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by hvass 10y ago
Other than this, the author has some great writing and you can read a recent interview with her over at The Daily Stoic: https://dailystoic.com/elif-batuman-interview/
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A textbook case in workplace discrimination(backchannel.com)
198 points by hvass 10y ago|166 comments
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by hvass 10y ago
Great job! I am Canadian and donated to ACLU this weekend. Fantastic decision, guys.
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Want to Really Make America Great Again? Stop Reading the News(observer.com)
3 points by hvass 10y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Tech/Entrepreneurship conference in LA/NYC?
1 points by hvass 10y ago|0 comments
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by hvass 10y ago
This is gold: "Since Scott's original proposal, many further symbols have been proposed here: (:-) for messages dealing with bicycle helmets @= for messages dealing with nuclear war"
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by hvass 10y ago
"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way." Marcus Aurelius (from his Meditations)
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by hvass 10y ago
I understand where you are coming from but usually a naive and simple 'just', especially coming from an outsider can be exactly what you need. Maybe you are so entangled in the problem that you've lost the proverbial forest.
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by hvass 10y ago
It says this right before the bolded part: "When you use our services or view content provided by Google, we automatically collect and store certain information in server logs. This includes:" I am not sure this applies to regular
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by hvass 10y ago
Facebook can't do ads properly? I don't have any ties to FB but man, Facebook does ads extremely well. I am not sure on what argument you are basing this on.
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by hvass 11y ago
What is defense in depth? It is mentioned as a core principle.
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by hvass 11y ago
So much this. We are currently using Lync and to quote you: absolutely fucking terrible.
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by hvass 12y ago
I would highly recommend looking into Cal Newport's blog (Study Hacks), he has published a significant number of posts on how to learn better. www.calnewport.com/blog/
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by hvass 12y ago
You're definitely going to like The Obstacle Is The Way if you want to go deeper into stoicism. It is based on that line from Marcus Aurelius's Meditations and it's about turning obstacles upside down.
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Ask HN: Google's early days
1 points by hvass 12y ago|0 comments
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by hvass 12y ago
-Connect with your Google Analytics and focus on the entire journey - click to conversions. -Download Avinash Kaushik's custom reports for Google Analytics to see the ROAS (return on ad spend) of your campaign. There is a great custom
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by hvass 12y ago
Meditations have already been discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5160713 There are great recommendations in there if anybody wants to dive deeper into Stoicism or understand Meditations better.
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by hvass 12y ago
That's what I thought too. But the curve is already looking pretty scary.
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by hvass 12y ago
I would be curious to know what percentage of teams with statisticians / data people actually use tools like Optimizely? A lot of people seem to be building their own frameworks that use a lot of different algorithms (two-armed bandits
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by hvass 12y ago
I recommend two resources on creating dashboards, both from very experienced practitioners: 1) http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/digital-dashboards-strategic-... 2) Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few - http:&#x2
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by hvass 12y ago
The heuristic whether to use real-time information is the following and I am paraphrasing Avinash Kaushik: "Will a decision be made in real-time based on this information?"
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by hvass 12y ago
You can try http://inbound.org & http://growthhackers.com/
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by hvass 12y ago
This is a pretty good post: http://thoughtcatalog.com/ryan-holiday/2013/08/how-to-find-m...
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by hvass 12y ago
You make two points: 1) You do not want to "fork over any money' to WSJ. 2) You are frustrated by paywalls. Notice how it is all about you? :-) Have you considered that other people are here to discover great and high-quality cont
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by hvass 13y ago
I highly recommend it as well! There are amazing examples in the book. And if you look around, you should be able to find presentations on it online. (filetype:pdf / ppt in Google).
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by hvass 13y ago
What do you mean a theoretical problem? It can happen - just because you can't imagine it happening or that it might happen years, decades or centuries from now, does not make it any less real.
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by hvass 13y ago
> Describe culture in ways that make people think and debate rather than universally agree. Great point. As Ben Horowitz compares Square with Amazon, you wouldn't be sitting at a desk made of a door since Square highly values design
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by hvass 13y ago
Check out Hadot's Inner Citadel if you haven't, also an amazing book.
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by hvass 13y ago
I wouldn't start with Epictetus just because I think some of his lines can be easily misinterpreted, for example, the line about kissing your child and thinking about his death can really put people off. I had the same initial reaction
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by hvass 13y ago
For an intro to stoicism you should start with Seneca's letters and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations before you jump into Guide to the Good Life (which I do not recommend, despite Derek's praise of it) Also, check out the upcomin

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