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by guylhem 13y ago
By default, I have configured HN to show me hellbanned posts - because someday, maybe I'll be too, and because time to the time I still find some interesting content! IMHO, hellbanning is both cruel and damaging - the community may lose pot
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by guylhem 13y ago
Excellent content and suggestions. To attack the 3 kinds of laziness at once, I for one find motivation in reading the dharma (see the miracle of knowledge) and Seneca letters. Speaking of Seneca letters, the last one is especially thoughtf
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by guylhem 13y ago
Yes, and in theory as well, communism was a good idea :-) In practice, that's just advertisement, and Europe is no better. Governments are about power and coercing the people, but it takes skill - if they do that too visibly and they get a
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by guylhem 13y ago
It is both funny and sad to read. So you decided to shed away your chances of success and the financial capacity to back up the projects you believe in +5 years, +10 years, +15 years from now (etc.) for the time preference of working right
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by guylhem 13y ago
Best comment of this article IMHO. Posting this just to catch the reader eye and maybe encourage 1 more person to read it.
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by guylhem 13y ago
For most data, it is in fact a waste of money. Personally, I am loading the data I play with on a postgreSQL database on my laptop (if you have a mac and want to do that quickly, you may want to check out the link I just submitted http://e
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Running postgreSQL server on your apple laptop in 2 minutes(en.blog.guylhem.net)
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by guylhem 13y ago
Spot on. It also caught me eye as a great deal - the space is badly used by the current resident, but even if the stuff couldn't be removed, $300 for a clean place with a window and a bed in Manhattan certainly is a great deal. Just make su
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by guylhem 13y ago
In the first paragraph is the little gem : authority needs to a) know b) be honest c) care for anti-authoritarians to accept it. > I know that degrees and credentials are primarily badges of compliance. Those with extended schooling ha
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by guylhem 13y ago
"Econ is one of the few places in our society where overtly racist and sexist ideas are not totally taboo" Maybe because economics doesn't care about taboo, but rather understanding and seing the payoff. Yes some ideas and concepts are ov
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by guylhem 13y ago
"This level of diligence is why when I state something on the record, I’m always — always — right." Warning sign #1 "If there’s anything I can do to protect the health of my employees and their families, shouldn’t I just close the fuckin
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by guylhem 13y ago
Step 1: no longer have some at home - that's passive, just don't buy it no more. Finish what you have Step 2: refuse to use it outside your home. That's more active, and may require a commitment. You can start by allowing yourself to drink
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by guylhem 13y ago
Average 10. When I'm really tired 12 to 14. I can do with as little as 8, but if I go south of 8 for more than 2 days in a row I will not be productive. The day is kind of foggy. OTOH I have noticed that in these foggy days, especially in t
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by guylhem 13y ago
You may enjoy taking a marketing class :-) From what I understand, market analysis can always be done on the cheap if you want to take some accuracy risk - there's a clear self selection bias here, along with a geographic one (there may a c
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by guylhem 13y ago
So you are giving a DSM 4 diagnosis based on a self evaluation ? I read the questions (Iphone vs Android? Is that a demographic question??? Really?) and I had a good laugh. Regardless of the actual accuracy (which I doubt), what exactly is
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by guylhem 13y ago
In some countries, pensions were nationalized, the money pooled, and everyone guaranteed a "fair pension" based on social criteria. It's a risk.
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by guylhem 13y ago
You're welcome. I'm sorry to be blunt, but I have a problem with misleading content, ie stuff submitted which will waste a small amount of time for a large number of people while there are obvious flaws in the reasoning. It is not about bei
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by guylhem 13y ago
No: http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#rg360ztgCzm1g10zm2g... EDIT: I corrected the scale for you, but if you want more than a word and a picture, take a look at https://class.coursera.org/compfinance-003/ , especially the parts ab
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by guylhem 13y ago
If I was to badmouth Google after reading the article, and especially their tactic of tying-in the experience, and using youtube and google ranking to induce people to open and use a google plus account, I'd say they are leveraging their ex
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by guylhem 13y ago
Somehow, I don't like the idea of the government telling me how I may use a property I pay good money for, especially if there are no changes and it's just me with a laptop. Too many laws in too many places. [I know I won't consider the UK
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by guylhem 13y ago
Email me. I'll be happy to give a hand.
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by guylhem 13y ago
> plight of all assisted minorities, gender-wise or racial Is that supposed to be ironic???? What's worse in your opinion, a competition that's hard to enter, or a competition that hard to enter AND where, in rare the case you succeed
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by guylhem 13y ago
Don't listen to the dummies who love to hate. This is a slick idea, something I personally felt I would need - I watch WWE RAW with a delay, and sometimes they post news to their facebook feed, which unfortunately spoils part of the fun. Ho
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by guylhem 13y ago
That's a view I totally share - except for the government being serious. I have my thing with Hollande. It's the first good thing I've heard him say. But certainly, if you can grab an opportunity, run with it.
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by guylhem 13y ago
I'm not selling people the idea they should or should not drink coffee for health reasons. We don't know, there is too much conflicting data. I'm saying : 1) I shouldn't drink coffee for health reasons 2) We also shouldn't collectively defi
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by guylhem 13y ago
The studies really are top notch, at very competitive prices. There are hidden gems around, like Toulouse School of Economics. Generally, in every french university, you can really learn stuff, have a good core curriculum - and even do that
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by guylhem 13y ago
I think I'll pass : Just yesterday, I took a public commitment to stop drinking coffee (and submitted in everywhere - FB, HN, etc.) https://plus.google.com/109562561013887378542/posts/X8cLiHYe... We really are overdoing coffee as hackers.
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by guylhem 13y ago
HDI and others were created because it was said that GDP per capita was not measuring happiness well enough, and was too economic. But now we realize they are correlated, which begs the questions : are the parts about education, healthcare
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by guylhem 13y ago
That's following a given theory. Other theories exist - such as that people resent being taxed, with reduces their utility more than what they paid, or that people resent being given underserved money, which raises their utility less than w
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by guylhem 13y ago
So it's a problem of scale. That I can believe. There are dimishing marginal returns, but if we zoom on a flat part of the graph we may not see them properly.

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