a poet-in-residence at your software company. If you want art and engineering in programming, think of the way architects bring art to the world's most i
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by dxjones 17y ago
Can a boss send an employee to procrastinator jail to make sure they finish their task by deadline?
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by dxjones 17y ago
Why not be a Toronto-based startup, also doing busines in SF?
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by dxjones 17y ago
Can you give this as gift? You pick someone else to go on a "kidnap vacation" ?
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by dxjones 17y ago
Is there a YC/HN startup analyzing neural data? Or rather, when will there be a YC/HN startup analyzing neural data?
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by dxjones 17y ago
The govt could go after a software vendor that knowingly sold their "NO WARRANTY" software in a jurisdiction where a "WARRANTY IS MANDATORY". Legislators don't like it when companies try to "undo" or "go around" their legislation.
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by dxjones 17y ago
Sadly, the Aussie govt even issued a "link removal" notice to EFA, who complied by removing their link to a link to an offending site. They may not have deep enough pockets to battle the govt in court.
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by dxjones 17y ago
Matlab? What is a HackerNews reader doing with Matlab? (I ask because I also use Matlab all the time, but I am curious what others are using it for.)
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by dxjones 17y ago
Leave it in for full disclosure. A buyer would like to know that, with some media events, you can drive a spike of 75k visitors. A buyer might have some new ideas about how to keep them coming back.
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by dxjones 17y ago
Yes, I agree it is cool for the Dad, and fun for the kids, but, umm, do you think these kids really learned general relativity? They'd have to be real brainiacs, considering their young age. Perhaps later in their education, they may be a
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by dxjones 17y ago
Thanks for this link. There seem to be quite a few useful articles there.
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by dxjones 17y ago
This is particularly annoying. What can we do about it? If I don't want to use clickpass (with my gmail account) will my profile disappear? Can I substitute a different way of authenticating?
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by dxjones 17y ago
Why would someone prefer this bookmarking service over Delicious.com ??
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by dxjones 17y ago
This article describes an experiment where people gave a silly "placebo" reason that enabled them to butt in line at the Xerox machine ("because I need to make copies" ... duh) that often works for minor request of a few pages, but often fa
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by dxjones 17y ago
I stumbled across an interesting blog posting: "Generalizations, Truth, and Rationality" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=592468 http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1396 that bears a striking thematic relationship to Scott Adams
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by dxjones 17y ago
Scott Adams write his blog from the perspective of a person in a position of power and influence. Notice that in his anecdote he is the person paying for dinner. Also, he is the person persuading the subjugated to accept their horrible
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by dxjones 17y ago
It is ridiculous to draw a connection between (a) giving a ridiculous reason to persuade my close friend to accept my offer to pay for his dinner, and (b) compelling an oppressed population in an occupied territory to accept their fate of c
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by dxjones 17y ago
How about measuring distance using the metric system. How tall are you? How long is your hair? (in metres) How big is this room? How far is it to your house? They should be able to convert from being 127 cm tall to being 1.27 metres tall,
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by dxjones 17y ago
cool. thanks for sharing this nice example code.
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by dxjones 17y ago
The article is persuasive in showing that people tend overestimate their own skill level. For example, people who have very poor social and intellectual skills (below 25th percentile ) still seem to think they are "above average" (roughly
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by dxjones 17y ago
I am so used to using command-click on my Mac to open up links in a new firefox tab. I agree with mseebach, let's give readers the choice to open links as they wish.
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by dxjones 17y ago
... with a guaranteed 2 year contract. (since it's not worth much to be hired if you're then fired after a month)
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by dxjones 17y ago
Neuroscientists using high resolution fMRI brain imaging have successfully decoded signals used for spatial memory and navigation. While subjects were in a virtual environment, activity in their medial temporal lobe was decoded to accuratel
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Neuroscientists decode brain activity related to navigation and spatial memory(measuringthemind.wordpress.com)
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by dxjones 17y ago
Just how practical are the many variations of spoke-less wheels shown in various bicycle and motorcycle designs? They look great. Do they work well in practice?
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by dxjones 17y ago
ha ha, I am sitting on an Aeron chair while I am reading this. Eat your heart out! (sorry) (edit) Wow! You guys can be very sensitive sometimes. Can't we mix a little humour with out tech talk? How about a "used" Aeron chair at a low pr
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by dxjones 17y ago
Nice simple visualization (in flash). Don't you just wish you could tweak a few parameters and explore the data more? :-)

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