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by gxs 15y ago
Precisely. My math courses never tested my memorization outright. But if after pouring 40-50 hours a week into a class for a couple months didn't result in memorization of the important stuff as a byproduct, you probably weren't going to do
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by gxs 15y ago
This reveals a bit of HN's biases. The news here isn't what the story that made the front page earlier said - that MS paid nokia 250M to sell phones. Rather, the story is that Nokia succeeded and sold 19M phones. While this still isn't clos
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Nokia Smartphone Sales Beat Analyst Estimates as Lumia Ships(businessweek.com)
2 points by gxs 15y ago|2 comments
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by gxs 15y ago
I did somewhat above in the same thread. Let me know if you want more details and I'll elaborate.
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by gxs 15y ago
I agree, you make a valid point. But the reason her comment rubbed me the wrong way is precisely because it seemed to gloss over the point you just made - a great one at that- "attitudes to money are varied, and the accumulation of wealth .
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by gxs 15y ago
Agreed. I rent a room in a house and my rent is about $600/mo. including utilities. (this isn't hard to find, unless you want to live in a highly desirable area of SF. I personally have found I can get all the benefits without living in the
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by gxs 15y ago
You know, I'm tired of hearing this. I live very comfortably and my total expenses are <$1500/mo. This might get a small bump if I go out more than usual in a particular month. But really, I wonder what everyone else does so differently
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by gxs 15y ago
>>Still emerging from their student years, most have yet to translate their earnings into material tokens of success. This sentence rubbed me the wrong way. I don't think it's a coincidence that the same people who command these sal
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by gxs 15y ago
You know, one of the things I realized as I get older is that somethings we are yet to figure out. I don't know why, but the old adage that hard work soothes the soul is so true. If you're feeling down, or out of energy, for some reason, if
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by gxs 15y ago
>>This is sad on a number of levels. For one thing, the friendships were actually closer and longer lasting at the small colleges, suggesting that there is nothing intrinsically beneficial about seeking out similar people. (Opposite
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by gxs 15y ago
A little meatier than most articles, but definitely worth the read.
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The Local-Global Flip, or, "The Lanier Effect"(edge.org)
3 points by gxs 15y ago|1 comments
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by gxs 15y ago
Interestingly enough, this was the same approach that worked for me in school. In college, I always felt that I couldn't start my math homework until I'd read the chapter thoroughly. It wasn't til my last year/year and a half that I realize
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by gxs 15y ago
I feel bad for netflix - but at the same time this loss of customers was a long time coming. I had friends that had been paying for netflix for years, barely checking out a movie or two a year. What netflix did was stir the pot - their pric
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by gxs 15y ago
I have a question for you: How does someone in your position view a low GPA, say 2.5, considering the applicant had to work full time during school? I mean actually pay the bills waiting tables work, not 5 hours a week at a dentists office
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by gxs 15y ago
Brin and Page have compared themselves to gates and have mentioned they'd like to follow his example as far as philanthropy goes.
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by gxs 15y ago
I'm not one to lunge personal insults around - but is it bad that when I read the title "Personal Branding Without Being a Douche", the first site I thought of that could use help in this department is the site below? sebastianmarshall.com
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by gxs 15y ago
Amazon has a cross licensing deal with MS for access to each others patents. http://www.pcworld.com/article/195151/htc_cuts_licensing_dea...
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by gxs 15y ago
Relevant: http://www.fastcompany.com/1560194/microsoft-and-amazon-sign...
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by gxs 15y ago
One of the things he mentions is to not stress. How do you do this? I'm not a worry wart or anything, but sometimes it seems like I can't help my body's natural response to certain situations.
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by gxs 15y ago
This is the type of service that really brings the benefit of computing to the masses. Sure, everyone consumes on the internet, but something like this lets everyone experience the joy programmers feel when they make a computer do what they
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by gxs 15y ago
I don't typically like to spread rumors, but I work as a bartender in Walnut Creek, CA and a guest that claimed to have close mutual friends with Steve said it was defintely because of his health. I obviously can't substantiate her claim, b
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by gxs 15y ago
“It’s like when IBM drove a lot of innovation out of the computer industry before the microprocessor came along. Eventually, Microsoft will crumble because of complacency, and maybe some new things will grow. But until that happens, until t
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by gxs 15y ago
I don't know - and I absolutely loathe statements like these. Sometimes, I prefer to work 18 hours in one day and enjoy 2 days free, rather than 9 to 5 it for 3-4 days. At this point, you're insulting my personal preferences, not my process
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The Anatomy of a Transaction [pdf](mastercard.com)
5 points by gxs 15y ago|0 comments
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by gxs 15y ago
Please heed this warning. I didn't get an eye exam til my last semester in college. Turns out, I've always needed glasses - and the reason studying was such a pain was because I was really straining my eyes. I always wondered how some peopl
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Ask HN: Career Advice
5 points by gxs 15y ago|5 comments
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by gxs 16y ago
As an aside to your comment, misuse of the word theory is a big pet peeve of mine. In day to day conversation, people use it interchangeably with the word opinion (or as you mentioned hypothesis). "My theory is the government should such an
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by gxs 16y ago
This is exactly right. I suspect that the parents of people who attend Montessori schools are more educated than average to begin with. Go into an inner city Los Angeles elementary, and I guarantee you the great majority of parents wont hav
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by gxs 16y ago
I nice behind the scenes look at the politics behind the internet. Not pretty at all.

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