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by erehweb 14y ago
Problem: Redistricting states every x years would introduce unwelcome difficulties into government. E.g. what happens to state workers in towns that move from one state to another? Would states have a disincentive to invest in their borde
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A randomized algorithm that fails with near certainty(win-vector.com)
7 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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Every Possible Photograph(jeffreythompson.org)
3 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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Ad Blocking: Theft Or Fair Use?(adexchanger.com)
1 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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Why TV will be around for a while(erehweb.wordpress.com)
2 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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Video game with biofeedback teaches children to curb their anger(childrenshospital.org)
1 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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How My Drugstore.com Basket Got Turned Into Facebook Ads(marketingland.com)
3 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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Netflix agrees to subtitle all films by 2014(cnn.com)
1 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 14y ago
Blog post quotes from a Kevin at Microsoft, making him look like a naive cheerleader: "On the other hand, choosing Microsoft to launch your career provides nothing but upside. Don’t believe the hype. I admit I’m biased, but for tech jobs, M
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Selling an Idea(dilbert.com)
2 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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Study shows gender bias in science is real. Here’s why it matters.(blogs.scientificamerican.com)
10 points by erehweb 14y ago|3 comments
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by erehweb 14y ago
One remark: there's often a general assumption that b/c Yahoo [or any large company] has been around a while, they have a very good idea what's going on. Might or might not be true - many companies often do surprisingly suboptimal things -
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The Great Migration (Estonia's experience with social networks)(estoniatoday.blogspot.com)
1 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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The Probability That You Are Dreaming Right Now? 1 in 10.(brainpickings.org)
1 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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The Virality of Stupid(zeronomy.com)
1 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 14y ago
Whenever there's an experiment, we have to weigh the costs against the benefits. Benefits here seem slight - we relearn that women, and pretty women in particular, get more messages than men. Costs are non-trivial - about 1000 people deceiv
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The longer you live, the longer you're likely to live(nicolasrapp.com)
1 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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The Importance of Thinking Like an Engineer(the-makegood.com)
2 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 14y ago
True on path-not-taken analysis. But in general, people find regrets from actions (e.g. selling the company) much easier to rationalize than from inaction (not selling). See "Stumbling On Happiness"
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by erehweb 14y ago
Agree, but the letter is not just written to the other lawyer, but to the Internet community at large, including potential clients. That audience will react better to the more colloquial statement.
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Civ game 236 years old(erehweb.wordpress.com)
2 points by erehweb 14y ago|1 comments
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Who counts the counters? Is Chrome really more popular than IE?(digitaltrends.com)
1 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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Recommended tools for data visualization(datavisualization.ch)
2 points by erehweb 14y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 14y ago
Part nobody seems to be mentioning is government intervention. This doesn't have to be at the level of government picking individual companies. A carbon tax would make renewable energy sources more attractive and spur investment in the se
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Google Engineer Told Others of Data Scoop(online.wsj.com)
1 points by erehweb 15y ago|0 comments
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What if online doesn't work for branding?(reactionwheel.blogspot.com)
1 points by erehweb 15y ago|0 comments
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Facebook ad CTR and intelligence are inversely correlated(searchquant.blogspot.com)
18 points by erehweb 15y ago|7 comments
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When a bug fix can save a journalist's life(cpj.org)
3 points by erehweb 15y ago|0 comments
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Talker's block(sethgodin.typepad.com)
2 points by erehweb 15y ago|0 comments
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What Should Yahoo Do Next?(adexchanger.com)
1 points by erehweb 15y ago|0 comments

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